Easter Cupcakes Recipes

Kids and grown-ups alike will love these Easter cupcakes for dessert. Whether you go with classic carrot, meringue-topped raspberry, or a fanciful flower-topped creation, these cupcake recipes will have your Easter guests hopping back for a second helping of dessert.

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Fresh Rosemary & Lemon Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

This dessert receives a double dose of refreshing lemon in both the cake and the lemon glaze topping. This recipe also makes mini and jumbo cupcakes.

Fresh Rosemary & Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

A lemon juice and sugar glaze ensures these mini-cakes stay moist for days.

Lemon Cupcakes

Tie-Dye Fruity Cupcakes

From JELL-O

Tie-Dye Fruity Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

From Family Circle

With its bright red color, Red Velvet Cake always invokes a reaction. For more fun, turn this chocolate cake recipe into cupcakes by baking the batter in muffin cups. Frost them with chocolate or vanilla icing, or some of each.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Cheesecake Cupcakes With Blueberries

From Family Circle

Use sugar cookies as ready-made crusts for these blueberry-studded miniature cheesecakes.

Cheesecake Cupcakes With Blueberries

Sunshine Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Adorned with frosting flowers, these exquisite lemon and orange cupcakes are perfect for any spring celebration--Easter, Mother's Day, showers, and graduations. The cupcakes are just as tasty with a simple orange or lemon buttercream frosting.

Sunshine Cupcakes

Carrot Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Just in case guests can't tell these jumbo cupcakes are made with a standard carrot cake batter, use tinted icing to draw carrots on top of the yummy cream cheese icing.

Carrot Cupcakes

May Basket Cupcakes

From Diabetic Living

To create captivating May baskets, wrap a wide strip of decorative paper around each cupcake, holding it in place with double-stick tape. Then attach narrow strips of plain paper for the basket handles.

May Basket Cupcakes

Cream-Filled Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Reminiscent of the popular store-bought favorites, these chocolate cream-filled cupcakes are a hit with kids and with adults.

Cream-Filled Cupcakes

Coffee Cupcakes

From Family Circle

These grown-up cupcakes taste like a cup of coffee spiced with cinnamon and allspice. The creamy coffee frosting is easy to make adding instant coffee to canned white frosting.

Coffee Cupcakes

Chai Tea Cupcakes

From Family Circle

These bite-size chocolate cupcakes flavored with a chai tea mix are perfect for bridal or wedding showers.

Chai Tea Cupcakes

Double-Chocolate Malt-Shop Cupcakes with Cherry-Vanilla Buttercream

From Family Circle

These luscious chocolate cupcakes are flavored with malt powder and espresso. An irresistible cherry-vanilla buttercream icing tops this dessert recipe.

Double-Chocolate Malt-Shop Cupcakes with Cherry-Vanilla Buttercream

Fudge Brownie Surprise Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Mini candy bars are baked inside each little cake to make this dessert. A brownie mix makes these cupcakes super easy to prepare.

Fudge Brownie Surprise Cupcakes

Coconut Frosting

From Taste of the South

Coconut Frosting

Kansas Sunflower Cupcakes

From Midwest Living

Wheat germ adds flavor and nutrients to these delicious and delightful little cakes.

Kansas Sunflower Cupcakes

Rainbow Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Rainbow Cupcakes

Babycakes

From Family Circle

Always a hit at potlucks and family gatherings, this yummy cupcake recipe is prepared with a blend of fruit-flavored baby food. Cream cheese frosting and ground pecans finish off this dessert.

Babycakes

Carrot Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

From Diabetic Living

With this luscious take on an all-time favorite carrot cake recipe, you can fit this dessert into a diabetic meal plan.

Carrot Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

Chai Cupcakes

From Midwest Living

The popular spiced tea drink was the inspiration for this dessert. Using a cake mix makes it easy to prepare.

Chai Cupcakes

Bite-Size Ginger Cupcakes with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Bite-Size Ginger Cupcakes with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting

Teacup Cupcakes

From Parents

You bake the cakes in oven-safe teacups for this dessert. Then frost with pastel frosting and top with coconut. Too cute!

Teacup Cupcakes

Coconut-Pecan Frosting

From Taste of the South

Coconut-Pecan Frosting

The Best Ever Carrot Cake Cupcakes

From Smithfield

This carrot cupcake has so many carrots you won't feel guilty for having two!

The Best Ever Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Chocolate-Chip Carrot-Cake Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Chocolate-Chip Carrot-Cake Cupcakes

Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes

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