56 buttercream recipes

No-bake peanut butter cream pie with a crushed Oreo crust, cream cheese filling, whipped cream, and chopped peanuts on top. Frozen and make-ahead friendly.

Peanut butter cream cheese pies frosted with chocolate pudding and topped with chopped peanuts. The recipe makes two 9-inch pies, with real whipped cream folded into the peanut butter base for serious lift.

Three-layer pistachio cake with white chocolate buttercream, orange zest, and almond extract. A showstopper dessert with chopped pistachios pressed into the frosting.

Duchess spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves topped with maple buttercream frosting. A warmly spiced buttermilk layer cake with old-fashioned charm.

Filled Poppy Seed Cake with Butter Cream Topping recipe

Chocolate-topped peanut butter oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, melted chocolate drizzle, and chopped peanuts. A big-batch cookie recipe that makes six dozen crispy-edged treats.

Bakery-style blueberry muffins pack 2.5 cups of berries into a tender butter-creamed batter with crackly sugar tops. A bursting-with-fruit breakfast classic.

Triple layer brownies stack a fudgy pecan brownie base, a vanilla buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate drizzle on top. Bake-bar territory, made at home.

Lemon poppy seed cake builds a tender tube cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon juice and zest, whipped egg whites, and poppy seeds, finished with a tart lemon glaze.

Buttermilk currant scones with a tender, lightly sweet crumb and bursts of dried currants. Cut into rounds and baked golden, served warm with butter, cream, and jam in the British tradition.

A no-bake chocolate biscuit pudding, milk-soaked biscuits layered with a rich cocoa butter cream and studded with cashews and raisins, then chilled until sliceable. A Sri Lankan party favorite.

Whisky pumpkin pie made from scratch with roasted fresh pumpkin, a full cup of whisky, butter, cream, and stiff-beaten egg whites for a souffle-light texture. A heritage holiday recipe.

Whoopie pies with soft, cake-like chocolate cookies sandwiching a silky cooked-flour buttercream. The old-fashioned ermine filling stays light and not too sweet. A New England and Pennsylvania Dutch classic.

Luxemburgerli sandwich cookies with toasted almond meringue shells and raspberry buttercream filling. Light, crisp, and gluten-free with Italian meringue technique.

Elaborate Swiss hazelnut torte with meringue layers, sponge cake, and buttercream. Traditional Solothurn specialty dessert featuring roasted ground hazelnuts throughout.

A stunning three-tiered champagne cake soaked in bubbly and frosted with champagne buttercream. Built from two pans and cut into graduated layers, this is the centerpiece for weddings, New Year's, and any excuse to celebrate.