Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

Great fun to make, and with a surprise strawberry and cheesecake filling on the inside! Makes 12 large cupcakes.

Ingredients

For the Cake

350g Plain Flour

1.5tbsp Baking Powder

140g Caster Sugar

Finely Grated Rind of Two Oranges

1/2tsp Salt

2 Eggs

250ml Milk

85g Butter, Melted

For the Filling

175g Reduced Fat Cream Cheese

3 tbsp Sugar

6 Strawberries, Halved

For the Icing

100g Reduced Fat Cream Cheese

10g Butter, Softened

300-500g Icing Sugar

Freeze-Dried Strawberries (optional)

Method

1. Grease or line a muffin tin and preheat oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan 180C. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl, and stir in the orange rind and salt. 

2. Beat the eggs and milk in a small jug, and stir in the butter. Add to the dry ingredients gradually to make a loose and slightly lumpy mixture. 

3. For the filling, mix the cream cheese and sugar together. Half fill each hole in your tin with cake mix, then push in half a strawberry, and top with a teaspoon of filling. Then add a spoon of cake mix on top to cover the strawberry and filling. 

4. Bake for 15 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean, and leave to cool completely.

5. Meanwhile, prepare the icing by beating the sugar and cheese together until fluffy, and then gradually adding the icing sugar until you get a thick paste consistency that is still spreadable.

6. To finish, using a small palette knife, spread the top of each cupcake with icing, and sprinkle on some freeze-dried strawberry pieces.

Enjoy :)