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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    Frosted Butter Rum Brickle Bites

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


    Cherry Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes

    Chocolate-covered coconut candy is tucked inside each of these morsels. The ganache frosting is complemented by coarse sugar and chocolate-covered...


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    Red Velvet Cake

    Our red velvet cake recipe is traditionally southern with light, tender, ruby-red cakes held together with a rich vanilla frosting.


    Red Velvet Cupcakes with Coconut Frosting

    Celebrate in luscious style with these coconut-topped red velvet cupcakes. The sweet shreds lend fun flair. —Marie Rizzio, Interlochen, Michigan


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    Pumpkin Cupcakes

    These pumpkin cupcakes are packed with fall flavor, from pumpkin puree to pie spice to cinnamon and ginger. A cinnamon...


    Spice Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

    Old-fashioned flavor comes through with the molasses, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg in these light, fluffy cupcakes. The mocha frosting is...


    Old-Fashioned Fudge Cake

    This simple one-layer cake has a nice texture, cuts well, is moist and the frosting is fast and easy to...


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    Peppermint Meltaways

    Welcome the most wonderful time of the year with a batch of these festive peppermint meltaways.

    Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

    Most cake recipes feed a crowd. So we came up with this elegant little cake that serves six. That's enough...


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    Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

    These chocolate peppermint cookies are the perfect way to get your peppermint fix this winter.


    Coconut Clouds

    Coconut lovers will have extra reason to celebrate when they taste these cakelike drop cookies. The generous frosting and coconut...


    Holiday Eggnog Snickerdoodles

    Eggnog flavor is infused into the cookie and the glaze with this yummy recipe, perfect for the Christmas season.—Bonnie Massimino,...


    Vanilla Cinnamon Rolls

    This is the best recipe I have found for cinnamon rolls. They're so tender with a delightful vanilla flavor and...


    Fudgy Patriotic Brownies

    A rich chocolate frosting makes these brownies really tasty. I always come home with an empty pan when I take...


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    White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies

    Friends sometimes ask me to make these for wedding receptions. For a fancier presentation, I cut the bars into triangle...


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    Buttermilk Cake with Caramel Icing

    This fabulous cake and caramel frosting are so tender, it melts in your mouth. It's been a family favorite since...


    Lemon-Filled Coconut Cake

    One of my coworkers brought this cake to a luncheon almost 40 years ago. It was so delicious that I...

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    Potluck Banana Cake

    I found this recipe more than five years ago and have been making it for family gatherings ever since. The...


    Yummy Chocolate Cake

    My husband and I are trying to eat lighter but still crave sweets. This moist, healthy chocolate cake really helps...


    Pumpkin Pie Cake

    Boxed cake mix and pureed pumpkin come together in this moist, flavorful pumpkin pie cake. The frosting is equally simple...


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    Pink Cupcakes

    Pretty in pink is the best description for these pink cupcakes—and not just the frosting. The cake is also pink!


    Coconut Pecan Cupcakes

    Pecan lovers have lots to cheer about with these flavorful cupcakes. I created the recipe for my best friend, Ann,...


    Berry-Topped White Cupcakes

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

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    Valentine’s Cookies

    These Valentine's cookies are super festive. The magic ingredients are a powdered strawberry drink mix and a chocolate glaze that...


    Lemon Coconut Cupcakes

    Lemon plus coconut equals big smiles in this cupcake equation. These zesty gems are a hit with my family, friends...


    Classic Carrot Cake

    I entered this yummy, moist cake in a Colorado Outfitters Association dessert contest. My carrot cake with pineapple earned first...


    Mom’s Favorite White Cake

    I received this recipe as part of a wedding gift. I have made it for a couple of summer gatherings...


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    Hummingbird Cake

    This impressive hummingbird cake is my dad’s favorite, so I always make it for his birthday. It makes a memorable...


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    Vanilla Frosting

    Light, sweet and perfectly airy, this easy homemade vanilla frosting recipe makes a delicious topping for cakes, cupcakes, desserts and...