15 frosting recipes to dress up dessert
Chocolate cream mini cupcakes with avocado icing.
Recipe from Quinoa Revolution by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming.
15 frosting recipes
Rhubarb-Buttermilk Tea Cake
A simple glaze to add a sugary note to your favourite loaves and cakes. Try it over our rhubarb tea cake recipe.
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Chocolate Buttercream Icing
No cake is complete without the requisite icing. We like chocolate buttercream icing to finish off our treats. It's a classic for a reason, after all. Get our chocolate buttercream icing recipe.
Buttercream cupcakes
Light and fluffy, this classic icing adds a hint of nutty caramel flavour to dessert. Try it on our super-simple buttercream cupcakes.
Photo, Angus Fergusson.
Guinness Fudge Cake With Cloud Icing
Turn cakes into stunning (but easy) works of art with this icing. Warning: You might start making up reasons to celebrate! Try it on our chocolate Guinness fudge cake recipe.
Pumpkin Cupcakes With Maple-Bacon Icing
Maple and bacon—need we say more? A sweet and savoury treat to satisfy your taste buds. Try it on our pumpkin cupcakes recipe.
Chocolate Cake With Pink Vanilla Icing
Vanilla icing gets a hint of rosy colour to glam up the dessert table. Try it on our chocolate cake with pink vanilla icing recipe.
PB & J doughnuts
Peanut butter gets into the game with this creamy glaze! It can be used on a lot of desserts . . . but we can't say enough just how much we love it on a fresh, jelly-filled doughnut. Get the recipe.
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Marshmallow frosting
We love this light and fun frosting on cupcakes and brownies. (Fair warning: it's so sweet and addictive you may end up battling it out over who gets the icing bowl.) Try it on chocolate muffins.
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Carrot Cake With White Chocolate Icing
Laced with cream-cheese, this frosting will dazzle everyone's taste buds. Try it on our carrot cake with white chocolate icing recipe.
Dutchie-Style Doughnuts
Hacking a Canadian classic isn’t a task we take lightly, but we insisted on perfecting the Dutchie at home! The dough is impossibly fluffy and rich without being too sweet; a light glaze completes the magic. Get this dutchie-style doughnuts recipe.
Cherry cake with marzipan frosting
Decadent and perfect for flexing those cake decorating skills, this icing is an indulgence everyone should try at least once. Try it on cherry-vanilla cake.
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Double-Chocolate Espresso Cake
Coffee-lovers, this frosting is for you; the espresso adds a scrumptious jolt of flavour to this chocolatey cake. Try it on our double chocolate cake recipe.
S'mores Brownies Topping
Perfect for gilding a warm brownie, this s’mores topping brings you an early taste of summer. Try it on our gluten-free brownies recipe.
Avocado Pound Cake With Raspberry Glaze
A sweet-tart glaze to drizzle over your favourite cakes. Try it over our favourite avocado pound cake recipe.
Dark-Chocolate Ganache Icing
This thick, French chocolate sauce can be used as a glaze, icing and pastry filling! For an easy icing, spread room-temperature ganache over cheesecake, brownies or cake. Click here for the dark chocolate ganache recipe and four mouth-watering variations!
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