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Jaffa Cakes

Jan 14, 2013 16:05

Okay, Brits will totally call me on the use of orange curd instead of orange jelly. All apologies for that adaptation, but I couldn't resist the curd; I'd rather have a ton of that lying around than orange marmalade, which all recipes I found called for. And it's true, the curd is far messier than a jelly would be. Ooey, gooey messy and delicious. ( Read more... )

!theme post, british, biscuits and scones

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grace January 15 2013, 00:19:46 UTC

Jaffa cakes! I have to bookmark this recipe for later! :)

superbadgirl January 15 2013, 01:09:28 UTC

Even if my cakes got overbaked (I need to get a thermometer for this oven), the curd and chocolate cover really disguise it. So tasty!

burningrhapsody January 15 2013, 00:29:28 UTC

Ohhh, I never thought about doing homemade Jaffa cakes before :D

superbadgirl January 15 2013, 01:10:14 UTC

I hadn't either, until the theme came up. Then I was all, hmmm, Jaffa!

echoinautumn January 15 2013, 00:51:32 UTC

I have just made a jar of lemon curd and a jar of cranberry curd, and I am considering them as a pleasant substitution here... (But I also love orange marmalade and would be just as delighted to make "real" Jaffa Cakes, which I also love.)

superbadgirl January 15 2013, 01:11:49 UTC

Oooh, I think the cranberry would be especially good. I might make these again, jelly version, and also to see if I can get them prettier. Maybe lock the cat in his room for the duration.

ellig123 January 15 2013, 02:07:31 UTC

Whenever my family go to France they always stock up on the different flavour of 'Jaffa' cakes that they sell over there - I can only ever find standard orange ones in the UK but over there they have all sorts of different flavours of these. So good!

Do you think a bar shape might be easier to eat, and therefore less messy, than a circle? They look delicious regardless, I just wondered if a different shape might lead to less overspill :)

superbadgirl January 15 2013, 03:14:27 UTC

Possibly. The one I sampled ended up a mess even before I took a bite, and the one I sampled later was much less messy. ;)

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superbadgirl January 15 2013, 01:14:44 UTC

I think you could use a recipe for curd that doesn't use near as much sugar, to get a nice tang going. I'd also cook it down more if I could do it over - get it nice and thick. The cakes aren't overly sweet and if you use a nice bitter dark chocolate ... mmm.

ellig123 January 15 2013, 02:05:19 UTC

"Okay, Brits will totally call me on the use of orange curd instead of orange jelly"

Before I saw what you're made I read that and thought I might have to correct 'jam' for 'jelly', but Jaffa Cakes are more of a jelly so I didn't need to, haha :)

These look good! I love things like orange creme chocolates so these definitely get a thumbs-up from me.