Frosting Recipes

Take your cakes and cookies to the next level with our frosting recipes, including our famous vanilla buttercream. You’ll find royal icing recipes and how-to’s here, too.

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    Strawberry Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

    4 Reviews

    Fresh strawberries are full of water, so they have a tendency to weigh down cake batters and make soggy cakes....


    Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

    12 Reviews

    Want a cupcake that tastes like spring in every bite? These strawberry lemon cupcakes are zesty and sweet and have a...


    Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies

    9 Reviews

    With a pretty glaze and festive sprinkles, richly flavored Italian chocolate spice cookies are perfect for holiday gatherings.


    Cranberry Orange Cake

    2 Reviews

    This cake was inspired by Italian-style cakes and is dotted with dried cranberries and scented with oranges and almonds. A...


    Mint Swirl Fudge Cake

    3 Reviews

    Mint pairs with a silky, mild chocolate flavor for this colorful, beautiful cake that will be the talk of the...


    Cinnamon Chocolate Cake

    5 Reviews

    A healthy hint of cinnamon gives this chocolate cake an extra step up over the expected sheet cake. The sweet...


    Our Favorite Frosting Tools for Bakery Window-Worthy Cakes

    Serious about cake decorating? We've rounded up the most essential frosting tools you need to create professional-looking cakes.


    How to Make an Easy Peanut Butter Sheet Cake in a Jiffy

    This easy peanut butter cake recipe takes less than an hour to make and is practically guaranteed to be a...

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    Lemon Blueberry Whoopie Pies

    10 Reviews

    Lemon blueberry whoopie pies are a dessert that captures the flavors of summer. Plus, they're quite easy to make from...


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    How to Frost a Cake the Easy and Elegant Way

    Learn how to frost a cake that your friends and family will ooh and ahh over—no special tools required.


    How to Make Easy Strawberry Frosting

    Paired with lemon cupcakes or chocolate brownies, strawberry frosting is a delicious companion to your favorite baked goods. Here's an...


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    Lamb Cake

    10 Reviews

    Lamb cake might be the most impressive Easter dessert centerpiece! We’ll walk through every step of making this lovely cake...


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    22 Easy Cupcake Decorating Ideas That Look Professional

    Think you can't get bakery-style decorations at home? Think again! Our easy cupcake decorating ideas will make your favorite recipes...


    9 Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes With Royal Icing

    That colorful coating might look pretty on your Christmas cookies, but royal icing can be, well, a royal pain. Here...


    11 Types of Frosting All Bakers Need to Know

    There's a whole world of tasty frosting beyond the canned stuff. Learn how to make all the best types of...


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    What Is Royal Icing? (And How Do You Make It?)

    It's easier to make royal icing than you think!


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    Carrot Spice Thumbprint Cookies

    10 Reviews

    Carrot cake is a family favorite, and these delicious cookies with shredded carrots, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, cinnamon and cloves...

    Chocolate Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Icing

    Mariann James of Ferguson, Missouri created a sweet and salty favorite with her original recipe for chocolate spice cake with...


    Cinnamon-Spice Brownies

    1 Reviews

    Gail Mehle of Rock Springs, Wyoming submitted the original recipe for these brownies with a secret ingredient: cinnamon. The spicy...


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    Apple Pie Cupcakes

    23 Reviews

    Turn the classic cupcake into a fall favorite with our rendition of apple pie cupcakes. Filled with a sweet apple...


    Copycat Berger Cookies

    3 Reviews

    After a friend who had recently traveled to Baltimore sent me a package of Berger cookies, I was hooked. They...


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    Macarons

    8 Reviews

    These cookies are a French classic, but you don't need to rush to a patisserie. Learn how to make macarons...


    Ugly Sweater Cookies

    Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ugly Sweater Cookies is how cute they are. Try these classic gingerbreads on for...

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    Summertime Fun Cookies

    1 Reviews

    Use this basic sugar cookie recipe to make the perfect poolside treat. Kids (and adults) won't be able to get...


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    Reindeer Cake

    1 Reviews

    Whether you turn this cake into a reindeer or decorate it with your own creative vision, it’s a three-layer stunner...


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    24 Decadent Desserts with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Desserts with cream cheese frosting are always a favorite. Go beyond basic carrot cake and check out even more ways...


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    German Apple Cake

    66 Reviews

    Bursting with pieces of juicy apple, warmly spiced with cinnamon and crowned with a sweet cloud of cream cheese frosting,...


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    Coca-Cola Cake

    77 Reviews

    Our coca-cola cake recipe uses not one but two cans of everyone's favorite soda. Move over, mayonnaise! Cola is our...


    Apple Walnut Cake

    15 Reviews

    There are fancy cakes that are light and fluffy, but when fall comes around you can’t get much better than...