Homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Recipe: Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

This creamy buttercream recipe is the perfect amount of sweetness. If you love lots of frosting, double the recipe.

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.

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.

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.

Recipe: White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This white chocolate frosting is an all-around favorite topping for cakes, cupcakes, or cookies.

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.

Recipe: Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Frosting

Grown-ups will swoon over the peppermint schnapps flavor in this wintry buttercream frosting.

Recipe: Orange Buttercream  

Sweet citrus flavor is packed into each bite of this buttercream-topped cake. This frosting goes with Fresh Citrus Cupcakes.

Recipe: Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Create the ultimate chocolate-lovers dessert with this rich topping. This recipe goes with Chocolate-Strawberry Basket Cake.

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.

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.

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.

Recipe: Amaretto Buttercream Frosting

Take your cake the extra mile with this simple and delicious frosting. Try it with Chocolate-Amaretto Heart.

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.

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.