Dairy-Free Frosting Recipes

Perfect for vegan chocolate cakes and cupcakes, this frosting is rich, delicious, and just plain good, not to mention easy to make!

Sweet and creamy with a little bit of lemony tang, this rich frosting is a lovely, bright addition to dairy-free birthday cakes, cupcakes, and wedding cakes.

This dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free frosting takes a little bit of time to prepare, but although it's prepared unlike most frosting recipes that quickly beat together unhealthy ingredients like butter and powdered sugar, it makes a delicious frosting that everyone, vegan or not, will love. Everyone always asks me for this recipe, even if they never liked coconut before!

A little bit of espresso goes a long way in this coffee-flavored frosting. Simple to make and so delicious, this is the perfect topping for dairy-free chocolate cakes and cupcakes like this vegan mocha cake.

Royal icing is a simple icing that is typically used for decorating sugar cookies, gingerbread houses, cakes, and cupcakes. Prepared with just a few ingredients, this icing is perfect for everyday treats as well as special occasions. And, it's totally dairy-free. While some Royal Icing recipes use egg whites, this recipe uses meringue powder, which is a bit easier and neater to work with. To make different colors of Royal Icing, simply replace some of the water or vanilla extract with food coloring of your choice.

A simple cocoa powder frosting that's perfect for almost every cake, cupcake, and occasion.

Perfect for dairy-free carrot cake or vegan carrot cake, dairy-free soy cream cheese is creamed with dairy-free margarine and confectioners' sugar until rich, smooth, and sweet.

You can't go wrong with simple, classic white frosting.

Natural peanut butter is creamed with dairy-free cream cheese and powdered sugar to rich, smooth perfection.

Cream of coconut and flaked coconut make this frosting fun, flavorful and rich.

This perfectly pink frosting is great for white and chocolate cakes and cupcakes.

A low-fat, vegan frosting is prepared with powdered sugar, soymilk powdered, soy yogurt, and vanilla.

An easy, rich topping for dairy-free cakes and brownies.

A rich, creamy topping for any cake or cupcake.