Giant Jaffa Cakes Makes Two Food

GIANT JAFFA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease the cake tin and frying pan, then line the bottom of the 30cm frying pan with a circle of non-stick baking paper. Line the cake tin with cling film. Put the jelly into a heatproof bowl and pour over the boiling water. Gently stir the jelly until completely dissolved, pour into the lined 23cm cake tin and put in the fridge to set for at least 1-2 hours.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Using electric hand whisks beat the butter and sugar together until light and really creamy. Slowly add the eggs, a little at a time, whisking in between additions until the egg is fully incorporated.
• Sift in the flour and fold everything together with the orange juice and zest using a metal spoon. Use a spatula to scrape the batter into the frying pan. Level the batter off, then bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes, until risen and golden and a skewer comes out clean when pushed into the centre of the cake.
• Run a knife around the edge of the cake and turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely. When the cake is cool and the jelly set, put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl, set over a pan of steaming, not simmering water (making sure the water does not touch the bowl). Leave the chocolate to melt slowly without stirring. When the chocolate has melted, remove from the heat and leave to stand for 15-20 minutes, until lukewarm.
• Lift the jelly out and turn out on top of the cake in the centre. When the chocolate has cooled, spoon it on top of the cake and spread it carefully and quickly over the top. Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes straight away to prevent the jelly melting. When the chocolate is starting to set and is very thick, use a palette knife to make the lines: quick dip the edge of the knife in the chocolate and lift it straight up quickly. Repeat to make several lines. Then repeat at 90 degrees. Chill in the fridge for at least 5 hours or overnight.

GIGANTIC JAFFA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Cream together butter and sugar, and then add eggs, baking powder and flour.
• Grease large frying pan. Make sure the pan has NO plastic bits or anything that might melt if it gets to 350º F, which it will (the pan is going in the oven in a moment!).
• Pour mix in to pan, and put the whole shebang in the oven. Take it out when the middle is not liquidy (use a toothpick or cake tester; poke the cake all the way through, pull it out, and see if it's gooey. If it is, it's not done.) It'll take about 10-15 minutes. It rises quite a lot so be careful about overflow!
• In the meantime, mix up the jello BUT use as much boiling water for BOTH packets as the packet says to use for ONE. It makes it a bit more solid. Add the juice of one orange, fresh-squeezed, to sort of compensate, and make it extra good. If you don't have oranges on hand, Tropicana or some from-concentrate stuff works okay too. Guess how much you get from a normal orange, and put that much inches.
• Now put that jello mix in the largest plate you can find, or a non-stick frying pan (don't grease one; that's nasty!). You want a large PANCAKE of jello. Place in fridge and allow to set for however long that takes (less long than normal because you used less water and because the surface area is so high).
• Now wriggle both the cake and the jello out of their containers, and put the cake on a large piece of waxed paper. Place the jello-slab on top of the cake, ideally in the middle.
• Melt the chocolate however you normally melt it. Microwave might work. Allow chocolate to cool a bit, but not solidify.
• Using a brush or spoon, begin to coat the whole thing in chocolate. Start at the outer edges; the jello tends to melt in the heat of the chocolate, and work towards the middle.
• You can even do the Jaffa cake pattern: five parallel grooves, and five parallel ridges perpendicular to the grooves.

GIANT JAFFA ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• First make the jelly. Grease a 20cm round cake tin and line with cling film (you can use the 23cm tin that you will bake the cake in, but you'll have to make this the day before so that you can remove it before making the cake). Remove the zest from 4 of the oranges and set aside for the cake. Tip the orange juice and sugar into a saucepan and gently heat to dissolve the sugar. Meanwhile, soak the gelatine leaves in cold water for a few mins until soft. Remove the gelatine from the water, squeeze out any excess and add to the warm orange juice, stir until the gelatine has dissolved. Pour the liquid into the lined cake tin and chill for at least 4 hrs or preferably overnight.
• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and line a 23cm round cake tin with baking parchment. Tip all the cake ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combine with an electric hand whisk until smooth. Spoon into the tin and smooth over the surface. Bake in the centre of the oven for 55 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 15 mins, then invert onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
• Now make the ganache. Heat the cream in a small pan until hot. Put the chocolate in a small bowl and pour over the cream, leave for 10 mins, then mix well - you should be left with a smooth chocolate sauce. Leave at room temperature until the ganache cools and thickens a little (you can put it in the fridge to speed this up, but keep an eye on it, as it will set quickly).
• To assemble the cake, place it on a cake stand and trim the top to give you a flat surface. Warm the apricot jam in the microwave until a little runny. Paint it over the top of the cake, then flip the orange jelly out of its tin, and position on top. Using a palette knife, swirl the chocolate ganache over the orange jelly, letting it dribble down the sides of the cake a little. Serve straight away or within 24 hours.