321 butter frosting recipes

Buttermilk chocolate cake made with real unsweetened chocolate and topped with a from-scratch dark chocolate frosting. A rich, tender two-layer cake with deep cocoa flavor.

Soft ginger cream cookies spiced with ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, sweetened with molasses, and topped with vanilla or orange frosting. This big-batch recipe makes 6 dozen.

Santa sandwich cookies are slice-and-bake oat shortbread rounds sandwiched with tinted vanilla frosting and rolled in holiday sprinkles. A festive Christmas icebox cookie, fun to decorate.

Lady Baltimore cake is a tender white layer cake filled with boiled frosting studded with walnuts, currants and figs. The famous Southern Charleston confection from 1906.

Black Russian bundt cake spiked with vodka and creme de cacao, doctored from a yellow cake mix with chocolate pudding, instant coffee, and cinnamon. Boozy old-school cocktail-inspired dessert.

Classic homemade chocolate cake with deep cocoa flavor baked in layers or a sheet pan. This tender, from-scratch cake is perfect for birthdays and celebrations.

A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.

Festive cupcakes decorated as a colorful caterpillar for kids' parties. Fluffy vanilla or chocolate cakes topped with tinted frosting, shredded coconut, and candy details arranged in a whimsical crawling pattern.

Scrumptious peanut butter and banana cake, everyone loves it!

Preschoolers will love these delicious cub-shaped cookies, made with nutty butter and crispy graham crackers. You and the kids can even create these cookies together!

Soft spiced raisin drop cookies made with cookie mix, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, topped with a smooth vanilla butter frosting. A semi-homemade shortcut for holiday cookie trays.

Three-layer moist chocolate cake with whipped egg whites folded into the batter for an airy crumb. Filled and frosted with mocha frosting for a classic from-scratch celebration cake.

Four-layer double-chocolate torte with unsweetened chocolate cake, chocolate filling, and whipped cream frosting in alternating layers. A tall, impressive celebration cake with intense chocolate flavor and a light cream finish.

Giant sunflower-shaped cookie with heart-shaped petals around the edge, frosted center sprinkled with chocolate chips and sunflower seeds. A showstopping party dessert you slice into wedges.

Rich fudge cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and sour cream, split into four layers with whipped cream filling and chocolate mocha frosting.

Old-fashioned three-layer milk chocolate cake with buttermilk, melted unsweetened chocolate, and brown sugar, topped with milk chocolate frosting. A towering, bakery-worthy celebration cake.