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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    Applesauce Cake

    4 reviews

    "This family favorite is so sweet, moist and tender, no one will know it's a low-fat cake," says Joanne Huff...


    Soft Orange Marmalade Cookies

    5 reviews

    My family likes a soft cookie, and this recipe is one of their favorites. The frosting is so pretty and...


    Frosted Butter Rum Brickle Bites

    5 reviews

    The rum, real butter and toffee bits made these cookies my husband’s new favorite. If you’d like them less sweet,...


    Aloha Cupcakes

    3 reviews

    A friend asked me to make a coconut and pineapple cupcake for a gathering she was hosting. Everyone agreed that...


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    Lemon Pound Cake

    47 reviews

    Citrus trees grow abundantly in California, and I'm always looking for new recipes which use the fruit from the orange...


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    Tropical Carrot Cake

    36 reviews

    I look forward to August because our family reunion means fun and great food, like this classic cake with the...


    Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

    16 reviews

    These are my family's very favorite cookies. They're soft, chewy and totally delicious. —Karen Bourne, Magrath, Alberta


    Buttercream Frosting

    13 reviews

    This basic buttery frosting has unmatchable homemade taste. With a few simple variations, you can come up with different colors...

    Peanut Bars

    5 reviews

    With peanut butter in both the batter and frosting, plus chopped nuts sprinkled on top, these treats have triple the...


    Streuseled Zucchini Bundt Cake

    12 reviews

    Inspired by an abundance of zucchini, I found a new way to use it up in this spiced and lightly...


    Wonderful Carrot Cake

    24 reviews

    This healthy carrot cake recipe is moist, tender and delicious. Kids will love it because it's sweet, and you'll love...


    Austrian Chocolate Balls

    2 reviews

    I love to prepare these chocolate balls for family gatherings, to share at work or when I have a craving...


    Best Chocolate Raspberry Torte

    12 reviews

    How do you make already delicious chocolate cake even more decadent? By adding a heavenly raspberry filling and a lovely...


    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...


    Cherry Nut Cake

    3 reviews

    My grandmother made up this recipe for her children. Using Ozark-grown cherries and walnuts, she invented one they all liked....


    Frosted Maple Cookies

    7 reviews

    Living in New England, I appreciate the unique qualities of our area. Many here enjoy maple flavor. I love this...


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    Wearing o’ Green Cake

    55 reviews

    One bite of this moist, colorful cake and you'll think you've found the pot o' gold at the end of...

    Berry-Topped White Cupcakes

    9 reviews

    Guests just love these yummy white cupcakes that are topped with a cream cheese frosting. The strawberry-blueberry garnish makes them...


    Frosted Cookie Bouquet

    3 reviews

    If you're looking for an easy yet impressive cookie bouquet recipe, you've found it! In the spring, I cut these...


    Coconut Cupcakes

    8 reviews

    I took these coconut cupcakes to a picnic one year, and they went like hotcakes! I should have made a...


    Easy Royal Icing

    4 reviews

    This classic decorating icing sets up and dries quickly. It's especially nice to use this easy royal icing when cookies...


    White Chocolate Banana Cake

    14 reviews

    When I mentioned the recipe contest to my husband, he immediately suggested I enter this extra special cake. Packed with...


    Coffee Bonbons

    4 reviews

    When I first sampled this unique cookie, I decided it was the best cookie I'd ever tasted! The coffee flavor...

    Apple, Raisin, Walnut Cake

    2 reviews

    The girls and boys in my junior high home economics classes like this cake because it's not too sweet. I...


    Apple Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    4 reviews

    Apples are plentiful this time of year, and this cake is one of my favorite recipes using this delicious and...


    Lemon Curd-Filled Angel Food Cake

    4 reviews

    For a sunny angel food cake, we make a filling of mascarpone, cream cheese and lemon curd, and then drizzle...


    Chocolate Cake Roll with Praline Filling

    6 reviews

    This show-stopping cake roll was one of the first “complicated” recipes I ever attempted to prepare. I discovered it was...


    Glazed Anise Cookies

    1 review

    Years ago, my German neighbor made similar cookies and hung them on her Christmas tree for the neighbor kids to...


    Frosted Orange Cookies

    5 reviews

    "I remember my dad making a big batch of these citrus cookies when I was growing up," writes Tammie Young...