Cupcake Bakery Mysteries Books in Order

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay contains 16 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is Sprinkle with Murder (2010) and the newest is Fondant Fumble (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2010–2024
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
2,034 in 7 of 16 books

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries is Jenn McKinlay's culinary cozy mystery run of 16 books in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, published from 2010 to 2024. Angie DeLaura and Melanie Cooper are recorded characters, and subjects include bakeries, bakers, businesswomen, amateur sleuths and murder. Sprinkle with Murder (2010) is the first title. Buttercream Bump Off and Death by the Dozen came out in 2011, and Red Velvet Revenge in 2012. Later books include Going, Going, Ganache (2013), Sugar and Iced (2014), Dark Chocolate Demise (2015) and Wedding Cake Crumble (2018). Fondant Fumble (2024) is the newest.

How many Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books are there?

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries has 16 books, released between 2010 and 2024.

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 12010
  2. 22011
  3. 3
    Death by the DozenCupcake Bakery Mystery #32011 · 294 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011294
  4. 42012
  5. 52013
  6. 6
    Sugar and IcedCupcake Bakery Mystery #62014 · 289 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014289
  7. 7
    Dark Chocolate DemiseCupcake Bakery Mystery #72015 · 295 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015295
  8. 8
    Vanilla BeanedCupcake Bakery Mystery #82016 · 294 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016294
  9. 9
    Caramel CrushCupcake Bakery Mystery #92017 · 296 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017296
  10. 10
    Wedding Cake CrumbleCupcake Bakery Mystery #102018 · 278 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018278
  11. 112019
  12. 122020
  13. 13
    For Batter or WorseCupcake Bakery Mystery #132021 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021288
  14. 142022
  15. 152023
  16. 16
    Fondant FumbleCupcake Bakery Mystery #162024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024

Do you have to read Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cupcake Bakery Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Cupcake Bakery Mysteries

Start with Sprinkle with Murder (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cupcake Bakery Mysteries book?

Fondant Fumble (2024) is the newest Cupcake Bakery Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Cupcake Bakery Mysteries book coming?

No next Cupcake Bakery Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries at a glance

Still running
Cupcake Bakery Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,034 pages across the 7 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books, 11 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
12 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books are about

12 of the 16 Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bakeries is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jenn McKinlay

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Cupcake Bakery Mysteries books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.