Create a sweet topper for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more with these indulgent buttercream frosting recipes.
Buttercream frosting is a delicious way to add flavor to your favorite cake, and while everyone loves chocolate and vanilla frostings we know that sometimes you may also want something more. These buttercream frosting recipes make adding the flavors of summer and the South to your favorite cake or cupcake simple. Buttercream recipes like Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Frosting and Bourbon Buttercream Frosting will kick your frosting up a notch. The frosting recipes for our Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and our Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting will become your go-to buttercream recipes. So enjoy the richness of this wonderful way to finish your cake. These frosting recipes will have you making an extra batch so you can spread it on as thick as you'd like.
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.
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.
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.
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.
White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Recipe: White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This white chocolate frosting is an all-around favorite topping for cakes, cupcakes, or cookies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
