Cupcakes are a blast. They’re easy to make, easy to transport and serve. While any cake mix will do, having a tasty cupcake recipe can make a big difference in how your cupcakes are received and remembered.. They make awesome gifts and great last minute treats for a kid’s homeroom or the office. A lot of people put more thought into decorating them- than they put into the actual cupcake recipes.. But you not only want your cupcakes to look great- you want them to taste good too! Here is a list of Great cupcake recipes to use:

Cupcake Recipes

1. Red Velvet Cupcakes. For a rich, authentic Southern treat, use our Red Velvet Cake recipe and simply pour your batter into cupcake pans instead of a cake pan, and voila.
2. Chocolate Cupcakes with Coffee Cream Filling. Paula Deen’s recipe for chocolate cupcakes with coffee flavored cream in the middle and coffee butter icing on top.
3. Key Lime Cupcake. Both cupcake and icing are flavored with key lime – and colored bright green.
4. Pomegranate Chocolate Cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes with pomegranate curd filling and a mascarpone icing flavored with pomegranate juice.
5. Cinnamon Mocha Cupcakes Recipe. Cinnamon, cocoa and brewed coffee flavor this cupcake, while chocolate frosting gets mixed with instant coffee grounds and hot water to make a delicious mocha frosting.
6. Apple Cupcake. A white cake flavored and sweetened with applesauce.
7. Molten Chocolate Cakes With Sugar-Coated Raspberries. Very chocolatey little cupcakes with raspberries and a sprinkling of sugar.
8. Brown Sugar Pecan Cupcakes. A light golden cake with pecans and a salted caramel frosting.
9. Pink Meringue cupcakes with raspberry curd. There’s actually no cake in this cupcake. Pink meringue, split in half, with raspberries and creme fraiche in the middle.
10. Amaretto Dream Cupcakes. Amaretto liqueur flavors both the cake and the frosting in this cupcake treat.
11. Brownie Cupcake Recipe. Makes a dense, chewy, moist chocolatey cupcake with frosting.
12. Coconut Macaroon Cupcakes. A cupcake recipe designed to taste like a little individual coconut macaroon.
13. Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe. A chocolate and peanut-butter batter, iced with whatever you like.
14. Maple Syrup Cupcakes. A golden cupcake flavored with maple syrup.
15. Chocolate Cupcakes with White Truffle Frosting. Devil’s food cake topped with a rich icing made out of white vanilla baking chips.
16. Chai Cupcakes. Flavored with black tea, chai tea and lots of traditional seasonings, this cupcake actually comes out tasting like a chai tea. Best with a vanilla or buttercream frosting.
17. White Chocolate Mud Cupcakes. With ganache white chocolate icing and chocolate curls.
18. Raspberry Trifle Cupcake. Crumbly cake topped with custard topped with fruit.
19. Honey Cupcakes. A honey flavored cupcake with a lemony frosting. Awesome with tea. This recipe uses less refined sugar than most.
20. Chocolate Vodka Raspberry Rock Star Cupcake. The cake and icing are chocolate, and the filling is a mix of raspberry preserves and vodka. And no, the vodka isn’t going to cook off, because you shoot it into the cupcake after the cooking is done.
21. Individual Cheese Cakes. Individual little cheesecakes with graham cracker crust and the toppings of your choice – all in less than twenty minutes’ baking time. Try that the next time you want a cheesecake, but can’t face the labor and time it takes to make a good one.
22. Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes. A golden cupcake split in half, with vanilla cream in the middle and chocolate glaze on top.
23. Crunch a Bunch Cupcakes. Made out of Rice Krispies! Very easy to make, just like the squares – only topped with the frosting of your choice.
24. Vanilla Bean Coconut cupcakes with coconut frosting. Reduced coconut milk makes them super moist.
25. Chocolate Chip cupcakes. Golden cupcake with chocolate chips scattered through, and a chocolate frosting with a hint of vanilla.
26. Cream filled Cupcakes. Chocolate frosted chocolate cupcakes with white cream piped into the middle – the homemade version of a Ding-Dong.
27. Burnt Brown Sugar Cupcakes. A golden fluffy vanilla cupcake flavored with carmelized brown sugar.
28. Butter Cupcakes. A strong butter flavor with hints of vanilla and almond. Very light and moist!
29. Lemon Meringue Cupcake Recipe. Delicious golden cake topped with lemon curd, topped with meringue.
30. Mini-Oreo Surprise Cupcakes. A bite size Oreo and cream cheese awaits you in the center of each of these cupcakes.
31. Chocolate Orange Cupcakes. Orange rind, orange juice and milk chocolate flavor this cupcake, topped with dark chocolate ganache frosting.
32. Pumpkin Cupcakes. Canned or fresh pumpkin and traditional spices make this cupcake come out a lot like pumpkin bread.
33. Lemon Queens Cupcake. Just a simple, delicious lemon cupcake recipe.
34. Orange and Poppy Seed Cupcakes. Iced with a cream cheese frosting.
35. Banana Cupcakes. A banana-flavored cupcake with lemon frosting. This recipe uses ripe bananas, which makes it great for using up bananas that are on the verge of spoiling.
36. Carrot Cupcakes. Little individual carrot cakes.

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