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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    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...


    Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cookies

    55 reviews

    Although these cookies require a little extra effort, they’re worth it. I make them for every family gathering—and they never...


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    Pumpkin Bars

    152 reviews

    Pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing are a delicious (and surprisingly easy) festive fall treat. Flavorful, moist and oh, so...


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    German Chocolate Cake

    88 reviews

    German chocolate cake is a towering chocolate-coconut-pecan cake, perfect for your next baking affair.


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    Lemon Pound Cake

    48 reviews

    A tangy and sweet lemon treat, this lemon pound cake has three layers of lemon flavor, from extract, zest and...


    White Velvet Cutouts

    52 reviews

    We make and decorate these cutouts for different holidays and give lots of them as gifts. Last year, we baked...


    Dipped Gingersnaps

    53 reviews

    Make white chocolate-dipped gingersnaps and watch them disappear from the holiday cookie platter faster than you can say "Merry Christmas!"


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    Pineapple Sheet Cake

    61 reviews

    If ever there were a time to try baking your very first cake, let it be this easy pineapple sheet cake.

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    Broadway Brownie Bars

    15 reviews

    I named these dessert bars for Broadway because they're a hit every time I serve them. I especially like to...


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    Lazy Daisy Cake

    49 reviews

    No matter how busy or tiring the day feels, a lazy daisy cake comes to the rescue. The oven takes...


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    Butter Cookies

    10 reviews

    Learn the basics and perfect the art of making the best-ever butter cookies with this step-by-step guide.


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    Snowman Cookies

    10 reviews

    Set a platter of adorable snowman cookies on the dessert table to spread holiday cheer. Or, gift them to your...


    Coffee Bonbons

    4 reviews

    When I first sampled this unique cookie, I decided it was the best cookie I'd ever tasted! The coffee flavor...


    Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies

    24 reviews

    At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these light, delicate orange-flavored cookies. —Sheri DeBolt, Huntington,...


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    Butter Pecan Cake

    36 reviews

    This irresistible butter pecan cake features multiple layers, plenty of toasted buttery pecan crunch and a thick layer of buttercream...


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    Buttercream Frosting

    14 reviews

    Our buttercream frosting recipe uses four simple ingredients—butter, confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla extract—to create the best frosting for cakes...


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    Apple Monkey Bread

    16 reviews

    Each ball torn from our autumnal apple monkey bread contains a special surprise: a sweet cinnamon-apple filling.

    Frosted Cranberry Drop Cookies

    37 reviews

    I started making these treats after tasting a batch my friend whipped up. I immediately requested the drop cookie recipe...


    Cemetery Cake

    3 reviews

    Underneath tasty tombstones, ghosts, pumpkins, worms and soil that make this dessert a conversation piece, you'll find a delectable chocolate...


    Frosted Brownie Pizza

    8 reviews

    It's impossible to eat just one piece of this dessert pizza with a chewy, chocolaty crust, creamy peanut butter frosting...


    Roly-Poly Santas

    4 reviews

    Include these fanciful Santas into every gift cookie tray you give this year. —Mrs. Andrew Syer, Oak Ridge, Missouri


    Bakery Frosting

    27 reviews

    This recipe makes it easy to capture the fabulous flavor of cakes from the best bakeries. A big batch of...


    Lemon Zucchini Drops

    17 reviews

    When we lived on the East Coast, a nearby fruit and vegetable stand had a bakery featuring these soft, cakelike...

    Frosted Chocolate Delights

    3 reviews

    Before we five kids headed off to school each day, Mom took our requests for that day's dinner. I usually...


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    Ricotta Cookies

    53 reviews

    Ricotta cheese is the star of these ricotta cookies, traditionally served as Italian Christmas cookies. The soft ricotta cheese makes...


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    Cranberry Orange Scones

    61 reviews

    Cranberry orange scones are a decadent breakfast pastry. Add a bit of orange marmalade-infused butter on the side with a...


    Football Brownies

    2 reviews

    Homemade chocolate frosting adds a special touch to these moist brownies prepared from a mix. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen


    Raspberry Cake

    21 reviews

    Indulge in this easy-to-make raspberry cake bursting with fresh raspberry flavor and topped with a luscious whipped raspberry frosting.


    Root Beer Float Cake

    42 reviews

    Crack open a cold one—a root beer, that is—and bake up this nostalgic root beer float cake that channels your...