Monday, May 3, 2010

Strawberry cheesecake filled cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting

Oven temp = 350 deg

Strawberry cheesecake filling:
8oz cream cheese
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup chopped strawberries

Beat the cream cheese, eggs and sugar together until combined. Mix in strawberries. Pour into 24 mini cupcake tins and bake at 350 until almost set. Cool.

Vanilla cupcakes:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/3 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cups water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 Tbs + 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Mix in water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla until everything is well combined. Pour a small layer of batter into the bottom of each of 24 cupcake papers. Place a pre-baked and cooled strawberry cheesecake into each cupcake and pour additional batter over the top until about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 deg for about 27 minutes.

Strawberry cream cheese frosting:
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup strawberry puree
3 cups powdered sugar

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar. Slowly beat in strawberry puree until fluffy.

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