These Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins are the perfect combination of simple chocolate cake mixture, delicious cream cheese and strawberries. All you need for this recipe is few ingredients and 10 minutes to put them together. These simple yet delicious muffins are extremely addictive and they will be your family favourite!
What I like most about this recipe is that it doesn’t require much whisking and the chocolate cake mixture is delicious despite being dairy and egg-free. The cheesecake mixture is very simple and you can use any fruits or flavourings you like. They taste even better on the second day and they keep fresh for up to 3 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins
How to Make Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins?
Although this is a very simple recipe, you need to follow few simple steps to achieve the best results:
- Prepare the cheesecake filling – Start with preheating the oven to 180 °C (fan oven). Place the cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and whisk until creamy. Add the egg and whisk until combined. Then add the strawberries into the mixture and gently combine with a spoon. Set aside the cheesecake filling.
- Prepare the chocolate cake mixture – Spray a 12-count muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with muffin liners. Sift the flour, cacao powder and salt in a large bowl then add the sugar along with the chocolate chips and mix until all combined. Add the water, vegetable oil, vinegar and vanilla paste to the flour mixture and slowly mix until combined.
- Fill the muffin cases up and bake – Fill muffin cases 2/3 full with a chocolate cake mix then add 2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture on top. Alternatively, you can spoon 1 tablespoon of chocolate muffin batter into the muffin cups, then layer it with 2 tablespoons of strawberry cheesecake filling, and then another tablespoon of chocolate muffin batter (or as much as necessary to fill the cups). Place the muffin tin in preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the muffins comes out clean. Let the muffins cool down for 15 minutes before transferring on wire racks. Let them totally cool down before garnishing with a strawberry and serving.
I hope you enjoy the process of making these super easy and delicious Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins as much as you enjoy eating them! 🙂
Bon appétit! / Afiyet olsun!
Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins
Ingredients
For the Cheesecake Filling
- 200 g cream cheese (room temperature)
- 40 g sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 250 g strawberries (tips removed and cut in small cubes)
For the Chocolate Cake Mixture
- 250 g self raising flour (1 ½ cups)
- 30 g cacao powder (⅓ cup)
- ½ TSP salt
- 175 g sugar (⅞ cup)
- 80 g dark chocolate chips (or chopped dark chocolate bar)
- 240 ml water (1 cup)
- 70 g vegetable oil (⅓ cup)
- 1 tbsp apple vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 TSP vanilla paste or 1 vanilla pod
- 12 strawberries (for garnish)
Instructions
Making the Cheesecake Filling
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan oven).
- Place the cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and whisk until creamy.
- Add the egg and whisk until combined.
- Add the strawberries into the mixture and gently combine with a spoon, set aside.
Making the Chocolate Cake
- Spray a 12-count muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with muffin liners.
- Sift the flour, cacao powder and salt in a large bowl then add the sugar along with the chocolate chips and mix until all combined.
- Add the water, vegetable oil, vinegar and vanilla paste to the flour mixture and slowly mix until combined.
- Fill muffin cases two-thirds full with a chocolate cake mix then add 2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture on top.
- Place the muffin tin in preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool down for 15 minutes before transferring on wire racks.
- Let them totally cooled down before garnishing with a strawberry and serving.
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