There’s no reason gingerbread and peppermint should get the limelight during the holiday season. These confetti cupcakes are topped with another favorite Christmas symbol – the tree.
With a base of homemade confetti cupcakes and a healthy helping of Cool Whip frosting, these tiny trees come together in a perfect combination of flavor and Christmas spirit.
Source: Shugary Sweets
There’s nothing wrong with bringing a classic to the table, but there’s also nothing wrong with adding a little fire to your dessert. These crème brûlée cupcakes are a scrumptious combination of basic vanilla meets something a little more fancy.
These cupcakes are certainly good enough sans frosting – think traditional vanilla with vanilla bean powder. But why stop at good enough, when you can have spectacular? Get out that kitchen torch and prepare for elegance.
Source: Call Me Cupcake
These Candy Corn Cupcakes are candy corn in cupcake format. They’re orange and yellow miniature cupcakes (because candy corn are so small!) with a point of white icing on the top to give them that signature candy corn shape.
They taste like regular vanilla cupcakes instead of candy corn, so everyone can enjoy them even if they don’t like the candies that inspired them, but definitely capture the colors of the season.
Source: Baking Bites
It’s been quite a while since we shared a recipe for tres leches goodness, and the passing of Labor Day seems like as good a time as any!
These traditional cupcakes feature not one, but three different kinds of milk, paired with a luscious mascarpone cheese frosting for a rich dose of sweet all in a few bites!
Source: The Scranline
We’re almost done with ocean season, but that doesn’t mean the festive cupcakes have to end. In fact, these Under the Sea theme cupcakes are perfect for a variety of occasions, from birthday parties to baby showers and end-of-summer swimming parties…the list goes on!
The cupcake recipe here is basic, but the frosting is the fun part. Get out food coloring and grab some sour straws and Swedish fish, because what’s the sea without seaweed and swimmers?
Source: Tide & Thyme
Homemade, moist, buttery, light and fluffy vanilla cupcakes from scratch. Perfect every time and so versatile, you can pair them with just about any filling and frosting combination!
Everyone has their own criteria for what a perfect vanilla cupcake should be and for me these are perfection! They’re easy to make, in just one bowl and come out perfect every time.
Source: Lindsay Ann Bakes
Some dessert trends come and go, but the cake batter craze seems to have withstood the test of time so far. We get it. There’s not much better than a hefty scoop of birthday cake ice cream. Or a delicious cupcake topped with a dollop of…more cake.
Aside from sprinkles, you won’t need anything fancy for this recipe, but you will have to get a little creative with the cake mix. Sometimes simple is just the best route, and cake batter is working its way to a classic flavor.
Source: Your Cup of Cake
Not much says summer more than seashells and sand. In this case, the ‘sand’ is brown sugar and the ‘shells’ made of white and milk chocolate.
Vanilla cupcakes covered in light blue vanilla buttercream and topped with homemade white and milk chocolate sea shells. Seems like a much sweeter way to collect shells than any we’ve seen!
Source: Sweetopia
A dessert doesn’t have to be red, white and blue to be appropriate for a 4th of July celebration, but it certainly doesn’t hurt, especially when topped with berries and cream cheese frosting.
If you’re still wondering what to make for tomorrow’s festivities, these easy cupcakes will certainly do the trick. A basic vanilla recipe does the trick with a few drops of food coloring and some blueberries and / or strawberries. Festive and healthy? Yes, please!
Source: Baking Bites
