Jammy Dodger Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• preheat oven to gas mark 4 350 degrees,
• add the vinegar to the soy milk and put to one side to curdle.
• sift the flour cornflour, baking powder and baking soda togther.
• in a seperate bowl or jug whisk togther the soy milk mixture, sugar, vanilla essence and oil until foamy.
• add wet to dry ingredients and stir gently until no large lumps remain small ones are ok.
• pour into cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 min until golden.
• take out and leave to cool.
• The Custard.
• in a small bowl mix 1 tablespoon of the milk with the custard powder to form a paste add the remaining milk sugar and vanilla and mix throroughly.
• place in micorwave on high heat for 4 minutes half way through give stir, the custard should be pretty thick and gloopy, this mixture is going to be piped so you use your head add more milk or more custard powder to thicken or lessen.
• taste it to ensure sweet/ vanilla enough if thick enough and ok set to one side to cool covered so a skin doesnt form.
• assembley.
• use the handle end of a teaspoon to make hole in the centre of each cupcake, put you finger into the hole and push around the bottom and the edges inside the cake to make the hole a bit bigger.
• using a pastry bag with a thin long nozzle and squeeze jam into the hole dont be stingy with it, i like to put a good blob inches.
• rinse out pastry bag and refill with custard and a star shaped nozzle, on the top of each cupcake swirl the custard over the jam hole, repeat over all your cakes.
• if serving immediatley then place a mini jam doger on top of the custard mountain, is serving later dont put the jammy dodger on until just before you serve or it will go soft.
• tada!

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in egg yolk, water and extract until mixture forms a ball. , On a lightly floured sheet of parchment, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Transfer dough and paper to a baking sheet; refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes. Cut with a lightly floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Using a floured 1-in. round cookie cutter, cut out centers of half of the cookies. Place solid and window cookies 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. , Bake at 325° until edges are lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Dust window cookies with confectioners' sugar. Spread 2 teaspoons jam on bottoms of solid cookies; top with window cookies.