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Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

These strawberry cupcakes are filled with cheesecake and topped with a strawberry buttercream and crushed graham crackers!
Course Dessert
Cuisine dessert
Keyword cheesecake, cupcakes, strawberry cheesecake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 18 cupcakes
Author The Cupcake Chronicles

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 3/4 cup strawberry puree about 1 1/2 C whole berries
  • 1 2/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup chopped strawberries

Strawberry buttercream

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup strawberry jam store bought

Cheesecake filling

  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Garnish

  • 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers
  • 1/2 cup chopped strawberries
  • 1/4 cup strawberry jam store bought

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake tin with 18 liners
  • Place your berries in a food processor and puree until smooth. Push the pureed berries through a mesh sieve to get rid of any seeds. Set aside
  • In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition.
  • Add in vanilla extract.
  • Add in 1/3 of the dry ingredients and then half of the milk. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until combined
  • Mix in the strawberry puree and fold in the chopped strawberries
  • Bake for 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

For the cheesecake filling

  • With a hand mixer, beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks. You will know you have stiff peaks when you life the bowl upside down and the cream doesn't move.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat togeher the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth
  • Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture. Fold until smooth. Store in the fridge.

For the buttercream

  • Beat the butter in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment until smooth. Slowly add in the powdered sugar and beat until fluffy.
  • Mix in the vanilla extract and strawberry jelly.

Assembly

  • Once the cupcakes are completely cool, take a small pairing knife and cut a small circle in the top of each cupcake and take out the center piece.
  • With a spoon or a piping bag, fill each cupcake whole with some cheesecake filling.
  • Pipe strawberry buttercream on top of each filled cupcake around the rim. Leave a hole in the center of the icing to place the chopped berries.
  • Place the crushed graham crackers on a plate and roll the top of the cupcake in the crushed pieces. Do this carefully or the icing will fall off.
  • Take your chopped berries and mix them together in a bowl with the strawberry jam. Place a tablespoon of this mixture in the center of each cupcake, in the small hole you left inside the buttercream border.
  • Store these cupcakes in the refridgerator.

Notes

We love to keep these stored in the refrigerator. Just let them sit out at room temperature for 15-20 minutes to let the buttercream soften up before eating.
You could substitute the strawberries for blueberries to make a strawberry cheesecake cupcake.