These frostings are the kind you sneak a spoonful of before the cake’s even ready. They’re rich, smooth, and easy to whip up with just a few basic ingredients. Each one adds something special, no matter if you’re layering a cake or keeping it simple. Once you taste them, the bowl might not make it to the sink clean.
Classic Crème Pâtissière
A classic crème pâtissière (vanilla pastry cream filling) is a creamy custard that is the perfect filling for cakes, eclairs, donuts, and tarts. It has a silky smooth texture and delicious vanilla flavor. My vanilla pastry cream filling recipe is easy to follow and comes together fast. You will love it!
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Homemade Cool Whip
Say goodbye to store-bought mediocrity, with all its additives and preservatives, and get ready to learn how to make homemade cool whip! There's something undeniably magical about a dollop of this fluffy, cloud-like topping gracing the top of your favorite desserts. With just a few ingredients and minimal effort, you can make a batch of America’s favorite creamy topping in mere minutes!
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Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
This silky smooth peanut butter cream cheese frosting will put a delicious twist on your favorite desserts! In this easy five-step recipe, I eliminate the butter and cut back the sugar to create a creamy, delicious balance of sweetness and rich peanut butter flavor. In just five minutes, you’ll have a finger-licking topping that you can use for frosting peanut butter cakes, cupcakes, cookies, or even ice cream!
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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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Cream Cheese Frosting
Make this delicious, velvety-smooth, easy-to-pipe cream cheese frosting in less than 3 minutes! Surely, cream cheese frosting is the perfect flavor combination for red velvet cake or spread onto brownies.
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Chocolate Cremeux
Chocolate cremeux has to be one of the best cake fillings and frostings. Crémeux au chocolat is made with five simple ingredients and has a silky texture that isn't too firm and isn't too soft. To conclude, chocolate crémeux is simply the perfect creamy topping or filling for your favorite pastries, tarts, and cakes like this Triple chocolate cake.
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Diplomat Cream
Diplomat cream or crème diplomate has a unique taste and texture. It is lighter than pastry cream yet richer than simple whipped cream filling. Therefore, diplomat cream has numerous uses. It works well in a tart; it's a delicious cake filling, a classic eclair filling, or even makes a tasty small dessert dish on its own.
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Coffee Buttercream Frosting
If you enjoy the taste of a fresh morning cup of coffee, wait until you try this coffee buttercream frosting! Made with a creamy vanilla buttercream base and fragrant espresso powder, this delicious coffee buttercream recipe will make your favorite desserts taste just like an iced latte!
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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 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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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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American Buttercream Frosting
This creamy, rich American buttercream frosting has an irresistible buttery, light vanilla flavor that pairs wonderfully with your favorite desserts! Using just five simple ingredients, it is easy to make and comes together in 10 minutes. It is the perfect finishing touch for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Funfetti Frosting
This delicious and super easy funfetti frosting can be used on everything from birthday cakes to cookies. It's a smooth and silky vanilla frosting but studded with sprinkles for a bit of crunch and a pop of color. I guarantee you'll love it!
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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
An amazing cake or cupcake is nothing without a delicious frosting to top it! This cinnamon cream cheese frosting is sweet, silky, tangy, and lightly spicy. The flavors are very balanced in this recipe, with the sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and cinnamon helping to balance each other out and creating a versatile cake topping.
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Blueberry Buttercream
How beautiful is this blueberry buttercream? Its excellent color and flavor will have you invent new bakes to use it on! This blueberry buttercream is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more. The bright blueberry flavor and color (without a drop of food dye) are irresistible!
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Chocolate Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
This ultimate chocolate cinnamon cream cheese frosting is rich and fudgy while still maintaining the perfect tang from the cream cheese. Adding a little ground cinnamon takes this frosting to the next level and also adds a little holiday flare this time of year. It pairs well with most flavors, like chocolate, gingerbread, or any kind of fruit or spice, while helping to balance a rich or sugary dessert.
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Goat Cheese Frosting
Introducing the one-of-a-kind, easy goat cheese frosting recipe! That’s right, you heard me correctly. Are you ready to take your dessert game to the next level? This is not your ordinary frosting, folks. It’s a unique blend of tangy, creamy, and savory flavors, with just the right sweetness to balance it.
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Chocolate Fudge Frosting
This dark chocolate fudge frosting is ultra-rich, silky smooth, and simple to make with six ingredients and no powdered sugar. It's the best fudge frosting for topping cupcakes, cakes, fudge brownies, and more! It has the perfect balance of rich cocoa, butter, and cream, creating a smooth and velvety texture that melts in your mouth.
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