Even though I’m not British by blood, I was heavily influenced by my British great aunt Jean when I was growing up. This is not the same Jean as the Jeanie of this blog, my other grandmother! I know it’s confusing. Great aunt Jean married my Nana Lulu’s brother Eddie and I just adored her. We were very close and even celebrated our Gemini birthdays together. I remember her talking about jaffa cakes vividly but I never had one or even saw one until recently. They are a classic British mini cake with a layer of sponge, followed by a layer of gelatin, and topped with chocolate. The competitors on the latest season of the Great British Bake Off had to make them and I decided I needed to make them too this week.
After that, I just melted some dark chocolate in my microwave and spooned it right on top of the strawberry jaffa cakes. I tried to be as neat as possible, even doing a second batch to try to perfect them. I decided it was no use and they would taste just as good if the chocolate wasn’t perfectly tidy. Mary Berry even said to not fuss about it too much, and I’m not one to disagree with her. I think my aunt Jean would have loved these and I thought about her a lot when I made them. Hope you all love this British classic too! xoxo
Strawberry jaffa cakes are such an amazing and surprisingly simple to make take on the British classic, which usually use orange.
- 1 box strawberry gelatin powder 1 oz size
- 1 cup boiling water
- 6 whole ice cubes
- 25 grams granulated sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 25 grams self-rising flour
- 5 ounces dark chocolate broken into small pieces
- First, make the gelatin so it can set. Pour the gelatin powder into a heat proof bowl and pour the boiling water over it. Stir it well until the powder dissolves. Then add the ice cubes so that they melt in and cool everything down. Give it a final stir, then pour the mixture into an 8 x 8 baking dish. Put it in the freezer to completely set for about an hour and a half. It should still be somewhat pliable but not really jiggly. Hardening it in the freezer also helps with cutting so that it's cleaner.
- While the jello sets, make the sponge for the cake part. Pre-heat the oven to 350 and spray 10 wells of a 12 well muffin tin liberally with cooking spray. Combine the sugar and egg in a bowl and whip them together for 3-4 minutes, until the mixture is really pale and airy. It should expand too. Then switch to a spatula and gently fold in the flour just until it disappears. Scoop a tablespoon of the dough into the wells of the tin, there will be enough for 10. Make sure they are even, then bake the cakes for 8-9 minutes. Let them cool for a couple of minutes in the tin, they should pull away from the sides. Then put them on a rack to finish cooling completely.
- Now it's time for assembly. Take the hardened jello and use a 2 inch round cutter to cut 10 discs out of it. Place one on top of each little cake. Then put the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for a minute. Stir it, then microwave it for another 30 seconds so that it is completely melted. Spoon the chocolate over each cake, trying to be as neat as you can. Let the chocolate completely harden, then serve the cakes with a yummy hot beverage! Enjoy!
Nice one ..looks yume ?
Thank you so much!!
look so yummy! thanks for the recipe 😉
You’re very welcome, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for the kind comment :-).
I’ve never heard of Jaffa cakes before, but they look delicious! I’m all for anything topped with melted chocolate!
I am too!! They’re absolutely wonderful and simple to make. Thanks so much for checking out the recipe!
Those are so yummy looking! I am not a fan of fruity sweets, but the chocolate covering makes these cookies look delicious!
Thank you so much!
I’ve never heard of a jaffa cake! This looks so fun, I’m definitely gonna have to give it a try. I’d probably use strawberry instead of orange as well haha.
Kate
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Haha, yes I think the strawberry and chocolate are so good together. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you love the recipe!!
These look so delicious. I love the dark chocolate on top!
Thank you so much!! Dark chocolate is my absolute favorite.
I’ve never heard of these types of cakes before. They look very good!
Thank you so much!!