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Home » Baking & Desserts » Cupcakes

Cupcakes

Make delicious cupcakes with one of my easy cupcake recipes, including classic vanilla cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes.

Mix-and-match your cupcakes with different types of icing for endless cupcake creations.


 

Pumpkin Cupcakes

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45 minutes minutes

Enjoy the taste of autumn with these fluffy, lightly spiced pumpkin cupcakes topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

Oreo Cupcakes

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5 from 4 votes
45 minutes minutes

Fluffy vanilla cupcakes packed full of Oreo pieces, topped with Oreo buttercream and finished with an Oreo biscuit.

Biscoff Cupcakes

A Biscoff cupcake topped with Biscoff buttercream and a Biscoff biscuit. There is a jar of Biscoff spread and a packet of Biscoff biscuits in the background. Behind them are more decorated Biscoff cupcakes.
4.68 from 28 votes
45 minutes minutes

Delicious Biscoff cupcakes (made with both Biscoff biscuits and spread to really pack in the flavour) topped with smooth Biscoff buttercream and finished with a crunchy Biscoff Biscuit.

Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon cupcakes topped with lemon buttercream.
4.67 from 9 votes
35 minutes minutes

Moist lemon cupcakes topped with smooth lemon buttercream and filled with a hidden lemon curd centre.

Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes

4.88 from 8 votes
35 minutes minutes

These vegan vanilla cupcakes are easy to make and taste delicious. No one would guess that they’re egg and dairy-free.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

4.75 from 24 votes
45 minutes minutes

Delicious spiced carrot cake cupcakes topped with smooth cream cheese buttercream.

Easy Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes

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4.69 from 79 votes
35 minutes minutes

Lemon drizzle cupcakes that are easy to make and absolutely jam-packed with flavour.

Sticky Gingerbread Cupcakes

These delicious sticky gingerbread cupcakes are made with ground ginger, chopped stem ginger and brushed with ginger syrup so they're packed full of flavour and perfectly moist. The ideal treat for any gingerbread lovers.
5 from 15 votes
35 minutes minutes

These delicious sticky gingerbread cupcakes are made with ground ginger, chopped stem ginger and brushed with ginger syrup so they’re packed full of flavour and perfectly moist. The ideal treat for any gingerbread lovers.

Coconut Cupcakes

Coconut cupcakes iced with coconut buttercream on a cooling rack.
5 from 2 votes
30 minutes minutes

These coconut cupcakes are unbelievably easy to make and packed full of real coconut to give them lots of flavour.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes with Chocolate Orange Buttercream

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4.79 from 32 votes
45 minutes minutes

Chocolate orange sponge topped with smooth chocolate orange buttercream and topped with a slice of Chocolate Orange – Chocolate Orange Heaven!

Snickers Cupcakes

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No ratings yet
1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Chocolate Cupcakes filled with caramel sauce and topped with smooth peanut buttercream, more caramel, crunchy peanuts and a little slice of Snickers.

SPLENDA Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

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25 minutes minutes

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Switching the sugar for SPLENDA in these cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting makes for a delicious, lower calorie treat.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Cupcakes

Dairy-free chocolate cupcakes topped with dairy-free chocolate buttercream.
4.84 from 6 votes
35 minutes minutes

You’d never guess that these easy chocolate cupcakes have no dairy so they’re perfect if you’ve got an allergy or intolerance. The recipe can also be used to make a 7″ chocolate cake too.

Baileys Cupcakes

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4.67 from 9 votes
30 minutes minutes

These Baileys cupcakes are so simple to make there’s really no excuse not to. Perfect topped with Baileys buttercream and perhaps a hidden Baileys truffle centre too!

Coffee Cupcakes

Coffee cupcakes topped with coffee buttercream on a wooden board with cake forks at the side.
4.32 from 29 votes
30 minutes minutes

Delicious coffee cupcakes that are easy to make and packed full of coffee flavour. Perfect topped with coffee buttercream.

Hidden Hearts Cupcakes

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1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

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The perfect cake for someone you love – vanilla cupcakes with a hidden heart centre.

The Mix-and-Match Cupcake Creator

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Create your own perfect cupcake recipe. Choose your sponge, choose your filling, choose your icing and enjoy!

Easy Chocolate Cupcakes

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4.88 from 31 votes
35 minutes minutes

These chocolate cupcakes are easy to make and taste delicious. They get their extra chocolate-y flavour from both cocoa powder and grated milk chocolate. Perfect topped with smooth chocolate buttercream.

Easy Vanilla Cupcakes

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4.79 from 19 votes
30 minutes minutes

These vanilla cupcakes are so easy to make, simply mix all of the ingredients together and bake. They’re perfect for birthdays, cake sales, tea with your friends and any other celebration you can think of.

Caramel Cupcakes

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4 from 13 votes
30 minutes minutes

Easy to make caramel cupcakes which get their caramel flavour from using both light brown sugar and adding caramel sauce to the mix.

Mince Pie Cupcakes with Brandy Buttercream

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5 from 2 votes
45 minutes minutes

Almond cupcakes with a mincemeat centre and topped with brandy buttercream.

Raspberry Trifle Cupcakes

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No ratings yet
55 minutes minutes

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The classic dessert in cupcake form – Raspberry soaked sponge finger-style cupcakes filled with fresh raspberries and custard and topped with whipped vanilla cream.

Millionaires’ Cupcakes

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No ratings yet
1 hour hour

Chocolate cupcakes topped with caramel buttercream with a hidden shortbread and caramel centre.

Easy Nutella Cupcakes

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5 from 4 votes
25 minutes minutes

Incredibly simple 3-ingredient Nutella cupcakes topped with delicious Nutella buttercream.

Easter Nest Cupcakes

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No ratings yet
1 hour hour
Decorating Time 30 minutes minutes

Cute, simple and fun Easter Nest Cupcakes, great for getting your little ones involved in the kitchen this Easter.

White Russian Cupcakes

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50 minutes minutes

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White Russian Cupcakes inspired by the classic cocktail – Baileys whipped cream sponge, topped with a White Russian buttercream and a hidden dark chocolate and vodka ganache centre.

Fairy Cakes (From my boys for my birthday)

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Making fairy cakes with children is so simple and so much fun. Here’s my recipe for simple vanilla cupcakes and two different types of icing.

Caramel Macchiato Cupcakes

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No ratings yet
43 minutes minutes

Delicious coffee sponge with a hidden caramel centre, topped with whipped vanilla cream and drizzled with a bit more caramel.

Queen of Puddings Cupcakes

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5 from 1 vote
1 hour hour

Vanilla sponge with a hidden raspberry jam and custard centre and topped with an italian meringue frosting.

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