Birthday Cupcake and Every Occasion Cupcake Ideas

Nothing could be simpler than making a birthday cupcake...or making cupcakes for any occasion, for that matter!

Cupcakes have become more popular thanks to the ease of making them, the flexibility they offer, lower cost and forgiving nature.

They give you the versatility of making several different flavors to offer your guests. They can be frosted with buttercream or covered in fondant. You can make an incredible display by intermingling the cupcakes with decorations that reflect your theme.

No special recipe is required for cupcakes. Most cake recipes will make 20 - 24 cupcakes. They can be filled by piping the filling into the center with a decorating bag affixed with a large round tip.

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Rainbow Fun Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar
Just divide the white cake batter into 6 bowls and dye each a different color. Top baked cupcake with dyed buttercream frosting.

Cupcake Couture  starstarstarstarstar


"A little lipstick can make a girl feel ever-so special".
This little cupcake was inspired for a 5-year old Spa Party.
For the lipstick, I used ...

Engagement Party Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


These cupcakes were for a friends engagement party.
The roses are vanilla cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting and sugar leaves.
The bride and ...

Jungle Animals Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


These little guys are piped directly onto cupcakes iced in green buttercream. I use round (large or small) tips to make the basic body shapes and ...

Sleepover Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I am in love with this design! I got the idea and directions out of "Hello Cupcake!" book. The sleeping bags are rolled out Starbursts, with a little ...

House Warming Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


These cupcakes were for my cousin who was celebrating a friend's recent house purchase. I just iced the tops with a big swirl of icing and placed ...

Diaper Pin Bear Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I started with vanilla cupcakes (regular size) baked with no liner. I used a serrated knife to cut off a little of the dome on top. Then, I placed ...

Easter Bunny Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar
These cupcakes were adorable and delicious! I baked vanilla cupcakes, and iced them with vanilla buttercream frosting. The bunny head is a cut-out cookie,...

Penguin Family + Igloo Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I made these little igloo out of small cakes, and used a toothpick to create the snow-block effect. The entrance is a marshmallow! The penguins ...

bowling fun!  starstarstarstarstar



Making the "bowling lane" I used a 9x13 pan, I also baked 12 cupcakes, and 12 mini (with no liners) cupcakes. I did pre buy the doughnut holes....

Zebra Print Bridal Shower Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar



Cupcakes flavors were chocolate and vanilla with buttercream frosting. The zebra print was made with edible icing sheets and then cut individually ...

Spring butterfly cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar



Chocolate cupcakes with raspbeery cheesecake filling. Topped with buttercream. Flowers are made from fondant, and the butterflies are made out ...

Slider Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar



First you make a batch of chocolate cupcakes and one batch of vanilla cupcakes. DO NOT use a cupcake line. Kust spray your pans with cooking spray....

Leaf Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar



These cupcakes were made by painting melted chocolate onto real leaves and allowing it to harden, once hard...you just peel off and stick into ...

Special Chocolate Cupcakes - Mens Birthday  starstarstarstarstar



The idea behind this cupcake, is to create an elegant yet masculine look. As my partner said... I made danty cupcakes, Epic! These can be easily ...

Happy Birthday USA!  starstarstarstarstar



To begin with, I made candy icing stars with the #16 tip and left them to dry for a few days. When dry I took covered floral wire and used more ...

Floral Cupcake Bouquet  starstarstarstarstar


Looking for a way to add a bit of pizazz to your dessert table? This fun and creative floral cupcake bouquet provides a great solution.

1. Gather ...

My Cupcake  starstarstarstarstar


-Get Your flavor of Cake Mix, and bake it into a cupcake tray.

-top with a thin, flat coat of Vanillia Icing.

-take chocolate icing and form ...

Baby Shower Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


Any of your favorite recipes can be used for the cupcakes. To make the baby flower faces, dye fondant the colors of your choice. The flowers are ...

Alabama Fan Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I made these for a Alabama football fan.
I made the elephants and A's with royal icing a couple of days in advance to dry. I used buttercream ...

Sunflower Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I got this idea also from Alan Richardson's "Hello Cupcake!" book, which I highly recommend! The sunflowers are regular size and Mini size Oreos,...

Thanksgiving "Pie" Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I did these for Thanksgiving, for the kids. I thought they'd like them better than real pie! They are vanilla cupcakes with a thick layer of buttercream ...

Halloween Friends Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I got the idea for these fun guys out of some different Wilton Yearbooks with Halloween cakes. I used different colored icings to frost them smooth,...

Christmas Ornament Cupcakes  starstarstarstarstar


I was inspired to do these cupcakes, from Elisa Strauss' Confetti Cakes for Kids book. (She is the owner of Confetti Cake bakery in NY City.) They ...

large cupcake  starstarstarstarstar



I created this cupcake cake to put on the top of a cupcake tree for my nieces wedding. It was a wilton cake pan. I iced it with buttercream ...

Penguin Cupcake  starstarstar


These cute little creatures were just buttercream piped on a cupcake! I used black, orange and white. I made swirls of icing to cover the cupcake,...

Ganache  starstarstar



Chocolate ganache icing

Motif Cupcakes  Not rated yet
I bought a motif book from work and decided to try some on cupcakes for my workmates. I used coloured fondant.

Sundae's Best  Not rated yet
I made the Especially Dark Cupcakes (found on the Hershey's Especially Dark Cocoa Powder container) added a few drops of Banana flavor oil(very strong)...

Diva Cupcakes  Not rated yet
I made these for some ladies. So I made these cupcakes to tell fun, style and glamour. Each cupcake has its own unique look and techique in decorating,...

