Peach Cupcakes

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!