Kid-Friendly 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.

1-2-3 Icing

1-2-3 Icing recipe rating (4 reviews)

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: confectioners� sugar (10x sugar), butter, vanilla extract, milk (more if needed)...view the recipe

Children`s White Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 8 pkg Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: icing sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Easy Bake Oven Chocolate Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 9 packages Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: powdered sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Easy Bake Oven White Frosting Mix

Serves/Makes: 8 packages Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: powdered sugar -- sifted, instant nonfat milk powder, vegetable shortening...view the recipe

Egg Yolk Paint for Cookies

Serves/Makes: 2 Tbsp. Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: Egg yolk, Water, Food coloring...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

Kool-Aid Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 cake Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: plain, unsweetened Kool-Aid, powdered sugar, Milk to make spreading consistency...view the recipe

Rainbow Dust

Serves/Makes: .5 cup Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: sugar, food coloring, See Color Chart Below...view the recipe

Root Beer Frosting

Serves/Makes: 1 cake Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: vanilla frosting mix, cold root beer...view the recipe