Frosting and Icing

Frosting, Icing, And Cake Decorating Photo Gallery
View the pictures of some of our favorite frosting, icing, and cake decorating recipes!

Creamy Cream Cheese
Cream cheese frosting is the traditional frosting for carrot cake, but it goes great on lots of other cake flavors as well.

Final Touches
If you're looking to add some additional decor to your desserts, try some of these recipes for pretty items like candied rose petals, colored sugar, and chocolate leaves.

Chocolate Frosting
Chocolate frosting is always a favorite and our 5-star recipes will sure to be the "icing on the cake". Try a traditional chocolate buttercream, a whipped cream version, or the popular 1 minute chocolate frosting

icing: a sweet covering or filling such as buttercream or ganache; used for cakes and pastries; also known as frosting.

Fondant: This is an icing made of sugar syrup and glucose, which is cooked to a specific temperature and then kneaded to a smooth, soft paste. This paste can then be colored or flavored and used as an icing for cakes and petit fours.

Coloring Frosting: To color and flavor confectioners' sugar frosting, add a bit of unsweetened powdered drink mix. Orange and lemon are especially good. Mix in until you get the desired color and flavor.

Icing: To prevent icing from running off your cake, try dusting the surface lightly with icing sugar or corn starch before using.

A "Healthy" Slice of Birthday Cake
For some reason, many members of my family were born in the fall. I guess Valentine’s Day was a big deal for many of my relatives! The only complaint I have about the plethora of autumn birthdays is...

Bunny Cakes & Buttercream Roses
Buttercream roses. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? And it’s a phrase that sure grabbed my daughter’s attention. Buttercream roses entered our life with the book Bunny Cakes by Rosemary...