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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    Frostings & Sauces

    Elevate your desserts with heavenly frostings and decadent sauces, adding the perfect finishing touch to any sweet treat. Our hands-down favorite cake or brownie topping is a classic chocolate ganache. Fruity sauces, like cranberry apple sauce and berry compote can compliment citrus-flavored cakes or cheesecakes perfectly. Our favorite frostings include whipped cream cheese, chocolate mascarpone, and swiss meringue buttercream.

    • Creamy orange curd in a jar with a spoonful of curd being removed, flanked by fresh oranges.
      How To Make Orange Curd
    • Orange Cream cheese frosting swirled in a bowl with an orange slice and frosted cupcakes on the side.
      Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
    • A jar of light purple whipped blackberry frosting made with mascarpone cheese and fresh blackberries.
      Blackberry Mascarpone Whipped Frosting
    • Reduced sugar cream cheese buttercream frosting is made with nonfat dry milk powder.
      Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting (reduced sugar)
    • Creamy cherry frosting made with whipped cream, mascarpone cheese, and fresh cherries.
      Cherry Mascarpone Whipped Cream Frosting
    • 9 pie and cheesecake toppings you need
      Pie & Cheesecake Topping Ideas
    • Creamy vanilla sauce slowly being poured over a slice of buttermilk apple cake.
      Creamy Vanilla Sauce
    • Spoonful of homemade applesauce
      Homemade Applesauce
    • spoonful of cranberry sauce
      Velvety Cranberry Apple Sauce
    • Mascarpone Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream
    • white chocolate swiss meringue buttercream
      White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream
    • Cream Cheese Frosting swirled in a bowl with a light pink spatula stirred the mixture.
      Cream Cheese Frosting
    • 2-ingredient chocolate ganache - perfect as a filling or for glazing desserts such as cakes | prettysimplesweet.com
      Chocolate Ganache
    • Nutella Frosting
      Milk Chocolate Nutella Frosting
    • Creme Patissiere (Pastry Cream) | prettysimplesweet.com
      Vanilla Pastry Cream (Creme Patissiere)
    • Vanilla Cupcakes
      Swiss Meringue Buttercream
    • Perfect Berry Sauce | prettysimplesweet.com
      Easy, Perfect Berry Sauce (Compote)
    • Vanilla Cupcakes
      Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
    • Homemade Whipped Cream | prettysimplesweet.com
      Whipped Cream
    • Chocolate Mascarpone Frosting
      Chocolate Mascarpone Frosting
    • Sugar Cookie Royal Icing
      Easy Royal Icing Recipe for Sugar Cookies
    • jar of homemade caramel sauce
      Classic Caramel Sauce
    • Homemade Lemon Curd | prettysimplesweet.com
      Lemon Curd
    • Homemade Nutella - Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
      Homemade Nutella (Chocolate Hazelnut Spread)

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