32 cupcake recipes for you to delight

Cupcakes have fallen in the taste of many people, both for the charm they have, the practicality of serving, and, of course, they are very tasty. There are a multitude of pastas and fillings that can be used in the preparation. With the help of imagination or references, it is possible to create very cute decorations.

Because they are so versatile, they can be served on a variety of occasions, whether at children's parties, weddings, or even meetings with family or friends.

Cupcakes can please many tastes. So the choice of pans can also be appropriate to the situation you want.


Below you can see 32 cupcake recipes, which are divided into simple and creative, different fruit, chocolate and special.

Traditional Cupcake Recipe

The following recipe is from New York Magnolia. Their cupcake is considered the best in the American metropolis and can serve as a traditional model reference for making an "original" cupcake.

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Preparation: 45 minutes

Yield: 24 servings

Ingredients


  • 1 cup unsalted melted butter and a little more to grease the molds
  • 1 ¼ cups of flour and a little more to flour the shapes
  • 1 ½ cups yeast flour
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 4 large eggs at room temperature

Method of preparation

  1. Pre-heat the oven at 180 °. Grease and flour 24 cups.
  2. Mix the flours in a container. In a glass container, mix the milk and vanilla.
  3. In a large bowl, beat butter in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.
  4. Gradually add the flour mixture, alternating with the milk and vanilla mixture, beating well after each addition.
  5. Put the dough into the pan using a spoon or ladle, leaving only 3/4 of each pan filled.
  6. Bake until the point, which would usually be for about 20 to 22 minutes in the oven. Once done, wait for the cupcakes to cool to place in the paper cups and add the icing.

Simple and fruit cupcakes

1. Simple Cupcake: With a hassle-free preparation, the result is a cupcake with white dough and white icing brigadier. When it's time to unmold, wait until they are warm to cold. The recipe yields 12 large cookies.

2. Carrot Cupcake: The preparation is as simple as the traditional carrot cake. However, here you must put the dough into individual pans. Makes 25 servings.

Carrot Cupcake with Chocolate Drips: To add a special touch to the simple pastry, this recipe suggests adding chocolate chips. If you prefer, you can use chopped chocolate bar. For the coverage the author indicates brigadeiro or chocolate powder syrup. Makes 24 servings.

4. Lemon Cupcake: For those who like a sour touch in sweet recipes this is a good choice. The special touch of the dough is lemon gelatin and the juice of a unit of fruit. For the topping it is only necessary to mix lemon juice with condensed milk. If you want the pasta to be greener, the suggestion is to add green food coloring. For more flavor you can put a little lemon essence. Makes 13 cupcakes.

5. Carrot cupcake and maple syrup topping: The batter has a slight hint of orange, which gives the recipe a special taste. Maple syrup is one that is widely used in topping American pancakes. Here a small amount of it is mixed with cream cheese for topping.

6. Orange Cupcake: Two orange juice is used to taste the dough. The topping is based on cream and quark cheese. It is charming and very tasty.

7. Strawberry Cupcake: Strawberries are whipped dry in a blender, creating a tasty mash that is added to the batter. For the topping is made a sweet cream cheese cream.

8. Strawberry Stuffed Yogurt Cupcake: This recipe is very sweet, because in addition to topping, has filling as well. The pasta is white with yogurt. While cupcakes bake, it's time to prepare the filling and topping. In a pan over fire you mix sour cream and condensed milk until it is thick. Separate a part of the cream to use for topping, the rest you mix with strawberries for filling.

9. Strawberry Cupcake with Whipped Cream: This recipe also uses yogurt in the batter, but those that have a jelly in the bottom. For the filling of each cupcake is used a whole strawberry plus a homemade strawberry jam. For the topping use whipped cream. Makes 16 units.

10. Vanilla and Raspberry Cupcake: This cupcake is soft, fresh, light and tasty.The dough is simple and the author's tip is to use the same amount of flour, butter and sugar. It is stuffed with a blackberry cream, which is explained step by step on the website. For the topping is used a butter cream and cream cheese, and for decoration add a raspberry to the top.

11. Nutella Banana Cupcake: Nutella is a food that conquers many palates and its mix with banana gets a surprising flavor. This cupcake is very quick and simple to make.

Creative and different

12. Churros Cupcake: Churros is very tasty, and many sweets are being innovated with its flavor. The dough is very simple and for the topping is used the dulce de leche.

13. Nutella Cupcake: This cupcake is very practical because it looks beautiful even without icing. After placing the dough in the pans, add the nutella and stir with a toothpick. Just bake and the cupcakes are ready.

14. White Brigadier Cupcake: This cupcake's dough is chocolate, so it creates a contrast to the white Brigadier filling. The topping is with whipped cream and chocolate droplets to garnish.

15. Cashew Nut Cupcake: This cupcake has a very creamy dough, as it brings natural yogurt into the mix. Cashews are used to cover cupcakes, so you don't need to add a topping.

16. Rose Cupcake: The name of the cupcake is this one because mascarpone cheese, rose sugar and sugar icing is made in the shape of a rose, and it has a raspberry topping to decorate. The appearance is graceful.

17. Rainbow Cupcake: The dough in the rainbow colors looks really cute! The key to achieving this result is to use gel dyes. The dough should be divided into five packages, one for each color. Then just put the dough (interspersing the colors) with the help of a spoon. The coverage is on the whipped cream.

