Pink Lemonade Buttercream Frosting makes turns the loved lemonade drink into an amazing buttercream frosting! Perfect for a summer cupcake dessert!
Pink Lemonade Buttercream Recipe
Lemonade is a staple in our house during the summer, from homemade fresh lemonade, watermelon lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade and Berry Lemonade I am always making lemonade. It made sense that I also came up with a lemonade frosting to put on our cupcakes during the summer.
If you love lemonade then you are going to love this bakery style buttercream frosting! It is simple to make and has the perfect lemonade flavor! This lemonade buttercream frosting is the perfect summer time frosting. With a light and fluffy texture and a refreshing lemonade flavor, this bakery style buttercream is perfect for your summer cupcakes.
Personally I love to make this buttercream and use it to make Strawberry lemonade cupcakes, but you can also use this frosting on many other cake flavors including, Strawberry cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes and angel food cupcakes.
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Tips for Making this Buttercream Frosting Recipe
The key to this frosting is making sure you let it sit overnight so the powder will start to absorb into the frosting. If not it has almost a grainy texture to it.
The buttercream can be stored at room temperature for up to three days or in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. When you bring it out of the refrigerator let it sit at room temperature for two hours. Then re-whip it for ten minutes to bring it back to life.
Decorating Cupcakes with buttercream frosting
If you have always wanted to make an icing swirl so you have pretty cupcakes, check out this step by step guide on how to make an icing swirl. It really changes the look of your cupcakes! If you are using different flavored frostings and want them both on top of your cupcake swirled together, check out how to swirl two icing flavors. If you want to layer your frosting flavors, check out the layered frosting swirl!
How to Store Buttercream frosting
The buttercream can be stored at room temperature for up to three days or in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
How to rewhip buttercream frosting after storing
When you bring it out of the refrigerator let it sit at room temperature for two hours. Then re-whip it for ten minutes to bring it back to life.
Pink Lemonade Buttercream Ingredients
- butter
- shorteningÂ
- confectioners sugar
- hot water
- pink lemonade powder
- vanilla extract
How to make Pink Lemonade Buttercream Frosting
Start off by mixing the soft butter and shortening together till nice and creamy on medium speed.
Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar into the shortening mixture.
Once you have added all the sugar to the mix add in the hot water, pink lemonade powder and vanilla extract.
Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and continue mixing for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.
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pink lemonade buttercream
Tools
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 pounds confectioners sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot water
- 3/4 cup pink lemonade powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix butter and shortening on medium speed until they are nice and creamy.
- Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar into the shortening mixture.
- Once you have added all the sugar to the mix pour in the hot water, pink lemonade powder, and the vanilla.
- Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and continue mixing for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.
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