Just about to make my jaffa cakes. Feeling a little nervous but very excited. I'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 oops
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I didn't use all the jelly I made, it would have been really thick if I had. I'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 found my hand whisk and I'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'm not sure if my eggs are large as they come from the farm across the lane 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'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!
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 might not have done one batch right
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The only difference was the 1st batch I used the hand whisk the 2nd batch I did with a fork my jelly could be made with cold water so I lined my tray with cling film. Hopefully it'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'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'm going with them
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Checking the jelly like
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Still waiting on the jelly so I'm washing up now. Mr Beep will be home soon and he won't be impressed with the mess especially as he's cooking our evening meal tonight
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Has anyone got a tiny cookie cutter please?
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Btw I totally sing like Florence
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The jelly is done!
Just about to turn it out. Eeek
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Not sure it's going to come off
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The jelly is an absolute nightmare! It'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'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're a perfectionist. I am not, I just want to get to the chocolate now
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This is torture! I can'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'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'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't melt the jelly.
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Mine aren'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 The rest of the Beeps will try them after their meal & I'll post a pic on Sunday.
Good luck everyone
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