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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    Apple Cider Pound Cake

    5 reviews

    Fall in New England is so beautiful, and the apples here are the best! This apple cider cake is a...


    Christmas Wreath Bread

    3 reviews

    The wreath design for this bread gives it such a festive look. I always make extras to give to friends...


    Butterscotch Gingerbread Men

    2 reviews

    The addition of butterscotch pudding makes these a little different than most gingerbread cutout recipes. The recipe comes from my...


    Winter Squash Squares

    5 reviews

    Meet the Cook: Besides tasting good, these squares are a wonderful way to use up any leftover squash from dinner.


    King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling

    3 reviews

    Round out your Mardi Gras celebration with a King Cake—a colorful ring-shaped pastry drizzled with green, gold and purple icing....


    Royal Raspberry Cake

    12 reviews

    My all-time favorite cake recipes include this one. It's easy to make, pretty to look at...and delicious! I never fail...


    Frosted Cinnamon Rolls

    34 reviews

    These pretty cinnamon rolls are absolutely marvelous and taste just like the ones sold at the mall. Topped with a...


    Puppy Dog Cake

    1 review

    Just a glance at this tasty canine confection is bound to get guests' stomachs growling! This cake is surprisingly simple...

    Moist Carrot Cupcakes

    12 reviews

    If your kids think they don’t like carrots, just wait until these cinnamon-scented, lightly frosted little cakes hit the table....


    Pumpkin Eggnog Rolls

    5 reviews

    I needed to use up some eggnog, so I swapped it for milk in my sweet roll
    recipe. Even...


    Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Frosting

    1 review

    A special friend gave me this recipe more than 20 years ago. The cake has a wonderful chocolate frosting with...


    White Chocolate Fluffy Cake

    5 reviews

    A former co-worker shared the recipe for this decadent cake. I fell in love with it. Forget the calorie count...


    Caramel Apple Coffee Cake

    16 reviews

    When you visit friends or relatives in my area of the country, you can be sure the coffee will be...


    Pineapple-Coconut Angel Food Cake

    5 reviews

    I found this recipe at a local paper and adapted it to suit my family's tastes. A friend who doesn't...


    Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Cake with Penuche Frosting

    6 reviews

    My aunt, who was born in the 1920s, passed this recipe down to me. She made the cake from scratch...


    Lemon Shortbread Trees

    1 review

    Here's a fun holiday recipe children can help with. And no cookie cutters are needed! I just shape the dough...


    Peanut Butter Layer Cake

    4 reviews

    My husband loves peanut butter, so this cake is his favorite. Sometimes I switch frosting recipes and use a chocolate...

    Bakery Frosting

    27 reviews

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


    Cinnamon Cupcakes

    13 reviews

    “My from-scratch cinnamon cupcakes take a little work,” admits Judy Learned of Boyertown, Pennsylvania. But the results speak for themselves,...


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    Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzels

    6 reviews

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


    Pistachio and Coconut Cake

    2 reviews

    This coconut cake is good any time of the year, but the color is perfect for St. Patrick's Day. The...


    Pineapple Cake

    22 reviews

    "I often prepare this moist golden cake at Easter, but it's wonderful just about any time of year," relates Linda...


    Chocolate-Mint Shamrock Cupcakes

    2 reviews

    Celebrate the luck of the Irish with these adorable St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes. The best part of the recipe is...

    Orange Glazed Bundt Cake

    6 reviews

    This recipe was given to me by my mother-in-law, who got it from her mother-in-law. Although Grandma Tucker has been...


    Almond Lavender Cake

    11 reviews

    This eye-catching, moist lavender cake has a terrific buttery texture and a lovely flavor. It's a top-notch example of a...


    Creamy Fudge Frosting

    10 reviews

    For every occasion that calls for chocolate frosting, keep this fudgy recipe close by. With just five ingredients from the...


    Chocolate Torte

    6 reviews

    Mom's three-layer chocolate torte was always perfect with it's delicious whipped cream filling and a yummy chocolate frosting. Making this...


    Melt-In-Your-Mouth Lemon Cutouts

    3 reviews

    Full of lemony flavor, these cookies are great for any time of year and always popular with family and friends.—Patricia...


    Chunky Monkey Cupcakes

    2 reviews

    Peanut butter is a favorite of ours, and it brings a fun element to these cupcakes. They're good with or...