Make this in a spring form pan with homemade jam which is much sweeter than store bought, add a crumb topping to it and it is good, you can tell by the extra baking powder and lack of sugar that this recipe depends on the jam to sweeten it, it was fast , easy and very good as a breakfast cake, experiment with it , I added fresh blackberries from the garden and used a brown sugar crumb topping, as well as cinnamon, this is a basic recipe so it is good for people who like to add their own touches to it

I forgot to add the sugar! Duh! That's why my muffins tasted so blah. Not the recipe's fault. I ended up with scones with the jam built in! I also added 1/3 cup dessicated coconut to the dry ingredients for extra oomph! Ah well, better luck next time.

I thought this recipe was great. The muffins rose deliciously as I never seen them rise! very cakey, soft and nice. I added 1 sachet of vanilla sugar, put the jam in the middle and glazed them with a mixture of honey, strawberry essence and honey, which gave them a slightly crunchy top. Thanks!

These were quick and easy but only tasted ok. I followed the suggestions of others and put the jam in the middle with more dough on top and that worked well. I used raspberry jam and since I had fresh raspberries on hand I did put in fresh raspberries in the dough. I liked them but as my husband did not I will not make them again.

It was a very quick and easy recipe! I added jam to the batter. I do not have a muffin maker, so I just used a regular cake form. It turned out great! Not too sweet, just the way I like it. I will definetly make that often.

SO GOOD! I added a bit of garden vegatable cream cheese, some parmesan, a bit of extra oil and used a red pepper jelly on the top. It turned out to be a delicious treat! They remained sweet muffins....they seriously are so good!!!!

Good, basic muffins. You'll definitely want to use a measuring teaspoon for the jelly, not a regular spoon, and make sure to follow the directions about pushing down the jelly into the muffin batter.

Well, I liked these muffins, but no one else seemed to. The dough was a bit too thick and salty, more like scones than muffins. Next time, I'll have to modify a little more.

I added allspice, vanilla extract and apple sauce to the batter for a bit more taste. My children also pressed raspberry flavoured chocolate chips into their muffin cups before spooning on the jam. The result was delicious. A great versatile basic recipe that is easy to personalise.

Straightforward recipe yields nice moist muffins. I like sweet muffins, so I mixed up a glaze of powdered sugar, milk & vanilla, and drizzled over the top while the muffins were warm. As others recommended--putting the dollop of jam in the center seems to work real well. With the glaze they are gooey as heck, but they go real well with black tea or coffee.

I put the muffins in baking cups and pushed in the jam so no mess. I added two chocolate chips as eyes at the end (they only took 15 min for me) so they looked like a silly face - made for a fun breakfast. Will have to try the jam further down suggestion.

It is a wonderfull recipe and I have done it many times. I showed to my sister and she is doing it all the time to serve it to her customers. Thank you very much for this wonderfull site. Amal

These were really great. My husband and kids loved them and they were very easy to make. The jam will make a mess, though if it is not pressed into the muffin batter before making. Thanks for the recipe!!

Excellent. Had to do them twice because i put the jam on top the first time and burnt it. Second time i put a spoon of batter in the bottom then the jam then the rest of the batter. Beautiful light and not too sweet. Im not particularly an experienced cook and this was an ideal easy recipe for me. Thanks

These were really really good. I've made these before but they were called "Top Hats" I believe. I used some of my Gramma's home made raspberry jam with these.