Frosting and Icing Recipes

This easy buttercream frosting is perfect for piping and decorating.

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

This recipe shows how to make basic whipped cream. For best results, make sure the whisk and bowl are ice cold.

This is a quick and easy frosting recipe using ingredients you most likely already have on hand. Use whatever food colors you like!

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

Peanut butter and confectioner's sugar make a fluffy frosting that is perfect for brownies or chocolate cake.

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.

The right icing can perk up any homemade cinnamon roll. Try this recipe for decadent cream cheese icing on your favorite cinnamon roll and you won't be disappointed.

This coconut and pecan frosting if perfect for German chocolate cake.

Best chocolate frosting recipe I've found!

This creamy buttercream frosting makes enough to cover a 9-inch layer cake or 24 cupcakes with chocolate deliciousness.

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

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

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

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.

Sweetened cream is flavored with vanilla and whipped until smooth and satiny in this recipe for a classic dessert topping, Chantilly cream.

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.

Add food coloring to decorate your favorite sugar cookies.

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

A creamy white icing that looks like whipped cream.

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

An easy to make egg-free frosting that works great for decorating cookies for holidays, birthdays and parties. When you need to add coloring to icing, use color paste. If you use liquid coloring, you may need to add more confectioner's sugar.

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.

Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake.