Frosting and Icing Recipes

Find recipes for cake frosting, cupcake frosting, cookie icing, fondant, and dessert glazes.

Staff Picks

Scrumptious Penuche Frosting

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This scrumptious caramel-flavored frosting is the perfect frosting for any yummy cake. It is perfect on basic yellow cake as well as homemade pound cake. Some love it on chocolate cake as well.
By HappyBakerBrittany

Vegan Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting

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My kids love this frosting. They said it tastes like the filling in a peanut butter cup. My son has a milk allergy, so I came up with this recipe.
By JUDYLT

Maple Buttercream Frosting

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This is a very sweet frosting - it reminds me of maple candy.
By Sarah

Smooth Double Chocolate Frosting

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I've never liked the heavy texture of buttercream icing, so I came up with this as a smooth and rich alternative. It always gets rave reviews!
By nurseluther

Easy Cream Cheese Frosting

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This is a simple recipe for delicious cream cheese frosting. It has less powdered sugar than most recipes. That's one reason it tastes so good.
By live_love_cook

Smooth Buttercream Frosting

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This flavorful icing is ideal for decorating. It may be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to a week. Re-whip before using.
By morabam2011

Real Strawberry Frosting

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I wanted REAL strawberry frosting for my Real Strawberry Cupcakes and could not find an acceptable recipe. I wanted an intense strawberry taste without using an extract or gelatin. I came up with this recipe using a strawberry puree reduction that is truly the strawberry-est. If you love strawberries, you'll LOVE THIS!!!
By Candice

Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting

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Perfect for any cake!
By Staci Lambert

Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing

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After failing to find the perfect recipe for buttercream icing, I found one that worked for me and then added my own two cents.
By xoshadyxo

Basic Cream Cheese Frosting

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This recipe delivers a basic cream cheese frosting using just butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla.
By JJ
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Whipped Cream

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How to make basic whipped cream. For best results make sure whisk and bowl are ice cold.
By Paula

Sugar Cookie Icing

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This icing dries hard and shiny and the colors stay bright. Choose as many different food colorings as you desire.
By JBS BOX
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Inspiration and Ideas

How To Make Frosting

How To Make Frosting

Get tips for making creamy frosting that is sturdy enough to hold up as decorations on cakes and cupcakes, as well as smooth, pipe-able icing for cookies or as glazes.
Quick & Almost-Professional Buttercream

Quick & Almost-Professional Buttercream

"Creamy and fluffy, yet still perfect for piping/decorating." – naples34102
Caroline's Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Caroline's Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting II

Cream Cheese Frosting II

15 Easy Freezer Jams Anyone Can Make

15 Easy Freezer Jams Anyone Can Make

Quick and Easy Jams Perfect for Preserving Summer Fruit

Quick and Easy Jams Perfect for Preserving Summer Fruit

Pastry Cream

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This is a classic pastry cream often used in bakeries and restaurants. It can be used as a filling for cakes, pies or pastries. To make a lighter filling, fold in plain whipped cream.

More Frosting and Icing Recipes

The Perfect Cinnamon Roll Icing

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After testing many recipes for cinnamon rolls I found that just about any home-made roll can be good if you have the right icing. In too many recipes the cream cheese flavor overpowers the icing. Use this recipe for decadent cream cheese icing on your favorite cinnamon roll and you won't be disappointed!
By Cara McGuire

Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting

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The perfect fluffy frosting for brownies or chocolate cake. Sweet but not too sweet. Peanut buttery but not greasy. So wonderful and it won't over power your brownies!!!
By NICKIE75

Royal Icing I

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Perfect icing for your gingerbread houses!
By Diane
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Creamy Chocolate Frosting

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I've been using this chocolate frosting recipe forever, and several friends now use it as their 'favorite frosting!' It's smooth, creamy and not-too-dark. I just wanted to share it with chocolate lovers everywhere! It will frost, but not fill, an 8 or 9 inch layer cake.
By Tracy Larsen

