Recipe creator Kane did note that you can substitute margarine for butter. You can read the whole recipe to learn how to make chocolate frosting on their site.

So let me make it easy for you. This recipe lands somewhere in the middle of an Italian meringue buttercream (which uses egg whites) and a French buttercream (which uses only yolks).

Frosting, aka the fluffy, sweet, buttery spread that goes over cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, isn't so hard to make homemade if you set yourself up for success. First, you must have a large bowl ...

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Lemon cream cheese frosting is perfect for cake. Just add lemon juice to a basic cream cheese frosting recipe, and voila!

If you often bake cakes at home, Kunal Kapur shared a quick idea for making the perfect chocolate icing for your sweet treat.

Estimations for how long you need to let royal icing dry vary, but you should typically let it sit for at least this long.

Her recipe creates two cups of frosting, or what she says is just the right amount to ice a 9-by-13-inch cake. “Why buy prepackaged when you can make homemade?” Bunny said.