Sunday bakes - 'bribing people to like me' buns

It's been a while since I made some choux pastry and so this weekend I cracked out my wooden spoon and gave it another shot. 

This time instead of the usual chocolate topping I wanted to try something a bit brighter and opted for a speedy raspberry jam. 

They went down pretty well in the office, I might make another batch ready for project 'make my boyfriend's parents like me'. 

Ingredients
Pastry
200ml cold water
4tsp caster sugar
3oz margarine
4oz plain flour
3 beaten eggs

Cream
500ml cream whisked to stiff peaks with a little raspberry-ripple flavour

Jam
100g frozen raspberries
5tbsp caster sugar

Method
Put the water, margarine and sugar into a saucepan and heat until the margarine melts. Pour the flour into the saucepan in one go and stir vigorously until the dough has a slight gloss and is in one consistent ball off the sides of the saucepan. Put the dough into a bowl and leave to cool for ten minutes before slowly beating in the eggs, little by little. Once the dough is combined pour into a piping bag and pipe into balls on a sheet of baking paper. Tap the tray a little to knock out any bubbles of air. Pre-heat the oven to 180 and place a tray of water in the bottom of the oven to build up steam. Once the oven is at temperature put the buns in and bake for 25 minutes, when they will have puffed up and become golden brown. 

Put the raspberries in a saucepan and heat, one they start to breakdown add the sugar and continue to heat. Breakup any lumps of raspberry left and reduce the mixture until it is sticky and thick. 

Once the buns are done leave until thoroughly cool, snip a small hole in the side, pour the cream into a piping bag and fill the buns one by one. 

Top with the jam and definitely wait before trying one, because the jam will essentially be molten hot sugar. You will burn your mouth.