18. Cupcake Naha Benta: Remember that candy that was covered in chocolate and stuffed with marshmallow? This is where this cupcake was inspired. The dough is chocolate and the topping is the same as sweet.

19. Cupcake Romeo and Juliet: This recipe is for those who like dishes that mix sweet and salty. The dough is vanilla and takes guava in the filling. The topping is made with cream cheese, white chocolate and grated Parmesan cheese.

20. Stuffed Cookie Cupcake: This recipe is very quick. You should put two stuffed cookies and the dulce de leche between them in the pan. Then just add the dough and put to bake. If you wish, you can use dulce de leche and sprinkles on the topping.

Chocolate cupcakes

21. Brigadier Cupcake: This recipe is very easy. The dough is simple white, and for the covering is made a brigadeiro. With simplicity it is also possible to prepare delicious recipes.

22. Chocolate Cupcake: This cupcake has a simple chocolate batter and the topping is ganache. Because it is traditional, it can please many palates.

23. Cupcake sweet chocolate: This recipe is for chocolate fans. The dough takes cocoa powder and chocolate chips. The topping is made with butter, cocoa and sugar and also has pieces of chocolate to garnish.

24. Mashed chocolate cupcake: In the dough is used dark chocolate, and a touch of lemon. Casablanca truffles are used in the stuffing. The cover is made of ganache and also takes truffles to decorate.

25. Chocolate and Coconut Cupcake: Mixing these two ingredients is very interesting. The coconut is very tasty next to chocolate.

26. Chocolate and Coffee Cupcake: This blend of ingredients is used in icing and creates a unique flavor. The dough is moist and fluffy, and the creamy topping.

27. Black Forest Cupcake: The Black Forest Cupcake carries pieces of chocolate and cherries in its batter. The topping is with whipped cream and cherries and chocolate shavings.

28. Two Chocolate Cupcake: This recipe uses a ready-made cake mix, which makes it very practical. The coverage is also quite simple. Melt milk chocolate, white chocolate separately, add cream and then just sprinkle the cookies.

29. Chocolate and dulce de leche cupcake: With a simple pastry, what is surprising about this recipe is the icing. In it we have the step by step how to make dulce de leche, and then, chocolate chips are added to the candy. For the final touch the author used strawberries and granulated chocolate.

30. Vanilla and chocolate cupcake: no time to cook, but want beautiful homemade cupcakes? This recipe is your solution! How to use mix of ready ingredients. Makes 12 units.

Special cupcakes

31. Gluten Free Cupcake: Once the ingredients are mixed, just bake for 15 minutes. In the meantime, cover with cream, which is explained in the recipe, or one of your own.

32. Vegan Chocolate Cupcake: This recipe doesn't need the help of the mixer and yet the dough is soft and dark. The author says she loses nothing to the ordinary cakes.

Where to buy cupcake cups?

To prepare the cupcakes it is necessary to use suitable molds.In the market you can find a variety of them, but do you know exactly what is the best option? The individual pans make it easy to remove the cookie without it being destroyed. But we also have to choose the material: silicone or aluminum?

Silicone foils are practical as the material is malleable. They do not need to be greased and are easy to clean as food does not stick to them. The cupcake can be served the same way it was baked.

Already aluminum ones are firmer and stronger and are also cheaper. However, you need to put a piece of paper inside them at the time of baking so that the cupcakes don't stick together.

Cupcake Tray for R $ 17,90 at Tray Store

Individual cake pans (12 units) for R $ 15,90 on Planet

Silicone form for 6 units for $ 8.90 at ShopFácil

Aluminum form for cupcake po R $ 6,80 at Casa Joka

Giant Cupcake Muffin R $ 209,90 at Mix 3 Arts

Shape for 12 cupcakes for R $ 31.89 at Santo Antonio

Small cupcake shape? 12 units for R $ 12,19 at Loja Santo Antonio

Giant cupcake shape for R $ 40,80 in Revê et Sucré

Heart Cupcake Kit for R $ 39,00 at Utilar

Star Cupcake Shapes? 20 units for R $ 34.56 on Buy Direct from China

Decorative shape for R $ 4,40 at Vem Festejar

Cupcakes pink shape for R $ 25,73 at ShopFácil

Silicone form for R $ 31,90 at Planeta Mimos

6 cupcake pan for R $ 83,47 on Via Inox

Paper cup? 100 units for R $ 12,90 in Barra Doce

Paper form? 45 units for R $ 3,50 at 89 Embalagens

How to Cover Cupcakes

No need to make a very elaborate icing to make your cupcake look beautiful and tasty. There are many simple options that look great, such as:

  • Brigadier: It is a hard cover that is very charming. The taste and color can be whatever you wish!
  • Icing sugar: It is the simplest option of all. After all, just sprinkle the sugar on the cookie.
  • Frosting: It is a hard cover that is very charming. The taste and color can be whatever you wish!
  • Lemon syrup: To add a sour touch to your sweets.
  • Guava syrup: An easy-to-find and inexpensive ingredient that can make a difference.

Difference Between Muffin And Cupcake

Muffins and cupcakes may look similar, but the muffins are different in both ingredients, preparation and texture. For starters, the muffin has no topping, other ingredients are used in the middle of the dough, like chocolate. The cupcake has a dough very similar to traditional cakes, but lighter and sweeter. Already the muffin, has the densest, heaviest dough and takes less sugar.

Once you have chosen which recipe you are going to test, it is to put your hands in the dough with a lot of love and affection and unleash the creativity for the decoration. The result can be surprising.

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