Unique cupcake recipes perfect for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers and more. From creative flavour combinations to the most luxurious buttercream recipes to unexpected cupcake fillings, get ready to indulge in the wonderful world of little cakes.
(If you’re looking for the classics, check out this recipe for delicious easy vanilla cupcakes — everyone’s childhood favourite! Or this recipe for chocolate peanut butter cupcakes if you’re craving something chocolatey. In the mood for salted caramel? These salted caramel cupcakes will do the trick.)
Hello everyone! Just like that, summer is over and fall is upon us.
Which also means Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and everything in between is right around the corner…baking season has begun!
To kick things off, I have a collection of delicious cupcake recipes for you. But not just any cupcake recipe, what we have here are the most creative, the most unique and the tastiest cupcake recipes around.
So hold on to your whisks and your aprons, this is going to be one fun and scrumptious cupcake ride.
Unique Cupcake Recipes
Unique cupcake recipes perfect for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers and more. From the most creative flavour combinations to the most luxurious buttercream recipes.
Unique cupcake recipes that need no frosting
These cupcakes are so delicious on their own they don’t need icing on top!
Brazo de Mercedes Cupcake
Brazo de Mercedes cupcake — soft as cotton meringue filled with rich decadent custard and finished off with a sprinkling of confectioner’s sugar.
Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes
Soft, fluffy chiffon cupcakes filled with delicate whipped cream. Hokkaido chiffon cupcakes are light as air and so delicious!
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Can’t decide between a chocolate cupcake and a cheesecake? Black bottom cupcakes are the answer. Rich dark chocolate cupcakes with a generous dollop of cream cheese and chocolate chips in the centre.
Cookie Butter Stuffed Cupcakes
These cookie butter stuffed cupcakes are soft, fluffy, spicy, and delicious. Filled with delicious cookie butter, they are a perfect treat during the Christmas holidays.
Boozy cupcake recipes
Fun and boozy cupcakes to enjoy with friends! Perfect for New Year’s Eve, bridal showers, parties and other shenanigans.
Limoncello Cupcakes with Limoncello Cream Cheese Frosting
Soft and moist limoncello cupcakes filled with decadent lemon curd and topped with luxurious limoncello cream cheese frosting. A lemon lover’s dream.
Bourbon Pecan Pie Stuffed Cupcakes
Chocolate bourbon brown sugar cupcakes stuffed with pecan pie filling and topped with a brown butter brown sugar frosting.
Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
With rich stout undertones, a salty pretzel crunch and a sweet caramel drizzle, these chocolaty cupcakes are the ultimate decadent treat.
Peach Moscato Cupcakes
These cupcakes are so incredibly light and fluffy, with a light peachy flavour and a delicious, smooth buttercream frosting! There's peach moscato in the cupcakes and in the frosting.
Sweet Tea Vodka Cupcakes
These sweet tea vodka cupcakes take lemony cupcakes lightly brushed with sweet tea vodka and top them with plenty of sweet tea vodka frosting for the ultimate summer treat.
Prosecco Cupcakes with Blackberry Compote
This delicious and elegant dessert features a vanilla Prosecco cupcake topped with Prosecco cream frosting and sure to become one of your favourite cupcake recipes!
Delicious cupcake flavour combinations
These cupcake flavour combinations are so delicious and work together so well you wonder why you’ve never paired them before.
Lemon Coconut Nest Cupcakes
These lemon coconut nest cupcakes are a delicious batch of lemon cupcakes with a coconut nest on top.
Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes
The delicate flavour of matcha with the zest of lemon make the perfect flavour combination.
Strawberry Kiwi Cupcakes with Strawberry Kiwi Creamy Frosting
Fresh strawberries and kiwis are combined in these delicious strawberry kiwi cupcakes, topped with more fresh fruit in the strawberry kiwi creamy frosting.
Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
Fluffy, angelic pineapple coconut cupcakes with honey cream cheese frosting — dream-like cupcakes that are luscious and decadent, with a perfect balance of sweet.
Matcha Azuki Cupcakes
Green tea and red bean go together like peanut butter and jelly. Delicious on their own but even better when paired together.
Maple Bacon Cupcakes
A light fluffy maple cupcake filled with small diced chunks of candied bacon and topped with a sweet light maple cream cheese frosting.
Wonderfully unexpected cupcake frosting recipes
Do you go for the cupcake frosting first? You will love these. From imaginative cream cheese frosting to scrumptious buttercream flavours.
Paleo Carob Cardamom Cupcakes with Sweet Potato Frosting
These carob cardamom paleo cupcakes are frosted with a creamy sweet potato frosting. They're super tasty, and easily made AIP and low-carb too.
Coffee Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue
These coffee cupcakes have an intense coffee flavour and toasted marshmallow meringue frosting tops them off.
Piñata Cupcakes with Rainbow Icing
Vanilla piñata cupcakes filled with sprinkles and topped with rainbow coloured icing - the kids will love these!
