Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes
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These light and creamy strawberry cheesecake cupcakes take just 30 minutes to bake.

Layered with sour cream and fluffy egg white filling, a rich Lotus caramelised biscuit base, and a cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes are irresistible. Finish with a strawberry and serve. These cupcakes are best made and eaten on the same day.

How to make strawberry cheesecake cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 90g plain flour
  • 90g unsalted butter
  • 130g caster sugar
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 4 tbsp sour cream
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 100g Lotus Caramelised biscuits
  • 30g butter
  • 40g chopped strawberries plus 12 to decorate

For the buttercream:

  • 60g unsalted butter room temperature
  • 200g cream cheese - cold
  • 300g icing sugar

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 1

Crush the biscuits by popping them into a sandwich bag and the rolling over with a rolling pin and chop 40g of fresh strawberries

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 2

Mix the crumb with the butter and pop a dessertspoon of the crumb in the cases, pressing down with the back of the spoon. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes.

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 3

Beat the egg whites until you have stiff peaks. Don’t overbeat or it will become watery. Leave to one side.
Mix the flour, salt, baking powder

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 4

Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy and then add half the flour and the sour cream, beat until smooth and then add the remainder of the flour and beat again. Gently fold in the egg whites and then gently fold in the chopped strawberries

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 5

Pop the batter on top of the biscuit bases, filling to ¾ full and bake for half an hour, depending on your oven.
Once the cakes are done the will have a lovely golden colour. If they are ready, remove and cool on a wire rack.

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Step 6

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes

(Image credit: Future)

Add the butter to a large bowl and mix a little of the icing sugar in at a time using a wooden spoon. Once all the icing sugar has been mixed it will seem quite dry, add all the cream cheese and beat until smooth. Don’t over beat or the mixture will be runny. Add colour if you’d like


Add the 1M piping nozzle to the piping bag and pipe swirls on each of the cupcakes by starting in the centre, use the cases as a guide and pipe up into a swirl, to finish push down gently and pull up quickly.


Add a strawberry to each cupcake and sprinkle with crumbs.These cake can be kept in the fridge until you need them.


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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies