Our Best Cupcake Recipes
Delight family and friends with these classic cupcakes featuring creative twists. Whichever recipe you choose, get ready for rave reviews.
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The sweet-tart addition of fluffy cream cheese-raspberry frosting makes luscious rich red velvet cake even more irresistible.
Raspberry frosting paired with luscious lemon cake makes a refreshing dessert.
Buttermilk makes these classic vanilla cupcakes extra moist.
Two classic favorites -- chocolate and peanut butter -- come together in tender cake, creamy frosting, and a rich candy topper.
Watch how-to mix and match your cupcake batter with another flavor. We love chocolate and peanut butter combination.
Brown sugar, honey, and pecans create a decadent sauce for these moist mini cakes. Garnish with shredded orange peel for a colorful touch.
Shredded orange peel makes a gorgeous garnish for cinnamon-spiced cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting.
Layers of strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla bake into a delightful confection. Top with a swirl of ice cream frosting for an irresistible finish.
We've paired moist vanilla cake with the irresistible flavors of cherry and almond for a splurgeworthy dessert.
Coffee buttercream makes a luscious topper for these cinnamon-spiced chocolaty cupcakes.
An irresistible topping of bananas, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon makes these coconut cupcakes even more delicious.
Layers of sweet vanilla cream and rich chocolate ganache put a spectacular spin on plain vanilla cupcakes.
Twist traditiion any time of year. Pumpkin's iconic fall flavor stars in this so-easy alternative to the holiday pie.
Rich cupcakes are topped with creamy chocolate-pecan ice cream, caramel sauce, and toasted coconut.
Zesty orange and creamy cheesecake flavors echo the sweet pleasures of summer in this youthful treat.
Fluffy creme de menthe-spiked frosting and a chocolaty kiss top this scrumptious chocolate-mint cupcake.
These elegant Hazelnut liqueur-laced confections are topped with buttercream frosting and caramelized sugar.
Just as delicious as the breakfast favorite (but much easier to make), these cupcakes have a sweet filling of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.
Top each chocolate cupcake with a "scoop" of vanilla frosting, hot fudge sauce, chopped nuts, and a pretty maraschino cherry.
Cloudlike meringue topping makes these mini cakes taste like classic lemon meringue pie.
Featuring old-fashioned cream soda, a browned butter icing, and a crunchy toffee topping, these cupcakes are hard to resist.
With a fluffy chocolate liqueur-laced frosting, there's nothing plain about this irresistible cupcake recipe.
Chipotle adds a subtle kick to these luscious cupcakes, while coffee crystals enhance their chocolaty goodness.
Vanilla cupcakes laced with root beer extract and topped with a vanilla ice cream frosting reinterpret a soda shop favorite.
Lemon zest, lemon liqueur, and crushed lemon drop candies add a citrus twist to these elegant cupcakes. Glazed lemon slices make a pretty finishing touch.
A four-ingredient fudge frosting makes these salty-sweet cupcakes even more decadent.
These moist cupcakes feature all the luscious goodness of carrot cake with a rich and creamy cheesecake frosting. Grated carrots make a gorgeous topping.
Recipe developed by Ina Garten (aka the Barefoot Contessa). Copyright 2001, Barefoot Contessa Parties!, Clarkson/Potter Publications, all rights reserved.
Chocolate lovers will adore these chocolate liqueur-laced cupcakes topped with billows of dark chocolate butter frosting.
Chocolate ganache laced with Irish Cream liqueur tops swirls of chocolate and vanilla cake.
Banana-flavor cupcakes are topped with ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry for a remake of a classic dessert.
