Frosting reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 162 Reddit reviews across 13 subreddits and 43 posts to rank the best Frosting brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Baking, r/cakedecorating, r/AskBaking, r/Cakes, r/AskSF. Top-rated brands include Cream Cheese Frosting (4.6/5), Swiss Meringue Buttercream (4.5/5), Ermine Frosting (4.7/5).
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Reviews162
Subreddits13
Posts43
Brands92
Products23
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#1
Cream Cheese Frosting
4.6
(11)
"Cream cheese is great with whipped cream folded into it for carrot cake frosting."
"Can't have a carrot cake without cream cheese frosting!"
"Homemade cream cheese icing is super easy to make & sooo delicious."
"I generally make a cream cheese frosting with brown sugar and a bit of pineapple juice."
"I brown some butter and brown sugar in a pan, cool then cream it with a bit of cream cheese."
"I use a cream cheese frosting with a little orange zest."
"Cream cheese frosting with a bit of lemon or orange zest."
"Cream cheese frosting yummmmm"
"Maybe you could lighten a the cream Cheese frosting with a bit of whipped cream beaten into it?"
"I do a cream cheese frosting."
#2
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
4.5
(8)
"Swiss meringue buttercream then add a bit of powdered sugar so its a bit sweeter but not overly sweet."
"Swiss meringue buttercream is very commonly used by professionals."
"My vote would be Italian meringue or Swiss meringue buttercream for a layered cake."
"I just made a lemon cake with elderflower Swiss meringue buttercream that was fantastic."
"Smbc, especially if you are comfortable with it, is a solid choice."
"I make Swiss meringue but I replace half the butter with shortening (Crisco) which reduces the butter flavor a lot but it still is silky smooth and very tasty."
"Swiss meringue buttercream. Replace 1/4 of the butter with shortening."
"I love Swiss meringue buttercream, but you have to beat it enough."
#3
Ermine Frosting
4.7
(7)
"Ermine taste like melted ice cream to me it's my favorite."
"I find the techniques of the King Arthur recipe makes it a much faster and less stressful procedure."
"I love Ermine Frosting."
"Look up ermine frosting- delicious and less sweet."
"Heirloom (also called ermine) frosting is less sweet and pretty stable!"
"I made a vintage style cake this weekend - I used ermine frosting. It took me a few tries to get the frosting a good, piling consistency but it looked good and tastes great."
"Ermine frosting isn’t too overly sweet or too buttery. You could try that?"
#4
Cream Cheese
4.4
(7)
"Cream cheese baby, all day with lemon."
"Cream cheese. My mom would make the box mixed for my birthday."
"Cream cheese"
"Cream cheese is fine, as it's not that tart when turned into frosting."
"Personally my mum have used cream cheese for it too and I really liked how that tasted."
"What I like to do is to use cream cheese frosting as a filling."
"Coffee, cream cheese, matcha, lemon, etc. possibilities are endless."
#5
Homemade
5.0
(6)
"Ermine frosting is easy to make and surprisingly delicious."
"I would make up the simplest butter frosting for these cookies."
"Vanilla whipped ganache."
"Ermine frosting would be good, stabilized whip cream is another option."
"I’d recommend a swiss meringue, or any type of 'marshmallow' frosting."
"Nutella Whipped Cream."
#6
Italian Meringue Buttercream
4.8
(6)
"I use Italian meringue butter cream for just about all my cakes and cupcakes. I would say it holds up very well in AZ"
"I think the most stable you can get is going to be italian meringue or a shortening American style buttercream."
"I use Italian Meringue for almost everything. I like how it sets up and it is stable."
"Italian meringue buttercream has a lower sugar content than Swiss meringue buttercream and it pipes really well."
"My favorite is Italian meringue based buttercream, it's light, fluffy and not too sweet."
"Usually Italian meringue buttercream and cream cheese frosting are best choice when it comes to heat resistance."
#7
Buttercream
4.3
(4)
"It's often cheaper and tastes way better than the can in the baking aisle."
"I make a buttercream with orange juice in.. It's pretty delicious."
"Personally, my first instinct was white chocolate buttercream. Adds a little something & would go well with the orange."
"I use buttercream."
#8
German Buttercream
4.3
(4)
"For something more stable in a layered cake i would recommend german buttercream, its my personal favourite buttercream."
"But if you really wanna mix it up what about German buttercream?"
"I‘d go with german buttercream, made from custard and butter."
"German buttercream is like a pudding."
#9
Stabilized Whipped Cream
4.0
(4)
"I’d probably use whipped cream with a stabilizer added."
"Stabilized whipped cream."
"What about just a stabilized whipped cream frosting?"
"Stabilized whipped cream."
#10
Americolor
5.0
(3)
"Americolor is my preference. Gel-based dyes are ideal because you can use less!"
"Another plus for Americolor is that they are guaranteed nut free."
"Americolor is my go to, their “super” colors can help you get to those bright colors you want without adding too much."
#11
Wilton
3.0
(4)
"Wilton for sure :)"
"Wilton or Americolors are your best bets."
"I also used Wilton for many years and will never go back."
