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Vegan Frosting Recipes

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All our vegan frosting recipes are now in one convenient place! From classic buttercreams to naturally dyed and naturally sweetened options without powdered sugar, there’s something for everyone. Scroll through to find a new favorite for your cupcakes, cakes, and more!

Classic Frostings

Plate of vanilla cupcakes topped with Vegan Buttercream Frosting and rainbow sprinkles
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How to Make Dairy-Free Buttercream Frosting
Fluffy Dairy-Free Buttercream Frosting made with 4 simple ingredients and 1 bowl! Perfect for decorating cupcakes, cakes, and more!
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Electric mixer blades resting over a bowl of Vegan Chocolate Ganache Frosting
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Vegan Chocolate Ganache Frosting
A step-by-step tutorial on how to make easy, vegan chocolate ganache frosting! Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and quick breads!
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Peanut butter frosting on a chocolate cupcake
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Fluffy Vegan Peanut Butter Frosting
Fluffy vegan peanut butter frosting made with natural peanut butter! SO versatile and just 3 ingredients, 5 minutes, and 1 bowl required!
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Stirring a bowl of our homemade Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
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How to Make Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
3-ingredient Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting perfect for cakes, cupcakes, quick breads, cookies, and more!
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Vibrant Frostings Without Food Coloring

Spreading vegan strawberry frosting on a cake
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Vegan Strawberry Frosting
Undetectably vegan strawberry frosting that’s fluffy, light, sweet, and bursting with fresh strawberry flavor! Just 3 ingredients, 1 bowl, and 15 minutes required.
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Bowl of bright green matcha frosting for a natural frosting recipe
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Vegan Matcha Buttercream Frosting (1 Bowl!)
Fluffy, 4-ingredient matcha buttercream frosting! Dairy-free butter whipped with powdered sugar, matcha powder, and vanilla extract! Just 1 bowl required.
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Squeezing beet juice into a bowl to make DIY Natural Food Dye
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DIY Natural Food Dye
Simple, 1-ingredient natural food dye perfect for coloring frostings, baked goods, and more!
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Frostings Without Powdered Sugar

Chocolate cupcake topped with vegan chocolate avocado frosting
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Chocolate Avocado Frosting (Vegan, No Powdered Sugar!)
Chocolate frosting with a secret healthier ingredient: avocado! Vegan, oil-free, nut-free, naturally sweetened, and made without powdered sugar!
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Spoon and bowl of Cashew Buttercream Frosting on a wood cutting board
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Cashew Buttercream Frosting (2 Ways!)
Rich, thick, and creamy vegan “buttercream” frosting made with cashews! Naturally sweetened, easy to make, and perfect for cakes, cookies, and more!
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Brownies topped with creamy Vegan Chocolate Frosting made with dates
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Date-Sweetened Chocolate Frosting
Creamy, rich vegan chocolate frosting made with 5 simple ingredients! Naturally sweetened with dates, infused with nut butter, and perfect for both raw and baked desserts!
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Partially eaten slice of Raw Carrot Cake resting beside the rest of the cake
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Raw Carrot Cake with Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
Raw vegan carrot cake made with 10 wholesome ingredients! Tender, 30 minutes to make, and topped with an optional cashew cream cheese frosting! 
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Bowl of oil-free chocolate frosting next to cocoa powder, cashew butter, dates, and dairy-free milk
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Vegan Chocolate Frosting (Oil-Free)
Incredibly rich vegan chocolate frosting made in a blender with 6 whole food ingredients! Sweetened with dates, made creamy with cashew butter, and plenty of rich chocolate flavor from cacao powder. Perfect for cakes, brownies, quick breads, and more!
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If you give any of these frosting recipes a try, let us know! Leave a comment, or take a picture and tag it @minimalistbaker on Instagram.

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