Thread by @BeepBot7, Just about to make my jaffa cakes. Feeling a little nervous but [...]

Just about to make my jaffa cakes. Feeling a little nervous but very excited. I& #39;ve got all the ingredients ready. My tray for my jelly/jello is an inch too short in length & width so feeling the pressure
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Is it weird that the jelly smells sooooo good? Think I need something to nibble now

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The jelly is made. My tip here is to make sure you have space in your fridge before moving your jelly filled tray

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I didn& #39;t use all the jelly I made, it would have been really thick if I had. I& #39;ve made a separate rabbit shaped jelly for the little Beeps

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I had the ingredients ready but not all the equipment

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙈" title="Nichts sehen-Affe" aria-label="Emoji: Nichts sehen-Affe"> found my hand whisk and I& #39;m now moving on to the sponge. Really small amount of ingredients a fork would probably do the mixing with a bit of elbow grease
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I& #39;m not sure if my eggs are large as they come from the farm across the lane

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> eek do I use 1 or 2

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I have loads of flour if these go wrong. The smallest I could buy was 1.5kg and we only need 1 ounce

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Putting the sponge mixture into the bun tray now. I& #39;m using a cupcake/fairy cake tray, so mine will be a little smaller on the bottom compared to the top.....
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Definitely sieve your flour everyone!

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My mixture has only made 8 sponges so going to make a 2nd batch now. Mr Beep loves sponge

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So glad my house is empty right now. I have the music up loud and singing along (badly) so sunny here. Ooh the sponges are in the oven
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Just a thought my second mixture seems much thicker and less runny

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The only difference was the 1st batch I used the hand whisk the 2nd batch I did with a fork

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> my jelly could be made with cold water so I lined my tray with cling film. Hopefully it& #39;ll be easy to get out. Ooh the chocolate is next
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Sponges are almost done! Mine are going to be giant jaffa cakes! Too much mixture in each bit. The self raising flour really works

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I& #39;m going to have to slice the tops to make them flat for the jelly to sit on. The sponges need a little longer so continuing with the dancing around the kitchen!
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Sponges are out of the oven. The 2nd batch look much better, the 1st batch look a bit weird but are cooked & will be covered by chocolate so I& #39;m going with them
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Checking the jelly like

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Still waiting on the jelly so I& #39;m washing up now. Mr Beep will be home soon and he won& #39;t be impressed with the mess especially as he& #39;s cooking our evening meal tonight

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Has anyone got a tiny cookie cutter please?
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The jelly is done!
Just about to turn it out. Eeek
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Not sure it& #39;s going to come off
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The jelly is an absolute nightmare! It& #39;s the right thickness and is set. It came out of the tray fine but getting it off the chopping on to the cake is impossible. I suggest a palate/flat flexible knife if you have one
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Jelly seems to seal itself back together when you remove the cutter. I& #39;ve decided to cut mine with a knife and have slightly odd shaped jelly on top seems to be the only way I can do it
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Fittingly I Predict A Riot by the Kaiser Chiefs has just come on!
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I have loads of jelly left. Very useful if you& #39;re a perfectionist. I am not, I just want to get to the chocolate now

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This is torture! I can& #39;t eat any of this and it smells amazing
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Definitely let your chocolate cool before pouring

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Waiting for the chocolate too cool is very hard! I& #39;d recommend making sure you have a bit of sponge showing around your jelly and that your sponges are really flat (the flat bit is prob obvious but mine aren& #39;t quite flat enough)

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The chocolate needs to be really cool, to the point its thickening back up, works much better then and doesn& #39;t melt the jelly.
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Mine aren& #39;t pretty but they are done!
The thin jelly is a nightmare. I cut it with a knife, the cutter just did not work for me. I put the cake near the jelly, then flipped both at the same time so the jelly was on top.
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The cling film worked really well, my jelly was made with 250ml boiled water & 750ml cold water, then I let it cool before pouring it in the tray
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A lot of effort for not very pretty jaffa cakes. I did have fun though

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht"> The rest of the Beeps will try them after their meal & I& #39;ll post a pic on Sunday.
Good luck everyone
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