Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cupcakes

Delicious on its’ own, cheesecake lends itself to all kinds of variations and these tiny Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cupcakes are a tiny bite of heaven.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Canadian

Keyword Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cupcakes

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 15

Total Time 40

Servings cheesecakes

Calories 224kcal

Author Cinde Little

Ingredients

GRAHAM STYLE CRACKER CRUST

2 cups gluten free graham style cracker crumbs
3 tablespoon sugar
6 tablespoon butter, melted

CHEESECAKE FILLING

2 packages cream cheese , room temperature (8 oz/250g)
¼ cup sugar
1½ tablespoon quinoa flour (or sweet rice flour)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup sour cream
¼ cup whipping cream

SERVING

caramel sauce
sea salt flakes

Instructions

GRAHAM STYLE CRACKER CRUST

Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter. Stir until combined.
Line mini muffin tin with paper liners. Fill each paper liner with 1 tablespoon crumb mixture. Pack firmly into pan. (I used the bottom of a liqueur glass.)
Bake in preheated oven 5 minutes. Cool before filling.

CHEESECAKE FILLING

In a small bowl combine sugar and flour. Set aside.
In large bowl of a stand mixer beat cream cheese until smooth, 2 or 3 minutes.
Add sugar/flour mixture to cream cheese and continue beating until combined.
With motor running add eggs one at a time.
Add vanilla, sour cream and heavy cream beating until combined.
Pour filling over crumb crust filling almost to the top of each paper liner. They will bake with a rounded top then as they cool the filling will settle creating a small indent for the caramel topping.
Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes.
Cool completely on baking racks. Refrigerate over night in an airtight container. Cupcakes can be kept in the fridge for several days or frozen if needed.

SERVING

Using an espresso spoon add a dot of caramel sauce on each cupcake.
Just before serving sprinkle with a few flakes of salt.

Notes

Gift Idea: Give a jar of easy caramel sauce, some fancy sea salt and even some special spoons for serving tiny treats.

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