"I used Wilton for close to two decades... it is trash compared to the other 2 (IMO)."
#12
American Buttercream
4.0
(3)
"I am making an american buttercream for it. that is the frosting that is typically used in store bought cookie cakes and that’s what im going for."
"American buttercream using vegetable shortening and butter aroma."
"A more stable frosting like American buttercream or Italian/Swiss meringue buttercream will do the trick."
#13
Susie Cakes
3.7
(3)
"Does this for me when I’m craving sugary as hell childhood birthday cake."
"I find their cakes very sweet and traditional."
"I disliked it because it was reaaaally sweet for me."
#14
Brown Sugar Frosting
5.0
(2)
"People swear by this Brown Sugar Caramel icing."
"Brown sugar frosting is what I make usually for spice cake."
#15
Cream Cheese Buttercream
5.0
(2)
"SUPER easy to make your own."
"Cream cheese buttercream!"
#16
Chelsweets
5.0
(2)
"It looks like a whipped cream frosting that I use for my strawberry shortcake that has cream cheese mixed in."
"This is more like a cream cheese flavored buttercream but it’s really good!"
#17
Italian Meringue
4.5
(2)
"Italian Meringue. Not the buttercream just the flavored Meringue."
"Italian meringue, then lightly torch it."
#18
Cream Cheese Icing
4.5
(2)
"I would use cream cheese icing."
"I enjoy cream cheese icing as it tastes great, kinda tangy, and is less sweet."
#19
Russian Buttercream
4.5
(2)
"My go to is Russian buttercream. It’s just butter and condensed milk, so quick and easy to make."
"Russian buttercream is good. Way less sweet than American buttercream."
#20
Chefmaster
4.5
(2)
"Another vote for Chef master or Americolor."
"Chefmaster is really good too and slightly less expensive."
#21
Betty Crocker
4.5
(2)
"Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines. I use doctored cake mixes for all my cakes and people go crazy for them."
"I like Betty Crocker brand cake mix."
#22
Sugarologie
4.5
(2)
"I also will do a super fluffy vanilla buttercream like sugarologie's sweet cream buttercream."
"Try Sugarologie’s new sweet cream frosting. It’s made for people who want a less buttery buttercream."
#23
Butter and Shortening Frosting
4.0
(2)
"The cake bakery I used to work at used butter and shortening and their frosting was really good."
"I use 1/2 butter (I’m actually vegan so I use vegan butter but dairy butter is the same ratio) and 1/2 shortening."
#24
French Buttercream
4.0
(2)
"French is great as well."
"My personal favorite chocolate buttercream is French buttercream."
#25
Satin Ice
3.5
(2)
"Satin Ice brand is okay also."
"I don't have too much experience with Satin Ice, but I bought a couple colors (coral and peach) at Michael's and they were both very saturated."
#26
Cool Whip
3.5
(2)
"You can pipe with cool whip if you’re a fast cake decorator."
"I’m not a fan of cool whip for this reason."
#27
Raspberry Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"A raspberry buttercream would be lovely."
#28
White Chocolate Ganache
5.0
(1)
"White chocolate ganache."
#29
Duncan Hines Box Mix
5.0
(1)
"Duncan Hines is my favorite easily found box mix."
#30
Whole Foods Cake Mix
5.0
(1)
"Whole Foods cake mix tastes like scratch."
#31
Heavy Whipped Cream
5.0
(1)
"Chantilly cream (heavy whipped cream with vanilla flavoring) if this is the type of cake I assume it to be."
#32
Homemade Whipped Cream
5.0
(1)
"I think just some fresh homemade whipped cream would be great with that!"
#33
Hershey's
5.0
(1)
"The absolute best (IMO) classic, non-fancy, chocolate cake. It’s super easy to make."
#34
Costco
5.0
(1)
"Has a really good chocolate cake."
#35
Noe Valley Bakery
5.0
(1)
"Has the best chocolate cake!"
#36
Schuberts
5.0
(1)
"All their cakes are amazing."
#37
Rich's Bettercreme
5.0
(1)
"I use Rich's to decorate my cakes at an ice cream shop."
#38
Cremeux
5.0
(1)
"I can help you with a pipable frosting choice that contains no butter whatsoever. Cremeux. It's stabilized, delicious, and quite elegant."
#39
Caramelized White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Try a caramelized white chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream frosting."
#40
Maple Glaze
5.0
(1)
"Maple glaze (butter, maple syrup, pinch of salt, and powdered sugar)"
#41
Blueberry Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Blueberry buttercream is perfect imo!"
#42
Butterscotch Chips
5.0
(1)
"She makes a frosting using melted butterscotch chips."
#43
Peanut Butter
5.0
(1)
"Spice cake with peanut butter frosting has been my birthday cake since about 1968."
#44
Cream Cheese Frosting with Lemon
5.0
(1)
"Lemon cream cheese frosting is tasty!"
#45
Italian Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"I made an Italian buttercream and whipped some of my lemon curd into it."
#46
Raspberry Lemon Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Raspberry lemon buttercream or lemon buttercream."
#47
Lemon Frosting
5.0
(1)
"Lemon cupcake, lemon frosting."
