The first challenge this year was Jaffa Cakes. Although I like eating Jaffa Cakes it has never crossed my mind to even consider making them. Not because I thought they'd be hard make, rather they are just something you by in a blue oblong box from Sainsbury's - normally when I'm on a diet as they have fewer calories than other biscuits.
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| Levelling Jelly |
The recipe was actually pretty straight forward: a fat free whisked sponge, orange jelly (disappointingly made from packet jelly) and melted chocolate. As usual my biggest challenge (once we'd got the jelly setting flat) was the chocolate. Everytime I need to coat something in chocolate it invariably ends up all over the work surface, utensils and me. Eventually I did manage to get some chocolate on a circle of sponge topped with jelly - but as delicious as they are I think I'll stick to McVitie's.
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| Jaffa Orangey Bits |
The recipe I used was Mary Berry's from the Great British Bake Off (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_jaffa_cakes_58695) but I think the recipe lists the wrong type of chocolate - it should say 63 % cocoa solids rather than 46 %.
Probably not a good time of year for chocolate. We had problems with emulsion paint in all that heat last week, too.
ReplyDeleteYou could try the other jelly flavours too, and different types of chocolate!