I will use your suggested. The subject must agree in number with its verb. To make for is an idiom with several different meanings.
GHAR MORE PARDESIYA Shreya Ghoshal
In the context of this question, the approximate meaning is 'to produce', 'to. This is the rule to be applied while deciding what to opt for. The formal and traditional answer is makes, because the subject is the singular noun phrase receiving homemade cupcakes.
I must have heard people use it incorrectly so much that the correct way sounds strange.
Thus, if a subject is.
