JAFFA MOUSSE CAKE RECIPE

Cake Base
Adapted from, myself! Literally just tasted and go!

Ingredients

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup sugar
60g melted unsalted butter (more or less)
pinch of salt

Method

1. Preheat oven at 160 degrees, fan forced. Line the bottom and sides of a pan with baking paper.
2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, then press into the pan base. Bake for 10minutes. Cool.

 

Chocolate Jaffa Mousse
Adapted from My Kitchen Rules, with slight changes

Ingredients

225g dark chocolate
1 sachet of gelatine, mix with 1/4cup boiled water
300ml thickened cream
1 tbs orange juice, squeezed and sift pulp out
3 tsp orange essence (more or less to taste)

Method

1. To make mousse, melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Set aside.
2. In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 cup water to a boil and mix in gelatine until dissolves. Let it cool slightly.
3. Meanwhile, whip the cream until soft peaks form.
4. Add the gelatine into the chocolate mixture.
5. Add orange juice and essence to whipped cream and mix evenly.
6. Then gradually fold in the cream into the chocolate gelatine mixture.
7. Spread over cooled cake in pan. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.