Cakes, cookies, and cupcakes look so bare and boring without frosting. A buttery and creamy frosting gives life to these pieces of sweet treat. However, there are so many kinds and so, this time, let us discover all about frosting!
Generally, this are fluffy and thick coating outside or on top of cakes, cupcakes, or cookies. It is usually creamy and more buttery in taste. Moreover, it can come in different colors. With just the use of food dyes, we can definitely create colorful and vibrant frostings.
Frosting Vs. Icing
Some people are a bit confused about how frosting is different from icing. So, to distinguish them, while frosting is thick, creamier, and more buttery in taste, icing is thinner and more sugary and usually gets hard when dried.
Its Different Varieties
Generally, most resources round up the its different kinds into four varieties. There are the following:
- Buttercream
This is the most common and popular of all. Basically, buttercream is made with butter and sugar. Moreover, it is sweet, fluffy, buttery, and soft. They are also easy to spread and can come in different colors.
- Cream cheese
This kind is almost similar to the buttercream. It is such that cream cheese is added and they are creamier and tastier. They are perfect looking just like in red velvet cakes.
- Whipped Cream
The whipped cream frosting is combined with heavy cream and whipped cream to make it thick and creamy. Also, flavors can be added like lemon zest, vanilla extract, and even fruit purees.
- Ganache
The ganache frosting or they call royal icing, is good for those who love chocolates. They are made with heavy cream and chocolates are added.
Take a look at these 25 recipes from some of our favorite blog friends and yours truly to try.
The Easiest Cream Cheese Frosting Ever – Chef Kimihou
I’m a Southern Girl and Southern girls love some cream cheese okay! From cakes to cookies to pies, we can figure out a reason to put cream cheese frosting on just about anything. So let’s get into why this is like a big deal in the first place. Cream cheese frosting is heavier and sweeter…
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Whipped Ganache Frosting
This decadent Whipped Ganache is the easiest Chocolate Frosting you will ever make with 2 ingredients only, no sugar and no butter!
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Vegan Italian Meringue Buttercream
Fluffy Italian meringue buttercream made vegan! This frosting isn’t too sweet and has an amazing buttery vanilla flavour.
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Crusting Buttercream Archives – Chef Kimihou
Crusting Buttercream | Frostings | Royal Icings
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Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting – As For Me and My Homestead
Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting: The perfect frosting for the holiday season, and every Christmas recipe! Plus, a $175 Amazon Gift Card giveaway!
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Latte Buttercream Frosting
Latte Buttercream Frosting is packed full of coffee flavor. Made with cold brew coffee, and pairs well with a chocolate or white cake.
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How to Make a Chocolate Crusting Buttercream – Chef Kimihou
Looking for a thick, luscious, spreadable chocolate buttercream that works on cakes, cupcakes and cookies? Look no more.
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Peppermint Cake/Cupcakes – Chef Kimihou
Can I level with you? I’m really not all into peppermint desserts. Like for the life of me I dont understand who decided chocolate and mint go together? Like seriously, was this a happy mistake that we called an invention? But I digress, while I’m not a huge fan of mint flavored desserts, I do…
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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Frosting | Everyday Family Cooking
How to make an easy peanut butter frosting with just 3 ingredients! It comes out super fluffy and pipes perfectly on cupcakes and more.
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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Enjoy baking in the fall? Jazz up your favorites with this Homemade Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. It’s easy to make and super tasty!
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pink-bubbly-cupcakes-buttercream
Now that we have those out of the way, let’s get into this recipe for today. This was a really hot buttercream for me during my years as a wedding cake designer.
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Coconut Pecan Frosting
This Coconut Pecan Frosting is a rich and decadent stovetop frosting made with eggs, pecans, butter, sugar, coconut, and evaporated milk used on German Chocolate Cake. Coconut Pecan Frosting This Coconut Pecan Frosting is the perfect topping for my all-time favorite German Chocolate Cake Recipe. And…
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Buttercream Frosting
Pumpkin Buttercream Frosting blends warm fall spices in a creamy buttery frosting! This homemade buttercream frosting made without pumpkin puree will lend a taste of fall to your favorite desserts!
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Easy Swiss Meringue Buttercream for Cakes – Chef Kimihou
If you’ve browsed my blog at any point, you’ve come across my frosting comparisons. While all of those frostings are great for cakes and cupcakes, I decided I would share my go to recipe for cakes for my business. SMBC What is SMBC? SMBC stands for Swiss Meringue Buttercream. You may be asking yours…
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Caramel Apple Frosting – Buttercream – Cream Cheese – EmilyFabulous
Caramel Apple Frosting is the perfect topping for any fall dessert with butter, cream cheese, and real melted caramel mixed in!
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Strawberry Frosting
This Homemade Strawberry Frosting has a beautiful pink color from the strawberry puree and is packed full of fresh strawberry flavor!
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American Meringue Buttercream – Chef Kimihou
The slices of cake with a thick luscious layer of frosting is heaven. Definitely because of our American Meringue Buttercream Recipe.
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Chocolate Tahini Frosting (Vegan & Paleo)
This chocolate tahini frosting is paleo diet friendly, vegan, refined sugar-free, and dairy-free. It can also be heated up and used as a hot fudge sauce!
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Basic Meringue Buttercreams – Chef Kimihou
Now while I’m a devout lover of a silky American Meringue Buttercream, as a classically trained pastry chef, I am very familiar with French, Swiss, and Italian meringue buttercreams. The most common recipes are Swiss and Italian Meringue Buttercreams (if you feel adventurous) so let’s take a look at…
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Almond Buttercream Frosting
You won’t know what you’ve been missing in a buttercream frosting until you try this Almond Buttercream Frosting recipe! You’ll never go back to the traditional version.
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Thick cream cheese frosting recipe with less sugar
Learn how to make thick cream cheese frosting that you can even use to pipe with this easy recipe that uses less sugar than most!
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Aunt Lois’ Frosting – Life Currents cookies cakes dessert
Aunt Lois’ Frosting This frosting is luscious, creamy, sweet, and easy to make. perfect6 for cookies like cut out cookies and cakes
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Matcha Green Tea Buttercream Frosting Recipe – Sweet Mouth Joy
A delicious matcha green tea buttercream with a hint of vanilla. This easy American style frosting is perfect for cakes and cupcakes!
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Lemon Buttercream Frosting
This lemon buttercream frosting is easy to make, sweet and puckery, and light and fluffy. Perfect for you cakes and cupcakes to frost with!
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