Homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipes
Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
This creamy buttercream recipe is the perfect amount of sweetness. If you love lots of frosting, double the recipe.
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Lemon-Orange Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Lemon-Orange Buttercream Frosting
Serve a cake with this bright, decadent frosting at your next get together. This recipe goes with Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake.
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Key Lime Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Key Lime Buttercream Frosting
This key lime frosting is refreshing and easy. It only takes 10 minutes to prepare and can be doubled if you love lots of frosting.
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Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
Add fresh raspberries to a classic buttercream frosting and brighten both the flavor and the color of your favorite layer cake or cupcake recipes. Love blackberries? Try our Blackberry Buttercream Frosting too.
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White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This white chocolate frosting is an all-around favorite topping for cakes, cupcakes, or cookies.
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Butterscotch-Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Butterscotch-Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Try this creamy, butterscotch-caramel frosting on your favorite cake recipe. If you love lots of frosting, (or just want to lick the bowl) double the recipe.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Frosting
Grown-ups will swoon over the peppermint schnapps flavor in this wintry buttercream frosting.
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Orange Buttercream
Recipe: Orange Buttercream
Sweet citrus flavor is packed into each bite of this buttercream-topped cake. This frosting goes with Fresh Citrus Cupcakes.
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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Create the ultimate chocolate-lovers dessert with this rich topping. This recipe goes with Chocolate-Strawberry Basket Cake.
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Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
Perk up a traditional buttercream frosting by adding fresh chopped strawberries. The fresh strawberries add flavor and a beautiful pink tone to the frosting. Try it with Triple-Decker Strawberry Cake for a dessert that's truly out of this world.
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Bourbon Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Bourbon Buttercream Frosting
Fill and frost a layer cake with a rich buttercream frosting accented with bourbon. Try this recipe with Chocolate-Bourbon-Pecan Cake for an irresistable result.
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Cappuccino Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Cappuccino Buttercream Frosting
Add a package of instant mocha cappuccino mix to butter and powdered sugar for a coffee-flavored buttercream frosting. The recipe goes with Cappuccino-Frosted Brownies.
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Amaretto Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: Amaretto Buttercream Frosting
Take your cake the extra mile with this simple and delicious frosting. Try it with Chocolate-Amaretto Heart.
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Double Shot Latte Buttercream
Recipe: Double Shot Latte Buttercream
Give your dessert an extra kick with espresso-infused buttercream. This recipe goes with Mocha Latte Cupcakes and Cappuccino Cupcakes.
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Salted Caramel Buttercream
Recipe: Salted Caramel Buttercream
The flaked salt really does bring out the flavor of the sweet in the caramel-cream cheese frosting. This recipe goes with Salted Caramel-Chocolate Cupcakes.