These beautiful cupcakes will provide some ideas to help you up your cupcake game. Perfect for your next birthday party, dinner party, or backyard BBQ.
Cupcakes are such a fun and easy to serve dessert that are a treat for kids of every age.
From deliciously decorated individual cupcakes, unique themed cupcake displays, to beautiful cupcake trees, there’s a lot of sweet inspiration for the baker in your family.
Summer Flowers
A celebration of Summer in a beautifully edible form!
Spring Flowers
A celebration of Spring in a beautifully edible form!
Merry Christmas!
These gorgeous Christmas Trees are truly spectacular!
Hanging Cupcakes
A wonderfully unique way to display and serve beautiful cupcakes!
Paradise Under the Sea
A celebration of under the sea fantasy, complete with sea shells, sea-foam green icing, and rose gold mermaid tail.
All the Pretty Things
This collection of beautiful cupcakes looks like a sneak peak into a jewelry box… with perhaps some ribbons, bows, and a garter belt or two thrown in for good measure!
A Tasteful Way to Celebrate the Holiday Season
These green, red, and gold cupcakes are truly beautiful and would make the perfect dessert at your Christmas dinner party or any other gathering around the holiday season.
A Truly Spectacular Creation
This gorgeous white flower will be a show stopper at your next event or dinner party!
Elegant Pearls & Roses
A lovely dessert, perfect for Mother’s Day or a birthday celebration for that special lady in your life. A classic beauty!
Perfect for Your Next Tea Party
A lovely spot of dessert, served in a delicate pink teacup.
Cupcake Bouquet
If you REALLY want to impress someone, give them this delightfully crafted Cupcake Bouquet!
Sweet Indian Corn
All you need is some white cupcakes, buttercream frosting, and a variety of Jelly Belly jelly beans and you can create these delightful and sweet interpretations of Indian Corn.
Peacocking to the Next Level
You have to (and I mean you REALLY HAVE TO) appreciate the level of detail that went into this particular creation!
Rubber Duckies Galore
Rubber Ducky, you’re the one! You make cupcakes SO MUCH FUN! Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you!
The Only Kind of Spiders I Like
These creepy crawly treats would be perfect for Halloween!
Who Doesn’t Love Pandas?
Oreo Cookies and some black and white icing combine to create these delightful Panda inspired treats.
The Pies Have It
Blue and Red candies mimic the look of cherries and blueberries in these pie-inspired cupcakes
‘Tis the Season
A classic white cupcake is accented with some “snow” sprinkles and a touch of holly to create an elegant Christmas dessert.
Elegant Chocolate Swirl
I love how the chocolate buttercream icing has been layered in a flat swirl that creates elegant lines and edges. What a way to elevate a basic white and chocolate cupcake!
Make Your Own Wedding Dress
These would be amazing at a wedding reception, anniversary party, bridal shower, engagement party, or any other occasion to celebrate a past, present, or future wedding.
Every Girl Deserves a Crown
Perfect for your little Princess, or to celebrate the Queen in your life, these little beauties are a crowning achievement.
Elegant Floral Masterpieces
Just lovely! What more is there to say?
Dusted Pink Dahlia
These lovely creations – frosted with cut marshmallows that have been dusted with pink icing and sprinkles – remind me of pink Dahlias, which is one of my favorite summer flowers.
Grill Up Some Sweet Treats
A great way to celebrate grilling season, these delightful desserts use clever ingredients (and a bit of work) to recreate a summer BBQ in cupcake form.
White Chocolate Strawberries
I love the white chocolate twist on the classic dipped strawberry. It works perfectly with these delightful pink cupcakes.
Celebrating the Vanilla Bean in Style
These tasteful and elegant treats combine a vanilla bean base with more vanilla bean in the butter cream frosting. A simple pink rose and some baby’s breath are added to elevate the presentation.
The Edible Poop Emoji
If you ever wanted to tell someone to “Eat Poop” here’s your chance! These fun little treats are based on the infamous poop emoji (which, a little bit of trivia, started out as the soft chocolate ice cream emoji).
