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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    Frosted Cranberry Drop Cookies

    37 Reviews

    I started making these treats after tasting a batch my friend whipped up. I immediately requested the drop cookie recipe...


    Cemetery Cake

    3 Reviews

    Underneath tasty tombstones, ghosts, pumpkins, worms and soil that make this dessert a conversation piece, you'll find a delectable chocolate...


    Frosted Brownie Pizza

    7 Reviews

    It's impossible to eat just one piece of this dessert pizza with a chewy, chocolaty crust, creamy peanut butter frosting...


    Roly-Poly Santas

    4 Reviews

    Include these fanciful Santas into every gift cookie tray you give this year. —Mrs. Andrew Syer, Oak Ridge, Missouri


    Bakery Frosting

    26 Reviews

    This recipe makes it easy to capture the fabulous flavor of cakes from the best bakeries. A big batch of...


    Lemon Zucchini Drops

    16 Reviews

    When we lived on the East Coast, a nearby fruit and vegetable stand had a bakery featuring these soft, cakelike...


    Frosted Chocolate Delights

    3 Reviews

    Before we five kids headed off to school each day, Mom took our requests for that day's dinner. I usually...


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    Ricotta Cookies

    50 Reviews

    Ricotta cheese is the star of these ricotta cookies, traditionally served as Italian Christmas cookies. The soft ricotta cheese makes...

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    Cranberry Orange Scones

    61 Reviews

    Cranberry orange scones are a decadent breakfast pastry. Add a bit of orange marmalade-infused butter on the side with a...


    Football Brownies

    2 Reviews

    Homemade chocolate frosting adds a special touch to these moist brownies prepared from a mix. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen


    Raspberry Cake

    21 Reviews

    Indulge in this easy-to-make raspberry cake bursting with fresh raspberry flavor and topped with a luscious whipped raspberry frosting.


    Root Beer Float Cake

    42 Reviews

    Crack open a cold one—a root beer, that is—and bake up this nostalgic root beer float cake that channels your...


    Frosted Brownies

    66 Reviews

    These frosted brownies are chocolate on chocolate, but you won't hear anyone complain! Fudgy brownies and fluffy chocolate frosting are...


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    Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

    124 Reviews

    Save all your spotty, overripe bananas for these compelling banana bars with cream cheese frosting.


    Maple Carrot Cupcakes

    29 Reviews

    I come from a line of family cooks and have liked to cook and bake since I was young. Mother...


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    Orange Cookies

    14 Reviews

    Soft, tender and filled with bright, zippy orange juice and zest, our orange cookies with a homemade icing are sure...


    Creepy Cupcakes

    With chocolate bodies and licorice legs, these cute spiders on cobwebs will "catch" attention fast! They're easy to scare up,...

    Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

    23 Reviews

    These chocolate sandwich cookies take very little time to make. Boxed cake mix makes these so easy to mix that...


    Carrot Cupcakes

    18 Reviews

    To try to get my family to eat more vegetables, I often hide nutritional foods inside sweet treats. Now we...


    Toffee-Mocha Cream Torte

    11 Reviews

    When you really want to impress someone, this scrumptious torte is just the thing to make! Instant coffee granules give...


    Soft Sugar Cookies

    26 Reviews

    Our soft sugar cookies are the ultimate fluffy, billowy treat. A simple smear of whipped buttercream frosting completes these adorable...


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    Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    47 Reviews

    Cinnamon, nutmeg, carrots and a creamy, tangy frosting make this classic carrot cake a winner.


    Cake with Buttercream Decorating Frosting

    3 Reviews

    This sweet creamy frosting made with real butter is easy to blend together and holds its shape nicely when used...

    Treasure Chest Birthday Cake

    6 Reviews

    Swashbucklers of all ages were eager to seize a chocolaty piece of this birthday cake, although some guests thought it...


    Caramel Apple Cupcakes

    22 Reviews

    Bring these extra special cupcakes to your next event and watch how quickly they disappear! With a caramel topping and...


    Cran-Apple Muffins

    2 Reviews

    I like to pile a fresh batch of these muffins on a plate when friends drop in for coffee. Even...


    Surprise Carrot Cake

    36 Reviews

    A cousin gave me this carrot cake recipe. It's a wonderful potluck pleaser with its "surprise" cream cheese center. My...


    Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

    16 Reviews

    Potluck-perfect peanut butter sheet cake takes less than an hour to bake and is practically guaranteed to be a hit.


    Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzels

    5 Reviews

    "The treats are easy for any age to make but pretty enough to share with friends. You can add color...