Do you know those chocolate covered biscuits with orange jelly layer in the middle? They remind me of my childhood, I love them! And last weekend I decided to experiment a bit in the kitchen again – I made a cake that tastes like Jaffa cake biscuits. If you’re Jaffa (kree! ) fan, you should definitely try this out!

I cannot believe it's not Jaffa biscuits!

Biscuit base:
4 eggs
75g sugar
a pinch of salt
50ml Cointreau
50ml milk
50ml olive oil (you can substitute it with melted butter)
170g flour
8g baking powder

Orange jelly layer:
juice of approximately 3 oranges and 1 lemon (approximately 250ml))
grated peel of 1 orange and 1 lemon
4 Tbsp orange jam
75g sugar
5 gelatine sheets (8g)

Chocolate coating:
300g chocolate, melted over bain-marie (I used 200g of 40% cocoa and 100g of 70% cocoa)

1. Beat the eggs with salt, sugar, Cointreau, milk and olive oil, then add the flour, sifted together with baking powder.
2. Pour the batter in the baking pan (34×20 or bigger if you want a thiner biscuit base), lined with parchment paper and bake in preheated oven (160-180ºC, depending on your oven) until golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack.
3. Prepare the orange jelly: soak the gelatin sheets in some water for 5 minutes, then squeeze the excess of water (gently!) out of them and place in a pot together with orange-lemon juice, grated peel and sugar. Heat on low temperature until the gelatin dissolves. Add the orange jam and let cool.
4. Spread the jelly over the cooled biscuit base, then cover with melted chocolate. Place the cake in the fridge for overnight at least. Cut in squares or other desired shape. It tastes best on the 2nd/3rd day. Keep in the fridge.

A perfect December treat