Cupcakes & Muffins

If you're after the perfect Easter cupcake recipe, look for further - we have plenty of inspiration for bakers who want to create a perfect post-dinner treat. Our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easter-bunny-cupcakes">Easter Bunny Cupcakes</a> will delight friends and family alike, and chocoholics will love our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easter-chocolate-cupcakes">Easter Chocolate Cupcakes</a> topped with mini chocolate eggs.&nbsp;
If you're after a more traditional bake, give our light, fruity <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/simnel-cupcakes">Simnel Cupcakes</a> a whirl - or try our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/lemon-curd-cupcakes">Lemon Curd Cupcakes</a>. They're topped with soft peaks of meringue and can be ready in under an hour.&nbsp;

Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate icing and Cadbury's Mini Eggs

Our Easter cupcakes are perfect for a family get-together. Try our scrumptious Easter Bunny Cupcakes, or bake our Easter Lemon Cupcakes for a post-dinner treat.

Easter Cupcake Ideas and Recipes

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Confectionery

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Nutella Cupcakes with glass bottle of milk in the background

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Desserts

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Icing & Buttercream

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Pop tarts decorated with biscoff, chocolate and pink icing with sprinkles. 

Air Fryer Pop Tarts

Individual Eton Mess

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Allinson's

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Enjoy the simple things in life. Like the perfect vanilla cupcake. Make Silver Spoon’s easy vanilla cupcake recipe, your go-to cupcake of choice. With the lightest, fluffy vanilla sponge topped with the smoothest, vanilla buttercream, courtesy of Silver Spoon Icing Sugar, you are on to a winner.
<h3>Why Bake Our Vanilla Cupcakes?&nbsp;</h3>
Light and moreish, this is just what you are looking for in a fluffy vanilla cupcake recipe. You are definitely going to want to snuffle more than one of these vanilla cupcakes, for research purposes obviously… 
 
Sneak a peek at our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfNOC9Mfsog" title="How to make vanilla cupcakes">‘how to make vanilla cupcakes’</a> video for extra tips and find out below how you can make our delicious easy vanilla cupcakes from scratch!
If you are looking for a quick shortcut for your buttercream with maximum flavour, try Silver Spoon's new Creamy Vanilla Flavour icing sugar or Chocolate Fudge Flavour icing sugar and simply beat together with butter, following the instructions on pack for a delicious, speedy frosting.&nbsp;
 
Tips for making the best homemade vanilla cupcakes: 
 
1. Do not overfill your cupcakes 
For the perfect-shaped cupcake with a lovely golden dome, only fill 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up the cupcake liner. If it's too full it looks messy and sometimes, it can even sink.&nbsp;As a rule, we say it's better to underfill rather than overfill. 
 
2. Best buttercream for cupcakes 
We recommend using our delicious vanilla <a data-item-id="02f6382a-d0f5-58f7-8c17-0acd82570e30" href="">buttercream recipe</a>, but if you're after something a little different on top of your vanilla cupcakes, try out our <a data-item-id="9e283dc4-6386-57a3-b79f-1979ee83461c" href="">citrus buttercream</a> or <a data-item-id="e7750934-e4bf-59a0-bf85-d3283ed9b73e" href="">maple buttercream</a>. 
 
3. How do I store my vanilla cupcakes? 
Once your cupcakes are cool, get them into an airtight container as soon as possible. Cupcakes can last for around 4 days before losing their freshness. Cupcakes with buttercream/frosting on top will need to be stored in the fridge.
If you loved this bake, check out our full selection of <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/categories/cupcakes-and-muffins/cupcakes">cupcake recipes</a> that will not disappoint.
We have our our 5-star favourite&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/mary-berry-chocolate-cupcakes">Mary Berry Chocolate cupcake</a>&nbsp;recipe. Our hidden&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/rainbow-pinata-cupcakes">rainbow piñata</a>, <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/strawberry-cupcakes">strawberry cupcakes</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/strawberry-and-prosecco-cupcakes">strawberry prosecco cupcakes</a> are delicious bakes. Or switch up the colour with our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/valentines-red-velvet-cupcakes">red velvet</a>, <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/green-velvet-cupcakes">green velvet</a> and <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/pink-champagne-cupcakes">pink champagne cupcakes</a>.

Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

This salted caramel cupcakes recipe&nbsp;is so simple, and the end&nbsp;result&nbsp;is&nbsp;mouth-wateringly good. They're very popular with kids - and adults seem to have a fondness for them, too.&nbsp;

Salted Caramel Cupcakes

These vanilla-flavoured bunny cupcakes are so simple to make, and great for getting the kids involved in the kitchen. Topped with delicious <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/basic-buttercream">vanilla buttercream</a>, they're a quick and easy Easter bake.&nbsp;
If you're after a similar bunny-themed bake, why not give our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/easter-bunny-biscuits">Easter Bunny Biscuits</a> a go?&nbsp;

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

These zesty little muffins are so light and fluffy; they'll delight any visitor who pops round for a cup of tea.

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

This lemon meringue cupcake recipe features in the 1st&nbsp;episode of Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard.

Lemon Meringue Cupcake Recipe

These bergamot-infused cupcakes with striking blue buttercream icing are a tasty, sophisticated teatime treat, and the ideal bake for tea lovers. For best results in your bake, leave your Earl Grey tea infusion to cool overnight.
Did you know Earl Grey tea is supposedly named after Charles Grey, a former British Prime Minister from the 1830s? He supposedly received a gift of tea flavoured with bergamot oil, and Earl Grey tea then became a common fixture at teatime.

Earl Grey Cupcakes with Buttercream

Combining the refreshing taste of Earl Grey tea with the delicate citrus flavour of the lemon buttercream, these cakes are a real grown-up afternoon treat - and ideal for Easter.&nbsp;

Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream 

These pretty little Chocolate Easter nests&nbsp;are great&nbsp;fun to make&nbsp;with the kids and decorated with mini chocolate eggs.&nbsp;Why not try replacing shredded wheat with rice krispies or corn flakes?&nbsp;Add a handful of mini marshmallow to the melted chocolate mix for added extra chewiness.

Easter Chocolate Nests

Simnel cupcakes are a deliciously-moreish Easter treat, and a miniature version of the <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/simnel-cake">traditional Simnel cake</a>. They're flavoured with treacle, mixed spice and raisins for a traditional, bite-size Easter bake.&nbsp;
Top with marzipan daffodil decorations and mini marzipan balls to add the finishing touches to your Simnel cupcakes - don't forget to use warmed apricot jam to make sure they stay in place!

Simnel cupcakes

Treat yourself, your family and friends this Easter with our delicious chocolate orange cupcakes.
This classic flavour combination never fails to satisfy chocoholics - and the kids will love getting involved while you're baking.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

These chocolate cupcakes are perfect for an Easter teatime treat; they're topped with swirls of rich chocolate icing and Cadbury's Mini Eggs for the ultimate chocolatey treat.
Team them up with a cuppa for the perfect mid-afternoon pick-me-up.&nbsp;

Mini Egg Cupcakes

These lemon curd cupcakes are truly scrumptious, and topped with light, fluffy meringue. We've used shop-bought lemon curd for this recipe, but if you have more time, you can follow our classic <a data-item-id="6aff5b4b-e840-5d28-bd6d-8e3327a782ed" href="">Lemon Curd recipe</a> to make your own. It takes an extra 25 minutes but it's well worth it.
We've also added in an expert video below to show you how to create soft peaks for your meringue toppings.

Lemon Curd Cupcakes

These trendy lavender cupcakes offer a beautiful, delicate, floral flavour that works really well at an afternoon tea or at a summer picnic in the sun.

Lavender Cupcakes

Celebrate Easter in style with these adorable lemon chick cupcakes. These zesty soft lemon cupcakes are topped with a delicious vanilla buttercream and cute sugar paste decorations. They are great fun to make and decorate and we are sure the whole family will enjoy tasting them.

Easter lemon cupcakes

Kinder Bueno fans, stop what you're doing. We have the ultimate Kinder Bueno cupcake recipe, just for you.
The fabulous Jane Dunn of Jane's Patisserie, has created a recipe for the yummiest of Kinder Bueno cupcakes, guaranteed to make your mouth water.&nbsp;
We love Jane's recipe for its simplicity and this cupcake definitely doesn't disappoint, so what are you waiting for? Let's get your bake on.&nbsp;

Easter Cupcake Recipes

Easter cupcake ideas and inspiration

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