Description
These strawberry lemon blondies are the perfect mix of sweet and tart flavors! This beautiful summer dessert will be a hit at any party!
Ingredients
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For the Blondies:
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup strawberries (diced)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon flavoring
- neon pink and neon yellow food coloring gel (optional)
For the Frosting:
- 4 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tsp neon pink food coloring gel
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the butter, sugar, and egg until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt, until well blended.
- Add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl, a little at a time, mixing between additions. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl, and blend one more time.
- Divide the batter in half. Add the diced strawberries to one half, and the lemon flavoring and lemon juice to the other half. Stir well.
- Add a teaspoon of neon pink food coloring gel to the strawberry half, and add neon yellow food coloring gel to the lemon half.
- Pour the strawberry batter into the prepared baking dish and spread the batter out. Layer the lemon batter on top of the strawberry batter, and gently spread to smooth.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- While the blondies are cooling, prepare the frosting.
- Place the cream cheese in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, and add the butter, and blend until smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla, and neon pink food coloring gel, and mix until blended. Add powdered sugar a little at a time, until all has been added, and frosting is smooth and creamy.
- Once the blondies are cool, place the frosting on top of the lemon layer of blondies and smooth to make a thick layer of Frosting. Allow frosting to sit for 2 hours, to set, before serving.