Linzer Heart Cupcakes

I fell in love with these cupcakes the instant I saw them at Not Quite Nigella.
I knew I had to make some and share them with you.
They are beautiful to look and even more delightful  to eat.

"Will you marry me?"

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup Canola Oil

3 eggs

3/4 cup milk

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

about  1 1/2 cup jam (raspberry, etc)

about 1/2 cup icing sugar (for dusting)

* small heart cutter

Method

-Pre-heat oven to 180C and line a cupcake baking pan with paper liners.

-Use an electric mixer to beat sugar and oil together in a large bowl, then cream in eggs until light and fluffy; beat in milk and vanilla.

-In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually beat dry ingredients into wet until just combined but do not over mix.

-Fill each cupcake well with batter to just under the top of the paper liner. Bake for 22-24 minutes or until light around the edges. Cool for 5-10 minutes then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

-When cakes are cool, cut the tops off with a serrated bread knife.

-Use a small heart shape cutter to stamp out a heart from the cupcake tops. Do this with the top down.

-Lightly dust cupcake tops with a sprinkle of icing sugar.

-Spread a spoonful of jam on top of each cupcake, then put the tops on and spoon a little jam into the heart-shaped cut out.

Recipe from Not Quite Nigella