Get the best of both worlds with this delightful Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes recipe. Strawberry cake made with REAL strawberries and cream cheese icing with graham cracker crumbs.
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 2dozen
Calories
Author The Gracious Wife
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
1 ½cupsgranulated sugar
½cupbutter
2eggs
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
2teaspoonsbaking powder
½cmilk
1cupof strawberry puree
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
Use THIS cream cheese frosting recipe
6full-sized graham crackers
Instructions
Cupcakes
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully combined.
Add vanilla and strawberry puree and continue mixing.
Add flour and baking powder. Mix again until combined.
Slowly add milk, and mix until just incorporated (not too long!)
Pour or scoop batter into a greased cupcake pan and bake at 350* for 20 minutes (Or until a toothpick comes out clean). If you'd like to bake a cake with this recipe, pour into a greased baking pan and bake at 350* for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.