The best recipes for cupcakes - 44 recipes
What could possibly be better than cake? A cupcake! These mini cakes are not only beautifully decorated but they’re also delicious. We have loads of cupcake recipes for you to try. If you’re looking for some inspiration, try our classic Red Velvet cupcakes or our famous Nutella cupcakes. You can find loads of recipes to make with your kids, or if it’s a vegan dessert that you’re after, we’ve got dairy-free cupcakes too.
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Heart Cupcakes
By racheld88
When baking cupcakes place a marble in the cupcake tin to make heart shaped cupcakes!
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PRO TIP: How to Make Heart-Shaped Cupcakes
Save this recipe for the next V-DAY bake sale, or make tonight and share with the people YOU care about!
Piped choc cupcakes
By racheld88
Pipe pink icing onto tops of cupcakes Dip strawberries in chocolate and use as a garnish
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Nutella Red Velvet Cookies: An Ooey, Gooey Dream Dessert!
A simple recipe for cookies that are almost as beautiful as they are DELICIOUS! They disappeared in seconds on our lunch break...
Chocolate Cup Cakes
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
Yummy chocolate cupcakes made with cocoa and basic ingredients to bake a cake
- All purpose / maida flour - 1 and 1/3 cups
- sugar - 1 cup
- unsalted butter - 1/2 cup / 8 tbsp (at room temperature)
- Eggs- 2
- cocoa powder- 1/2 cup (I used Hersheys's Natural)
- hot/ boiling water - 1 cup
- baking powder - 2 tea spoons
- vanilla extract- 2 tea spoons
- salt - 1/4 tea spoon
Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
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- 1 - 15 ounce can of pumpkin purée
- 1 - box chocolate cake mix
- 3/4 can of water
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cupcakes
By mrsalexander2008
Lightened Up
- Package Reese's Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cupcake Mix
- 12 Tablespoons Betty Crocker Hershey's Milk Chocolate Frosting
- 2/3 Cups of Water
- 2 Eggs
- 4 Teaspoons Skim Milk
- 2 Tablespoons Smart Balance Light Butter
- 1/3 cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 3 Packages Peanut Butter Cups
Vanilla Cupcakes
By amel, http://amelyahyaoui.wix.com/fares
Preheat oven 350F Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl
- 1 1/3 cups cake four
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 whole milk
- 3 large egg white, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 cup sugar
- Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 6 tablespoons heavy white cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
butterfly cupcakes
By racheld88
Use pretzels and blueberries to make buterfly designs on top of ice cupcakes
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Rainbow cupcakes
By racheld88
Make the cupcake mix as per instructions
- Your favorite basic cupcake recipe or boxed mix
3 minute cupcakes
By Crazyspices
The easiest cupcakes alive!! And the yummiest!! Bring on the frosting!!
- 3 eggs
- 125g margarine
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 tsp baking powder
Nana's Brownie Cupcakes
By dannielleberry
Brownies baked in cupcake pans
- 1 box of brownie mix any kind as long as it makes a 9" x 13" inch pan.
- 1/3 cup cold coffee
- 1/2 coconut oil
- 3 eggs
- cupcake papers (your choice on whether you want to do mini or regular size)
- cupcake pans
- Preheat oven to 350*
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Giant Peanut Butter and Chocolate...
- Giant cupcake tin
- 1 vanilla or chocolate cake cooled
- 2 cup peanut butter
- 4 cup icing sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup butter
- 400g baking chocolate
- 50g caramel chips
- Garnishing chocolate candies
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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Chocolate Bottom Cupcake
- 8 Oz Cream Cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/3 Cup sugar
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 6oz Chocolate Chips
- 1 1/2 Cup flour
- I cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup crisco
- 1 tsp vinegar
- I Tsp vanilla
- Rest of chocolate chips
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Margarita Cupcakes
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup mango vanilla yogurt
- 1 tbsp tequila
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ICING
- 1/4 cup vegan margarine
- 1 tbsp coconut milk
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 tbsp tequila
- 2 cups powdered sugar
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butterfly cupcakes
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Apple Cider Cupcakes
- For the cupcakes
- 3 cups unpasteurized apple cider
- 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- For the icing
- 2 cups apple cider
- 6 ounces cream cheese, cut into bits and softened
- 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
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Fudge Cupcakes with Peanut Butter...
- For cake:
- 1 cup flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- For frosting:
- 2 sticks butter, at room temp
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 tbsp half & half
- For chips topping:
- 2 semi-sweet baking squares
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup sea salt kettle chips
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Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (7 ounces) sugar
- 2 ounces of your favorite chocolate (You can use any plain chocolate that you like except white chocolate or candy melts. The chocolate doesn't have to be one typically earmarked for baking - any chocolate bar that isn't flavored and doesn't contain mix-ins like nuts, Rice Krispies, nougat, etc. will work.)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 large egg yolks, room temperature
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (4 1/2 fluid ounces) vegetable or canola oil, measured in a liquid measuring cup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup (2 3/4 ounce) full-fat sour cream
- 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) cocoa powder (natural or dutched will both work with this recipe)
- 1/2 cup (4 fluid ounces) room temperature water, measured in a liquid measuring cup
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Nutella Brownie Cupcakes
- 1 cup Nutella
- 10 tbsp flour
- 2 eggs
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Creep Crawly Cupcakes
- 1 Box of white cake mix
- 1 container of frosting, vanilla
- Food coloring (Purple, Orange, Green)
- 1 bag of fake toy bugs
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The Best Chocolate Cupcakes
- For the cake:
- 2 eggs
- scant 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 stick of melted butter
- 1/2 cup of chocolate (dark or milk)
- For the icing:
- 1 stick of softened butter (not melted above)
- Has 6 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- food coloring
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Mint Julep Cupcakes
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- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup Mint Julep Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons mint extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 2/3 cups flour plus 2 tbsp flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Bourbon Smoked Salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup Bourbon
- 1/2 cup creme de menthe
- Icing
- 2 sticks of butter at room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 1 1/2 teaspoons mint extract
- 1 tsp Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1 TBS of milk if needed
- Mint Julep Sugar
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