Soap Frosting Recipe

By Nature's Garden Aug 15, 2025

Yield: Frosting for Approximately 8 Large Cupcake Soaps

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Recipe Ingredients

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Whipped Soap Base

1 lb

Vegetable Glycerin

16 fl oz

Buttercream Fragrance Oil

SudsNGlo Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base

2 lb

Directions

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1. Other Ingredients & Equipment You'll Need:

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2. Scale

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3. Bowls (2)

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4. Spoon

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5. Spatula

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6. Hand Held Mixer

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7. Deep Mixing Bowl

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8. Soap Colorant of Choice

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9. Decorating Sprinkles

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10. Total Recipe Weights:

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11. 227 grams of Whipped Soap Base

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12. 227 grams of Melt and Pour Soap28 grams of Vegetable Glycerin

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13. 24 grams of Buttercream Fragrance Oil

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14. 5-15 drops Soap Colorant

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15. Please Note: Prior to making this soap frosting recipe, you will want to have your soap base that your are frosting already finished.

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16. Clean & Sanitize your work area and all of your packaging materials. It is suggested that you wear gloves, protective clothing, and a hair net while preparing this recipe.

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17. Step 1: Using your scale, weigh out your Whipped Soap Base and vegetable glycerin. Place both of these items into your mixing bowl. Set aside.

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18. Step 2: In a separate microwaveable bowl, weigh out your melt and pour soap. Melt the soap in the microwave 30 seconds at a time. Stir gently. Keep melting until all soap is in a liquid state.

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19. Step 3: Pour your melted soap over the whipped soap base and vegetable glycerin.

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20. Step 4: Next, using your hand held mixer, start to whip the ingredients together. As you mix, you will notice the ingredients will start to appear like whipped frosting.

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21. Step 5: When you have reached this point, add the 24 grams of fragrance oil (and soap

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22. colorant if using). Make sure you clean the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

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23. Step 6: Start whipping the mixture again. Make sure the mixture is well blended. When the

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24. mixture begins to look like whipped frosting again, stop beating.

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25. Step 7: Using your spoon scoop the soap frosting into your decorating bag with decorating tip.

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26. Step 8:Gently squeeze the frosting on top of the soap base. Sprinkle with decorating sprinkles (if using). Allow soap frosting to set up. Your soap frosting is now ready to use! Enjoy!

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27. Please Note: If the fragrance oil you selected has vanillin, you may want to use the vanilla white color stabilizer in a 1 to 1 ratio to help with discoloration. For labeling purposes, vanilla white color stabilizer is to be listed as "fragrance".

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Tags: Soaps