251 buttercream recipes

Thin, crispy maple cookies made with real maple syrup and maple extract, rolled and cut into shapes. Top with coconut, cream cheese, buttercream, or sandwich with jam.

Three-layer chocolate cake filled with Swiss meringue buttercream, covered in whipped cream frosting, and decorated with chocolate rosettes and handmade chocolate squares. A true celebration cake.

A classic French Buche de Noel with a light sponge cake rolled around chocolate butter cream filling, then coated in chocolate frosting scored to look like bark. The centerpiece of any Christmas table.

This cake is light and airy with a creamy coconut buttercream filling and delicate meringue frosting. Sooo good!

Gateau Russe aux Noix, a French-Russian walnut cake with almond meringue layers, coffee buttercream, rum syrup, and caramelized walnuts. A showpiece patisserie dessert.

Two tender white cake layers filled with strawberry buttercream and brushed with melted strawberry jelly, then frosted in billowy whipped cream. A show-stopping spring celebration cake that serves 24.

Frankfurter Kranz is a classic German crown cake with three rum-soaked sponge layers, silky butter-cream filling, and a crunchy almond praline coating finished with apricot glaze.

Velvet devil's food layer cake with coffee and cocoa for deep chocolate flavor, plus a silky coffee buttercream frosting. A bakery-style two-layer showstopper (Part 1).

Heart-shaped chocolate Valentine cake with glossy sour cream chocolate frosting and a piped buttercream border. Romantic dessert with deep cocoa flavor.

Hazelnut succes cake: two crisp hazelnut-meringue discs sandwiched with silky praline buttercream, crusted with crushed praline. A classic French patisserie showstopper.

A French patisserie masterpiece: three crisp almond meringue layers sandwiched with silky hazelnut praline buttercream, finished with toasted almonds and powdered sugar.

Creepy, fun Halloween eyeball cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream frosting, red food coloring veins, and candy eyeballs. A spooky treat kids love to decorate and devour at Halloween parties.

A show-stopping heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day made from one square and one round cake, frosted in pink vanilla buttercream and covered in tinted coconut. Decorated with gumdrop hearts and fruit roll bows.

"A tall, impressive cake that showcases the flavors and smells of the holidays. A three-layer extravaganza with a touch of molasses and shredded apple to keep it moist. It fills the house with a fragrance that beats the most expensive holiday-scented candle. It will be talked about long after the party is over." Source: The Pastry Queen Christmas, by Rebecca Rather

Mocha cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. An airy sponge cake soaked in orange syrup, filled and frosted with a coffee-chocolate buttercream made from Italian meringue.

Mississippi mud cake loaded with cocoa, butter, and pecans under a thick chocolate buttercream icing. Dense, fudgy, and unapologetically Southern.