Apricot upside down Cake

This cake has been an important part if my life for the past three years.

I still remember the first day my mother decided to try out a recipe from some odd magazine we sneaked out of a hotel.
Peach upside down cakes.

Of course, we did not have peach jam.
So we used the only jam we had in ridiculous quantities: Apricot.

Why we possess so much apricot preserves? Because my mother loves making fruit cakes. For Easter, Christmas, dinner parties. And whenever you ice a fruit cake with marzipan it is never half as good when you do it without a layer of apricot jam in between.

So, anyway. Apricot Jam it was!
And, my oh my. i must say, apricot jam would probably be the better choice. As much as i do love my peaches, apricot really brought out the buttery, warm, moist cake more than it's peach counterpart would have.

Now even if we have a jar of peach jam in the fridge, we still may these babies with apricot jam.
But i suppose this would go well with almost any kind of jam.
Imagine raspberry, or blueberry. How about Marmalade?

Oh!
My recent jam-obsession : Fig Jam.
I wonder if fig upside down cakes will taste just as good.

Because i was incredibly bored today, I doodled out the recipe too.
I am no picasso.
but, here it is anyway. have a laugh.

Basic Cupcakes

Eh, Who doesn't like a cupcake?
And, honestly, who hasn't already tried baking one?

If you have, and failed. Or if you just feel like baking more amazing cup-like-cakes, try this recipe. It you don't have much of a sweet tooth, you could cut down on the sugar.

But for me and my mouth-full of sweet teeth, these were perfect.

For my birthday, I once demanded a tower of cupcakes instead of a regular cake. Save the hassle of cutting perfect slices, just grab one off the tower once they were candle-free and stuff your face.

Ahh, memories.

Buttercream? Here!
In fact, feel free to use ANY buttercream/ganache/frosting I have here. I'll bet they taste AMAZING with coconut buttercream!