to quick and simple American Buttercream, to rich Chocolate and Cream Cheese Buttercream, these are the best buttercream, frosting, and icing recipes for every cake and cupcake. If you need me ...

Funfetti Cake. I’m a sucker for frosting funfetti cake with classic American buttercream, but there’s no reason to not get more creative with this fun, buttery, vanilla cake. 16. Vanilla Cake ...

This choose-your-own-adventure cake from chef Tom Douglas lets you pick between milk, dark, or white chocolate for the rich mousse filling. The buttercream frosting can also be made in one of ...

By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark loves to bake vintage cake recipes. My new favorite ... as opposed to the painstaking festoons of buttercream or seven-minute frosting that were the standard back ...

(Chilling the cakes or even freezing them will make them sturdier to work with.) To make the buttercream, place the salted butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Sift the icing sugar on top ...

“It’s a delicious frosting because it’s less sweet than an American buttercream, but it is perfect for piping. It’s thick, it’s lovely.” So if you’re looking to step up your cake ...

(Or for deep American-style cupcakes ... You can colour the buttercream at this stage. To make butterfly cakes, cut the top off each cake using a small serrated knife – angling the knife ...

If the texture is slightly off, Jane advised adding a splash of boiling water to even it out. Once the buttercream is prepared, get ready to decorate your cake.