Want to start a cupcake shop, bakery, or other business? According to one study there are more than 770 cupcakes consumed each year. This means there’s a big market of consumers who want to devour your baked goods.

If you run—or are planning to open up—a bakery, shop, food product business, or food establishment that serves cupcakes, here are some business name ideas to consider organized by category.

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Cupcake Bakery Name Ideas

Let’s start with some catchy business names for a cupcake bakery.

  • Good Ole’ Cupcakes
  • Mommy’s Cupcakes
  • Sweet Baked Goodies
  • The Sweet Bakery
  • Cups
  • Little Cakes
  • Rosy Cakes
  • The Cupcake Factory
  • The Cupcake Place
  • Baked Delights
  • Star Bakery
  • Cute Cakes Center
  • The Cupcake Center
  • The Cupcake Castle
  • Cakes, Cupcakes, and More
  • If You Love Cupcakes
  • The Cupcake Miracle
  • Hallelujah Cupcakes
  • Muffs and Cups
  • The Story of Cupcakes
  • Where The Best Cupcakes Are
  • Cupcake Kingdom
  • Cupcake Empire
  • Frosty and Creamy
  • Sprinkles
  • Angel Dust
  • Muffins and Cuppins
  • Sweet Treats
  • Cupcakes to Go
  • Mr. Sweet Bakery
  • Grandma’s Goodies
  • Cupcake Republic
  • J&J Cupcakes
  • The Cupcake
  • Best Cupcakes in the World
  • Mr. Charles Baking Company
  • Mrs. Goodie’s Goodies
  • The Cupcake Bakery
  • The Cup and the Cake
  • (your name)’s Cupcakes
  • (your name)’s Baking Kingdom
  • (your name)’s Empire of Baked Delights
  • (your name)’s Cupcakes, Muffins, and More
  • (your name)’s Bakery

Cupcake trailer.

Cupcake Shop Names

If you plan to run a smaller shop, stall, or stand for your baked goodies—or if you plan on specializing in baking and serving cupcakes then these shop names are for you.

  • Cupcakes Et Al
  • The Cupcake Shop
  • The Cupcake Outlet
  • The Sweet Stand
  • Cupcake Palace
  • Mini Sweetie
  • Cupcake Island
  • Mr./Mrs. Cupcake
  • Warosa Cupcake Stand
  • A Little Bit of Cupcake
  • Our Cute Cupcake Place
  • Teddy Cupcake
  • Meet Our Cupcakes
  • Rainbow Cupcakes
  • Baked Sweeties
  • Fairy Cakes
  • Summer Cups
  • Under the Evergreens
  • Cupcake Glade
  • Flower Cupcake Stall
  • Cupcake Corner
  • Any Strawberry
  • The Brownie and Cupcake Connection
  • Browns, Reds, and Oranges

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  • The Sweet Treat
  • Lovely and Sweet
  • The Small Cupcake Stall
  • Cupcake Afternoon
  • Cakes and Coffees
  • The Fairy Dust
  • Realm of Cupcake
  • The Full Moon Cakes
  • Cupcake Hammer
  • Dessert Farm
  • Dessert Station
  • Sprinkling Dessert
  • The Sweet Place
  • The Happy Cupcakes
  • The Sugary Hole
  • (your name)’s Cupcake Stand
  • (your name)’s Dessert Shop
  • (your name)’s Cupcakes and All
  • (your name)’s Afternoon Shop
  • (your name)’s Fiesta Cakes

Cute Cupcake Names

Here are some cute cupcake names you could include on a menu.

