The right frosting can be a game-changer for your desserts. It adds that smooth, rich finish that makes each bite more complete. In this collection, we've gathered our favorite homemade frosting recipes for topping cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more. These frostings aren't just delicious, they'll elevate your desserts and impress everyone at your next celebration.
Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
This creamy strawberry buttercream frosting is the delightful, fruity touch you've been looking for to top your favorite desserts! This easy recipe infuses my rich American buttercream with fresh strawberries, creating a smooth, fluffy, balanced frosting that will leave you licking your fingers. The best part is it only takes 10 minutes to make!
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Oreo Frosting
If you're a fan of Oreo cookies, you will absolutely love this creamy homemade Oreo frosting recipe! Top your favorite cakes and cupcakes with this delicious cookies and cream treat made with silky vanilla buttercream frosting and crushed Oreo cookies. With the perfect balance of sweetness and chocolate cookie flavor, it simply can't get any better!
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Ermine Frosting
Ermine Frosting is silky, smooth, light, and fluffy. And while it's a type of buttercream, it isn't too sweet. Use this lesser-known cake frosting on your baked goods, and you'll never go back!
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Whipped Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Made with a combination of dark chocolate, heavy cream, and gelatin, whipped chocolate ganache frosting is a light and creamy way to decorate or fill your favorite cakes and pastries. Just follow this easy, step-by-step whipped ganache frosting recipe, and you'll have a flawless and decadent chocolate cream in no time!
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Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Here's the best Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe so you can frost your cakes like a pro. It's silky, stable, and perfect for piping. What's more, it tastes delicious, too.
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Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
If you love raspberries, you will love this easy raspberry buttercream frosting! This creamy frosting uses my American buttercream as a base and mixes it with fresh raspberry puree and lemon juice to create a natural flavor with the perfect balance of sweetness. It is a delicious addition to your favorite layer cakes, cupcakes, brownies, and cookies!
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German Buttercream
Easy German buttercream (or crème mousseline) is my favorite buttercream frosting. It's a simple pastry cream enriched with butter, so it is a bit more complex to make, but it isn't as sweet as American buttercream. It's super smooth and silky and the best cake filling for a variety of desserts, from layer cakes and cupcakes to French macarons.
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Nutella Frosting
Rich chocolate cake with Nutella frosting has to be one of the most popular birthday cake flavors and fillings. Because who doesn't love the rich and smooth chocolate hazelnut spread? The nutty flavor tames the sweetness slightly, but overall, this is a super decadent cake filling for serious chocoholics only. Make sure to try these Nutella cupcakes and Nutella cake.
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Russian Buttercream
If you find my American buttercream recipe too thick and sweet, my delicious vanilla Russian buttercream is here to save the day! Made with just two basic household ingredients, this flavorful, fluffy, condensed milk frosting is the perfect substitute for topping and filling your favorite cakes, cupcakes, and cookies!
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Lemon Buttercream Frosting
This light and fluffy lemon buttercream frosting recipe has a bright flavor that is perfect for frosting or filling your favorite summer desserts! It combines a delicious vanilla buttercream frosting with the juice of fresh lemons to create a delightfully sweet cream with true citrus flavor. If you have been looking for the best lemon buttercream frosting for cakes, cupcakes, or cookies– you can stop your search here!
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Mascarpone Frosting
This silky mascarpone frosting is the perfect addition to your cupcakes or cakes. Pipes beautifully and, unlike some other frostings, does not include tons of sugar, so it is very well balanced in sweetness. Make this delicious, velvety-smooth frosting in less than 5 minutes using 3 simple ingredients.
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Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting
Chocolate whipped cream frosting is deliciously rich, creamy, and luxurious. It's a sweetened whipped cream flavored with cocoa powder and infused with vanilla, and it makes the perfect frosting, filling, or garnish for your desserts.
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Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Use this tangy Lemon cream cheese frosting on your baked goods and elevate them to new heights. It's full of fresh lemon flavor with the most amazing silky smooth texture and the rich tang of cream cheese.
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Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting
Fruity and delicious raspberry cream cheese frosting is the perfect topping for cakes and baked goods. It's full of raspberry flavor, a gorgeous pink color, and the silkiest, smoothest texture while still being stable enough to pipe.
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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Chocolate lovers gather around because this creamy chocolate buttercream frosting is a dream come true! This irresistible few-ingredient frosting is made 100% from scratch and puts a decadent, chocolatey twist on traditional American vanilla buttercream frosting. It is incredibly smooth, silky, and versatile, making it the perfect frosting to top all your favorite desserts!
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Chantilly Cream
Known for its airy texture and slightly sweet, vanilla-infused flavor, this French chantilly cream will add a delightful, rich, and creamy element to all your favorite desserts! Whether you're making a cake, pie, or pastries, you can use this fluffy whipped cream to fill, frost, or accompany almost any sweet creation!
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Paulette Renirie
question: can you use cornstarch instead of flour in ermine buttercream frosting?
Katalin Nagy
I haven't tried but I assume it will work.