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- Course: Dessert, Snack
- Skill Level: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Favorited: 74 Times
Can be made ahead of time.
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Lemon Cheesecake Cupcakes
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Not only are these precious little cheesecakes beautiful, but they’re also absolutely delicious! Lemon curd adds a big hit of fresh lemon flavor and is a perfect complement to the creamy cheesecake center.
Yield : Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
Crust:
- ¾ cup (175 ml) graham cracker crumbs (about 7 graham crackers)
- 3 tbsp (45 ml) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) packed light brown sugar
Filling:
- 12 oz (375 g) cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup (125 ml) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (50 ml) sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp (5 ml) grated lemon zest
- ¾ cup (175 ml) lemon curd, store-bought or homemade
Equipment:
- Muffin pan, lined with foil liners
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
1. Crust: In a small bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and brown sugar. Press crumb mixture into bottoms of prepared baking cups.
2. Filling: In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, pulsing until smooth. Add sour cream and process until smooth. Add eggs and lemon zest, pulsing until smooth (you don’t want to overprocess the mixture; you just want it to be smooth).
3. Scoop filling over crust in baking cups. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 22 minutes or until the centers of cupcakes are firm. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight. Before serving, place a dollop of lemon curd over top of each cupcake and swirl lightly with back of spoon.
Variation: Place a small dollop of whipped cream over the lemon curd before serving.
Notes
You can freeze the baked and cooled cupcakes (without the lemon curd topping). Wrap them individually in plastic wrap and store them in resealable plastic freezer bags for up to 4 weeks. Once you have defrosted the cupcakes, top with the lemon curd.
© 2005 Julie Hasson
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information does not include Lemon Curd. For nutritional information on Lemon Curd, please follow the link above.
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
202 kcal
4 % daily value
0 % daily value
5 % daily value
67 mg
6 mg
3 g
12 g
0 g
15 g
77 mg
139 mg
8 g
15 g
3 % daily value
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