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10 Cupcake Decorating Trends To Try This Fall By Jessica Riggio Oct. 13, 2025 2:09 pm EST
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Cupcakes are a fun way to embrace autumn, with cozy flavors and all sorts of frostings to choose from. Simple pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting are always a great choice for bringing a little spice to the season, but sometimes bakers like to kick it up a notch and go all-out with cupcake decorating. This year's fall cupcake ideas are big and bold, decorated with glitter, thick frosting, mountains of marshmallow fluff, and candy toppers. It all starts with a basic, delicious, and fall-inspired cupcake recipe, like this one for Apple Pie Cupcakes . Then, the decorating begins. Dip them in melted chocolate for an extra layer of