They say variety is the spice of life but for this week, Variety is the filling of my teacakes! I decided to hold a mini contest on these petite goodies by changing up the filling a bit. Besides, that section on the inside of my refrigerator door is completely over-laden with unopened jars of jams, preserves, confitures and chutneys, causing the door the jam each time we shut it. 
I love collecting stuffs- all kinds of stuffs. If only I get paid a dime for every collection, I'd be mighty rich by now! And same for each time I digress!!
Now, where was I? Oh yes. The contenders:
- Mountain Fig jam
- Peanut Butter
- Strawberry jam
- Kaya - a type of Malaysian Coconut jam,
but it overpowered the delicate sponge cake in this combination. The peanut butter was just a tad too nutty 
From left: peanut-butter and coconut jam
I think it would be great if I had layered in some sweet jelly (à la PBJ teacakes) and the fig jam flavor paled in comparison with the strawberry preserves. So after much deliberation with the judges - all three of them : moi, myself and I (!!!) - the final verdict was delivered....and the winner of the best filling for these cutie teacakes?
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Ladies and gentlemen: Strawberry Jam Teacakes.
One thing to note, I found the cake somewhat dry eventhough I baked mine at 330˚F for ~ 22 minutes; Martha's recipe called for 30 minutes of baking time at even higher temp of 350˚F! So do monitor your cakes in the oven very carefully.
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Ladies and gentlemen: Strawberry Jam Teacakes.
One thing to note, I found the cake somewhat dry eventhough I baked mine at 330˚F for ~ 22 minutes; Martha's recipe called for 30 minutes of baking time at even higher temp of 350˚F! So do monitor your cakes in the oven very carefully.Thanks for another fantastic pick Tina! Strawberry Fields Forever! ;-)
2 comments:
Jen, your peanut butter has expired!! (I clicked on the photo to see the enlarged version and saw the best-before date!!) go throw it out, you jam & preserves hoarder haha
your cake with kaya filling actually looks very tempting... eat it with kopi 'o' kampong... or better still dunk it in kopi 'o'... hmmmm :)
I read this post this morning and craved for a strawberry jam teacake!! yours does not look dry at all laaaar.. in fact it looks very moistly dense. Just to share, I baked mine in less than 15 mins and did not bother to leave the top to brown. did you really like the cake??
Hahaha! You are too observant! Yup, that bottle has expired. I had total of 3 PB jars, couple strawberry and blackberry preserves, 2 jars of fig jam, 2 jars of kaya, a jar of butter caramel, half a jar of lavender jam when I cleared the fridge.....and God-knows what else in the pantry! :-) Freezer is next! My trash bin is full......
The cake is somewhat dry - mine was. But I really like the strawberry and sponge cake combo. It's a typical pair here.....at the groceries, they always place sponge cakes next to the fresh strawberries. So I got me couple boxes of strawberries yesterday and I'm gonna make a huge large sponge cake for D to bring to work this Friday......quick, quick before the strawberries expires!! :-)
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