These cupcakes are boldly flavored with lemon three different ways: in the batter, in the lemon curd filling, and in the frosting. Serve these lemon cupcakes at your next spring or summer gathering!

When it comes to lemon desserts, I want there to be lemon flavor in every bite. Too often lemon cakes, cupcakes, and quick breads rely on the frosting to do the heavy lifting — but not in this recipe!

Every element of this lemon cupcake recipe is infused with lemon. Lemon juice and zest is used in both the batter and the frosting, and the lemon curd filling isn’t shy on lemon flavor either!

You can enjoy this as a lemon-filled cupcake recipe or you can skip the lemon curd filling altogether and simply frost the cupcakes. Pick whichever version you have the time for, both are phenomenal!

Recipe Ingredients

This recipe has three components: the cupcake batter, the frosting, and the filling.

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This homemade vanilla cupcake recipe isn’t short of pure vanilla flavor! The cupcakes are moist, and the buttercream is smooth and creamy. This is the perfect dessert for any occasion! 

If you think vanilla cupcakes are boring, you’ve clearly been eating the wrong ones. 

When done properly, homemade vanilla cupcakes are moist, tender, and full of vanilla flavor. I’m happy to report that these cupcakes tick all the boxes, and then some! 

I topped these vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting to stick with the vanilla theme, but you’re welcome to use any flavor of frosting you’d like. You can even add a few drops of food coloring to transform the cupcakes into a special holiday treat. 

This scratch recipe is almost as easy to prepare as a box mix, but with 10 times more flavor!

Recipe Ingredients 

This truly is the best vanilla cupcake recipe, in terms of both results and ingredients.

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Soft, buttery, and moist, these red velvet cupcakes aren’t just for Valentine’s Day! They’re so easy to make and are topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. 

If you only make red velvet desserts around Valentine’s Day, you’re missing out! Although the gorgeous color of red velvet desserts is great for both Valentine’s Day and Christmas, there are no seasonal ingredients needed to make red velvet anything. 

If you’ve been toying with the idea of making a red velvet dessert lately, consider this the push you needed to follow through. 

These homemade red velvet cupcakes are one of my go-to desserts for feeding a crowd. They’re quick and easy to make, and I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t love the unique flavor of red velvet!

Ingredients in This Recipe 

You’ll need a few special ingredients to make this recipe, but you likely have them on hand already.

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Moist banana cupcakes are flavored with warming spices and topped with an irresistible brown butter cream cheese frosting. This is a great dessert to make with those brown bananas! 

*This post is sponsored by Danish Creamery. As always, all opinions are mine.*

Between the mashed banana, buttermilk, and Danish Creamery European Style butter, these banana cupcakes turn out perfectly moist and fluffy every time.

Don’t even get me started on the frosting. The nuttiness of the brown butter cream cheese frosting pairs nicely with the spiced cupcakes without masking the banana flavor. 

In a word, these cupcakes are perfection. They’re almost as easy to make as classic banana bread, but they taste like you spent hours preparing them!

Recipe Ingredients 

This banana cupcake recipe is incredibly simple to throw together and a great way to use up any brown bananas you have lying around.

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This strawberry cupcake recipe features light and fluffy cupcakes that are topped with homemade strawberry frosting. You’ll savor every strawberry-flavored bite! 

There is plenty of fresh strawberry flavor — and then some! — in this strawberry cupcake recipe. Chopped fresh strawberries are reduced on the stove to make a thick puree, which is then used to flavor the actual cupcakes. 

For the strawberry buttercream frosting, I found that freeze-dried strawberries work best. Fresh berries tend to make the frosting curdle and can thin it out too much. I’ve given suggestions on how to substitute the freeze-dried berries, if needed. 

I don’t know about you, but I plan on making these cupcakes on repeat this spring and summer. They’re the perfect way to use up all those fresh berries!

Recipe Ingredients 

I used a few special ingredients in this cupcake recipe, but I’ve given as many acceptable substitutions as possible in the section below.

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Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes topped with a chocolate buttercream frosting! This chocolate cupcake recipe is easy to make, incredibly soft, light, and moist.

