Frosting and Icing Recipes

A creamy white icing sans powdered sugar that resembles whipped cream.

This easy chocolate glaze uses just 5 ingredients–it's the best!

This is a boiled fudge-like icing

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.

Delicious buttercream frosting flavored with Nutella - tastes great on cupcakes or as a cake filling.

Cream cheese is mixed with heavy cream to make a stable whipped cream.

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

A light and cool topping vaguely resembling Bavarian cream.

A homemade cherry pie filling! You can use fresh or frozen tart cherries.

Simple to make with only three ingredients with a variety of uses. Great to use over Bundt cake because it sets up nicely. The extra sauce may be refrigerated and reheated to serve over ice cream or your favorite dessert. I came up with this once when I didn't have any confectioner's sugar to make a glaze for a Bundt cake.

This is a simple recipe and makes a perfect homemade chocolate frosting every time!

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

Great flavor and so creamy. Great on Daffodil cake.

This is the type of frosting that is cooked over the stove, then whipped. This goes well on almost any type of cake.

This recipe makes enough batter for both a 9-inch cake and a 9x13-inch red champagne cake decorated with edible flowers.

When life gives you a bunch of limes, make lime curd! This twist on traditional lemon curd uses limes instead. Use it as a cake filling, or any other way you desire.

Mix butter and brown sugar with powdered sugar for an easy stovetop icing.

Add food coloring to decorate your favorite sugar cookies.

Better than the whipped cream that comes in the squirty canisters! Spread on crepes, fruits, pies or your favorite desserts.

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.

This recipe makes an ideal buttercream for frosting cakes and decorating them with borders.

The paste is used to hold together pastries, cakes, and other dishes that come from Japan, most commonly desserts.

This icing recipe is #1! It's quick and easy to make, bright white for cake decorating, and you can easily change it's consistency! This is the most important icing recipe you'll ever have. It's so basic, it makes the hassle of cake decorating so much easier! If you wish, use half shortening and half unsalted butter.

This is an easy frosting recipe I have tweaked to my liking after a few tries. It is very tasty and is pretty easy to make.