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

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

Stabilized Whipped Cream Icing

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This cream holds up longer on pies because it doesn't separate. Gelatin stiffens whipped cream and makes the texture seem fuller and slightly spongy. May be used to top a pie or frost a cake.
By ETHELMERTZ

Bella's Eggnog Frosting

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Great for gingerbread or molasses cookies! We spread this frosting generously over molasses cookies and eat them right off the cookie sheet. Enjoy!
By intelwalk

Simple Orange Glaze

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This glaze is fresh and delicious. It uses real orange juice, not the stuff out of the container. It adds a real nice kick to angel food cake or any kind of loaf cake.
By cukatie2983

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 and Almost-Professional Buttercream

Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream

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

Caroline's Chocolate Fudge Frosting

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Cream Cheese Frosting II

Cream Cheese Frosting II

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3 Easy Ways to Frost Cupcakes

3 Easy Ways to Frost Cupcakes

Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate Ganache

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Strawberry Cake Filling

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Easy to make filling that isn't too sweet.

More Frosting and Icing Recipes

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

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

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

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

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

Creamy Frosting

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

Perfect Lemon Curd

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

German Chocolate Cake Frosting

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Coconut Pecan Frosting for German Chocolate Cake.
By Denise

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

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

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.
By CHRISTINIBEANIE

Lemon Icing

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This is a superb icing and does not take long to make.
By Carol

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

Best Chocolate Frosting

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

One Minute Chocolate Icing

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This is a boiled fudge-like icing
By Sandy

19 Ways to Make and Use Lemon Curd

Lemon curd is easy to make and even easier to enjoy in an endless list of treats - from tarts and pies to cakes and more.

Vanilla Chantilly Cream

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This is a sweeter version of whipped cream. It is smooth and satiny. My family loves it on pancakes, chocolate mousse, and just about anything that needs a sweet touch. Enjoy, from my family to yours.
By MonicaA.

Royal Icing I

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Perfect icing for your gingerbread houses!
By Diane

Sugar Cookie Frosting

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

Chocolate Frosting I

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Great texture and color as well as taste. Smooth and easily spread, this frosting turns any cake, cookie, or cupcake into something deliciously special.
By Tia the Baker

Cool Whipped Frosting

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A light and cool topping vaguely resembling Bavarian cream.
By shirleyo

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

Cheater No-Cook Pastry Cream

This fast version of a pastry cream is a useful hack to know if you like to make fancy French desserts without all the fuss! This consistency will work for any recipe where you need a cream that can stand up to layering or filling. If you need a cream that is less stiff, add more cream or milk one tablespoon at a time until you get the texture you need for your recipe.
By Stacey Ballis
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