  • Heart Cake
  • Cutie cake
  • Love Cake
  • Fairy’s Favorite
  • Thumbelina
  • Princess Cupcake
  • Rainbows in a Cupcake
  • Aqua Cake
  • Cupcake Surprise
  • Sweet Blossom
  • Sweet Caress
  • Cinderella’s Specialty
  • Aurora
  • Mom’s Love Cakes
  • Grandma’s Specials
  • Soft N’ Sweet
  • The Big Red Cupcake
  • Packed Sweetness
  • Goodness Oozing
  • Fairyland
  • Vanberry
  • The Heartbox
  • All the Love
  • Smile Cake
  • Sweet Smiles
  • Dad’s Only
  • Fam’s Cupcake
  • Squirting Goodness
  • Love Bite
  • Soft Love
  • The Heart of Sweetness
  • Beauticake
  • The Love Snack
  • Beautifully Sweet
  • Sprinkles
  • Sprinkling Wonder
  • Sweet Rainbow
  • Star Cupcake
  • Cupcake of the Moon
  • (your name)’s Cute Cakes
  • (your name)’s Love Bun
  • (your name)’s Sweet Delight
  • (your name)’s Garden in a Muffin
  • (your name)’s Softness

Chocolate cupcakes.

Funny Cupcake Names

Put a smile on your customer’s face as you read selections from your cupcake menu.

  • The No-Diet Cupcake
  • The Cupcake of Horrors
  • Legendary Cupcake
  • Softer than Your Girlfriend’s Heart
  • The Big Small Cake
  • Delightfully Mouthful
  • Not a Cheesecake
  • Soft Laughter
  • Eat N’ Laugh
  • Sweeter Than Your Sweetheart
  • Swirly Tops
  • Curly at the Top
  • There’s Something Inside
  • It’s Alive!
  • Cupcakes for Meat Lovers
  • The Veggie Cupcake
  • Cupcakes for Men/Women
  • The Real Cupcake
  • Faking Cupcake
  • Not a Cupcake
  • The Blue/Green Cupcake

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  • Cupcake with Ketchup
  • The Cupcake That Sticks
  • The Exploding Cupcake
  • Cupcake Joint
  • Hand to Mouth
  • Cupcake of a Lifetime
  • Cool Cupcakes
  • The Vampiric Cupcake
  • Werewolf Cupcake
  • The Jester
  • The Red Clown
  • The Power Cupcake
  • Blade
  • The Black Muffin
  • Where You Goin’?
  • Down the Hatchet
  • Maleficent’s Dessert
  • The Fairest of Them All
  • (your name)’s Secret Cake
  • (your name)’s Mom’s Cupcake’s Copy
  • (your name)’s No Complaint Cupcake
  • (your name)’s Unlimited Cupcake
  • (your name)’s Melts On Your Hands

Cupcake Names for Instagram

Use these names when you post photos of cupcakes on your Instagram and Facebook accounts.

  • A cupcake in the sun
  • Soft, softer, softest
  • Beautiful and sweet
  • Cupcake bonanza
  • A dash of colors and flavors
  • The art of cupcakes
  • A masterpiece in desserts
  • Fighter cupcakes
  • Sweet culinary artwork
  • Dessertations
  • It’s all mine!
  • Delicious cakes on saucers
  • The cakes on cups
  • Olympic cupcakes
  • Olympiad desserts
  • Rainbows that you can eat
  • Lovingly sprinkled
  • Aunt May’s cupcakes
  • 30-minutes of pure bliss
  • Cruising cupcakes
  • No small cakes
  • Sweetness in miniature
  • Happiness in a cupcake
  • Loaded with cream and sprinkles
  • The ultimate bliss
  • Sniping goodness
  • Assaulting the cupcakes
  • No one touches the cupcakes
  • Here’s to sweetness
  • Too good to pass
  • Facecakes
  • My heroes
  • The cupcakes of the millennium
  • The future of cupcakes
  • Instagram cupcakes
  • The Grammed Cupcake
  • The traveling cupcake
  • It’s not melons
  • The colors of joy
  • (your name)’s source of happiness
  • (your name)’s own
  • (your name)’s cupcakes
  • (your name)’s bliss
  • (your name)’s sweet palate

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Homemade Cupcake Business Names

I love baking cupcakes at home. They have more soul, heart—and taste—than commercially bought ones.

