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Overly Sweet Canned Frosting Is Easy To Fix With These Expert Tricks By Dennis Lee Dec. 13, 2025 11:00 am EST

We all know store-bought frosting can be notoriously sweet, like tooth-achingly so. But just like dishes that are too salty , there's remedies to tone down the sweetness in canned frosting to actually make it palatable. We spoke to Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl , to get some expert techniques on how to bring the sweetness in canned frosting down to the point where it's once again enjoyable.

Lavallee says this is a question that many people ask her. "Normally I recommend whipping in a little unsalted butter or cream cheese to cut through the sugar and give the icing a little more body while softening the sweetness," she says. "You can also a

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