Rhubarb Cupcakes with White Chocolate & Rosemary Buttercream
Try these gorgeous pastel pink rhubarb cupcakes with white chocolate chunks and a dreamy rosemary-scented buttercream frosting!
Apple Spice Cupcakes Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
These apple spice cupcakes are super moist and have the wonderful flavours that you would expect in a traditional fall dessert. The brown butter cream cheese frosting tops this cupcake off with a rich and creamy nutty flavour.
Cider Cupcakes with Pear Frosting
The pear frosting makes these cupcakes irresistible! It contains sour cream, white chocolate and cream cheese – three key products for a really delicious dessert. In addition the pear jam adds a nice touch of fruity sweetness.
Easy cupcake recipes inspired by our favourite drinks
These cupcake recipes are inspired by our favourite drinks, from lattes to cocktails!
Easy Dr Pepper Cupcakes
You’ll love how easy it is to make these cupcakes. You’ll literally need two ingredients: cake mix and Dr. Pepper — no need for oil or eggs!
Chai Tea Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing
These chai tea cupcakes with buttercream icing are a delicious treat. Just think of a chai latte but in cupcake form. So delicious, so fun!
Easy Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes
These easy Irish car bomb cupcakes are inspired by the Irish car bomb cocktail. The combination of Irish whiskey, Irish cream, and Guinness beer makes these cupcakes a special treat your friends and family will be delighted with!
Easy Vanilla Green Tea Cupcakes From A Box
Need to make dessert, but don’t have a lot of time? These easy vanilla green tea cupcakes are perfect. Matcha green tea powder is the secret ingredient in these pretty spring cupcakes. The mint flavoured frosting just happens to pair perfectly too.
Sweet Tea Cupcakes
Take the taste of sweet tea and enjoy it in cupcake form! Steep the flavour of summer into this fun dessert.
Earl Grey Cupcakes with Honey Buttercream Frosting
Why just drink your tea when you can eat it too? This recipe for earl grey cupcakes with honey buttercream frosting lets you do just that!
White Russian Cupcakes
White Russian cupcakes inspired by the classic cocktail – Baileys whipped cream sponge, topped with a white Russian buttercream and a hidden dark chocolate and vodka ganache centre.
Gluten-Free Raspberry Lime Mojito Cupcakes
I can’t wait for you to bite into this dreamy, tender, gluten-free raspberry lime mojito cupcake. The subtle flavours of rum, mint, lime, and raspberries will have you dreaming of vacation.
The best cupcake recipes with the most unique flavours
Sometimes the tastiest flavours come from the most unexpected ingredients and recipes.
Ube Cupcakes
Ube cupcakes are little ube cakes packed with big ube flavour. Soft, dense and just the right amount of sweet. Top with ube whipped cream frosting and sprinkle with toasted shredded coconut for the ultimate Filipino treat.
Gluten Free Black Cupcakes {aka Black Velvet Cupcakes}
Get ready for these fun gluten-free black cupcakes! Deep chocolate flavour, in a black velvet cupcakes treat. One bite of these moist chocolate cupcakes and you will be hooked!
Russian Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes
Russian apple cinnamon cupcakes: tasty and adorable Russian yeast cupcakes with apples, cinnamon and apple pie spices. Great alternative to usual cupcakes!
Watermelon Cupcakes
These fun watermelon cupcakes have actual watermelon baked inside with a swirl of buttercream and mini chocolate chips for seeds on top.
Homemade Grapefruit Cupcakes
These easy homemade cupcakes are delicious and flavoured with grapefruit! The light citrus flavour is delicious and refreshing and the sweetness of the frosting will make these a favourite in no time!
Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes
These caramel popcorn cupcakes are a unique and fun treat that’s loaded with caramel popcorn flavour! From the fluffy caramel cupcake to the caramel filling to the caramel buttercream.
Cupcakes are great because not only are they individual-sized (no sharing lol), they’re also easier to bake than regular-sized cakes.
So this holiday season (or any time of the year), bake some wonderfully unique cupcakes and make someone’s day (including your own!) a little brighter.
Happy baking!
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Marisa F. Stewart says
What a fantastic collection! I love the variety – make a few different recipes with the frosting and you’d surely please everyone. I think I’ll practice a bit more on my frosting techniques. My mouth is watering just looking at them.
Denise says
I love this post. You have such a great and unique variety of cupcakes here! There is something for everyone.
Veena Azmanov says
Cute and delicious. Amazing presentation.
Amy Treasure says
Incredible collection. I don’t know where I’ll start first!
Carlee says
I love all of these fabulous cupcakes. I wish we could have a tasting party and try them all!
Jolina says
A tasting party is a fantastic idea! 🙂
Gloria says
What an awesome collection of cupcakes. So many great recipes to try. Perfect for celebrations…or just because!! I know I will be giving LOTS of these a try. You can always bring a smile to someone with cupcakes. Fun to make and more fun to eat!!