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    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.

    38 Homemade Frosting Recipes to Top Any Dessert

    Nothing compares to homemade frosting! Find all the best frosting recipes in this collection, including buttercream, chocolate, cream cheese and more.

    Cupcake Frosting

    Simple vanilla frosting is a great topper for any cupcake. I frosted 300 cupcakes with...

    The Easy Chocolate Frosting Recipe You Need to Know

    What could be better than a freshly baked cake topped with rich, creamy frosting? This...

    How to Make Creme Fraiche Frosting (the Best Frosting You Haven’t Tried Yet)

    If Goldilocks was looking for just the right frosting, she would choose crème fraiche frosting....

    German Buttercream

    This German buttercream frosting is super silky and buttery. It's pleasantly sweet, but not overly...

    Old-Fashioned Ermine Frosting

    Ermine frosting brings back memories of being in the kitchen with my grandmother. This old-timey...

    French Buttercream

    French buttercream has a custard-like texture and is great if you're going to be piping...

    BB-8 Cake

    This BB-8 cake is easy to assemble and decorate. A cake mix gives you a...

    Oreo Cupcakes with Cookies and Cream Frosting

    Kids and adults alike will find these Oreo cupcakes irresistible. If you want to pipe...

    Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes

    Decorate these simple gluten-free vanilla cupcakes for any special occasion or holiday. Since the frosting...

    Blackberry Buttercream

    Juicy blackberry buttercream frosting has a stunning color and sophisticated flavor. This frosting works especially...
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    Best Vanilla Buttercream

    Why is this recipe crowned the best vanilla buttercream frosting? With its powerfully decadent vanilla...

    Jelly Donut Cake

    Cake. Doughnuts. Now you don't have to choose between the two. Impress your family with...

    Margarita Cake

    This margarita cake is perfect for a picnic on a warm day. You'll be surprised...

    Peanut Butter Whipped Cream Frosting

    A luscious peanut butter whipped cream frosting is just a few ingredients away. Try it...

    Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

    This simple peanut butter buttercream frosting makes enough to frost a three- or four-layer cake....

    Strawberry Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

    Fresh strawberries are full of water, so they have a tendency to weigh down cake...

    Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

    My granddaughter Sydney has acquired a love of baking. While I was visiting her in...

    Italian Chocolate Spice Cookies

    I recently found this old family recipe in my mom’s kitchen. I made a few...

    Cinnamon Chocolate Cake

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

    Tuscan Sun Orange Cranberry Cake

    This recipe came to be through much trial and error. Growing up, my family used...

    Mint Swirl Fudge Cake

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

    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...