Orange Cream Two-Tone Cupcakes
A simple icing trick gives these bright cupcakes a pretty swirled effect. Look for orange extract in the baking section of your grocery store, or in cake decorating specialty stores.
A simple icing trick gives these bright cupcakes a pretty swirled effect. Look for orange extract in the baking section of your grocery store, or in cake decorating specialty stores.
Your family will gobble up these easy pumpkin cupcakes - our cream cheese icing makes them extra good. The kids can help decorate with sprinkles for a festive treat.
Iced sugar cookies make a cheerful birthday message when placed on top of iced cupcakes. You'll need less than half of the cookie dough to make enough toppers - use the leftover dough to make tasty loot bag treats.
"Hummingbird cake has the crushed pineapple, nuts and spices you'd find in carrot cake, but instead of shredded carrots, the batter is studded with diced bananas. A swirl of cream cheese icing is all you need on top, but if you really want to knock everyone's socks off, top your cupcakes with our Pineapple Flowers, attaching the banana chips and pecan halves with dabs of icing." — Annabelle Waugh, Food director
These cupcakes' bright stripes and vivid colours evoke images of old-fashioned candy stores or the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Use whatever colours suit your theme and mix and match the gumdrops for whimsical charm. For the best effect, use a separate disposable piping bag for each colour or wash the bag between colours.
Biting into cake that tastes like the classic sandwich combo is like hitting the cupcake jackpot. Cream cheese adds just enough tartness to the icing to offset the sweetness of the peanut butter. Omit the peanut butter for a nut-free, school-friendly treat.
These super-moist cupcakes make a tasty canvas for a constellation-themed dessert. Mixing black and royal blue paste food colouring makes a deep navy icing that resembles the night sky. Add a little bit of each colour at a time until you reach your desired shade—it will take more food colouring than you may think, but the longer the icing sits, the darker it gets!
These chocolaty cupcakes are mini versions of our Microwave Chocolate Cake from 1992. For best results, ensure that the muffin liners touch the side of the mugs so the batter doesn't spill over. Adjust the cook time if your microwave is more or less powerful than average.
Children will get a kick out of these cupcakes with their surprise tomato centres. Silicone muffin liners are perfect because they do not hold grease like paper liners. No silicone liners? Bake the meatballs directly in muffin pan and place in paper liners just before serving.