*Post and pictures updated April 2020*

Have you ever made chocolate cupcakes from scratch? A long time ago, I used to think that homemade cupcakes were difficult to make. But let me tell you, they’re not. In fact, they’re actually pretty easy! And there is really nothing better than sharing and enjoying cupcakes that you made completely from scratch.

One thing that I love about this chocolate cupcake recipe is that the batter can all be mixed up in one bowl. These cupcakes are also incredibly light, soft, and they stay moist for days. I topped these with my homemade chocolate buttercream frosting, but I’ve included several different frosting options for you to try too.

I’ve also included some notes for how to make the cupcakes ahead of time, freeze them, and how to even turn this into a 9-inch cake.

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These pumpkin cupcakes are super delicious, soft, moist, and topped with an easy homemade cream cheese frosting. Perfect for pumpkin lovers!

One of my favorite things about fall is all of the pumpkin recipes! So today I’m bringing back an old favorite of mine – this homemade pumpkin cupcake recipe.

Originally published in 2015, I’ve updated this cupcake recipe to make it even better! This new and improved version is softer, lighter, and bakes up beautifully. I’ve also included tons of information so that you can easily perfect these cupcakes in your own kitchen.

I topped these cupcakes with a homemade cream cheese frosting, but I’ve included some different frosting options for you to try with them. These would even be a perfect addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table too!

Ingredients For This Recipe

These pumpkin spice cupcakes can be whipped up at a moment’s notice using ingredients you likely have in your pantry already.

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These spiced Carrot Cake Cupcakes are soft, moist, and topped with an easy cream cheese frosting. Perfect for Easter or any time of year!

Easter is just a little over a month away and one of my favorite things to make is my homemade carrot cake recipe. Over the last few months, I’ve had requests for carrot cake cupcakes so I decided it was time to create a recipe!

These carrot cake cupcakes are incredibly soft, light, super moist, and jam-packed with freshly grated carrots. I topped these off with a homemade cream cheese frosting, but you could easily use a vanilla buttercream frosting too.

I’ve also included everything you need to know for prepping these cupcakes ahead of time and how to add nuts or raisins!

How To Make Carrot Cake Cupcakes

To make these carrot cake cupcakes, you’ll start by whisking together your dry ingredients:

• All-Purpose Flour: When measuring your flour for these cupcakes, make sure to spoon it into the measuring cup and level it off with the back of a knife. 
• Baking Powder & Baking Soda: Do you remember my post on the difference between baking soda and baking powder?

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Moist chocolate cupcakes topped with a strawberry buttercream frosting and chocolate covered strawberries!  These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes are the ultimate Valentine’s Day dessert.

*Recipe and photos updated January 2019*

Valentine’s Day is less than a month away and if you’re looking for an impressive dessert, these cupcakes are exactly what you need.

I originally posted the recipe for these chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes back in 2016. But I’ve revamped the recipe with a lighter chocolate cupcake and an even better strawberry frosting. These cupcakes are chocolatey, the frosting is full of strawberry flavor and naturally colored thanks to a secret ingredient, and they’re all topped with a chocolate covered strawberry.

If you’ve ever been intimidated when it comes to making beautiful cupcakes, don’t worry, I’m sharing tons of information on how to make these look absolutely perfect!

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Soft, light and moist lemon cupcakes loaded with fresh blueberries and topped with an easy lemon cream cheese frosting. These Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes are the perfect dessert for spring or summer!

It’s officially been spring for a few weeks now, but it still feels like winter around here. So instead of waiting for warmer weather, I thought I’d bring a little sunshine to your day with these delicious lemon blueberry cupcakes.

If you’ve ever felt intimidated when it comes to making cupcakes, I promise they’re not too difficult. Sure they may take a few extra steps than using a box mix, but the feeling of baking a dessert from scratch is something you just can’t beat.

These cupcakes are also topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting, but I’ve made notes if you want to try these with another frosting!

Recipe Ingredients 

This lemon blueberry cupcake recipe features a moist, springy cupcake topped with tangy lemon frosting.

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