Excellent recipes for home-made frostings, with which you can brighten up any dessert, cake or dessert

Whether we are lovers of cakes, slices, sweets or buns, we know that no dessert is as tasty as when we cover it with icing.

There are many to choose from. From caramel topping to rum topping to gingerbread topping.

But if you don’t want to experiment too much and still want to prepare a frosting that will turn your little sweet into a delicious temptation, try these 6 recipes.

Chocolate topping

There is no better combination than chocolate frosting on a zucchini bun!

What will we need

• 2 cooking chocolates
• 50 g of solidified fat

Method

1. Fill a larger pot with water and let it boil
2. Place a smaller pot on top of it so that the bottom is at least partially submerged in water
3. Put the chocolate with a little solidified fat into a small pot
4. Stir until the chocolate melts and then pour over the prepared cake

Lemon glaze

Christmas cookies and fresh lemon frosting? Well, doesn’t that sound wonderful? Try our recipe.

What will we need

• 300 g of powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons of hot water

Method

1. Mix water with lemon juice
2. Sieve the icing sugar through a sieve
3. Gradually add sugar to the bowl with water and juice
4. Beat with a whisk until the frosting thickens

Frosting for gingerbread cookies

What would Christmas be without the smell of homemade gingerbread, but how to decorate it? It won’t work without a thick and firm frosting for decorating the gingerbread.

What will we need

• 2 large egg whites at room temperature
• 250 g of powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon of guar gum

Method

• In a bowl, whisk the egg whites until foamy, then add the guar gum.
• Continue mixing for 30 seconds.
• Add powdered sugar a little at a time and mix well.
• Once the icing sugar is mixed in, turn the mixer on high and continue beating until the frosting thickens and the frosting holds its shape (about 3-5 minutes).

Egg yolk topping

How about baking delicious walnut slices that will be decorated with just this yolk glaze? You don’t know how to do it? Try our recipe.

What will we need

• 60 g butter, softened
• Pinch of salt
• 480 g of confectioners’ sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons of milk

Method

• Beat the butter until soft.
• Gradually add the salt and part of the sugar, mixing after each addition.
• Then add the egg yolks and vanilla; mix well.
• Add the remaining sugar, alternating with the milk, until you reach the consistency you want.

Caramel frosting

There are few things better than homemade caramel frosting.

What will we need

• 40 g of brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 300 g of white sugar
• 120 ml of milk
• 90 g of butter
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Method

• Pour 40g of brown sugar into a saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes, or until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup is a light golden brown.
• Remove from heat.
• Mix together 1 tablespoon of flour and 300g of sugar in a large saucepan.
• Add the milk and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
• Gradually pour about one quarter of the hot milk mixture into the caramelized sugar, stirring constantly.
• Gradually stir in remaining hot milk mixture until smooth. (Mixture will clump, but keep mixing until smooth.)
• Cover and cook on low heat for 2 minutes.
• Increase the heat, cover and cook without stirring, about 10 minutes.
• Add butter, stir until combined.
• Remove from heat and let stand without stirring for about 1 hour.
• Pour into the bowl of a high-powered electric stand mixer.
• Add vanilla and beat on medium speed until desired consistency, about 20 minutes.

Rum topping with coconut

Bake a fluffy gingerbread and top it with this perfect rum and coconut topping.

What will we need

• 150 g of butter
• 150 g of granulated sugar
• 4 spoons of milk
• 4 tablespoons of rum
• 2 heaping spoons of cocoa
• 150 g of coconut flour

Method

1. Heat the butter
2. Add sugar, milk with rum, cocoa and coconut flour to it
3. We mix a creamy mass, which can be diluted with milk or thickened with a little coconut as needed