Ginger Icing(Cream Cheese Frosting with Candied Ginger)

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Ginger Icing (Cream Cheese Frosting with Candied Ginger)

Recipe By : COCINA DE LA FAMILIA by Marilyn Tausend (1997)
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:10
Categories : Ginger Frostings

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 tablespoons unsalted butter -- at room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese -- at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon thinly slivered candied ginger

Beat the butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and lemon juice in a bowl until
smooth. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar. Add the candied ginger.
Spread on top of a spice cake such as carrot, banana, pineapple, etc.
Spread best when cake is still warm. Enough for a sheet cake to serve 9 or
12.

--Marilyn Tausend's Cocina de la Familia, 1997: Simon-Schuster.
Kitpath@earthlink.net.

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