Whether you’re looking to frost a cake, cupcakes, or cookies, you’ll find what you need in this fun round-up. Stay tuned to discover my top 20 frostings, guaranteed to make your baking projects even better.
Frostings can make or break a cake project. Add the perfect frosting and. . .voila! Perfection!
Frostings enhance both the flavor and aesthetic of a baking project. They also help with the overall sensory experience of cakes, cupcakes, and cookies.
Here are some of the reasons I love to add frosting to my projects:
- Flavor Enhancement: Frosting adds flavor to your project–either complementary or opposite.
- Texture: Smooth and creamy or chunky and thick, frosting can add to the sensory experience by adding texture.
- Moisture: The perfect frosting will keep that cake from drying out!
- Visual Appeal: I love to decorate with frosting, adding rosettes, swirls, scrolling, and so on.
- Binding Layers: Baking a multi-layer cake? Let your frosting serve as a glue between the layers!
- Personalization: Change the color and look of a project by switching up the frosting. Easy-breezy!
No matter which of these frostings you choose, you can transform your simple cake or cupcakes into something far more!
So, what’s keeping you? Let’s discover my top 20 frosting recipes!
20 Favorite Frostings
If you love frosting, we've got you covered. Check out 20 of our favorites, perfect for cakes, cupcakes, or other sweet treats!
Simple Marshmallow Fluff Frosting
If you’re looking for a light, fluffy frosting, one that’s a little different from a traditional buttercream, you’re going to love this delicious marshmallow fluff frosting! Best of all, it comes together in minutes!
The Ultimate White Chocolate Buttercream
If you’re looking for a bright white buttercream, one that’s smooth, creamy, and loaded with flavor, this is the post for you. You’re about to discover a little-known treat–white chocolate buttercream.
Easy Swiss Meringue Buttercream
If you’re looking for an alternative to American Buttercream but you’ve been afraid to try some of the European varieties, I’ve got a special recipe for you. This simple Swiss Meringue Buttercream is easy and delicious and can be made in minutes.
Seven-Minute Frosting
If you're looking for the fluffiest frosting in town, this is the recipe for you!
Churro Frosting
I make a lot of buttercream but I’ve never made one like this. It's loaded with cinnamon, sugar, and crunch!
The Best Chocolate Mayonnaise Frosting
This is a rich chocolate frosting, loaded with texture and flavor. And it's got a secret ingredient: mayonnaise!
The Ultimate Decorator's Buttercream Frosting
If you’re looking for a buttercream that’s bright white, fluffy, and filled with sweetness, you’ve come to the right place. Best of all, this recipe is easy to make and requires very few ingredients.
Easy Cream Cheese Frosting
In this post I’m going to share my recipe for the greatest Classic Cream Cheese Frosting you’ll ever eat! It’s luscious, creamy, and melts on the tongue. Best of all, it’s really simple to make and only takes five ingredients.
Easy Royal Icing Recipe
There are so many different reasons to choose royal icing over buttercream for cookie decorating, but the most obvious is that you can get so much more out of it! You can create designs you never imagined with buttercream. And with the addition of gel food coloring? Well, the possibilities are endless!
Chocolate Frosting: Best Ganache Recipe
Whether you’re baking a cake from scratch or you start with a boxed mix, you’ll want to have a creamy chocolate frosting recipe in your arsenal. This one is perfect and it’s not like all the rest.
Chocolate Pecan Frosting
If you're looking for a luscious chocolate-pecan frosting, the kind you would put on a delicious Texas sheet cake, you’ve come to the right place!
Dreamy Buttercream Frosting
This is a “hybrid” frosting, meaning it’s not “just” shortening or butter or cream cheese. You can say (to the nay-sayers): “It’s really buttercream! There’s a ton of butter in there!” (And there is.)
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
The tartness of this lemon cream cheese frosting is definitely going to make you swoon!
Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting
Looking for something quick and easy to whip up for a gathering? This Raspberry Whipped Cream Frosting (stabilized with instant pudding) is perfect! It’s great for a variety of cupcake flavors.
Homemade Coconut Pecan Frosting
If you’re nuts about coconut pecan frosting, you’ve definitely come to the right place!
Blackberry Frosting for Cookies
This delicious blackberry frosting is perfect for cookies, cupcakes, or cakes!
Crumbl Cookie Icing
This is a cream cheese based frosting recipe you're going to want to use again and again!
Cookie Butter Frosting
This rich frosting is loaded with cookie butter and is loaded with flavor and texture!
Easy Brown Butter Frosting
Dazzle your family and friends with the unique taste that only brown butter provides. The possibilities are endless. My favorite way to experience brown butter, though? Frostings.
Tabitha
Thursday 29th of August 2024
What is the best frosting for the outside wedding?
booksbyjanice
Thursday 29th of August 2024
Kind of depends on the weather. I definitely don't recommend a traditional cream cheese frosting in the heat. If I knew I was facing extreme heat issues I'd probably use half shortening and half butter. If it's a scorcher you can make a shortening only frosting and use butter flavoring. I've done that before.