  • Mom’s Cupcakes
  • Loving Home
  • Made from Home
  • Purely Homey
  • Oven to Mouth Delights
  • Home to Heart
  • Freshly Homemade Cupcakes
  • Cupcakes of Home
  • Homey Delights
  • Baked From Home
  • Home Sweet Home
  • Family Secrets
  • The House of Cupcakes
  • Cupcake Home
  • Simply Sweet
  • Just So Good Cupcakes
  • Homebased Desserts
  • Lovingly Sweet
  • Warm, Sweet, and Lovely
  • Lovingly Baked
  • Homebound Sweetness
  • Traditionally Sweet
  • Goodies from Home
  • The Sweetness of Home
  • Grammy’s Sweet Treasures
  • Home-Classic Cupcakes
  • Golden Heart Desserts
  • Heart and Soul Sweets
  • Sweets from the Heart
  • Good Ole’ Home Desserts
  • Where the Best Desserts Are
  • Cupcake House
  • Cupcake/Muffin Villa
  • Lovingly Baked by Momma
  • Livin’ Cupcakes
  • Desserts from Home
  • Many Hearts
  • Moonlight Desserts
  • The Patio
  • (your name)’s Homemade Cupcakes
  • (your name)’s Desserts Made from Home
  • (your name)’s Sweet Delights from Home
  • (your name)’s Home-crafted Desserts
  • (your name)’s Specialty Desserts

Chocolate Cupcake Names

Chocolate cupcakes are the “kings of cupcakes” since virtually everyone loves chocolate. Why not use more creative names such as the ones below?

  • Choco Supreme
  • Choco Creme
  • Ultimate Chocolate
  • The Brown Cupcake
  • Brown Cape
  • Dark Love
  • Sweet Temptation
  • The Godzilla Cupcake
  • Choco Monster
  • Sweet Cocoa
  • This Sweet Brown Thing
  • Brown Cup
  • Bittersweet Cup
  • Brown Heart
  • Choco Master
  • Chococute
  • The Cupcake to Die For
  • Chocobus
  • Chocolate Temptation
  • Brown Down, White Up
  • Creamy and Chocoey
  • Choco Haven

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  • Golden Chocolate
  • Choco Puppies
  • The Essence of Chocolate
  • Choco/Brown Foundation
  • Black Heart
  • Wonder of Chocolate
  • Chocolate Domes
  • The New Chocolate Generation
  • Choco in a Cup
  • Choco With Feelings
  • Feel the Sweetness
  • Sinful Delight
  • Starry, Starry Night
  • Star of Desserts
  • The Ultimate Cupcake
  • When Love Turns Dark
  • Charmingly Choco
  • (your name)’s Chocolate Charm
  • (your name)’s Black Magic
  • (your name)’s Dark Allure
  • (your name)’s Gold Choco Cup
  • (your name)’s Ice Cream Choco Cupcake

Red Velvet Cupcake Names

Here are more imaginative names for red velvet cupcakes.

  • Lava Cupcake
  • Soul of Romance
  • Red Luxury
  • Creamy Stripes
  • Sniper’s Snack
  • Opulent Sweetness
  • The Taste of Opulence
  • Reddish Cream
  • Lovely Velvet
  • Velvety Sweetness
  • Velvet Opulence
  • Velvet Goodness
  • Not Just Your Ordinary Red Velvet
  • Cream Red
  • Goodness Gracious!
  • Red Never Tasted So Good
  • Velvety Soft
  • Red Velvet Surprise
  • Velvet in a Cup
  • The Red Cupcake
  • Sprinkled Reds
  • Creamy N’ Soft
  • Lavishing Sweetness
  • Purple Treat
  • The Rich and Tasty
  • Richly Endowed
  • Jewel of All Cupcakes
  • Red Gem
  • Delicious Wonder
  • Lightly Velvet
  • Purple Galaxy
  • Sprinkled with Red
  • Cream and Sprinkles
  • Velvet Magic
  • Red Choco
  • Star of the Afternoon
  • Red Sweetness
  • Suede
  • Beautiful World
  • (your name)’s Red Velvet Cupcakes
  • (your name)’s Velvet Cup
  • (your name)’s Sweetness Overload
  • (your name)’s Luxury Cupcakes
  • (your name)’s Extravagance
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Vanilla Cupcake Names

