These easy cupcake recipes are perfect for anyone wanting to make a kickass cupcake without a lot of fuss.
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It’s times like this when having a lovely distraction is essential. And baking? Baking is a wonderful pastime that both results in tasty treats and takes your mind off other things — if only for a bit.
It’s like meditation with a bowl.
These easy cupcake recipes are the perfect way to harness that meditation. They aren’t terribly complicated. You don’t need a degree from culinary school to decorate them. They are just good, easy cupcake recipes.
When I started gathering these recipes for this roundup, I thought I was just looking for easy recipes for beginners. Ones that both my daughter, who is 12, and my mom, who doesn’t bake, could make with confidence. As it turns out though, this is a recipe roundup for all of us.
It’s for the devoted bakers.
It’s for the baker wannabes.
It’s for the beginners
It’s for the experienced.
It’s for anyone who needs a sweet treat.
It’s for anyone who needs a little distraction.
Truly, these easy cupcake recipes are for everyone. I am confident you’ll find one you want to make.
Do you like to bake?
So enjoy. Happy baking. I hope these easy cupcake recipes are just what you were looking for.
20 Easy Cupcake Recipes
These homemade cupcakes are as simple and basic as they come — and that’s part of the charm. You can literally whip up a batch using only pantry ingredients and frost them without any mixing or purchasing.
Tender, airy banana cinnamon cupcakes are topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting in this easy recipe for mini cupcakes.
Rich chocolate combines with brewed coffee in this tender, easy One Bowl Chocolate Coffee Cupcake recipe.
Healthy and easy these Dark Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes are delicious and sweetened only with a touch of honey!
Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes - An Easy, Zingy & Moist Little Cake Recipe!
These light, extra moist Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes are the perfect treat. Baked in just 20 minutes using a basic cupcake recipe, made even more delicious with the simple addition of a lemon juice drizzle, lemon buttercream and finished with some lemon curd.
Easy homemade coconut cupcakes are topped with a homemade coconut buttercream frosting are decorated with shredded coconut and malted milk robin egg candy.
A simple recipe for moist and flavorful honey lemon cupcakes plus three amazing baking tips to make sure your baked goods don’t turn out dry or tough!
These snickerdoodle cupcakes are made in just one bowl and they taste like the classic cookie!
Cannoli Cupcakes, a fun twist to the Italian pastry that are easy to make and delicious!
You will never guess there are sweet potatoes hiding in this easy recipe.
These mini chocolate cupcakes are easy to make and topped with a fluffy but firm whipped cream chocolate mousse.
These delicious Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese frosting are so easy that everyone can make them, even with no baking experience.
These adorable bunny cupcakes are quick and easy to make and oh so good!
Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes are light and fluffy chocolate cupcakes topped with a rich fudge frosting and are the easiest way to make Texas sheet cake!
Filled with coffee and chocolate flavor and topped with a fluffy, light hazelnut buttercream! Incredibly easy to put together.
These easy carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are made completely from scratch.
This one-bowl recipe is just as easy as using a cake mix and tastes even better.
Easy White Cupcakes are soft, delicate, and surprisingly simple to make from scratch.
These vanilla cupcakes are so easy to make, simply mix all of the ingredients together and bake.
Kate
Wednesday 11th of March 2020
I do love a good cupcake!