My boyfriend loves strawberry jam so this weekend I decided to make Jam & Vanilla cupcakes. I have to say they went down a treat.

Ingredients for Jam & Vanilla cupcakes recipe:

• 175g self-raising flour, sifted
• pinch of salt
• 125g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 175g caster sugar, sifted
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons of milk at room temperature
• 1 pot of good quality jam, I used strawberry but you can use any flavour
• 1 pot of whipping cream

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
2. Cut the butter into pieces and put it in a mixing bowl. Beat it with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until the butter is very pale.
3. Gradually add and beat the sugar. Once the sugar is added beat the mixture well for about 4 minutes.
4. Beat the eggs with vanilla, then add it to the mixture one spoon at a time. Mixing well in between each addition.
   

   Adding the egg one spoon at the time

5. Gradually add the sifted flour and the milk.
6. Mix very well for another 4 minutes.
   

   Mixture is ready

7. Put the paper-cases in the cupcake tray and add an even mixture to all.
8. Place the cupcake tray in the oven and bake for approx. 20 minutes or until risen, gold brown.
9. Remove the tray from the oven and leave to cool for 1 minute than transfer to a cooling rack.
   

   Cupcakes Cooling down

10. While the cupcakes cool down, whip the cream.
11. Add one good sized teaspoon of jam to the centre of each cupcake.
    

    Adding the jam

12. Pipe the whipped cream around each cupcake.
    

    Jammy Cupcakes

13. All done & ready to eat!
    

    Very Soft and delicious