These soft Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes have a creamy cheesecake center and fresh homemade strawberry frosting. They are always a hit at any dinner or party we bring them to.
These soft Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes have a creamy cheesecake center and fresh homemade strawberry frosting. They are always a hit at any dinner or party we bring them to.
Ingredients
- For the Cupcakes
- 1 strawberry cake mix
- 1 - 3.4 ounce instant strawberry pudding mix
- 1/2 cup oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- For the Cheesecake Filling
- 1 - 3.4 ounce package instant cheesecake pudding mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups Cool Whip, thawed
- For the Strawberry Butter Cream
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 3/4 cup diced strawberries
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 24 whole strawberries
- 48 graham cracker cookie sticks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with 24 cupcake liners.
- Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, milk, and eggs for 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops spring back. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mix until creamy and thick. Beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add the pudding and beat again. Fold in the whipped topping.
- Use a cupcake corer or small knife to cut out the center of the cupcakes. Spoon the cheesecake filling into a piping bag with icing tip 12 and fill the centers. Refrigerate while you make the frosting.
- Beat the shortening and butter until creamy. Add the salt, vanilla, and strawberry extract and beat again. Slowly add half the powdered sugar until it is mixed in.
- Place the water and strawberries in a food processor or blender and puree. Pour into the frosting and beat until creamy. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Use a large piping bag and icing tip 1M to swirl the frosting on the chilled cupcakes. Add the cookie sticks and a fresh berry to the top of each cupcake. Refrigerate cupcakes until time to serve. Makes 24 cupcakes.
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