Sweet Topping Recipes

A collection of sweet topping recipes, including fruit compotes, homemade hot fudge sauce, and homemade salted caramel sauce. The perfect finishing touch for cake, pie or ice cream.

Explore all of my sweet topping recipes below.


Hot Fudge Sauce
Strawberry Compote
Mixed Berry Compote
A small glass dish of cherry compote, with a metal spoon
Cherry Compote
Salted Caramel Sauce
Bowl of cranberry compote and fresh cranberries
Cranberry Compote
Blueberry Compote

Rebecca Frey

Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites includingSerious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.