Chocolate Frosting, Icing, and Cake Decorating Recipes

Frosting, icing, and cake decorating recipes and ideas. Make your next cake extra special by adding these finishing (and delicious) touches. Frosting is also great on cookies, cupcakes and brownies.

Abstract Chocolate Sculpture

Serves/Makes: 3 lbs. Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Bittersweet chocolate, tempered, White chocolate, tempered...view the recipe

Chocolate Clay

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: chocolate chips, light corn syrup...view the recipe

Coffee Frosting

Serves/Makes: 4 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: coffee crystals, milk or cream, cocoa powder, confectioners sugar, butter...view the recipe

Coffee-Chocolate Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: Butter, Sifted confectioner's sugar, Cocoa, Kahlua or other coffee liqueur, Hot coffee, more as needed...view the recipe

Cooked Fudge Icing

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: sugar, salt, milk, white corn syrup, (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate...view the recipe

Espresso Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Egg Yolks, Sugar, Water, Instant Espresso Coffee Powder, Butter -- softened...view the recipe

German Chocolate Cake Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: sugar, evaporated milk, egg yolks, butter, chopped nuts...view the recipe

Halloween Frosting

Serves/Makes: 5 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Butter, Confectioner's Sugar -- sifted, Egg whites -- unbeaten, Cream -- As Needed, Vanilla...view the recipe

Mocha Icing

Mocha Icing recipe rating (1 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Heavy Cream, Instant Coffee, Milk Chocolate Chips...view the recipe

Mocha Icing II

Serves/Makes: 12 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: unsalted butter, Coffee powder, dissolved in, hot water, unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar...view the recipe