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These soft Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes have a creamy cheesecake center and fresh homemade strawberry frosting.  They are always a hit at any dinner or party we bring them to.

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes - soft fluffy cupcakes filled with a hidden cheesecake center and topped with a fresh homemade strawberry frosting. This delicious recipe is perfect for any party!
(pictures & recipe updated March 2017)
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{1} We had a great Easter weekend celebrating our Saviour! Loved spending the day with our church family first, and then getting to see cousins and family for the rest of the day.

And you would be so proud of me. I actually took lots of pictures…of people, not food. This Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake will just have to happen again so I can get better pictures.

{2} My hubby and I have started watching Lost on Netflix. Unfortunately for me, I know the ending because it was all over Facebook at the time.

Still, it is easy to get hooked, and I want to keep watching more episodes into the wee hours of the night.   

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes - a creamy cheesecake center and fresh strawberry frosting makes this cupcake recipe a must make!!!

{3} Our crazy dog decided to help herself to over a pound of chocolate from the kids Easter basket’s. I told them to keep it up on a counter or cupboard, but they do not listen.

Of course, I know what a thief the beast is. She was acting a little hyper and crazy last night, so we googled and called a 24 hr. vet line to see if there was anything we could do.

We finally decided that for her weight, she would have had to eat a lot more peanut butter Easter bunnies to be really sick. Thank goodness I only bought the cheapo chocolate this year.

So since we saved lots of money, I’m thinking shopping trip right? She is totally fine this morning. Thank goodness!

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes - fresh strawberry frosting and a sweet cheesecake center makes this cupcake recipe a keeper!!{4} I am giving up sugar for a week or two. This is very hard for my sweet tooth to handle. So far so good, but it has only been one day. LOL!

I want to see if it makes a difference in my weight. Sadly that means I can’t bake for that time either because I always find myself taste testing when I am baking. That kinda breaks the no sugar rule.

Now I know some of you are cheering because you think that means no pics to tempt you and make you drool. Well, that’s just not true because I have plenty of ones that I haven’t even shared yet.

So, even though I might not be eating these this week, I am still going to share with you. How about we start with a sweet cupcake that I like to call “healthy”.

I mean these strawberry cheesecake cupcakes have strawberries fresh fruit and dairy in it. That makes it sorta healthy, right? Just close your eyes when we get to the butter and cream cheese. Ok, fine, just call me crazy.

If you are still looking for more recipes to use up the fresh strawberries, you need to check out this Strawberry Banana Salad. It is so easy and fresh looking. And I’m totally drooling over these Strawberry Pretzel Squares and this Strawberry Shortcake Cake Roll. Both of those need to happen very soon in our kitchen!

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes - these easy cupcakes have a sweet cheesecake filling and fresh strawberry frosting. This recipe is perfect for any spring party! Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
(original photo from April 2011)

Yield: 24 cupcakes

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
These soft Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes have a creamy cheesecake center and fresh homemade strawberry frosting. They are always a hit at any dinner or party we bring them to.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 48 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

  • 1 strawberry cake mix
  • 1 - 3.4 ounce instant strawberry pudding mix
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk

For the Cheesecake Filling

  • 1 - 3.4 ounce package instant cheesecake pudding mix
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups Cool Whip, thawed

For the Strawberry Butter Cream

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
  • 1 Tablespoon water
  • 3/4 cup diced strawberries
  • 5 cups powdered sugar
  • 24 whole strawberries
  • 48 graham cracker cookie sticks

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with 24 cupcake liners.
  2. Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, milk, and eggs for 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins.
  3. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops spring back. Cool on a wire rack.
  4. In a small bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mix until creamy and thick.
  5. Beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add the pudding and beat again. Fold in the whipped topping.
  6. Use a cupcake corer or small knife to cut out the center of the cupcakes. Spoon the cheesecake filling into a piping bag with icing tip 12 and fill the centers. Refrigerate while you make the frosting.
  7. Beat the shortening and butter until creamy. Add the salt, vanilla, and strawberry extract and beat again.
  8. Slowly add half the powdered sugar until it is mixed in.
  9. Place the water and strawberries in a food processor or blender and puree.
  10. Pour into the frosting and beat until creamy. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
  11. Use a large piping bag and icing tip 1M to swirl the frosting on the chilled cupcakes. Refrigerate cupcakes until time to serve.
  12. Add the cookie sticks and a fresh berry to the top of each cupcake right before serving.

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  2. These look absolutely delicious. We too decided to eat healthier, so no sweets for a while. I’ll bookmark this one for when we come to our senses. Thanks for making this diet thing harder! 😉

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  3. So glad you had a good Easter! 🙂 And these cupcakes look delish, and perfect for spring/summer time- yum! That’s pretty funny about your dog but I’m glad she’s okay..we joke at our house that our dog should be dead by now with all the chocolate she’s ate over the years- no matter how high we put it she always manages to find it- but she’s alive and kicking so I guess it’s all good!

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  5. Good luck on the not eating sugar for a week! That would be VERY hard…but I’m sure VERY good for you. 😉 I love the cupcake liner in the picture. So cute! And the cupcakes of course look delicious!

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  7. I think our sweet teeth are on the same level. So I know how hard it is to go without. I know you can make it though! Strawberry cupcakes… Mmmm! I have given up baking except for once or twice/month. I had to bc I was so addicted. Maybe the strawberry cupcakes could be for Sage’s 1st bday in June! They’re pink – how perfect!

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  8. Yum! The picture is making me drool. And I love the leopard print!

