49 buttercream icing recipes

Elaborate Swiss hazelnut torte with meringue layers, sponge cake, and buttercream. Traditional Solothurn specialty dessert featuring roasted ground hazelnuts throughout.

Two tender white cake layers filled with strawberry buttercream and brushed with melted strawberry jelly, then frosted in billowy whipped cream. A show-stopping spring celebration cake that serves 24.

Hazelnut succes cake: two crisp hazelnut-meringue discs sandwiched with silky praline buttercream, crusted with crushed praline. A classic French patisserie showstopper.

Homemade chocolate Easter eggs with creamy buttercream centers dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. Customize with cocoa, maple walnut, or citrus flavors and decorate with colorful icing.

Rocky road frosting with chocolate, miniature marshmallows, and salted peanuts folded into a buttercream base. The classic ice cream flavor turned into a chunky cake topping.

Squamish bars are Canadian three-layer no-bake squares with a peanut butter cereal base, vanilla buttercream filling, and a thin chocolate top. Freezer-friendly and built for potlucks.

Moist chocolate cupcakes piped with creamy peanut butter filling, then topped with swirls of the same sweet cream cheese frosting for spooky Halloween treats.

Classic fettuccine Alfredo sauce with just butter, cream, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Four ingredients, 30 minutes, and a plate of pure Italian indulgence.

It tastes very good and gives a thicker consistency similar to buttercream.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies studded with mini chocolate chips and filled with a creamy peanut butter center. The chocolate-peanut butter combo makes these vanish from any cookie tray.

Classic succotash with lima beans, sweet corn, butter, cream, and a hint of savory. The traditional Native American side dish that's been on American tables since colonial times.

Use light or low-fat cream cheese to reduce the fat and calories even further than this tasty rich buttercream frosting alternative.

Fettuccine Alfredo done traditional Italian-style: fresh egg pasta tossed with butter, cream, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Three ingredients, pure silk on a plate.

Elegant French layer cake with genoise, fresh strawberries, buttercream, and crème fraîche whipped cream. This show-stopping dacquoise is soaked with Framboise liqueur.

Halvah shortbread made with tahini and butter creamed together with brown sugar and cake flour, studded with toasted pecans and cut into wedges.

Nanaimo bars with a peppermint twist: cocoa graham cracker base, vanilla pudding buttercream middle, and a dark chocolate top layer. No-bake Canadian classic.