This recipe for White Wedding Cake Cupcakes is one of the most popular recipes on RecipeGirl.com.  These are seriously simple to make – you’ll be shocked!  But they turn out the best cupcakes.  They’re so good!

Watch the video showing you how to make White Wedding Cake Cupcakes, then scroll to the very bottom of this post to print out the complete recipe so you can make these at home.

White Wedding Cupcake frosted with candied pearls on top

What supplies do you need to make Wedding Cupcakes?

If you’re looking for the right supplies to make these cupcakes, here are my suggestions (these are affiliate links to Amazon):

This White Wedding Cake Cupcakes recipe has been featured in a post on The Recipe Girl blog, with more photographs and information on the decorator tips that were used and which icing recipe is best (Wedding Cupcake Buttercream) and How to Make Wedding Cupcakes.

Go there for all of the answers to your questions about details on what tips were used for the frosting etc.

I’m not usually one to use a boxed cake mix and doctor it up. I’m much more accustomed to using entirely homemade recipes.

But these turn out delicious, moist and fluffy cupcakes- perfect for holding buttercream frosting.  It’s crazy, but it’s true!

Frosting white cupcakes with green and yellow frosting

Tips for baking the best White Wedding Cake Cupcakes:

As you can see from the photo, the cupcakes lay pretty flat on top and don’t rise into a mound like some cupcakes.  This is a good thing, actually.

You want those cupcakes to have a flat layer so there is a nice, flat base for piping frosting on top.

Don’t fret if the tops of the cupcakes appear to be slightly moist.  That’s okay!  Just cover them with your buttercream frosting, and all will be fine.

For best results, look for white cupcake papers from a real baking supply store.  They’ll have the best products, and that is where I buy the papers that I use.

This recipe has been pinned more than one million times by RecipeGirl readers, and the recipe has been made by thousands and thousands of people.

I receive so many happy emails from brides who chose to use this recipe for their wedding.  It’s that good!

White wedding cake

Can you bake a cake with the White Wedding Cake Cupcakes Recipe?

Yes!  This recipe can also be used to make wedding cake.  I made cupcakes for the wedding- plus a mini cake for the bride and groom to take home and keep.

I used the same Wedding Cupcake Buttercream for the cake too.  It pipes beautifully!  See the links below for the Wedding Cake and Wedding Cupcake Buttercream links!

I’ve made larger cakes by doubling the recipe, and I’ve made mini cakes– as pictured.

White Wedding Cupcake frosted with candied pearls on top

If you have additional questions, it might be helpful to read through the comments below the recipe– you might find the answers you are looking for 🙂

As with using any recipe for an important occasion, my best advice is to test this recipe out and see how you like it before you make it for the big day.  Frost the cupcakes and everything!

Then you’ll know if this recipe is for you.

Here are a few links that may be helpful to you:

White Wedding Cupcake frosted with candied pearls on top
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White Wedding Cake Cupcakes

This cupcake recipe is a very popular one.  They come out perfect every time, and they are great for special occasions!
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 18 minutes
Total: 33 minutes
Servings: 36 cupcakes
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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Place cupcake liners in cupcake pans (you'll need approx. 36).
  • In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, flour, sugar and salt. Add remaining ingredients and beat with hand mixer for 2 minutes, or until well blended.
  • Use an ice cream scoop to fill prepared cupcake tins- fill about 3/4 full. Bake about 18 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Notes

TIPS:

  • Recommend: Most companies have downsized the size of their cake mix from 18.25 to smaller. Some readers have made this recipe as indicated using the smaller size mix and still had great success. Others bought a 2nd mix and added in the missing ounces to the first box. It's up to you on what you want to try. I've had success with making this recipe as-is with the new, smaller cake mixes.  Reading through some of the comments on the post may help...
  • You can use either regular or light sour cream for this recipe, but heck... since it's a wedding cupcake and you want it to be as delicious and moist as possible, I recommend going for the full-fat kind.
  • Add 1 teaspoon of almond extract (in addition to the vanilla) if you wish to have a different flavor.
  • Using a spring ice cream scoop is perfect for getting the batter into the cupcake tins without spilling.
  • You can also use this mix to make cake. Pour into greased and floured cake pans. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcake (no frosting), Calories: 100kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 3mg, Sodium: 143mg, Potassium: 26mg, Sugar: 10g, Vitamin A: 40IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 34mg, Iron: 0.4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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1,209 Comments

  1. Ije says:

    Hi, will this work if I cut the recipe in half? 36 cupcakes will be too much for us. Thanks so much!

    1. Lori Lange says:

      You can try… but then you’d have to cut all of the ingreds in half too, which might be tough. How about freezing the excess cupcakes? Or making a small cake besides the cupcakes to freeze or give away?

  2. Rita Vickery says:

    Hello Lori I was wondering is this the best icing to use on a cake and how can I get that really smooth look?

    1. Lori Lange says:

      yes, it’s great for cake too. I use an offset spatula for spreading.

  3. Ashley says:

    I made these before for a baby shower and they were great! I did white cake mix with my own almond buttercream frosting. Also did strawberry cake mix with and strawberry filling and cream cheese frosting. Everyone LOVED them! Now I’m making some for my sister’s bridal shower. She loves spice cake, so I wanted to do these with either a cinnamon cream cheese frosting or an orange cream cheese frosting. Has anyone tried this with a spice cake mix? Do you know if this recipe would work for a spice mix?

    1. Lori Lange says:

      I haven’t tried it with spice cake!

  4. Berti says:

    where is the recipe for the icing, I did not see it

  5. erica forsythe says:

    I love love love this recipe! I use it every year for my daughters birthday cupcakes and they always turn out amazing. I have used it with white, butter, strawberry and chocolate cake mixes. All of been more then good!

  6. Donna says:

    These “White Wedding Cupcakes” and the buttercream frosting are DELICIOUS!! My husband insists that they are the best cupcakes that he’s ever tasted (and believe me, he’s tasted a lot of cupcakes!!) The recipe is easy to follow. I’ve made it twice and each batch made about 32 cupcakes, but frosting only frosted about two dozen. I always throw the last 8 or so into the freezer, unfrosted, and make a half frosting at another time. They freeze great.

  7. Kari says:

    Hi! Making these ahead this morning for a birthday party tomorrow – should I refrigerate these until I frost them tomorrow afternoon? Or should I just leave them out covered? Thanks!

    1. Lori Lange says:

      If you just keep them in some sort of covered container they should be fine overnight.

  8. Angie Barth says:

    These are so good.My daughters and I made them today and my husband thought we bought them at the store used this butter cream icing recipe
    3 cups powdered sugar
    1 cup of room temp butter
    1 t vanilla
    2 tablespoons whipping cream
    mix really well with a mixer until creamy if you want to flavor it you can use a couple table spoons of jello mix it works really well

  9. Carolyn says:

    I just baked these, they tasted good but stuck to the paper liners. I’ll keep searching for the perfect cupcake recipe :-/

    1. Lori Lange says:

      It had to have been the brand of paper liners that you used as this recipe doesn’t usually do that!

  10. Doni says:

    I made these cupcakes (and the buttercream you used) last night and OH MY! These are the BEST cupcakes (and the most delicious buttercream) ever. I used a 16.25 oz mix, and they turned out great. I have nothing to compare it to, but in case anyone is concerned, it will be fine. It does yield slightly fewer than 36 cupcakes, but I was doubling the recipe anyway. Thanks so much for the great recipe. Very easy and delicious!