#48
Lavender Swiss Meringue Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Topped with a sweet & floral lavender Swiss meringue buttercream."
#49
Betty Bakery
5.0
(1)
"They've nailed the cream cheese frosting."
#50
Hershey
5.0
(1)
"There's actually a great chocolate frosting recipe on the back of the Hershey cocoa powder can!"
#51
Colourmill
5.0
(1)
"Colourmill is very pricey but sooooo worth the investment."
#52
Swiss Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Swiss buttercream."
#53
Almond Frosting
5.0
(1)
"Almond frosting is soooooo good on chocolate."
#54
Marshmallow Swiss Meringue Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"Trophy cupcakes has amazing marshmallow Swiss meringue buttercream recipe."
#55
Raspberry Frosting
5.0
(1)
"I like raspberry frosting, freeze dried raspberry powder."
#56
Caramel Cream Cheese
5.0
(1)
"Caramel cream cheese!"
#57
Chocolate Peanut Butter
5.0
(1)
"Chocolate Peanut butter! 😋 Nothing saids decandant like Reeses cupcakes."
#58
Mascarpone Chantilly
5.0
(1)
"Mascarpone Chantilly. It's a 1:1 ratio of heavy cream/ mascarpone."
#59
Swiss Meringue
5.0
(1)
"Swiss meringue is fantastic."
#60
Marshmallow Buttercream
5.0
(1)
"I used a marshmallow buttercream and it was loved."
#61
Lemon Ermine Frosting
5.0
(1)
"[Lemon ermine] would be a good choice as well."
#62
Ganache
5.0
(1)
"Ganache."
#63
Duncan Hines
5.0
(1)
"Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines. I use doctored cake mixes for all my cakes and people go crazy for them."
#64
Dr Oetker
5.0
(1)
"Stabilize the whipped cream. Mine holds for a week in the fridge."
#65
Smitten Kitchen
5.0
(1)
"Smitten Kitchen's chocolate peanut butter cake has the most delicious peanut butter cream cheese frosting."
#66
Ricardo
5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend this caramel/pecan combination from Ricardo."
#67
Whipped Cream and Mascarpone Frosting
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend a whipped cream and mascarpone frosting!"
#68
Mascarpone Cheese
4.0
(1)
"I don’t like overly sweet frosting and am experimenting with adding some marscapone cheese."
#69
Black Icing
4.0
(1)
"I buy premade black icing if I need it, much easier."
#70
Chocolate Frosting
4.0
(1)
"I usually get a can of premade chocolate frosting and add black coloring to it to make it darker."
#71
Glaze
4.0
(1)
"I use a standard confectioner's sugar glaze. Quick and easy to make, too."
#72
Cooked Fudge Frosting
4.0
(1)
"I would try some sort of penuche or cooked fudge frosting."
#73
Mazettis
4.0
(1)
"Damn their cake is good."
#74
Rubicon Bakery
4.0
(1)
"The texture on the vegan chocolate cake from Rubicon Bakery is pretty traditional."
#75
Arizmendi
4.0
(1)
"Has the best chocolate cake with chocolate frosting."
#76
Black Jet
4.0
(1)
"Does traditional things in a most excellent way."
#77
Sally's Baking Addiction
4.0
(1)
"Great for simple designs and flooding (spreads too much for anything intricate) and it sets up much more than buttercream."
#78
Vegan Buttercream
4.0
(1)
"Make a vegan buttercream that uses vegetable shortening."
#79
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
4.0
(1)
"Honey and vanilla cream cheese frosting is nice with lemon cake :) "
#80
Batavian Cream
4.0
(1)
"I’ve used Batavian cream (stabilized) as frosting (delicious and light consistency)."
#81
Ermine Buttercream
4.0
(1)
"I might try a mix between ermine buttercream and cream cheese frosting."
#82
European Buttercream
4.0
(1)
"Consider European buttercream. Swiss or Italian - I always forget which is which."
#83
Cocoa Cinnamon Frosting
4.0
(1)
"For my spice cakes, I made a cocoa, cinnamon frosting or glaze."
#84
Orange Flavored Frosting
4.0
(1)
"I like an orange flavored frosting. Cream cheese also."
#85
Mascarpone
4.0
(1)
"Berry Chantilly cakes normally uses mascarpone cheese frosting if I'm not mistaken."
#86
Coconut Meringue
4.0
(1)
"My immediate thought was some sort of coconut meringue type frosting."
#87
Chocolate Buttercream
4.0
(1)
"Or a nice chocolate buttercream?"
#88
Lemon Icing
4.0
(1)
"Double down with lemon icing."
#89
Pistachio
4.0
(1)
"Pistachio (from real paste or spread, not artificial flavour) and orange blossom."
#90
Sugar Flair
4.0
(1)
"For strong colours like red black etc I like sugar flair black extra, red extra."
#91
Whipped Cream Frosting
4.0
(1)
"Maybe a less sweet whipped cream frosting?"
#92
Royal Icing
3.0
(1)
"You’ll want to switch to royal icing if you’re looking for longevity for the frosting."
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