Vanilla is often the core of many desserts and often serves as the base of many other flavors. These are the perfect baked goods to top with frosting and sprinkles to add color and flavor.

  • Vanilla Sunset/Sunrise
  • The Core
  • The White Cup
  • Simply Creamy
  • Simply Simple
  • Vanilla World
  • Cloud 9
  • Fluffy
  • White Cloud
  • White Stinger
  • Vanilla Lux
  • The Top Vanilla
  • Vanilla’s Best
  • Cupped and Vanillaed
  • The Vanilla Treasure
  • The White King/Queen
  • Mom’s Vanilla Cupcakes
  • When Vanillas Unite
  • Vanilla Sweet
  • The Master Vanilla
  • White Bliss
  • Whiter and Sweeter
  • Vanilla Top
  • White Cream
  • Pure Sweetness
  • Heaven’s Taste
  • Purely Heaven
  • The Top of the Clouds
  • Vanilla Sprinkles
  • Clouds and Birds
  • Sinfully White
  • Sky Fellow
  • The White Muffin
  • Creamy on Top
  • Twisted Cream
  • The White Cupcake
  • Snow White
  • White Rose
  • White Baton
  • (your name)’s Whitecakes
  • (your name)’s Whitecups
  • (your name)’s Snowy Dessert
  • (your name)’s Creamy White
  • (your name)’s Vanilla Surprise

Lemon Cupcake Names

Here are some cool names for a lemon cupcake selection.

  • Lemon Cup
  • Cupmon
  • LemoCake
  • The Yellow Hill/Mountain
  • The Yellow Dancer
  • Pirouette
  • Lemon Delight
  • Lemony
  • Creamy Lemon
  • Lemon Muffin
  • The Lemon Top
  • Lemon Special
  • Lemon Heaven
  • Yellow Paradise
  • The Yellow Stuffed
  • Stuffed Lemon Cupcake
  • Sweetly Yellow
  • Lemony Treat
  • Lemony Bliss
  • It’s All About Lemons
  • Lemons and More
  • Meet Joe Yellow
  • Quaint Yellow
  • Summer
  • Summer Sweets
  • The Sweetness of Summer
  • The Yellow Wizard
  • Lemon Wizardry
  • The Special Lemon
  • Yellow Fireworks
  • Summer in Your Mouth
  • The Joy of Sunshine
  • Sweet Sunshine
  • Yellow Sparkle
  • Sugar Sun
  • Summer Remembrance
  • Bright Lemon
  • Summery Dessert
  • The Love of Summer
  • (your name)’s Lemon Cupcakes
  • (your name)’s Lemon Sprinkles
  • (your name)’s Lemon Sparkle
  • (your name)’s Yellow Magic
  • (your name)’s Lemon A-go-go

Strawberry Cupcake Names

Ah, strawberries are the fruits of love, passion, and desire. They’re often included either as main ingredients or garnishing in baked goodies such as cupcakes too.

