Baseball Cupcakes

These baseball cupcakes are super easy to make! All you need is some tasty homemade cupcakes, frosting, and M&Ms. These easy-to-make baseball themed cupcakes are the perfect dessert for the baseball fan!

Baseball Cupcakes Recipe

With Father’s Day and baseball season coming up I thought it would be a great time to share this fun and easy baseball cupcakes recipe. 

Cupcakes are my go-to when I am making dessert for a large crowd, a group of kids, or a party. Cupcakes are individual desserts make it so there is no need to have utensils. They are easy for people to grab and enjoy without worrying about paper plates or forks and all that comes with serving a cake. 

After making the cupcakes and the frosting all you need is some M&Ms to make the classic red baseball stitching. These easy to make baseball cupcakes will be loved by all baseball fans. 

These cupcakes are perfect for a baseball game day party, a ball game day treat for the kids, a baseball birthday party, or for fathers Day for a dad who loves baseball. Once the cupcakes are baked, putting on the baseball decorations is easy to do, and you end up with baseball cupcakes that are 

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Variations of this recipe

For this baseball cupcake recipe, you can use any flavor of cupcake, you can make homemade cupcakes, or use a boxed cake mix. You can use any flavor of frosting that you want, although I suggest sticking with a white frosting so the frosting is the same color as a baseball.

Add sprinkles. If you are using vanilla cupcakes add 1/2 cup of sprinkles in the team colors to the cupcake batter before putting the cupcake batter into the cupcake liners. 

Use team colors for the baseball stitching. If you’re making cupcakes for a specific team, you can customize the colors to match their team colors and use M&Ms in the team colors in place of the red M&Ms.

Tips for Making Baseball Cupcakes

Allow the cupcakes to fully cool. Before decorating the cupcakes with frosting make sure they are completely cooled. 

Have a smooth frosting surface. To achieve a smooth surface for your cupcakes, you can use a spatula or a piping bag. You can also use a knife to spread the frosting evenly. 

Use baseball themed cupcake liners. To keep the baseball theme use cupcake liners that complement the baseball theme, such as ones with baseball prints or team logos.

Follow the recipe. Each cupcake recipe is different. It is important to follow the recipe as directed. all of our cupcake recipes have been tested multiple times to make sure they are perfect.

Bring ingredients to room temperature. Cupcakes will bake best when the ingredients are brought to room temperature before mixing the cupcake batter.

Fill the cupcake liners appropriately. You do not want to over fill the cupcake liners. Follow the directions for the specific cupcake recipe, if the recipe doesn’t tell you how full stick to the 2/3 full rule. Which is roughly 3 tablespoons of cupcake batter per cupcake liner.

What Cake Flavor combinations Can I use with baseball cupcakes?

There are many choices for flavor combinations that you can use for these baseball cupcakes. I prefer to use white frosting so that the tops of the cupcakes are the same color as a baseball. You can use chocolate frosting, strawberry frosting, or any other flavor frosting if you want but they will of course not have the white color like a baseball. 

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How to Store Cupcakes

It is best to store cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter. Cupcakes are best to be enjoyed within 48 hours of making them. They won’t be bad to eat after 40 hours but they will start to dry out and not be as fresh.

After frosting cupcakes you are ok to store them on the counter for a day or 2 but after that they should be stored in the fridge.

If you are storing them unfrosted you can store them in an airtight container or a plastic bag. If you are storing them with frosting on top I suggest using a cupcake storage container.

Baseball Cupcakes Ingredients

• 24 Cupcakes
• 1 batch of White Frosting 
• 2 cups Red M&M’s

How to Make Baseball Cupcakes 

Bake cupcakes according to the package instructions if you are using a boxed mix or according to the recipe instructions if you are making cupcakes from scratch. 

Allow them to cool completely.

While the cupcakes are cooling make your buttercream Frosting flavor of choice. 

Using an offset spatula frost the cupcakes making sure to give them a slightly rounded shape on top so they have the baseball shape to them. 

Using the red M&Ms place them into the frosting standing up in two C shapes on either side of the cupcake to look like the stitching of a baseball.

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