Jammy Jobs

Tulip-Fairy's Note:

These are called Maids of Honour in the real world, but my kids like to call them jammy jobs and the name has stuck. They are little jam tarts with a light sponge topping. Very morish, so much so that I have to double the recipe every time!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 16 cakes

• 6 ounces shortcrust pastry (I make my own but you could always use shop bought)
• jam
• 2 ounces margarine or 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces caster sugar
• 2 ounces self raising flour
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Roll out pastry thinly cutting rounds using a 3" cutter and line 16-18 pastry tins.
2. Place a little jam in each.
3. Cream margarine and sugar,.
4. Fold in beaten egg and flour.
5. Place a small spoonful of mixture into each case sealing in the jam.
6. Bake in a moderatly hot oven 200c 400f Gas 6 for 15-20 minutes.

Reviews

[pattikay in L.A.]

Simple, cute and yummy! I didn't feel like rolling out dough, so I just kind of pressed the dough into muffin tins. I had to make extra for the cake topping, but that was probably my inability to convert from oz. to cups properly - it wasn't a problem to make more, however, since it was so simple. I topped them with powdered sugar. Thanks for sharing!