Strawberry Lemonade
These delicious Strawberry Lemonade inspired treats start with a strawberry cake batter and are then filled with a tangy lemon curd. Finally, they are topped with a swirl of creamy strawberry and lemon cream cheese frosting. Next time though, I would recommend using yellow cupcake liners to keep with the lemonade theme.
Banana Splits
The perfect summer treat that takes everything you love about bana splits and bakes them up into single serve cakes.
An Edible Mini Pinata
These adorable edible pinatas are easy to make and so much fun to serve. Break them open to discover the treasures hidden inside!
Zoo Animals
How cute are these! The edible zoon animal faces create a wonderful set of cupcakes that the kids will LOVE!
Pretty in Pink
Delicate cream and white flower petals flat above soft pink icing in these Spring-inspired cupcake creations.
Chocolate Mint Chip Cupcakes
For those who love mint chocolate (and really, who doesn’t???) we are pleased to present the ultimate mint chocolate chip cupcakes. Chocolate cupcake topped with mint icing which is adorned with some shaved and curled chocolate. Delicious!
Blueberry Swirl
Simple yet elegant, these white cupcakes are frosted with blueberry infused icing and topped with a swirl of blueberry gel icing. So pretty.
Wildberry Cupcakes
The fruit on top and the bright blue cupcake wrappers help make these cupcakes POP!
Teacup Cupcakes
Something different for your next tea party! Serve color coordinated (or contrasting) cupcakes inside the tea cups for a pretty display. Just make sure you remove the cupcakes before you pore the tea!
Strawberry Drizzle Cupcakes
These cupcakes are like strawberry shortcake in cake form. Strawberry cake serves as the base, topped with a whipped icecream with some strawberry drizzle on top. Simple, delicious, and beautiful.
Stork Delivering a Baby
How cute is this! You can customize the color of the icing underneath depending on if it’s a boy or a girl!
Rustic Cupcakes on a Cutting Board
Summer fruit inspired cupcakes are served up on a wood cutting board for a warm and rustic presentation.
Red Velvet Cupcake Sandwich
Two cupcakes and sandwiched together with cream cheese icing in the middle and on the top. This way, you don’t have to feel guilty about eating more than one of these delicious cupcakes!
Red Rose
A beautifully detailed red rose is crafted out of delicious icing on top of this stunning cupcake.
Raspberry Red Velvet
These elegant cupcakes feature delicious red velvet cake as the base, cream cheese icing, and then some raspberries and red sugar crystals to finish off the overall look.
Pale Purple and White
These lovely cupcakes celebrate your love of purple with soft purple icing and accents mixed with white cupcakes for contrast.
Pretty in Pink Polka Dots
I love the cute polka dot cupcake wrappers which help complete the look of these delightful summer fruit-inspired cupcakes.
Pretty Floral Cupcakes on a White Tray
An elegant way to serve cupcakes to guests at a dinner party, these simple yet elegant white cupcakes are decorated with fresh roses and a few marshmallows to create a delightful presentation.
Pink Bucket of Cupcake Flowers
This bunch of lovely garden-inspired cupcakes is served up in a lovely pink bucket, as if they have been freshly picked from the cupcake garden.
Paper Heart
Simply cut up some Edible Cake Paper in red & white and sprinkle it on top of a cupcake to make these beautiful cupcakes that celebrate love in style!
Mini Upside Down Chocolate and Blueberry Cupcakes
Blueberry cupcakes served two ways… the traditional, full-sized cupcakes, plus some mini cupcakes that are turned upside down and frosted on the “bottoms” to create smaller one-bite cupcakes.
Mini Cupcake Pops
Cake pops are so much fun. So are cupcakes. So you can only imagine how much fun folks will have when you combine the two to create these delightful mini cupcake pops.
Marshmallow Sheep
These absolutely adorable cupcakes are crafted using some almond paste and marshmallows to look like a flock of colorful sheep.
