13 butter frosting recipes

Mimosa cake is a marbled angel food cake with lemon butter cream frosting. White meringue batter and golden egg yolk batter are spooned alternately into a tube pan for a two-toned, cloud-light sponge.

Cupcakes are also known as fairy cakes. They are delicious. Try this recipe.

No-bake Halloween spider cookies made by stacking peppermint patties on butter cookies, then piping frosting legs and candy eyes. A spooky craft kids can eat!

Chocolatetown special cake is a rich cocoa buttermilk layer cake with tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor, frosted with buttercream. A Hershey's classic.

This pie is super delicious and it is always a big hit at our family gathering dinner.

Frosted rich brownies: low-fat brownies built on evaporated and powdered skim milk instead of butter, then crowned with a coffee-spiked cocoa frosting. Deeply chocolate without the heaviness.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Soft, pillowy potato doughnuts made with mashed potatoes and buttermilk, fried golden, and dipped in a quick chocolate fudge frosting. This big-batch recipe yields about 48 doughnuts.

Chocolate mud frosting made by melting chocolate chips with milk in the microwave, then blending with corn syrup and vanilla. A glossy, fudgy four-ingredient frosting with no butter or powdered sugar.

Low-fat frosted brownies made with applesauce instead of butter and egg whites instead of whole eggs. Topped with a simple cocoa icing, no oil or butter needed.

Simple cookie frosting made with powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and cream that pipes smoothly for decorating sugar cookies and cut-out cookies.

Jack-o-lantern cookie pops made with spiced molasses dough cut into pumpkin shapes on lollipop sticks, decorated with tinted ornamental frosting. A fun Halloween baking project for kids.

Light chocolate cake made without eggs or butter using skim milk and cocoa powder. Topped with a fluffy whipped cocoa frosting for a lower-fat treat that still satisfies.