Lemon Cheesecake Cupcakes
I could not resist to share this divine recipe from the 150 Best Cupcake Recipes cookbook. These precious miniature cheesecakes are not only cute, but they’re also amazingly tasty! Try this Lemon Cheesecake Cupcake recipe this weekend. Your whole family will love it!
Lemon Cheesecake Cupcakes (page 113)
Makes a dozen of yummy cupcakes
Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C)
Lined Muffin pan
For the filling you will need:
1⁄4 cup, 60 ml sour cream
12 oz, cream cheese (package of 375 g)
1⁄2 cup, 125 ml sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp, 5 ml grated lemon zest
3⁄4 cup, 175 ml lemon curd, from the grocery or homemade.
Store-bought lemon curd is usually available in stores with the baking supplies or with the jams and jellies. You can also find a Lemon Curd recipe on page 165 of the same cookbook!
For the crust, you will need:
1 tbsp, 15 ml packed brown sugar
3⁄4 cup, 175 ml graham cracker
3 tbsp, 45 ml melted unsalted butter
Instructions
- Whisk brown sugar, graham crumbs, and melted butter together in a bowl. Press mixture into cups.
- In your food processor (metal blade preferably) start by pulsing cream cheese until it becomes smooth. Combine sugar and pulse it again. Add sour cream and also pulse until smooth. Combine zest and eggs, pulsing again.
- Fill the cups. Bake for about 18 -22 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool down in pan for about 10-12 minutes. Remove and place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours. Before serving, place a curd over each cupcake.
Make sure to check out the Lemon Yogurt Cupcakes from the same book! It is definitely one of my favourite cookbooks this year! Other delicious recipes that you will find in this book include Orange Chocolate Cupcakes, French Toast Cupcakes, Vegan Carrot Raisin Cupcakes, Ginger Cream Cheese Icing, Pink Lemonade Cupcakes, and Margarita Cupcakes.
Also available The Complete Book of Pies and 300 best Chocolate recipes by Julie Hason also published by Robert Rose.
Courtesy of 150 Best Cupcake Recipes by Julie Hasson © Reprinted with permission www.robertrose.ca.
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My grandaughter and I went to buy the lemon curd..$5. For a small jar. Decided to make our own. Was easy and tastes great. This recipe gets a 10 from us. To prevent the. Cupcakes feom falling , when the time was up, I left them in the oven to cool down for about 15 minutes. This way they cool slower. No problems and will definitely make again!
I enjoy cheese cake immensely and to think as a child I’d never eat it because of the name – cheese in cake = yucky or so I thought back then. I love the fact that these are smaller portions since I’m on my own and couldn’t possibly manage a whole cake on my own – well I probably could but I’d be sick afterwards LOL.
Many of my mini cheesecakes sink…anyone know how to prevent this from happening??
I made these and they are very, very tasty. It makes 12 regular size cupcakes. The only problem I had was as soon as I took them out of the oven to cool, they collapsed. They were sunken in. I’ve had that happen with a full size cheesecake also. I just don’t know why that happens.
This sounds so decadent! I love the idea of a cheesecake CUPCAKE!!!!
I’m going to be craving cheesecake all day now. These look incredible!
The Lemon Cheesecake Cupcakes look very tempting and sound delicious.
Are these mini or regular size cupcake?
oh my these look good..so fresh and tasty! thank you for the recipe!
Hi Patricia! It makes a dozen of cupcakes.
How many cupcakes does this make?
Ce dessert est tout simplement un vrai délice. Il faut le faire !
Two of my favorite things Lemon & Cheesecake…..cant wait to try this recipe!!
Adding to my Recipe Box right now!!
My wife loves Cheesecake and lemon – I should make these to surprise her for our anniversary! Thanks for the recipe – looks easy!
these look SO yummy!
These were awesome! I highly recommend this recipe.
these look so super tasty I love lemon flavor. The freshness of these cupcakes make s me think of summer that is right around the corner
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Ooo just the kind of recipe I was looking for. Thank you for sharing. I’ll be sure to try this one out
These look like the perfect sweet treat for spring. They even look like spring! We love cheesecake, so thanks for sharing this recipe.
That looks so good! I love cheesecake and having them in smaller portions would be perfect! Thanks for sharing this recipe, it’s really very easy to follow especially for a newbie like me!
Looks soooo yummy! Bet it tastes good too!
Makes me want to try the other cupcake recipes in this book.
Thanks for this!