Cupcakes are a great way to get creative in the kitchen. You can make one kind of sponge, another buttercream and perhaps a hidden centre for a little surprise.
I’ve shared quite a few cupcake recipes on here over time, but (especially for my simpler ones) I’ve always tended to go for the obvious match – chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, vanilla with vanilla, etc… so I wanted to create a place where you can find everything together, allowing you to mix and match to your heart’s content.
I’ve also got a collection of my more creative cupcakes just in case you don’t fancy having to come up with the combinations yourself.
If there’s a sponge, icing or filling that’s not here but you’d love to see, let me know in the comments and I’ll do my best to add it.
1) Choose your sponge
2) Choose a filling (or two!)
To add a filling to your cupcake, simply use a teaspoon to scoop out a little of the sponge in the centre of the cupcake and then add your filling.
Instead of a spoon you can also push the round (wide) end of a large piping nozzle into the centre of the cupcake and then pull out the sponge in the centre to get an even round hole. If you plan on making a lot of filled cupcakes you can buy special corers.
3) Choose your icing
Oreo Buttercream 
Biscoff Buttercream Whiskey Buttercream Lemon Buttercream Cream Cheese Buttercream Vegan Vanilla Buttercream 
Coconut Buttercream Brandy Buttercream Marzipan Buttercream Gingerbread Buttercream Peppermint Buttercream Chocolate Orange Cupcakes Peanut Buttercream Baileys Buttercream Dairy-Free Chocolate Buttercream White Chocolate Buttercream Coffee Buttercream Caramel Buttercream Vanilla Buttercream Chocolate Buttercream Nutella Buttercream
Some cupcake inspiration
If all this picking and choosing is too difficult then why not try one of these tried and tested combinations…
Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes Snickers Cupcakes Low Sugar Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Mince Pie Cupcakes with Brandy Buttercream Raspberry Trifle Cupcakes Millionaires’ Cupcakes 
Queen of Puddings Cupcakes White Russian Cupcakes Easter Nest Cupcakes Fairy Cakes Caramel Macchiato Cupcakes The Queen’s Corgi Cupcakes (and a Giveaway!)
Anita Rees says
You have so many brilliant ideas. Can’t wait to try a few.
Julia@HappyFoods says
So many delicious ideas here! I think I would go for Nutella sponge and butterscotch sauce! 🙂 I have never tried butterscotch sauce but yours look really simple and yummy!
Charlotte Oates says
It is good, it’s very similar to my caramel sauce but with a slightly sweeter flavour. It’s easier to make too as you don’t have to get the sugar to melt by itself, you just mix it in.