Bake of the Day: Eggless Strawberry Creamcheese Cupcakes
Did you know that yesterday, December 15th, was National Cupcake day? I didn't either, but it was on my daughter's calendar and that's how I found out :-) So here's a recipe celebrating the cupcake day.
I actually made these for my mom's 60th birthday couple of months ago. We also celebrated my daughter's 3rd birthday on the same day, hence the 60 & 3 toppers on the cake. I decorated some with fresh strawberries and some with fondant toppers. Base is my favorite vegan vanilla cupcakes stuffed with a piece of cream cheese which is in turn topped with strawberry jam.
After baking the cream cheese melts into a gooey texture and hides inside the cupcake along with the jam. After covering with the fondant, it is quite a surprise when you bite into it.
Strawberry Cream cheese Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 1¼cups All purpose flour
- 2tbsp Corn Starch
- ¾tsp Baking powder
- ½tsp Baking Soda
- ¼tsp Salt
- 1cup Soy or Almond Milk
- 1tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- ⅓cup Canola Oil
- ¾cup Sugar
- 2tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1tbsp Strawberry Jam
- 2tbsp Cream Cheese, cut into 12 pieces
- 4oz. Cream Cheese, softened
- 2tbsp Unsalted butter, softened
- ½tsp Vanilla
- 1~2tsp Vanilla extract
- 2cups Powdered Sugar
- As needed Strawberries, sliced
- To make the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F and line muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- Whisk soy milk and vinegar in a measuring cup and set aside for a few minutes to curdle.
- Beat together the soy milk mixture, oil, sugar, vanilla in a large bowl. Sift in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix until no big lumps remain.
- Fill cupcake liners ⅔rds of the way full. Before baking, stir the strawberry jam in small bowl until smooth.
- Place 1 piece of cream cheese on top of each cupcake, press into the batter lightly. Spoon 1/4tsp strawberry jam on top of the cream cheese in each cupcake. Bake 20~22 minutes. Remove from the oven, after 5 minutes transfer onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Make Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and 1tsp milk in a large bowl using a hand mixer or in a stand mixer on low speed until smooth. Beat 1cup powdered sugar at a time.
- Gradually beat in just enough milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If the frosting is too thick, add more milk. If the frosting is too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar.
- Frost the cooled cupcakes. Just before serving garnish each cupcake with strawberry slices.
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