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The jaffa cake
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The jaffa cake

Layered sponge, dark chocolate & bitter orange marmalade

The jaffa cake
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1 hr 30 mins plus chilling
Not Too Tricky

serves 16

About the recipe

Inspired by a fantastic German Christmas cake, but also embracing the old-school chocolate orange Jaffa Cakes that we enjoyed as kids, this is a really fun, satisfying cake to put together – there’s real comfort in the making here.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook, p270


nutrition per serving

Calories

g

Fat

g

Saturates

g

Sugars

g

Salt

g

Protein

g

Carbs

g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter

(at room temperature), plus extra for greasing

300g golden marzipan

100ml single cream

225g golden caster sugar

10 large free-range eggs

½ tablespoon vanilla bean paste

1 orange

150g self-raising flour

100g cornflour

150g quality rindless bitter orange marmalade

25ml whisky

300g quality dark chocolate (70%), plus extra to serve

40g candied orange peel

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 270 of Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

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