Gigantic Jaffa Cake Recipes

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.