Lemon Lime Cupcakes

  4.7 – 13 reviews  • Low Sodium Level: Easy Total: 1 hr 35 min Active: 20 min Yield: 48 mini cupcakes Ingredients 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) salted butter, at room temperature 3 large … Read more

Daisy Cupcakes

  4.0 – 1 reviews  • Low-Fat Level: Intermediate Total: 45 min Active: 45 min Yield: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 30 marshmallows 1/3 cup yellow nonpareils 12 cupcakes with vanilla frosting Instructions Using kitchen shears, snip off a thin strip from the side of a marshmallow to make a petal. Work your way around the marshmallow to snip … Read more

Marshmallow Chick Flower

  4.0 – 1 reviews  • Level: None Yield: 1 cupcake Ingredients 3 pink marshmallow chicks, such as Peeps 1 frosted cupcake (about 2 tablespoons frosting works best) 1 large gumball or other round candy Instructions Snip the chicks horizontally, starting at the heads, into 1/8-inch-thick petals. You should have about 8 petals of varying sizes. Arrange … Read more

Witch Crash Cupcakes

  5.0 – 3 reviews  • Halloween You can call these witches clumsy for not yet mastering their landings, but crashing into these decadent chocolate cupcakes seems like a sweet plan! Level: Easy Total: 2 hr 30 min Active: 1 hr Yield: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour (see Cook’s Note) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 … Read more

Cupcake-Stuffed Ice Cream Cones

  4.0 – 4 reviews  • Level: Easy Total: 1 hr 40 min Active: 30 min Yield: 16 to 18 cupcake cones Ingredients 16 to 18 flat-bottomed ice cream cones 1/3 cup oil 3 large eggs One 15.25-ounce box white cake mix 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Gel food coloring in pink, purple and green, as needed Melting … Read more

Pau Pau’s Steamed Cupcakes (Fa Gao)

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Low-Fat In cookbook author Kristina Cho’s family, you can’t celebrate Lunar New Year without fa gao. The unfrosted Chinese cupcakes cook in a steamer basket, and how high they rise is just as important as their taste. “As the tradition goes, the taller your cupcakes bloom and blossom, the more good … Read more

Tulip Cupcakes

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Level: Intermediate Total: 45 min Active: 45 min Yield: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup white candy melts 1 12-ounce bag pink candy melts 1/2 cup vanilla frosting Yellow food coloring 12 cupcakes with vanilla frosting Yellow and black licorice sticks (from a bag of bridge mix) Instructions Melt the white and … Read more

Red Wine-Chocolate Cupcakes

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Level: Easy Total: 2 hr Active: 40 min Yield: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour (see Cook’s Note) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon fine salt 3/4 cup milk 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process) 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 … Read more

Triple Chocolate Basketball Cupcakes

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Level: Easy Total: 2 hr 15 min Active: 1 hr 30 min Yield: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons instant espresso powder 3/4 cup whole milk 1 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup vegetable oil 2 … Read more