8 irresistibly easy cupcake recipes for National Cupcake Day

Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Icing

Topped off with peanut-butter cups, these are the pairing of your PB-loving dreams. Get our chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing recipe.

Photo, Erik Putz.

Chocolate cupcake with marshmallow frosting

A secretly good-for-you cupcake?! It's full of all things good for you, like oats, flax, applesauce and Greek yogurt. (Secret: Skip the icing and you've got a moist breakfast muffin.) Get the recipe.

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

Toasted Coconut Cupcakes

These extra-coconutty treats are one of our favourite cupcakes to date! Get our toasted coconut cupcakes recipe.

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Pumpkin Cupcakes With Maple-Bacon Icing

Maple-bacon — you know you want it. (We've also got a gluten-free option, just in case.) Get the pumpkin cupcakes with maple-bacon icing recipe.

(Photo: Ryan Szulc)

Velvety Beet Cupcakes With Raspberry Icing

Surprise! Don't worry, these superfood cupcakes are perfectly delicious (you can't even tell the beets are in there.) Get our velvety beet cupcakes with raspberry icing recipe.

(Photo: John Cullen)

Chocolate-buttercream

Could there be a better pairing than chocolate cupcakes and buttercream icing?

Photo, Angus Fergusson.

Strawberry And Lemon Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Luscious yet simple lemon-curd folds in seamlessly to this whimsical strawberry and lemon cupcake. Get the strawberry and lemon cream cheese cupcakes recipe.

Mini chocolate cupcakes

Secret ingredients: Quinoa and avocado. But how did each get used? Find out here: get the recipe.

Quinoa Revolution

Gluten-free carrot cupcakes

Made with brown-rice flour, walnuts and cinnamon, this is one delicious cupcake you can feel good about. Get the recipe.

Photo, Michael Alberstat.

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