Frostings and Glazes

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!

  • Sugar Cookies With Royal Icing

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 22 minutes

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

  • Sock-It-To-Me Cake

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

    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!

  • Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 40 minutes

    Moist red velvet cake topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting—perfect for holidays, parties, or any special celebration.

  • Semi Homemade Brownies With Penuche Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 45 minutes

    A packaged mix makes these brownies a snap to fix, and the wonderful penuche frosting takes them to another level.

  • Nutella Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 10 minutes

    This Nutella frosting recipe makes enough for about 24 cupcakes or a sheet cake. Double the recipe for a large tube cake or layers.

  • Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 40 minutes

    These moist chocolate cupcakes are made super easy because of the one-step prep. Just combine the cocoa and other ingredients, beat, and bake!

  • Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 10 minutes

    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!

  • Irish Cream Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 5 minutes

    This creamy frosting is flavored with Irish Cream liqueur. Use Baileys or a similar liqueur in this frosting.

  • Cream Cheese Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 10 minutes

    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!

  • Chocolate Glaze for Cakes, Brownies, and Pastry

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 12 minutes

    This chocolate glaze firms up nicely to make a shiny chocolate finish for cakes, doughnuts, brownies, and eclairs or cream puffs.

  • Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 10 minutes

    Smooth, velvety, and wonderfully decadent, our chocolate buttercream frosting is a luscious cake topping perfect for any occasion!

  • Baked Donuts With Vanilla Glaze

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 21 minutes

    Are they breakfast or are they dessert? Either one! Leave them plain, glazed, or decorated, and eat them whenever you like!