Lemon, Liliko‘i, or Chocolate Buttercream

This buttercream comes in very handy for layered sponge cakes, sponge cake rolls (jelly rolls), or even pound cakes that can be cut horizontally and layered. The recipe makes a lemon buttercream with a chocolate variation. For the chocolate variation, omit the lemon juice and lemon zest in step 3 and follow step 5 to incorporate the chocolate. The buttercream is easily adaptable to other flavors too. For example, there is an option to add fresh liliko‘i (also called passion fruit) juice to