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Cupcake Bakery Mystery Books in Order

Cupcake Bakery Mystery 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
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Cupcake Bakery Mystery is a culinary mystery series by Jenn McKinlay. Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura run a bakery and investigate the murders around it, and the titles set a dessert beside a crime: Sprinkle with Murder (2010), Buttercream Bump Off (2011), Death by the Dozen (2011), Red Velvet Revenge (2012), Dark Chocolate Demise (2015), Caramel Crush (2017) and Wedding Cake Crumble (2018) among them. Sixteen books run to Fondant Fumble (2024), at a median of 294 pages, and the series is ongoing.

How many Cupcake Bakery Mystery books are there?

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

Cupcake Bakery Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Cupcake Bakery Mystery 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. Cover of Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay, book 1 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2010)
  2. Cover of Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay, book 2 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2011)
  3. Cover of Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay, book 3 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2011)
  4. Cover of Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay, book 4 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2012)
  5. Cover of Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay, book 5 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2013)
  6. Cover of Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay, book 6 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2014)
  7. Cover of Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay, book 10 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2018)
  8. Cover of Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay, book 11 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2019)
  9. Cover of Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay, book 12 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2020)
  10. Cover of For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay, book 13 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2021)
  11. Cover of Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay, book 14 of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series (2022)
  1. 1
    Sprinkle with Murder2010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    Buttercream Bump Off2011 · confirmed 4/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    Death by the Dozen2011 · 294 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011294
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  4. 4
    Red Velvet Revenge2012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Going, Going, Ganache2013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Sugar and Iced2014 · 289 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014289
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  7. 7
    Dark Chocolate Demise2015 · 295 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015295
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  8. 8
    Vanilla Beaned2016 · 294 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016294
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  9. 9
    Caramel Crush2017 · 296 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017296
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  10. 10
    Wedding Cake Crumble2018 · 278 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018278
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  11. 11
    Dying for Devil's Food2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Pumpkin Spice Peril2020 · confirmed 4/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    For Batter or Worse2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021288
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  14. 14
    Strawberried Alive2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Sugar Plum Poisoned2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Fondant Fumble2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Is there a chronological order for Cupcake Bakery Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Cupcake Bakery Mystery, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

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

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

Where to start with Cupcake Bakery Mystery

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

What is the newest Cupcake Bakery Mystery book?

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

Is there a new Cupcake Bakery Mystery book coming?

No next Cupcake Bakery Mystery 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 Mystery at a glance

Still running
Cupcake Bakery Mystery is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Cupcake Bakery Mystery 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 Mystery 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 Mystery books are about

12 of the 16 Cupcake Bakery Mystery 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.

Characters in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery books

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