Mandarin Orange with Cucumber and Candied Walnuts
These lovely white cupcakes are topped with a unique “fruit salad” featuring fresh whipped cream, mandarin orange segments, cucumber peels, and candied walnuts.
Layer Cake
Can’t decide between a traditional layer cake or a fun cupcake, get the best of both worlds with this fun take on the layered cake, but in cupcake size!
Jeweled
If you really want to up your cupcake game, say it with some BLING! These cupcakes have been iced, in more ways than one!
His and Her Wedding Rings
A lovely way to celebrate your upcoming nuptials. These elegant cupcakes create the perfect backdrop for set of lovely gold wedding bands.
Pretty Flower Petals
These beautiful cupcakes celebrate spring with both the colors and the designs of the flower petals on each delicately detailed cupcake design.
Floral Garden Party
Fruits and edible flowers combine in the toppings of these incredible cupcakes that make it look like a fully bloomed garden on display.
Terra Cotta Serving Pots
I really appreciate it when someone elevates a simple dessert, like the cupcake, by coming up with a creative way to serve them, such as putting these pretty pink floral cupcakes into their own individual small terra cotta pots for serving. Such a fun idea for your next garden party!
Espresso Cupcakes
I love, love, love these decadent and rich cupcakes which have been baked and can now be served inside espresso cups. Such a fun idea for the coffee lover you know!
Pretty Wrappers
Sometimes it’s not just about the cupcakes and the icing, it’s the elegant cupcake liners themselves that steal the show!
Cupcake Decoration Ideas with Edible Paper
Edible Cake Paper has been used to help craft some truly unique designs that are simply delightful to behold.
Colorful Garden
These beautiful cupcakes look like they sprang right out of a beautiful summer’s garden. I love the colors!
Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae
I love how these beautiful cupcakes have been crafted to resemble ice cream sundaes, with a mix of chocolate, vanilla, sprinkles, and a cherry on top!
Chocolate with Mint Infused White Icing
Rich chocolate cupcakes are topped with some white icing that has been infused with crushed mint, with a single mint leaf added on top as a garnish. Simple yet elegant.
Caramel Popcorn Cupcake
This golden cupcake is topped with some butter-cream icing and then finished off with some caramel popcorn. The perfect sweet treat for movie night!
Brazilian Caipirinha Cupcakes
These cupcakes take their inspiration from Brazil’s national cocktail, which is made using cachaca, sugar, and lime. Cachaca, which is also known as caninha along with a bunch of other traditional names, is Brazil’s most common distilled alcoholic beverage. The perfect adult-inspired cupcakes for a dinner party or Back Yard BBQ.
Butterfly on Toadstool
These cupcakes are truly delightful. The mix of the butterflies and the red icing with white candy dots used to mimic the look of toadstools. Great for a kid’s birthday party!
Brownie and Blondie
Mix up your cupcake display with some chocolate and white cupcakes to create a bit of contrast.
Birds Nest
Such a clever idea! Incorporate some candy eggs and some chocolate sprinkles, and you have a delightful cupcake that celebrates nature!
Berry Delicious
I love the rustic look of the twig and berries on top of these perfectly pretty pink cupcake.
Baby Cakes
These adorable cupcakes are perfect for a baby shower or to celebrate the newest born in your family.
Snow Cones
They look like tiny snow cones, don’t they? Well, they’re actually delicious cupcakes frosted in Red, White, and Blue and then dipped in sugar crystals to give it that icy look. See How They’re Made
Patriotic Red, White, and Blue
Celebrate the 4th of July, Memorial Day, President’s Day, or just your love of the USA with these patriotic Red, White, and Blue cupcakes.
Monkey Tree
This cupcake tree is – literally – a tree. Perfect for a kid’s birthday party, or anyone who is still a kid at heart.
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Blooming Succulents
These delightful little cupcakes feature some expertly crafted icing succulents using Wilton decorating tips 199, 18, 2 and 8.
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