Frosting, Icing, and Cake Decorating Recipes

Frosting, icing, and cake decorating recipes and ideas. Make your next cake extra special by adding these finishing (and delicious) touches. Frosting is also great on cookies, cupcakes and brownies.

Boiled Icing

Serves/Makes: 1.5 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: water, white sugar, egg white, vanilla essence to taste, food colouring...view the recipe

Cherry Yogurt Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: Egg white, Cherry Yogurt...view the recipe

Children`s White Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 8 pkg Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: icing sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Coffee Frosting

Serves/Makes: 4 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: coffee crystals, milk or cream, cocoa powder, confectioners sugar, butter...view the recipe

Easy Bake Oven Chocolate Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 9 packages Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: powdered sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Easy Bake Oven White Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 8 packages Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: powdered sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Lavender Sugar

Serves/Makes: 3.5 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: superfine granulated sugar*, dried Provence culinary lavender buds and leaves, small linen herb bag...view the recipe

No-Cook Peppermint Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (3 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened, milk, salt, powdered sugar, crushed hard peppermint stick candy...view the recipe

Penuche Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: butter or margarine, packed brown sugar, milk, sifted confectioner's sugar...view the recipe

Quick Icing

Serves/Makes: 1 batch Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: liquid (water, milk, coffee, lemon juice, or orange juice), powdered sugar...view the recipe

Root Beer Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 cake Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: vanilla frosting mix, cold root beer...view the recipe

Royal Icing

Serves/Makes: 1 pastry bag Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: confectioner's sugar, meringue powder, water, more if needed...view the recipe

Seven-Minute Frosting

Serves/Makes: 9 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: sugar, COLD water, egg whites, cream of tartar, OR...view the recipe

Spun Sugar

Serves/Makes: 1 cup Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: sugar, hot water, cream of tartar...view the recipe

Zabaglione Cake Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1.5 cups Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Sugar, Whipping cream, Unsweetened chocolate, Unsalted butter; room temp, Vanilla...view the recipe