10,000 icing recipes

Gazpacho ice blends fresh tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion into a frozen savory sorbet with cayenne heat, churned smooth and topped with paper-thin cucumber slices.

Old-fashioned cream caramel icing for jam cake: just heavy cream, sugar, and butter cooked to soft-ball stage, then beaten until spreadable. The Southern frosting that turns any layer cake into a showpiece.

Cooked coconut pecan icing made with evaporated milk, sugar, and margarine. A thick, buttery frosting with toasted coconut and pecans, poured over hot cake.

Swiss meringue buttercream that's silky-smooth and never gritty or cloying. Whip warmed egg whites and sugar into a glossy meringue, beat in butter, and finish with vanilla for a bakery-quality frosting.

Bristol icebox cake: layers of vanilla wafer crumbs and a crushed pineapple-pecan-butter mixture, chilled overnight and topped with whipped cream. Vintage no-bake dessert.

Old-fashioned oatmeal icebox cookies made with brown sugar, lard, butter, and buttermilk. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight for thin, crispy oat cookies.

Peanut butter swirl ice cream cake with a crushed Oreo crust, chocolate wafer cookies, and hot fudge topping. No-bake, freezer-set, and ridiculously impressive for parties.

Three fluffy vanilla layers meet brown-sugar caramel frosting that's silky, not fussy: simple counting-cake proportions topped with butter-toffee sweetness that'll make you swoon.

Frozen layer cake with coffee, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream stacked on a cinnamon chocolate wafer crust, loaded with crushed toffee bars and served with homemade hot fudge sauce.

A very light, almost water-like batter that creates the most intensely moist chocolate cupcakes you will ever taste. This cake recipe has NEVER disappointed. It literally will melt in your mouth. The icing is a basic butter and cream cheese frosting.

Chinese-style deep-fried ice cream with tangerine sauce coating and sliced almond crust. Dramatic hot-and-cold dessert ready in seconds.

Sea foam icing is a light, marshmallowy boiled frosting made by whipping hot brown sugar syrup into egg whites. The brown sugar lends a soft caramel flavor to this fluffy, old-fashioned cake frosting.

Frozen pumpkin mousse ice cream pie layered over vanilla ice cream in a buttery gingersnap crust, finished with caramel-pumpkin topping. A make-ahead Thanksgiving dessert.

This 4th of July make-ahead dessert features multiple layers of sponge cake and strawberry and vanilla ice cream. Perfect to wow a crown this Independence day.

McIntosh apple cobbler baked in individual bowls with a buttery brown sugar crumble topping. A simple four-apple dessert served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Buttermilk chocolate cake with fudge icing, a moist, tender chocolate sheet cake made with buttermilk and boiling water, topped with a cooked, poured fudge frosting that sets glossy and rich.