    I was a veterinary technician for quite a few years and we always had dogs coming in for eating chocolate after holidays – all were fine. You just have to keep an eye on them, some dogs can’t handle it, but most can. 🙂

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  10. A) I would love nothing more than to ivite myself to your home for some Peanut Butter Pancakes and some of those delicious looking Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes. Just sayin’…. if your ever near Wylie, Texas feel free to invade my kitchen and show me how its done.

    B) Thank you so much for your comment today. I really appreciate it and needed it. You are right… we have no need to apologize for being crafty. I think that is the biggest reason I blog, because I know that everyone that reads my blog appreciates the hard work and everyones blog I read I appreciate their hard work. It is just such a great forum to really share what we have done with others who are mostly in the same situation.

    Anyways, thank you for the comment and have a fabulous day! <3 Julie

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  12. These look amazing. Strawberry cheesecake might be my most favorite thing on the planet, but in cupcake form? Even better. I’m glad you had such a happy Easter! 🙂

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  18. Maybe I should join you on the ” no sugar” for two weeks. My 20 year class reunion is the middle of May. But I also would not be able to bake cause I have zero will power when it comes to warm cookies out of the oven.

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  21. Mmmm . . . Love them already. I actually make some mean fresh strawberry cupcakes, but this will be great for those quickies when I don’t have time to be baking from scratch.

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  25. OH!!! OH! How can you post these beauties and give up sugar on the same post!? WHAT? haha! Hope puppy is feeling better. I watched all of Lost, I was/AM an addicted, I still don’t understand the ending, to the point that it makes me wanna march into the writers office and yell “are you serious?? That? THAT is the end?????” I’ll probably add some growling after that! Glad you had a great Easter! 🙂

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  29. These look yummy! I’ve never made strawberry buttercream – what’s not to love?! We just finished the whole Lost series a few weeks ago…a definite love/hate relationship. It was so addicting, and so frustrating at the same time! Hope you enjoy it!

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  30. These look so good! I bookmarked these for when I can eat sugar again too…I have to get into a swimsuit (in public) in 5 short weeks. My family will love these.

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  36. Mmmm…..I have to admit, that Strawberry cake mix takes me back to childhood in the happiest of ways! Your cupcakes not only sound delicious, but look so pretty too!

    I’m so glad to hear that your dog was okay after getting into the Easter chocolates! God bless!

    Jenn

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  37. I made these for my husband’s work and they LOVED them! I added a fresh strawberry slice on top of the cream cheese before I added the icing only because I had them in the frig and wanted to get rid of them. I have to say, though, I did not make the icing since I of course waited until the last minute. I used canned. But, it worked well. You really need to make a cookbook for your stuff and sell some. 🙂

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  39. I made these today for my brother’s birthday. The cupcakes were moist and the filling was delicious but I ended up using store bought frosting. I made the frosting as noted above but it was a disaster. Once I put the preserves in the bowl and mixed it the frosting became runny. It tasted good but there was no way I could have decorated the cupcakes with the frosting. Could it have been the preserves or the fresh strawberries that caused the frosting not to thicken?

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    • I’m really glad to hear the cupcakes turned out great. I’m not really sure what might have happened with the frosting. I have made it several times and never had a problem with it being thick. I usually have to add water or milk to thin it so I can pipe it on. Were your chopped strawberries juicy?

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  42. These look and sound wonderful. Wondering if you can add any additional strawberry to the batter for extra flavor/texture? Maybe some puree? Or maybe they are perfect as they are!

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  43. Wow! So so happy I finally got around to making these (they’ve been on my to do list for a while). I love how you combine using a box mix with fresh ingredients. This frosting is to die for!! One of my favorites for sure =]

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  45. Question about the Strawberry-cheesecake-cupcakes: I made these tonight for an event in two days. I followed your recipe for the cupcakes and the batter was very runny and they did not rise much, despite filling them 3/4 of the cupcake liner. I hesitated about putting 1 1/4 C water in the mix since most cake mixes only ask for 1 C. Is it possible there is a mistake on the recipe and you are really only supposed to use 1 C? Thanks!

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    • It’s been awhile since I have made these ones, but I do remember the batter being slightly runny, but they always baked up fine. I have a friend from church who makes these all the time too, and she has never said anything about them not baking properly. I am so sorry to hear yours didn’t rise properly for you. Did they taste good though?

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  46. Hi there! This may be a dumb question, but just wanted to make sure =] when you say “1/2 a package of jello pudding (3.4oz)”, do you mean put in 3.4 oz of pudding mix?

    Thanks!

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    • No question is ever dumb. I’m sorry that is unclear in the recipe. That just means half of a box of pudding mix. The box of pudding I buy is 3.4 ounces. I hope that helps.

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        • Since this particular recipe uses a box cake mix, it would not be that easy to do just 12. You could always just make the 24 cupcakes and freeze the extra 12. Then just cut the frosting and filling ingredients in half, so you do not have extra.

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  47. I was thinking of making a cake instead of cupcakes and I wanted to use the cheesecake filling between the layers. Do you think the filling will hold up to the cake or will it be too soft?

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  50. I want to make these for my daughter’s birthday. They look fabulous! Under filling ingredients, you have 4 oz. of cream cheese listed twice. I’m assuming that’s a mistake? Thanks for the wonderful looking recipe!

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  51. I just made these for a friend’s baby shower. This icing in one of the best icings I’ve ever tasted! The fresh strawberries add that fresh and “real” taste! Thank you for sharing. It definitely goes into my recipe box!

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