When people think of fall baking, they think of Dutch apple pie and other crumb-topped pies and cobblers. Cupcakes are also a great choice for fall, though, and it’s fun to mix and match all of your favorite fall flavors in the cake and frosting.

Any of these cupcake recipes can be made as mini cupcakes. Minis work well when there are lots of other desserts on the table and people want to sample them all. In general, to make minis, you’ll simply need to shorten the baking time.

1. Someone else doing the cleanup work – anyone would do, but someone you are physically attracted to would be ideal… or a robot… or an adorable talking kitten.