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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    Grandma’s Carrot Cake

    2 reviews

    My grandma was very special to me. She had a big country kitchen that was full of wonderful aromas any...


    Cinnamon Nut Bars

    8 reviews

    Classic bar meets good-for-you ingredients in this updated recipe. If you have the patience, after the bars are cool, store...


    Glazed Lemon Tube Cake

    36 reviews

    This easy lemon cake recipe is just the dessert to brighten up a gray winter day (or any day). Lemon...


    Chocolate Buttermilk Brownies

    13 reviews

    I've made these frosted brownies for so many years, I don't need a recipe card to follow. When our three...


    Glossy Chocolate Frosting

    27 reviews

    The original recipe for this thick chocolate frosting was my grandmother's. I lightened it up, but it still has all...


    Frosted Cashew Cookies

    10 reviews

    We savor these cookies at Christmas, but they're special year-round with coffee or tucked into a lunchbox. I won a...


    Caramel Nut Breakfast Cake

    7 reviews

    I first tasted this incredible coffee cake when a kind neighbor brought it by. It was so good that my...


    Pineapple Chiffon Cake

    1 review

    I was looking for an unusual recipe to enter in a competition at the local county fair, since it seemed...

    Halloween Layer Cake

    21 reviews

    There's nothing "scary" about this cake. I make it every Halloween for my husband, Mike, and our three children. —Karen...


    Frosted Carrot Cake

    28 reviews

    We have enjoyed this cake for years. Whenever there's a gathering of family and friends, it seems my cake is...


    Minted Chocolate Torte

    3 reviews

    Our family has enjoyed this remarkable layered cake for years. It's a favorite for many occasions. —Barbara Humiston, Tampa, Florida


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    Chocolate Beet Cake

    2 reviews

    The first time I baked this cake, my son loved its moistness, and he couldn't taste the beets.—Peggy Van Arsdale,...


    Lemon Cupcakes

    2 reviews

    Usher in spring with this lemon cupcake recipe. It's a recipe from my mother that I spiced up a bit....


    Special Chocolate Treats

    2 reviews

    I serve these lovely cookies to guests. They freeze well. —Walter Max, Wabasha, Minnesota


    Peanut Butter ‘N’ Jelly Cake

    4 reviews

    I made this fun and flavorful peanut butter and jelly cake for my son's first birthday. He just turned 33,...


    Easter Basket Cupcakes

    1 review

    My mother and I would make these when I was growing up, and I had just as much fun sharing...


    Peanut Butter Truffle Cupcakes

    3 reviews

    Everybody loves cupcakes, and these have a wonderfully tasty hidden treasure inside. They're rich and delicious! —Marlene Schollenberger, Bloomington, Indiana

    Best-Ever Chocolate Cake

    35 reviews

    You can't miss with this delightful old-fashioned dessert. It's truly the best ever chocolate cake! It is moist and chocolaty,...


    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...


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    Cream Cheese Frosting

    28 reviews

    This smooth, versatile cream cheese frosting has a delicate vanilla flavor. The woman who made the wedding cake for our...


    Frosted Carrot Cake Cookies

    1 review

    I took my favorite carrot cake recipe and slightly tweaked it to make cookies. Just like the cake, the yummy...


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    Moist Chocolate Cake

    218 reviews

    This moist chocolate cake recipe with coffee reminds me of my grandmother because it was one of her specialties. I...


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    Pineapple Sheet Cake

    59 reviews

    This sheet cake is perfect for serving to a crowd. It keeps so well that you can easily prepare it...

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    White Texas Sheet Cake

    107 reviews

    This cake gets better the longer it sits, so I try to make it a day ahead. My mother-in-law introduced...