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Buttercream Recipes

From impossibly creamy Italian Meringue Buttercream, to quick and simple American Buttercream, to rich Chocolate and Cream Cheese Buttercream, these are my favorite buttercream recipes for every cake and cupcake.

  • Someone using an offset icing spatula to cover a pineapple coconut cake with toasted coconut frosting.
    Toasted Coconut Frosting
  • A bowl filled with peanut butter frosting
    Peanut Butter Frosting
  • A bowl of lemon mascarpone cream on a table next to a sliced loaf cake.
    Lemon Mascarpone Cream
  • Someone using a spatula to cut and serve a slice of elderflower lemon cake covered in lemon cream cheese frosting.
    Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
  • A cherry cake that has been completely covered with cherry frosting.
    Cherry Frosting ~ Extra Creamy!
  • A brown butter cake frosted with maple miso brown butter frosting and sprinkled with chopped roasted almonds.
    Maple Miso Brown Butter Frosting
  • Several raspberry cupcakes topped with a swirl of raspberry cream cheese frosting.
    Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Three layers of orange olive oil cake filled with mascarpone frosting.
    Mascarpone Frosting
  • Pouring warm chocolate ganache over a two layer cake so the ganache covers the top and the sides of the cake.
    How to Make Chocolate Ganache
  • Someone using an offset icing spatula to spread milk chocolate buttercream over the top of a two-layer dark chocolate cake.
    Milk Chocolate Buttercream
  • A one layer chocolate almond cake that's been frosted with chocolate orange buttercream and decorated with chopped almonds and orange zest.
    Chocolate Orange Buttercream {3 Ingredients}
  • A white forest cake topped with white chocolate ganache buttercream and cherry sauce on a wood cake tray.
    White Chocolate Ganache Buttercream
  • A blueberry loaf cake covered in lemon icing on a wood serving tray.
    Simple Lemon Icing Recipe {Lemon Glaze}
  • A loaf cake covered in vanilla icing, the icing dripping down the sides of the cake.
    Simple Vanilla Icing Recipe {Vanilla Glaze}
  • A layer cake covered in chocolate buttercream.
    Quick Chocolate Buttercream with Heavy Cream
  • Piping American Buttercream onto Cupcakes
    American Buttercream {with Butter and Heavy Cream}
  • Sprinkles raining down on cupcakes topped with swords of multi colored buttercream frosting.
    Italian Meringue Buttercream {Step-by-Step Instructions}
  • Someone piping cream cheese buttercream from a pastry bag onto the top of a chocolate cupcake.
    Cream Cheese Buttercream

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Hello! I'm Rebecca Blackwell, writer, recipe developer, and food photographer. My husband and I are nomads without a home base but with many modes of transportation, namely an RV, a motorcycle, and a sailboat.

While I have cooked professionally, I am a home cook and baker who writes recipes for other home cooks and bakers. My home happens to have wheels, and occasionally sails, which should tell you that if the recipes work in my tiny kitchen, they will certainly work in yours.

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