Pull-apart cupcake recipes to impress your mates and kids with

We hope you’ve got a birthday party coming up, because you’re going to want to be the first person to show up with these. Yes, pull-apart cupcakes are the mind-blowing baking trick we never knew we needed.

Rebecca Nittolo

2 min read

March 6, 2024 - 5:00AM

Meet the best birthday cakes on the planet

Is it a cake? Is it a cupcake? It’s both! These giant cakes might look like complicated, over-the-top masterpieces, but they’re simply made up of cleverly assembled and decorated cupcakes.

Our very talented commercial food director Tiffany Page is the brains behind these four remarkable creations. You can choose from a rainbow, an emoji, a giant cupcake or… yes… a Minecraft sword.

Tiffany says: “Pull-apart cupcakes make a rather impressive party centrepiece, but you don’t even have to bake the cupcakes yourself. All you have to do is arrange them into the shape of your choice and get crafty with a piping bag and some icing.”

Prepare yourselves…

Rainbow pull-apart cupcakes.

Rainbow pull-apart cupcakes

Simply arrange 58 vanilla cupcakes into an arch, mix up seven different coloured icings and get your star nozzle and your steady hand ready. You can pipe extra stars where needed to fill in any gaps (or correct errors!)

Get the full recipe here.

Smiley emoji pull-apart cupcakes.

Smiley emoji pull-apart cupcakes

This cake will put a smile on everyone’s face – including yours as it’s so easy to make! If you’re feeling extra creative you can try a different emoji (wink wink).

Get the full recipe here.

Giant pull-apart cupcake.

Giant pull-apart cupcake

We struggled with the title for this one – it started out as the “giant cupcake pull-apart cupcakes cake”! This one features 33 cupcakes arranged into the shape of one giant cupcake. Oh, and it’s smothered in delicious buttercream and jelly beans.

Get the full recipe here.

Minecraft sword pull-apart cupcakes.

Minecraft sword pull-apart cupcakes

We know how much kids love Minecraft, so this one was a must. Just two shades of blue and two shades of brown result in the hilt and blade of a sword – we know you’ll (ahem) dig it as much as us.

Get the full recipe here.

So, when’s the next birthday party? Tomorrow?