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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    Rhubarb Cookies

    11 reviews

    We have two prolific rhubarb plants, so I’m always looking for new ways to use the harvest. The recipe for...


    Caramel Apple Cake

    61 reviews

    When I go to potlucks, family gatherings or on hunting and fishing trips with my husband and son, this cake...


    Gingerbread Cupcakes

    12 reviews

    The robust ginger flavor of these cupcakes is mellowed by the maple frosting's sweetness. The combination is pure heaven! For...


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    Lemon Chiffon Cake

    67 reviews

    This moist, airy lemon chiffon cake was my dad's favorite. Mom revamped the original recipe to include lemons. I'm not...


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    Lemon Crumb Muffins

    66 reviews

    I love to have the dough for these muffins ready and waiting in the refrigerator when company comes. They bake...


    Coconut Carrot Cake

    1 review

    I found this recipe in a cookbook years ago. It's easy to make, and my family loves its moistness. It's...


    Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Icing

    5 reviews

    When it’s time to start the cookie-baking season, this recipe always kicks off the festivities. My mother-in-law first shared it...


    Praline Cookies

    9 reviews

    These cookies are both crisp and chewy. They can be frozen after they're iced for real convenience. With two small...

    Great-Grandma’s Prune Roll

    3 reviews

    Here's an old-fashioned favorite that's sure to bring back memories of home cooking. The vanilla glaze adds a perfect hint...


    Fluffy White Frosting

    18 reviews

    For a heavenly light and fluffy frosting, you can't top this variation of the classic seven-minute frosting. —Georgia Bohmann, West...


    Carrot Cupcakes

    19 reviews

    To try to get my family to eat more vegetables, I often hide nutritional foods inside sweet treats. Now we...


    Chocolate Bavarian Torte

    26 reviews

    Whenever I take this eye-catching torte to a potluck, I get so many requests for the recipe. —Edith Holmstrom, Madison,...


    Lemon Meltaways

    12 reviews

    Both the cookie and the frosting are spiked with lemon in these melt-in-your-mouth goodies. Your family won't be able to...


    Overnight Cherry Danish

    64 reviews

    These rolls with their cherry-filled centers melt in your mouth and store well unfrosted in the freezer. —Leann Sauder, Tremont,...


    Lemon Orange Cake

    11 reviews

    I like to bake this lovely three-layer lemon and orange cake instead of a more traditional pie for Thanksgiving. It...


    Chocolate Drop Cookies

    9 reviews

    These soft, cake-like cookies topped with a creamy cocoa frosting have a pleasant walnut flavor. The recipe makes a lot,...


    Easy Pineapple Coconut Cake

    11 reviews

    Pairing pineapple with coconut lent a tropical flavor to the dessert served as the finale to our theme party. Shared...

    Daffodil Cake

    2 reviews

    I've made this cake for my children(see photo below), grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It is their favorite birthday cake...it's light and...


    Chocolate Chiffon Cake

    16 reviews

    If you want to offer family and friends a dessert that really stands out from the rest, this is the...


    Poppy Seed Cake

    10 reviews

    As sweet finale for my favorite meal, this moist cake is chock full of poppy seeds. (Don't forget to soak...


    Cookies-and-Cream Cake

    29 reviews

    If you like cookies-and-cream ice cream, you'll love this cake. Chocolate sandwich cookies are mixed into the batter and pressed...


    Mom’s Buttermilk Cookies

    15 reviews

    I treasure my mother’s recipe for these comforting cookie pillows. The tender treats are topped with thick frosting and a...


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    Lemon Pound Cake Muffins

    25 reviews

    I make these lemony muffins for all kinds of occasions. My family always requests them when we have a brunch....

    Orange Buttercream Frosting

    11 reviews

    Our Test Kitchen gave simple buttercream frosting a tangy twist by adding a splash of orange juice. It goes wonderfully...


    Quick Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

    23 reviews

    These cookies freeze well, so it's easy to keep some on hand for last-minute munching. In summer, I often make...


    Chocolate Sheet Cake

    21 reviews

    Meet the Cook: The biggest compliment I've ever gotten on this cake might have come when I baked it for...


    Triple Layer Brownie Cake

    34 reviews

    A little of this tall, rich brownie cake goes a long way, so you'll have plenty of pieces left to...


    Homemade Chocolate Cake

    44 reviews

    A rich chocolate frosting is the flavorful finishing touch to this moist from-scratch cake that's mixed in one bowl. It...


    Poppy Seed Bread with Orange Glaze

    5 reviews

    My neighbor gave me this recipe, and I love that it makes two loaves. We usually eat one and then...