Home cooks use it principally to make icing or frosting and other cake decorations. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. Cupcakes may be topped with frosting or other cake decorations. Cream cheese frosting and buttercream frosting are variations which have increased in popularity. Often the cake layers are filled with either a white frosting or coconut pastry cream. The cake is usually paired with a rich chocolate frosting. It is added to icing (frosting) to prevent it from setting too hard. McDonuts can be served with either vanilla or chocolate frosting. They may include nuts, frosting, cream cheese, chocolate chips, or other ingredients. It was available with chocolate frosting. These are all frosting on the cake. It is often served with cream cheese frosting. Fondant is a form of frosting style that is rolled out and draped over tiers. Black-and-white cookies may also be found with frosting instead of fondant. They may be filled with frosting, fruit, or pastry cream.