10 Spring Cupcakes That Celebrate the Season

Our spring cupcake collection honors the season in all kinds of delicious ways. Some of the cupcakes are frosted in sweet shades (think pastels like pink and green). Others have spring sprinkles and pretty botanicals. All are just right for a birthday, picnic, spring potluck, or bridal shower.

We've included classic, crowd-pleasing flavors that always work for spring, like lemon meringue and carrot cake. And don't miss out on the cupcakes that use seasonal fruits, including rhubarb and strawberries.

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Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Inspired by your favorite pie, these lemon-meringue cupcakes pack a lot of citrus flavor into a small package. There's lemon zest and juice in the batter, lemon curd spread on top, and the sweet contrast of piped meringue to finish.

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Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

When strawberry shortcake meets cupcake, the result is a winning dessert. Sour cream-vanilla cupcakes are scooped out with a melon baller, then filled with fresh strawberries and jam and topped with whipped cream and a slice of strawberry.

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Coconut Cupcakes With Seven-Minute Frosting

The billowy frosting on these coconut cupcakes is like a puffy spring cloud. It sits atop a meltingly delicious cupcake packed with coconut flavor, thanks to both shredded coconut and coconut milk in the batter.

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Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes

A classic for good reason: these are the vanilla cupcakes against which we measure all others. The light, moist cakes are topped with vanilla buttercream. Dainty sprinkles are a suitable finishing touch; opt for springlike ones in pretty pastels.

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Orange Curd Cupcakes

Bursting with bright citrusy flavor, these cupcakes call for orange zest in the batter and homemade orange curd in the filling.

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Edible-Flowers Cupcakes

A simple way to decorate any spring cupcake? Edible flowers make the perfect pretty toppers.

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Cupcake Cake Pops

These mini cupcakes on a stick are made with a light, fluffy chocolate cake. They’re covered with a pink-tinted cream-cheese frosting and sprinkles, which give them a fresh spring feel.

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Carrot Cake Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

We love these carrot cake cupcakes unadorned, but we love them even more with a generous swoop of cream cheese frosting. The little cakes are moist, sweet, and infinitely more snackable than a carrot layer cake is.

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Strawberry Cupcakes

These delightful strawberry cupcakes are frosted with a berry meringue buttercream and topped with tiny wild strawberries.

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Rhubarb Muffins

While not a traditional cupcake, these springy rhubarb muffins are too hard to pass up! They're made with buttermilk to give them a lighter texture than traditional muffins.

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Updated by

Victoria Spencer