Below is a recipe to make peach cupcakes using peach jam. This recipe can also be altered for any kind of fruit cupcakes, to go with any flavor of jam you have!
INGREDIENTS:
Cupcakes:
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup peach jam
2 medium peaches, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp flour
Frosting:
1 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp peach jam
peach slices, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS:
Heat oven to 350°F. Line 16 cupcake tins with liners.
In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the vegetable oil and sugar. Beat in the egg.
In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. To the sugar mixture, add 1/3 of the flour mixture. Then add half of the milk. Add another 1/3 of the flour, the rest of the milk, then the remaining flour. Mix just until combined. Fold in the jam.
In a small bowl, combine the chopped peaches and flour. Fold into the batter. Fill the cupcake tins 2/3 full with the mixture and bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17- 20 minutes. Cool completely.
To make the frosting: In the bowl of a mixer, cream together all of the ingredients. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Top with a peach slice.
Enjoy!
