Frosting

This frosting goes with the recipe for Incredible Melted Ice-Cream Cake

One buttercream base makes two frosting flavors. Vanilla tops the orange cupcakes , and almond tops the devil's food . Be sure to use unsprayed (nontoxic) roses for decoration.

Use to frost White Chocolate Easter Cake with Strawberries

This recipe originally accompanied Strawberry Basket Cake .

Sometimes seen with a lemon filling, this is one of the oldest "fancy" layer cakes and a great southern tradition. The fresh coconut makes you realize why this cake has always been special.

This pull-out-all-stops dessert layers a white chocolate pistachio cake with strawberries and a do-ahead pistachio butter-cream. For the finishing touches, whipped cream is piped up the sides, and a marzipan top is crowned with fresh strawberries.

It's easier to make buttercream with a standing electric mixer, but it can be done with a handheld one.