8 Cute Cupcake Recipes That'll Impress Everyone

Vanilla cupcakes with swirly icing

A very simple cupcake which looks so impressive with its two-tone icing. You can now buy dual-compartment piping bags which you fill with two colours of icing and pipe at the same time to achieve the effect.

Honey and lemon cupcakes

These cupcakes are made with the all-in-one method – simply put all the ingredients in a bowl, then whisk it together. The sponge is lifted with honey and sharp lemon zest.

Blueberry cupcakes

The sponge for these cupcakes is a little different from the norm. It's an angel food cake recipe, which is a fat-free sponge made with whisked egg whites and sugar, plus flour.

Chai cupcakes

Chai is an Indian tea, made from tea leaves traditionally mixed with cardamom, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and peppercorns.

Boozy Black Forest cupcakes

The classic combination of juicy cherries and dark chocolate works perfectly in a cupcake. Our recipe uses tinned cherries in syrup, so no need to hunt for fresh ones out of season.

Key lime cupcakes

Key limes are stronger, more intense and more aromatic than regular limes, but everyday limes will still work perfectly in this recipe too.

Summer berry cupcakes

This is a dessert cupcake offering a twist on a classic British summer pudding. Berries are folded into the batter before baking, to give a soft, moist sponge.

Vanilla cupcakes

Sometimes all you want is a simple, basic vanilla cupcake which you can decorate with your favourite toppings. Be sure to use pure vanilla extract – you don't need very much but it will give you a true vanilla, rather than synthetic, flavour.

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