How To… Create Jaffa Cakes At Home

Is the Jaffa Cake a cake, or is it a biscuit? The subject of debate for many years, what we can agree on is that these little treats are utterly delicious. If you are as fond of the chocolate-covered Jaffa Cake as we are, now is a brilliant time to discover how to create your own. We have enlisted the help of the chefs behind Heddon Street’s vegetarian restaurant, tibits to share their culinary secrets. Find a step by step recipe guide below:

INGREDIENTS

• 250g flour
• 170g sugar
• 7g baking powder
• 6g baking soda
• 1tsp salt
• 5g vanilla sugar
• 300ml soya milk
• 125ml rapeseed oil
• 1.5tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2.5tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
• 150g good quality dark chocolate
• 120g coconut milk
• 300g orange marmalade (see here for the marmalade recipe)

METHOD

• Heat the oven up to 180°C. Prepare a baking tray with baking paper.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla sugar in a bowl.
• Add the rapeseed oil and soya milk and stir.
• Add the vinegar and mix it well with a rubber spatula. As soon as the mixture for the base is combined, pour into the tray and cook in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes at 180°C. Let the base cool in the baking tray.
• In the meantime, bring the orange juice and sugar to boil in a small pot.
• Place the chocolate in a bowl, heat up the coconut milk and pour the hot milk over the chocolate. Let it melt for 1 minute, then mix it well with a rubber spatula.
• Pour the orange juice equally over the biscuit and let it soak in.
• Carefully spread out the marmalade on the biscuit, and then cover it with the warm chocolate.
• Let it cool, then take it out of the baking tray.
• Cut into pieces (squares are easiest) and serve.