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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    Million Dollar Cake

    Pineapple and mandarin oranges give this easy cake a refreshing, tropical twist. With cake mix and pudding mix as ingredients, it is a breeze to put together when you're short on prep time. Plus, it needs to chill before serving, so it's a perfect make-ahead dessert for potlucks and parties! —Rashanda Cobbins, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


    Peppermint Schnapps Hot Cocoa Snowflakes

    Mint and chocolate are perfect partners in these cutout cookies! —James Schend, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin


    Raspberry Moscow Mule Cake

    This Moscow mule cake is my favorite cake I've ever made from scratch. It's so moist and flavorful, and it...


    Strawberry Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

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

    Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

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    My granddaughter Sydney has acquired a love of baking. While I was visiting her in Tampa, we made these light,...


    Game Night Domino Brownies

    Brownies are the perfect handheld treat, and they’re even more fun when decorated like dominoes. Chocolate lovers, rejoice!
    —Barbara...

    Lemon Blueberry Whoopie Pies

    These whoopie pies are soft, cakey cookies studded with tart, juicy blueberries and filled with tangy cream cheese frosting. I...


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    Carrot Spice Thumbprint Cookies

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


    Cinnamon-Spice Brownies

    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 with Cinnamon Buttercream

    These apple pie cupcakes are always a hit! They are so easy to make and the flavor just screams fall....

    Summertime Fun Cookies

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


    Cranberry Sauce Cake

    This tender cake is so easy to make because it mixes in one bowl. Slice it at the table so...


    Blackberry Cake

    Wild blackberries are plentiful here, so I started making this cake to put that pretty crop to good use. Everyone...


    Black Forest Brownies

    Although I enjoy sweets, other recipes have failed me (I'm a beginning baker). But not this one! It's easy, and...


    Double-Decker Brownies

    With two taste-tempting layers and savory frosting, no one will be able to eat just one of these brownies! -Heather...

    Frosted Chocolate Chip Brownies

    These moist, cake-like brownies are so chocolaty-good that they'll go fast at any get-together. The sour cream ifrosting gives...


    Surprise Red Cupcakes

    Catch your honey red-handed this Valentine's Day with a batch of these confections. Our family loves these filled cupcakes. They...


    Family-Favorite Peanut Butter Cake

    My grandmother and aunts made this for family gatherings to go along with fresh homemade ice cream. I now share...


    Fudgy Brownies

    This is a very simple and delicious recipe. These brownies are so rich and moist they remind me of fudge....


    Chocolate Sauce Brownies

    These moist cake-like brownies are loaded with crunchy nuts and topped with sweet frosting. If you don't have leftover chocolate...


    Go Bananas Whoopie Pies

    I love anything with peanut butter, so when I saw this recipe for soft banana cookies with a yummy peanut...


    Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Filling

    I'm a chocoholic and my kids love peanut butter, so a sweet slice of this cake is a real treat...


    Blueberry Bars

    Our three sons like these bars so much that after they were married, each of my daughters-in-law asked for the...

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    Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

    You can have your cake and eat it guilt-free with these taste-tempting treats. The petite graham cracker “crust,” chopped fresh...


    Fudgy Oat Brownies

    These cakelike brownies have a rich, crunchy oat crust and a smooth homemade chocolate frosting. A packaged brownie mix makes...


    Carrot Cake Bars

    “A friend served these moist, tender cake bars at an outdoor party, and everyone raved about the taste. Often, I'll...