Saturday 25 May 2013

Gaint Jaffa Cake.

Jo Wheatly the winner of  The Great British Bake Off in 2011 has a brilliant blog Jo's Blue Aga.
A couple of weeks ago she posted a recipe for a giant jaffa cake so as exams have just come to a end I thought I would give it a try.
For the jelly you need orange juice. sugar and gelatin. The sponge is a all in one mix and of course dark chocolate. The full recipe is here http://www.josblueaga.com/2013/05/a-giant-jaffa.html  
on Jo's blog.


I started by making the orange jelly


While that was in the fridge setting I made the sponge. I used a Pyrex bowl and just to be sure I could get the cake out I lined it with 2 strips of baking parchment.


When the jelly was set.( It took about 4 hours,) and the cake cold I melted the chocolate and left it to cool so it would not all end up on the worktop.



I heated the marmalade for 30 seconds in the microwave and spread it on the sponge. Then I topped it with the jelly.


I spooned the cooled chocolate over the jelly and sponge and I managed not to make a mess.


The verdict was  Can you make that again please.
My one complaint the chocolate started to break up as I cut it so next time I will use a little less so the layer is not as thick.


I would recommend you check out Jo's blog for some very good recipe's.

7 comments:

  1. That looks delicious, but I don't know about using less chocolate, I'd rather have plenty of it broken than less of it intact.

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    1. You could be right about the chocolate Jo.

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  2. Mmn, that cake looks divine.When I was younger I managed to eat 12 jaffa cakes at one sitting, although of course not as big as that one!Definitely cant do that nowadays though!!

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    1. Hi Anne. On a very very bad day I could put away a whole packet. It is way I don't buy them that often.

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  3. Dear Cookie
    Wow! That looks fabulous! I assume you can use veggie setting agent too? I can munch my way through a box of Jaffa cakes without too much trouble!
    Looks like you all enjoyed it.
    Best wishes
    Ellie

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    1. Hi Ellie. Veggie setting agent would work fine. Enjoy your bank holiday. It is a normal working day here and it's raining.

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  4. absolutley fantabulous! favourite of mine anyway, but in ARGE?? Heaven....:-)
    BH x

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