  • Berry Good/Sweet
  • Berrycake
  • The Cupping Straw
  • Sinfully Red
  • Strawberry Pleasure
  • Red Passion
  • Passion Cupcake
  • Muffin of Passion
  • Love Cup
  • Strawberry Love
  • The Goal of Every Strawberry
  • Strawberry Cream Cupcake
  • A Strawberry’s Ambition
  • Berry Cupcake
  • More than Strawberries
  • Strawberries in a Cake Form
  • The Strawberry Connection
  • Cup of Passion
  • Lustcake
  • Sweet Lust
  • Lover’s Cupcake
  • Ultimate Strawberry
  • Not Just a Strawberry
  • Strawberry Bun
  • The Red Minstrel
  • Strawberry Delight
  • Luxurious Strawberry
  • Baked Berry
  • Oven-fresh Berry
  • Berry Red
  • Red Tops
  • Berry Creamy
  • Topped with Berries
  • The Straw and the Berry
  • Strawberry Ultima
  • Strawberry Trigger
  • Celtic Berry
  • Desire
  • Passionate Aspiration
  • (your name)’s Strawberry Cupcake
  • (your name)’s Red Magic
  • (your name)’s Special Berry Bakes
  • (your name)’s Berry Red
  • (your name)’s Strawberry Shocker

Spooky Cupcake Names

Cupcakes are popular treats during Halloween too. During Halloween, change the labels of your standard cupcakes in your menu to these creepy crawly names.

  • Halloween Cupcake
  • Dracula’s Dried Blood
  • The Shocker
  • Zombie Entrails
  • Pumpkin Cupcake
  • Jack o’ Cupcake
  • The Witch’s Cupcake
  • The Whipping Cream-less Cupcake
  • Jeepers Cupcake
  • If the Wicked Witch Has a Cupcake Instead of an Apple
  • The Bewitched Cupcake
  • Cupcake From Hell
  • The Devil’s Dessert
  • Red Dried Blood
  • Guts
  • Batcake
  • The Executor
  • The Mourning Bride
  • Burning Shield
  • The Titanic Cupcake
  • Spookies
  • Spookcakes
  • Ghostcakes
  • Cupcake Spirits
  • Haunted Cupcakes
  • The Tooth Eater
  • The Addictive Cupcake
  • Veins
  • Arteries
  • The Organ
  • Organelle
  • Baked in Hell
  • Werecake
  • Rumplescupcake
  • The Ghoul
  • Stoker
  • The Headless Cupcake
  • The Rightmare
  • Creamy Goo
  • (your name)’s Baked Spookies
  • (your name)’s Spookycakes
  • (your name)’s Cup of Blood
  • (your name)’s Bethsheeba
  • (your name)’s Cupcrow

Creative Flavor Ideas for Cupcakes

Chocolate, vanilla, lemon, strawberry, red velvet—these are proven flavors that everyone loves. But what about some unusual flavors that will make your cupcake really stand out? Check out these ideas.

  • Bacon cupcake
  • Hashcake
  • Veggie cupcake
  • Beer cupcake
  • Sweet tea cupcake
  • Peanut and cheese cupcake
  • Coconut cupcake
  • Muktukcake
  • Hot and spicy cupcake
  • The ketocake
  • Bittersweet cupcake
  • Orange-Lemon cupcake
  • Strawberry-milk cupcake
  • Milkcake
  • Tomato cupcake
  • Fig and cheese cupcake
  • Maple and bacon cupcake
  • Potato chip cupcake
  • Waffle cupcake
  • Thanksgiving cupcake
  • Valentines cupcake
  • Christmas cupcake
  • Choco and blueberry cupcake

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  • Nighthshade cupcake
  • Fried chicken cupcake
  • Fish n’ chips cupcake
  • Multi-flavor cupcake
  • Iced/frozen cupcake
  • Sweet and sour cupcake
  • Crybaby cupcake
  • Sour cream cupcake
  • Choco-spice cupcake
  • Pumpkin seed cupcake
  • Passion fruit cupcake
  • Mangosteen cupcake
  • Choco-mango cupcake
  • Salty and sweet cupcake
  • Scotch cupcake
  • Tequila cupcake
  • Savory delight cupcake
  • Flan cupcake
  • Snow cone cupcake
  • Queen’s cupcake
  • Sticky caramel cupcake

Sometimes the best businesses are the ones you don’t need to overthink. The cupcake business is certainly that kind of industry. I wish you success in your baking venture.

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