Strawberry Cheesecake Cup Cakes

makes 18

You will need:

100g flour

100g sugar, sifted

1/4 tsp baking powder

75g butter

25g cream cheese

1 tbsp strawberry jam

1 egg, 1egg yolk and 1 egg white

6 digestive biscuits made into fine crumbs

For the strawberry cream cheese topping:

300g icing sugar

100g cream cheese

50g room temp butter

1 tsp strawberry jam

To decorate:

fresh strawberries

more digestive biscuit crumbs

To make the cupcakes:

pre heat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan

place the egg white in a bowl and whisk on high until it is firm and a little peak forms

once the egg white is ready, put it into a bowl to use later

place the butter, cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and beat well until the mixture turns pale and creamy

then add the flour, baking powder and egg and egg yolk and continue mixing until combined

stir through the jam and then fold in the egg white

in each paper cake case add a tsp of the digestive biscuit crumbs

then add the cake batter to fill the case about 3/4 full

put the trays into the oven and cook for about 20 minutes until the cakes are cooked all the way through

while they are cooking make your 

strawberry cream cheese frosting:

place butter and icing sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy and combined

add the cream cheese and jam and mix well

place into the fridge to keep chilled until you are ready to use it

once the cakes are cooked and cooled completely, top your cakes with the cream cheese frosting.

(I did find the frosting a little sloppy for piping but being a novice at piping that may have been because i added too much to each cake!)

then top each cake with the biscuit crumbs and a strawberry - left whole or sliced

keep the cakes in the fridge and they will keep for 3-4 days (if they don't get eaten faster of course!)

mmmmm!!

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