Martini Cuppycakes!  Not rated yet
Garnish with your choice of candy, rim it with sugar.. i used pixie sticks!

i dyed my batter different colors with food dye. baked in glasses at ...

Simple Flower Fondant Cupcake  Not rated yet
Very simple Double Chocolate cupcake recipies and coverd by fondant flower, leaf figuring.

Death by Chocolates  Not rated yet
These cupcakes were full of chocolate and delicious! I baked double chocolate cupcakes, and iced them with chocolate whipped cream and chocolate chips ...

Killing time Cupcakes  Not rated yet
These cupcakes were sweet and delicious! I baked white chocolate cupcakes, and iced them with whipped cream, strawberry flavour frosting and some sprinkle....

Chocolate Wedding Cupcakes  Not rated yet
I made 200 of these cupcakes for a wedding. They are yellow cake with hand made chocolate buttercream icing. I then made the scroll by printing out ...

Santa Cupcakes  Not rated yet
These santa cupcakes will be a hit at any Christmas party!

Chocolate Cupcake!  Not rated yet
Chocolate cupcake with smooth chocolate icing with chocolate drizzles on top!

Girls cupcakes  Not rated yet
Iced with pink icing and an icing pipe.

Fancy Cupcakes  Not rated yet
Rich chocolate cupcakes covered with Marzipan or icing sugar

Bunny in a basket  Not rated yet


I had a great time creating this little bunny who seems to be peeking out of this little pink basket.

The bunny was traced from the invitation ...

Flower Cupcakes  Not rated yet



MAke 24 cupcakes either with box cake mix are making your own cake batter. Any flavor does not matter what the child would like. Let them cool ...

panda cupcakes  Not rated yet


Bake mini and regular sized cupcakes
sprinkle regular cupcake with crushed oreos
place mini cupcake on its side on top
break oreo in half and ...

Noah's Ark Animal Cupcakes  Not rated yet


I did a Noah's Ark 3-D cake and then made these cupcakes for extra servings. They are made with multi colored icings and mostly round (large and ...

Celiene's Seven  Not rated yet



Dream Whip icing and fondant 7s and stars

Have a "Just Beachy" Birthday Party or Luau with Hollie's Theme Cupcakes!  Not rated yet



"Those Cupcakes are Amazing!", is what I heard all day long after bringing my "Just Beachy" cupcakes to my son Dominic's school "Beach Days" Carnival....

Picnic Cupcakes  Not rated yet



These cupcakes were decorated by spreading a coating of buttercream over each cupcake and then placing a square of fondant "draped" over cupcake ...

Simple Mini Chocolate Flower Cupcakes  Not rated yet



These are my super easy but really sweet chocolate cupcakes.

They are chocolate fudge cake mix in the minicupcakes.
Take some baking paper ...

Message Cupcakes 2  Not rated yet



More message cupcakes from me! This time though, I jammed individual messages on the tops of each cupcake! I made these for a really lovely ...

Message Cupcakes   Not rated yet



This was an idea that I had to brighten the day of a friend who spent a month at home studying for her final exams. Instead of texting her a ...

Nurse graduation cupcakes  Not rated yet



Cake mix of your choice. Simply decorated with buttercream frosting.

Filled Chocolate cupcake with fudge frosting  Not rated yet



~bake your favorite chocolate cake mix in cupcake liners
~with a #20 tip form a dot in the center of cupcake, then starting from the edge and ...

No Color Film Needed!!  Not rated yet


These cupcakes were for a huge event!

I underestimated how much work this would be! But, on how I loved them in the end!
I hope you will too!...

Turning 50 Blues!  Not rated yet


These cupcakes were quite fun to create!

Half were made with chocolate cake, and half with what I call Wedding White.

These were actually ...

Birthday's Girl Edible photo  Not rated yet


Cupcakes were made from double chocolate recipes. And covering with Milk Whipped Cream and strawberry's flavour.

Birthday Girl Cupcakes  Not rated yet



Made cupcakes using the simple yellow cake recipe.
Then, placed fondant in a double boiler(the one used for chocolate) and put color in it. Maybe ...

CupCakes Double Chocolate with Edible Photo on top  Not rated yet


Very simple Double Chocolate cupcake recipies with Edible photo on top and covering with Mixed of Milk Whipped Cream and Butter.

Wackadoo Zoo  Not rated yet



My daughter had a school play called the Wackadoo Zoo. I had signed up to make a "treat." So I decided to make cupcakes with all of the animals ...

Elmo & Friends  Not rated yet


These are super easy to make and the kids loved them! Bake the cupcakes without using paper liners. Then frost them upside down with a light base ...

Beach Cupcakes  Not rated yet



Ingredients:

Box of Cake Mix (and ingredients to make cake) Yellow or beige cakes look the best with these cupcakes.

Cupcake papers or ...

Springtime Celebration  Not rated yet


I anticipated spring with this March birthday cupcake display.
I made the flowers with royal icing a couple of days in advance to dry.
Using ...

SpongeBob CupCake Pants  Not rated yet


I made 2 dozen cupcakes to take to my daughter's preschool class, totally forgetting the fact that they can't have homemade goodies. None the less ...

Superbowl Cupcakes  Not rated yet


Ice the cupcake in chocolate and Tip 233 or #2 for the grass shaping the football and white lines.

Sesame Street Cupcakes  Not rated yet


You need tip # 2 or the cake tip 233 for grass and thats all I did for the fur and the eyes are white dots with black in the middle. The mouth ...



Valentine Cupcakes

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