A simple royal icing decorates these basic sugar cookies. The royal icing is made with meringue powder rather than fresh egg whites.

Everyday Recipes for Home Cooks
Everyday Recipes for Home Cooks
Frostings and glazes are the perfect finishing touch for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, bars, muffins and quick breads. Here you’ll find recipes for some of our top picks!
A simple royal icing decorates these basic sugar cookies. The royal icing is made with meringue powder rather than fresh egg whites.
A cake mix makes this popular sock-it-to-me cake easy to make and bake for any occasion or meal: breakfast, snack, or dessert!
This moist red velvet cake with its fluffy cream cheese frosting is the perfect dessert for a family treat or special occasion! Bake it in 3-layers or 2-layers!
A packaged mix makes these brownies a snap to fix, and the wonderful penuche frosting takes them to another level.
This Nutella frosting recipe makes enough for about 24 cupcakes or a sheet cake. Double the recipe for a large tube cake or layers.
These moist chocolate cupcakes are made super easy because of the one-step prep. Just combine the cocoa and other ingredients, beat, and bake!
This lemon cream cheese frosting is a magical combination of tangy cream cheese and tart lemon, brought together with a generous amount of sweet confectioners’ sugar. Frost cakes and cupcakes with this scrumptious frosting!
This creamy frosting is flavored with Irish Cream liqueur. Use Baileys or a similar liqueur in this frosting.
Keep this sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting recipe handy for cakes, cupcakes, and other sweet treats. You can’t go wrong with this frosting—it’s a crowd-pleaser!
This chocolate glaze firms up nicely to make a shiny chocolate finish for cakes, doughnuts, brownies, and eclairs or cream puffs.