Chocolate Ganache

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This is a rich, dark chocolate topping or decoration that has lots of uses. It can be whipped as filling or icing, or just poured over whatever cake you like.
By INGRIDEVOGEL

German Chocolate Cake Frosting

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Coconut Pecan Frosting for German Chocolate Cake.
By Denise

Sturdy Whipped Cream Frosting

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This is a YUMMY whipped cream frosting that is very stable and does not melt at room temperature unlike many standard whipped cream frostings. It also makes a GREAT dip for fresh fruit -- not too sweet, just right! This recipe is GREAT for a stand mixer but will work with any good mixer.
By Jo-Lynn Jansen
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Creamy Frosting

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A creamy white icing that looks like whipped cream.
By Carol

Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting

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A decadent whipped cream and cream cheese frosting that has everyone asking if they can lick the bowl. It pipes very well.
By Tom

Caramel Frosting I

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I have had this recipe for over 30 years. Cream may be substituted for the milk for added richness.
By MaryKaye

Cream Cheese Frosting II

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This is a wonderfully creamy frosting that goes well with pumpkin bread, carrot cake, chocolate cake, on cookies, or between cookies. If you want chocolate frosting, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup cocoa, according to how rich you want it.
By Janni
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Perfect Lemon Curd

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Wonderfully tart, classic English lemon curd...perfect with scones and tea.
By TAWNIE44

Sugar Cookie Frosting

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Add food coloring to decorate your favorite sugar cookies.
By Kathy Brandt

Satiny Chocolate Glaze

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A glossy chocolate glaze to drizzle over a Bundt cake. It's also great on cookies and doughnuts.
By Ginger

Sugar Cookie Glaze

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This glaze will dry to a hard shiny finish. Perfect as a base coat for cookies. Can be colored too; use as much food coloring as needed to create desired hue. Dries quickly.
By Cyndi

Best Chocolate Frosting

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Best chocolate frosting recipe I've found!
By Michelle Ann

Chef John's Apple Butter

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Move over, apple sauce. Apple butter is basically a spreadable apple pie filling, only better. Though cooking time is long, it's super easy and pretty hands-free. Pair it with some sharp Cheddar on a cheese plate, or slather it onto cheesy biscuits (see footnote). Other approved uses include spreading between the layers of a spice cake, filling seasonably appropriate thumbprint cookies, or even as a condiment for pork chops.
By Chef John
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Gingerbread Cookie Frosting

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This is the recipe my mother uses to frost gingerbread cookies at Christmas.
By Alison Hendon

Glossy Royal Icing

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I received this recipe from a professional baker. I prefer to use this instead of a regular royal icing recipe with egg whites. It hardens nicely and is glossy rather than matte like regular royal icing. Use almond, orange, or lemon extract, whatever you prefer.
By BEVANGELISTA

The Best Chocolate Glaze

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I use this glaze on brownies, Bundt® cake, ice cream, or whatever needs a little chocolate. It's rich, decadent, and oh so easy!
By Mary Taylor Dantzler

Marshmallow Fondant

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This is a very easy (and a little sticky at times) way to make a delicious fondant. It's great on cakes, cookies, or just for your little ones to play with! Leftovers will save in a tightly sealed container for a few weeks.
By Kiele Briscoe
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Cream Cheese Frosting without Powdered Sugar

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This is an alternative to the classic recipe that calls for powdered sugar. We use it to frost cocktail cake. Try it on applesauce, spice, banana, or carrot cakes too.
By Anne Brothers & Rick Smetzer

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake.
By Carol

Butter Icing for Sugar Cookies

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Here's a terrific recipe for icing sugar cookies, no raw egg whites. For any recipes that require egg whites, you can purchase dried, powdered egg whites at cake-decorating supply stores that can be substituted in most recipes calling for the regular raw egg whites, then you can still lick the bowl!
By Cali
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