Crumbly downside-up~ Cheesecakes!

Ever had a cheesecake the wrong way up? *giggle*
Well...these cupcakes Ive done are 'wrong' but taste oh so right...*HhMmmm*
I brought them to a birthday party last weekend; as my bit of contribution to the dessert table. Everyone was amused! Including pedestrians walking past as we maneuvered the cakes on a tiered tray down the street to Saimon's party.
The cupcakes tasted heavenly; but I personally feel they wouldn't have looked as attractive without the extra frosting on the top. It's just something about a green-ish blue tint of teal which give cupcakes hints of poise and pretty-ness.

1 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp bicarb of soda
2 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup cream

Sift first 3 ingredients into a bowl. Beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl on high speed for 3-4 minutes till doubled in volume and pale. Slow mixer and add in essence and butter. Fold in dry sifted ingredients and cream till mixture is smooth.
Divide batter into 12 equal portions in a cupcake tin lined with paper liners. This should take one heaped tablespoon each.

filling: 2 blocks Philadelphia cream cheese (room temperature)
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup milk

Beat cheese mixture till smooth and thick. Spoon 1 tbsp onto the top of each cupcake. The batter should smear lightly to the side (that's fine)...

topping: 10 pieces digestive cookies(crushed lightly)

Top each cupcake with crushed cookies ...
Finally bake in 180degree oven for 22-25 minutes till corners are golden and centers are done!

If you would like to frost them as well...
Here are the frosting ingredients..

1 block Philadelphia cheese
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 tbsp milk
couple drops of food colouring of your choice

Beat ingredients till smooth. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes!This can actually get pretty tricky as the crumbly pieces on top are fairly wobbly and frosting doesn't exactly stick well to wobbly things. It's worth the trouble though...they look much more presentable with a fancy swirl and digestive cookie fan topping them off~I wish I had time to maybe have a fondant flower or a sugar crafted fan over the top... I guess the idea of breaking a cookie into 4 corners and sticking them into the piped frosting seemed like a mischievously lazy and easy way to get these down quickly. *giggle*

I'm quite glad I did though... the cookie idea seemed to be pretty effective with a fair touch of simplicity. I didn't think the guys gorging them down at the party would be thinking much about the flower's prettiness or delicate sugar fan anyway~ *rolls eyes* hehe.