Oh my word – THIS frosting recipe! Soooo good.
When you want a frosting that is super sweet yet with just enough tang to offset it, then you likely want this vegan lemon buttercream frosting.
Honestly you’ll love it on some Red Velvet Cake!
And of course if you want to match your topsies and bottomsies then you’d likely wanna put it on your lemon cake too!
I’m not one for overdoing the vegan butter, but this has just enough to make it delectably creamy and rich.
Just 4 ingredients! This is a frosting you will love!
It’s also beyond divine on some vegan carrot cake.
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Or was it cookies, or something else?
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- 3 and ¾ Cups (450g) Powdered Sugar
- 3 Tbsp (45g) Vegan Butter
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 tsp (5ml) Vanilla Extract
- Add the powdered sugar into a mixing bowl along with the vegan butter, lemon juice and vanilla extract.
- Using an electric mixer on low speed mix together, gradually increasing speed.
- It should be very thick so that when you spread it on a cake it sets and doesn't run.
- If it's not thick enough, then add another ¼ to ½ cup of powdered sugar.
Omg this was so lemony and tart just what my lemon cupcakes needed!! The recipe came together perfectly..easiest icing ever!!!
Yay! So good to hear Erin! Thanks for posting! 🙂
Great lemon frosting option for dairy-free folks! I did like it, though for me it was a tad too sweet. But our son thought it was perfect.:) If I were to make it for myself in the future, I would reduce the sugar by 1/3 to 1/2. Delicious.
Cool! Thanks for posting Irene! 🙂
Hi, do you use a balloon whisk or the paddle attachment when mixing up the buttercream? I seem to always get a grainy mixture, despite being careful to add the icing sugar in increments, as well as sifting the sugar first.
Hi Lucy, if you watch our video for how to make vegan vanilla frosting: http://lovingitvegan.com/how-to-make-vegan-vanilla-frosting/ you’ll see the kind of stand mixer I’m using. I don’t even sift my powdered sugar and just throw it all in at once and there is no graininess.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! FREAKIN’ DELICIOUS!!!
Haha, you’re very welcome! So glad you liked it. Thanks for posting! 🙂
Hi, thanks for posting so very nice recipes. About the buttercream frosting , what do you mean “vegan butter”? I had no idea that exist one ! Can you please tell more about it? I guess you do not mean margarine?!
Thank you very much for all your lovely recipes.
Hi, you’re very welcome! Vegan butter is just a buttery spread like Earth Balance in the USA or Nuttelex in Australia/UK. You can just do a search for what is available in your area. Margarine is also completely fine to use, but many of them use whey so are not vegan, but usually you can find one that is vegan if you look. As long as it says it’s good for baking, then it’s great to use.
This is the best frosting vegan or not that I’ve ever made. I frosted a huge vegan carrot cake with this recipe, but I doubled it. I served a large church crowd, and everyone kept raving, “wow this frosting just melts in your mouth”. Nobody believed that the cake or frosting was vegan. I was so pleased. I’m making another one this weekend for church (Pastor’s request). Thanks so much. I appreciated the fact that I didn’t have to use vegan cream cheese in this recipe. Love it. Love it.
That is so totally awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