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Lemon cheesecake cupcakes

Lemon cheesecake cupcakes with lemon curd

Lemon cheesecake cupcakes with lemon curd - easy to make cupcakes that are sweet and tangy, perfect for fancy morning tea or a high tea party.
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Course: Snacks, desserts & condiments
Cuisine: Snacks and sweets
Keyword: lemons
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 529kcal
Author: recipe adapted from Super Food Ideas August 2015

Ingredients

Cakes

  • 250 g 8.8ozcream cheese
  • 2 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
  • 2 tablespoon raw sugar
  • 250 g 8.8oz packet of ginger thin biscuits
  • cup desiccated coconut
  • 80 g 3oz butter, melted and cooled
  • ¾ cup self-raising flour I used wholemeal
  • Extra ¼ cup raw sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Extra 50g 1.7oz butter, melted and cooled

Icing

  • 60 g 2oz butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cups icing sugar mixture I used 2 cups
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ½ cup lemon curd

Instructions

  • Grease 10 holes of a 12-hole silicone muffin tin. If you don’t have silicone then you will need to line the base and sides of each hole with two 1cmx15cm strips of baking paper crossed over on the base of each hole.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, lemon rind and sugar until light and fluffy. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
  • In the bowl of a food processor or Thermomix, process the biscuits, coconut and melted butter into a fine crumb.
  • Divide the mixture between the holes of the muffin tin and gently press around the outside of the cases to form a little cup. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 160C fan-forced.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the flour and extra sugar then make a well in the middle and add the milk, egg, vanilla and extra melted butter and stir to combine.
  • Spoon about 1 tablespoon of batter into each cookie case and then top with a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture and cover with another spoonful of the batter.
  • Bake the cupcakes for 18 minutes or until golden.
  • Leave to cool completely in the tin then transfer to a wire rack.
  • To make the icing, beat the rest of the cream cheese mixture with the extra butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Slowly add the icing sugar and lemon juice and beat until the icing is light and smooth. If it’s a bit too runny, add extra icing sugar mixture.
  • Spoon the icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
  • Spoon a teaspoon blob of lemon curd on top of each cake and then pipe the icing on top.
  • Serve.
  • Refrigerate if not serving straight away.

Notes

prep time includes 30 minutes of chilling

Nutrition

Calories: 529kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 384mg | Potassium: 168mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 845IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2mg
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