779 cake frosting recipes

Rich chocolate tube cake made with unsweetened chocolate, sour cream, and folded egg whites, topped with a warm semi-sweet chocolate frosting. Dense, moist, and intensely chocolatey.

Maple butter frosting made with real maple syrup, butter, powdered sugar, and chopped walnuts or pecans. A rich, caramel-sweet buttercream for spice cakes and autumn baking.

Honey icing made with a boiled sugar-honey syrup poured over beaten egg whites with melted marshmallows. A fluffy, glossy frosting with floral honey sweetness for cakes.

From-scratch German chocolate cake with sweet chocolate melted in boiling water, buttermilk batter with folded egg whites, and a coconut-pecan frosting cooked on the stovetop.

Velvet devil's food layer cake with coffee and cocoa for deep chocolate flavor, plus a silky coffee buttercream frosting. A bakery-style two-layer showstopper (Part 1).

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate, butter, and a hint of almond extract. Dense, rich, and baked in a Bundt pan with no frosting needed.

Mocha icing whips butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, egg yolk, and coffee into a silky chocolate-coffee frosting for cakes and cupcakes. Three-ingredient base, ready in minutes.

Banana orange chiffon cake: light and fluffy as angel food but moister and richer, scented with mashed banana and fresh orange juice. Topped with a glossy orange-zest powdered sugar frosting.

Three-layer red velvet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and vinegar topped with a cooked flour white icing. Old-fashioned Southern style with an ermine frosting that's not too sweet.

Bolognese sponge cake layered with vanilla custard and rum, frosted in coffee zabaglione buttercream, then crowned with chocolate-dipped almonds and walnut sides. From Il Cantoncino restaurant in Bologna.

Six thin cake layers stacked high with cream cheese frosting and blueberry pie filling between each one. A showpiece dessert that's much easier to make than it looks.

Classic Bûche de Noël with a light sponge cake, chestnut buttercream filling, and mocha silk frosting textured to look like real bark. The ultimate French Christmas dessert centerpiece.

Buttery sour cream coffee cake studded with bittersweet chocolate chunks and chopped walnuts, baked in a fluted bundt pan. Rich, moist crumb with no frosting needed. Serves 12.

Three-layer lemon whipped cream torte with a cloud-light cake made from whipped egg whites, filled and frosted with a lemon custard folded into fresh whipped cream.

Pillowy whipped cream frosting paired with a glossy, ruby-red raspberry sauce. Two quick components that turn any plain layer cake into a showpiece in under 30 minutes.

A boozy chocolate sheet cake laced with peppermint schnapps and sweetened condensed milk, topped with a minty schnapps frosting. Big batch, bold flavor, and ready in an hour.