Jamie's Food Tube: The Cake Book
50 mins plus cooling
Not Too Tricky
makes 24
About the recipe
These wickedly simple peanut butter and jam cupcakes look incredible and will amaze your friends.
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
250g self-raising flour
250g caster sugar
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
270g unsalted butter, softened
4 large free-range eggs
100g peanut butter
2 tablespoons whole milk
¾ x 340g jar of quality seedless raspberry jam
For the peanut crumb
100g peanut butter
100g icing sugar
For the buttercream icing
300g unsalted butter, softened
120g peanut butter
540g icing sugar
4 tablespoons whole milk
Top Tip
Turning classic treats into cupcakes is one of my favourite things to do and this is the star of the show. Feel free to use smooth or crunchy peanut butter – whichever you prefer.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170°C fan/375°F/gas 5. Sift the dry cupcake ingredients and 1 pinch of fine sea salt into a large bowl, add the butter, eggs and peanut butter, then beat for 60 seconds with an electric mixer (I prefer the free-standing type). Pour in the milk and whisk for 20 seconds, or until well combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, then give the mix a final blast for 30 seconds to make sure it’s all incorporated. Fill the paper cases two-thirds full with mixture, but don’t bother to smooth it out. Bake for 20 minutes, or until they spring back when touched. Leave to cool slightly, transferring to a wire cooling rack after 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the peanut crumb. Place the peanut butter in a food processor, sift in the icing sugar and whiz for 1 to 2 minutes to make small,delicious crumbs, then set aside.
- For the icing, beat the butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer for 5 to 6 minutes, or until pale and fluffy. Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl, then add to the butter in two stages, beating well between each. Pour in the milk and beat for a further 3 to 5 minutes, or until well combined. Once the cupcakes are cool, poke a hole into the middle of each with a chopstick, twist to widen the hole, then use a piping bag to fill each one with a good squeeze of jam. Decorate with the icing, top with a blob of jam, if you like, and a sprinkling of peanut crumb to finish, then enjoy.
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