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Frostings & Fillings

Here you will find easy-to-make frostings and fillings for your cakes and cupcakes. They come together quickly with staple baking ingredients.

These versatile recipes will be a go-to for your baking. Lemon Cream can be a delicious filling for cakes and cupcakes or spread in tart shells, while Chocolate Buttercream and Cream Cheese Frosting are staple go-to recipes. Don't forget Swiss Meringue Buttercream, a staple that can be flavored in so many ways.

  • Square chocolate cake topped with silky chocolate fudge frosting.
    Chocolate Fudge Frosting with Melted Chocolate (15 Minutes)
  • Lemon cream cheese frosting in a glass mixing bowl set on a pink towel.
    5-Minute Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Funfetti buttercream frosting swirled on funfetti cupcakes set on a flat surface.
    8-Minute Funfetti Buttercream Frosting
  • 2-Minute Vanilla Glaze Recipe with 3 Ingredients
  • Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Brown sugar cream cheese frosting spread over banana cake cut into squares on a round wire rack.
    Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting (No Grainy Texture!)
  • Chocolate cupcakes frosted with homemade cream cheese frosting.
    5-Minute Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Close up of coconut cupcake with coconut sprinkled on the frosting set on a wood board.
    5-Minute Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Cupcakes swirled with banana cream cheese frosting and topped with slices of fresh bananas.
    Banana Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Overhead shot of a bowl of banana buttercream frosting set on a flat surface with a striped napkin.
    Banana Buttercream Frosting with Fresh Bananas
  • Chocolate buttercream frosting spread on a chocolate sheet cake with rainbow sprinkles on the border.
    5-Ingredient Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
  • Overhead shot of vanilla bean espresso buttercream in a bowl with two coffee cupcakes frosted with the buttercream.
    Vanilla Bean Espresso Buttercream Frosting
  • Overhead shot of coffee buttercream in a dish with a cup of coffee, offset spatula, and napkin to the side.
    Easy Coffee Buttercream Frosting
  • Lemon Curd-2
    Baking 101: How to make Lemon Curd
  • Jar of almond cream with a wooden spoon.
    Almond Cream
  • Caramel Sauce
    Baking 101: How to Make Caramel Sauce
  • Jar of homemade lemon cream with spoon
    Lemon Cream
  • Swiss Meringue Buttercream
    Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  • Butterscotch Ganache-1
    Butterscotch Ganache

Hello! I’m Maria — a professionally trained pastry chef, mom of three, and the creator behind The Sweet Occasion. I share easy, from-scratch recipes that feel bakery-worthy yet doable for real life because I believe homemade baking should feel simple, satisfying, and worth sharing.

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Favorite Spring Bakes

  • Overhead shot of a wild blueberry lemon poppy seeds muffins with a lemon glaze stacked on a round wire cooling rack with a striped linen on the side.
    Wild Blueberry Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
  • Straight on shot of a one layer, square lemon berry mascarpone cake with mascarpone frosting and macerated berries on a flat surface with parchment paper.
    Lemon Berry Mascarpone Cake
  • Close up of raspberry crumble bars cut into square and stacked on a white round plate.
    Raspberry Crumble Bars
  • Frosted lemon sugar cookie bars cut into squares and arranged on parchment paper atop a white wooden surface.
    Frosted Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars (with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting)

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