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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
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  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.
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