Cupcake recipes
Whisk up the perfect treats for every occasion with our best cupcake recipes…
Easy cupcake recipes Start with the basics. Our classic chocolate cupcakes use the quick all-in-one method. Finish basic vanilla cupcakes with a swirl of buttercream, or slice off the tops to make butterfly cakes.
Favourite flavours Fancy a carrot cupcake? Perhaps you’ll prefer red velvet cupcakes with hidden cheesecake filling, or cappucino cupcakes with a rich espresso sponge.
Bakes for all seasons Make cute lamb cupcakes and Easter cupcakes in spring. Enjoy these summer cupcakes, and bake cosy apple crumble or chai cupcakes during the colder months.
Want more baking inspiration? Try our classic cake recipes, or get into the festive mood with our Christmas cupcakes and small bakes.
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Easy cakes
Easy butterfly cakes
Light-as-air sponge is topped with vanilla buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat butterfly cakes. They're great to make with kids.
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Chai cupcakes
Starting with a chai-infused milk, these cupcakes have a tender crumb and are richly spiced with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and black tea.
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Apples
Apple crumble cupcakes
Bring Britain's best pud to the cupcake format with these apple crumble cupcakes topped with warming custard buttercream.
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Easter cupcakes
Whisk up Easter cupcakes with the kids, then get creative with the decorations. We've topped ours with vanilla frosting, choc nests and eggs.
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Halloween
Halloween pumpkin spiced cupcakes
Halloween baking is an excuse to get silly, so stir up a batch of pumpkin spiced cupcakes. These mummies and ghosts are decorated with meringue frosting, chocolate chips and sugar eyes.
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Chocolate cakes
Chocolate swiss meringue buttercream
Learn how to make perfect chocolate swiss meringue buttercream with our easy recipe. This glossy frosting is ideal for sponges and cupcakes.
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Easter baking
Spring lamb cupcakes
These cute spring lamb cupcakes are perfect for baking with kids over the long Easter bank holiday weekend.
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Red velvet cheesecake cupcakes
These rich and satisfying red velvet cheesecake cupcakes are the perfect indulgent treat for birthdays or Valentine's Day.
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Christmas baking
Reindeer cupcakes
Get the kids into the festive spirit with a spot of Christmas baking – they'll be super proud of their reindeer cupcakes.
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Dark chocolate
Chocolate cupcakes
These indulgent chocolate cupcakes use the all-in-one method so they're easy to make. Top with thick swirls of chocolate ganache.
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Nut-free cakes and bakes
Nut-free carrot cupcakes
These nut-free carrot cupcakes are slathered in cream cheese icing. Serve as part of a nut-free afternoon tea or kids' party spread.
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Halloween
Chocolate spiderweb cupcakes
Make this Halloween extra spooky with chocolate spiderweb cupcakes. Easy-to-make and even easier to eat – these are treats that the whole family will enjoy.
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Afternoon tea
Summer cupcakes to flavour three ways
These cute cupcakes are ideal for a summery afternoon tea and can be flavoured three ways: blueberry, cherry ripple or lemon and earl grey.
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Fantastical recipes for World Book Day
Pop cakes
These pop cakes are inspired by the honey-filled cakes in Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree books. When you bite into them, honey oozes out.
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Picnic
Cappuccino cupcakes
Actress Patsy Kensit's cappuccino cupcake recipe is the perfect excuse for a well-earned coffee break. Fancy baking a batch?
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