Cake Decorating Frosting and Icing Recipes

Welcome to my cake decorating frosting and icing recipes page. Listed on this page are free recipes for various types of icings and frostings most commonly used for party cake decoration and home cake decorating.

While there are many types of icings available, the type of icing chosen for a particular cake should be one that blends well with the taste of the cake as well as one that gives the cake the best look.


There are no hard and fast rules on the type of icing or frosting that should be chosen for a particular cake. However, it is important to keep in mind that heavy icings are best used for heavy and sturdy cakes while lighter icings are more suitable for cakes which are soft and less dense. For example, fondant icing is heavy and is therefore more suitable for fruit cakes and butter cakes. Lighter cakes like sponge cakes are best decorated with lighter icing and frosting like butter cream or butter icing. While it is still acceptable to use light icings for heavy cakes, using heavy icings for lighter cakes can press the cake down and make the overall shape of the cake look compressed.


Generally, rich icings like fondant, marzipan and royal icing are used to decorate rich cakes, particularly wedding cakes as these require more effort and preparation time. If you are baking cakes for birthdays and other general events, then a butter cake or sponge cake with butter cream or butter icing would be more suitable.


All the recipes listed on this page are from my personal collection, and just like my cake recipes, these icings and frostings recipes have been tried and proven to yield good results.


For a complete list of my cake recipes, click here



List of cake decorating frosting and icing recipes:

Buttercream icing

Butter icing

Chocolate icing

Cream cheese icing

Chocolate ganache

Fondant

Glaze icing

Almond paste

Royal icing




Do you know that before you start spreading icing on your cake, you need to prepare your cakes first? What I mean is that once your cake is baked and has completely cooled down, you need to do a few things to your cake before you can actually ice or frost it.

Click here to find out how to prepare your cake for decoration and learn how to smoothly cover your cake with icing for a smooth finishing.

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