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Frosting and Icing

The right frosting can take a good cake to a great one. Whip up smooth, silky easy buttercream frosting for everyday cakes, top a slice with rich chocolate ganache, or stabilize fresh whipped cream with my stabilized whipped cream frosting recipe. These frosting recipes cover every type of buttercream, ganache, and icing you'll need, with the food-science detail to help you understand which one works best for your project.

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    Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting
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    Chocolate Ganache Recipe
  • Gold spoon spreading out white chocolate ganache.
    White Chocolate Ganache Recipe
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    Mirror Glaze Recipe
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    Whipped Ganache Recipe
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    Crusting Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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    Water Ganache Recipe
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    Royal Icing
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    Ermine Frosting
  • chocolate drip being piped onto a white cake with rainbow sprinkles
    Chocolate Drip
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    Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
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    Vanilla Bean Buttercream
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    Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream
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    Italian Meringue Buttercream
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    Easy Buttercream Frosting
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    Coconut Pecan Filling Recipe
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    Brown Sugar Swiss Meringue Buttercream
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    The BEST Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
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    American Buttercream Recipe
  • Swirls of swiss meringue buttercream on vanilla cupcakes on a pink plate.
    Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  • close up of a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting piped on top surrounded by other cupcakes
    Cream Cheese Frosting
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    Cream Cheese Frosting Without Powdered Sugar
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    Raspberry Buttercream
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    Chocolate Fudge Frosting
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    Drip Cake Recipe
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    Cookie Royal Icing Recipe
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    White Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
  • gold drip on a white cake
    Gold Drip Tutorial

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Hi, I'm Liz! I'm a cake artist and recipe developer, and I won Netflix's Is It Cake? Holiday 2 with a hyperrealistic Santa. I write foolproof recipes that explain why things work, not just how.

I also teach full-length cake tutorials, including sculpted cakes, at Sugar Geek University.

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