Vegan Jaffa Cakes
If you haven't heard of Jaffa Cakes before, firstly where have you been?! Secondly, they're the source of great debate. Let me explain, they're a cake (or biscuit), topped with marmalade and a layer of chocolate. They're pretty well known in the UK, and I bet nearly every British kid had a snack pack of these placed in their lunch box for school at one point or another. I decided to recreate these but make them vegan, I used dark chocolate and a simple vanilla sponge for the base, with a dollop or marmalade in the middle.
These Vegan Jaffa Cakes were honestly so easy to make, they just took a little time as you have to bake the sponge base, wait for them to cool before topping with marmalade, then drizzling over chocolate and waiting for that to set.
I highly recommend you give this recipe a go, as you'll be left with a nice amount of Vegan Jaffa Cakes that will make you feel like you're not missing out on anything with the traditional, store bought, non-vegan ones!
Total time: 45 Minutes Plus Setting Time
Yield: 15 Cakes
Ingredients
Yield: 15 Cakes
Ingredients
- 50g Dairy-free Butter
- 65g Caster Sugar
- 100g Self-raising Flour
- 100ml Dairy Free Milk
- A Few Drops Vanilla Extract
- A Few Tbsp Marmalade
- 180g Dark Chocolate
- 1 Tsp Coconut Oil
- Preheat your oven to 180˚ celsius.
- Line a cupcake pan with cases.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Fold in the self raising flour.
- Gradually add in the dairy free milk, until a smooth batter is formed, then add the vanilla extract.
- Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases, only adding about 1/2 tbsp to each case.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the cakes are beginning to turn golden brown.
- Allow the cakes to cool in the cupcake tin.
- Spoon 1 tsp of marmalade on the top of each cake.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil together, then spoon it on top of the marmalade (approx. 1.5 tsp chocolate per cake).
- Transfer the cakes (still in the cupcake tin) to the fridge and allow the chocolate to set completely (approx. 1 hour).
- Once the cakes are set, remove from the cupcake cases and enjoy!