Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins
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Slightly sweet muffins made with fresh strawberries, filled with a cheesecake center and dusted with a cinnamon sugar topping.
Want to start your day off right? Start with a muffin, but let me be specific, THIS muffin.
I know I am not alone when I say that Springtime is one of my favorite times of the year. I love all of the produce, everything seems to come to life. Now, you readers that are fortunate to live where it’s nice all year, you might take this for granted. Here in the Midwest, when it’s Springtime and the berries are bursting with flavor, I have to keep my fridge stocked.
That’s why when I saw this recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins on Belle of the Kitchen’s blog, I knew exactly what I would be making for my Freaky Friday Spring recipe post. If you are new here, you may be wondering what Freaky Friday is? It’s a blog hop where a group of my blogger friends is secretly assigned a blog to cook/bake from and we reveal who we had, all at the same time.
Here are some of my other Freaky Friday Recipe Posts.
I was tickled to get Belle of the Kitchen this round! Ashlyn, the owner of the blog, is lucky to live where it’s beautiful all year, Hawaii! Ashlyn’s husband is in the Army, and they are stationed there. She is the stay-at-home-mom of two darling little kids, and let me just tell you, she is one heck of a cook and photographer! It was hard to choose what to make, everything she shares makes your mouth water! Chicken Alfredo Pizza, Creamy Bruschetta Dip and Spaghetti and Meatball Soup were at the top of my list. In the end her Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins won out. This isn’t the first recipe I have made from Ashlyn’s blog, do you remember the Greek Style Cucumber Salad I shared last September? That was from her, also.
You are going to make two components for this recipe, first the muffin batter using fresh strawberries, next, the cheesecake center.
Spoon the muffin batter into the bottom of a cupcake pan, lined with cupcake liners, next top with cheesecake layer, spreading it over the top, then topping with additional muffin batter.
Dust them with cinnamon and sugar and bake them up into these perfect little beauties!
Ready for the recipe? Let’s get to it!
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Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins
Ingredients
For the Muffins:
- ⅓ cup butter softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1½ cup flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup diced fresh strawberries
For the Cheesecake Filling:
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Topping:
- 3 Tablespoons butter melted
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin pan with 12 paper liners.
- For the Muffin Batter: Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl and whisk well. Set aside. In your mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly mix in egg. Add in dry ingredients and milk, mixing just until combined. Fold in strawberries.
- To prepare the cheesecake filling: In your mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth.
- Place one heaping Tablespoon of muffin batter into each prepared muffin cup. Next, layer one tablespoon of cheesecake filling on top. Finish with a final layer of muffin batter, dividing equally among the muffins.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan slightly before cooling completely on a wire rack.
- Melt butter in a small, shallow bowl. Combine cinnamon and sugar in another small bowl. When muffins have cooled slightly, dip the tops of each into the melted butter, then into the cinnamon sugar topping.
Notes
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Thanks for the great recipe, Ashlyn!
I can’t wait to try these!
OH MY!!! These sound absolutely heavenly!! Strawberry cheesecake muffins?!?! YES PLEASE!!! I cannot wait to make these!!
OMG, Michaela!!!! These look SOOOOOO good!! Wozers!! 😀 And such elegant photography!!! You did a beautiful job!!! Thank you for having me (and putting up with me sometimes!!) 😉 Much love! And here’s to another fabulous Freaky Friday!!!! 😀 ~CHEERS!~ *clink* 😉 😀
These look absolutely fabulous, Michaela! I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe and thrilled that you had ME! 😉 I am totally craving these again now and will have to make them after seeing your yummy photos! Thank you so much for having me as a part of Freaky Friday, it’s always so much fun. 🙂
Thank you! My photos don’t hold a candle to yours, but these were truly magnificent! I will be making them again very soon!
Oh my goodness! These look spectacular! I LOVE strawberry cheesecake ANYTHING!
I need this recipe in my life! I can tell you they would disappear very quickly here!
I love adding fresh fruit to my baked goods. Not only does it taste good, but keeps them moist, too. And it doesn’t hurt that strawberries are in season.
You picked a great recipe for the spring! Love that cheesecake filling! Thanks for organizing such a fun event, Michaela! I love seeing what everyone creates!
I am so excited to try these! I know they will be a hit as my husband loves everything with cream cheese, and I love everything strawberry!
This is the muffin of my dreams! Looks divine 🙂
Thanks for organizing Freaky Friday, it’s always a blast!
Muffin AND cheesecake in one?! Count me in!! These sound absolutely amazing, and definitely a must bake 🙂
I LOVE that there’s a cheesecake filling in here! I love cheesecake in any form! I can’t wait to give these muffins a try 🙂
Thank you for organizing Freaky Friday too!
My kids would devour these, oh okay I would too! They look delish!
Hi,
I can’t seem to beable to print your recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins. Could you please email me the recipe? Not from your website.
Pearlrose@aol.com
Thanks,
Gale
I am sorry you are having trouble? It’s working fine on my end. I will send you an email.