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Lazy Daisy Frosting Recipe for Simple, Classic Cake Topping

This Lazy Daisy Frosting is perfect when you need a quick, delicious topping. Made with coconut, brown sugar, butter, cream, and nuts, it’s spread over a hot cake and broiled until golden for a crunchy, slightly gooey caramel finish.

Overhead view of lazy daisy frosting in a pan ready to spread onto a cake.

If you want an easy, flavorful frosting, Lazy Daisy Frosting delivers. It has a rich caramel taste with a pleasing contrast of crunchy and gooey textures. Because it’s assembled quickly and spread onto a hot cake, it’s ideal when time is limited.

No special tools or decorating skills are required: simply combine the ingredients, spread the mixture over a freshly baked cake, and slide it under the broiler until it turns golden. The result is an attractive, flavorful topping with minimal fuss.

Ingredients needed to make the frosting: brown sugar, coconut, cream, butter, and nuts.

Ingredients:

COCONUT: Use your preferred flaked coconut (sweetened or unsweetened).
BROWN SUGAR
BUTTER
HEAVY CREAM
NUTS: Chopped walnuts or pecans work well. If you prefer no nuts, omit them—some versions skip the nuts entirely.

Three pictures showing how to make the frosting.

How To Make Lazy Daisy Frosting

In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the heavy cream over low heat until the butter is fully melted. Stir in the flaked coconut, packed brown sugar, and chopped nuts. Remove the pan from the heat and mix thoroughly to combine.

After removing your cake from the oven, spread the frosting evenly across the top while the cake is still hot. Place the cake under the broiler for just a short time until the topping turns a light golden brown. Watch closely to prevent burning. Allow the cake to cool slightly before serving so the topping sets but remains slightly gooey.

Close up of the lazy daisy frosting after it has been broiled. It's golden, crunchy, with some slightly gooey spots.

What Cakes Go Well with Lazy Daisy Frosting?

  • Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake
  • Hot Milk Cake
  • Yellow Cake
  • Vanilla Cake
  • Chocolate Cake — it pairs nicely with chocolate for contrast

Recipe Details

Lazy Daisy Frosting

This Lazy Daisy Frosting is great for when you need a frosting fast! Spread this topping made of coconut, brown sugar, butter, and nuts over a hot cake and place it under the broiler until it’s golden.
Servings: 1 (enough to frost top of one 9×13 cake)
Author: Malinda Linnebur
Overhead view of lazy daisy frosting in a pan ready to spread onto a cake.
Prep Time:
5
Cook Time:
5

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (113g) butter
  • ½ cup (120ml) heavy whipping cream
  • 2 cups (120g) flaked coconut
  • 1 cup (190g) packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup (120g) chopped walnuts (or pecans)

Instructions

  • While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting. In a small saucepan, heat the butter and cream over low heat until the butter melts. Stir in the flaked coconut, brown sugar, and nuts. Remove from the heat, combine thoroughly, and spread the mixture over the hot baked cake. Place the cake under the broiler until the topping is lightly golden. Watch carefully to avoid burning.

Notes

  1. NUTRITION: Nutrition values cover the entire batch of frosting.
  2. This quantity is enough to top a 9×13-inch cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 6826kcal
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Carbohydrates: 380g
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Protein: 72g
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Fat: 599g


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