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But the undisputed winner was the Ginger Nut, with an ODT of 2.92 seconds and the result of being classed a classic dunker because the ginger became even more gingery while the biscuit held its crunch. Prepare the jelly/jello FIRST! It needs time to cool and set before making the sponge. So give it a good couple of hours at least. Sift in the flour and fold everything together with the orange juice and zest using a metal spoon. Use a spatula to scrape the batter into the frying pan. Level the batter off, then bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes, until risen and golden and a skewer comes out clean when pushed into the centre of the cake.

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Make your own jelly using gelatine and any liquid you choose… You can even make a boozy version by adding a tot of liqueur to the mix.

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Like I said at the start, I’ve revamped this recipe to make it as straightforward as possible and everything you’ll need is a basic ‘store cupboard’ ingredient… For the orange jelly (jello): Jaffa Cakes are much easier to make than you’d think. The jelly (adding boiling water to jelly/jello cubes) is child’s play…Making the sponge is an easy whisk-and-bake job… And all the chocolate needs is to be carefully melted and spread on the top. Okay… the chocolate can be a bit messy, but who cares what they look like? When they are cool carefully remove the sponges from the muffin tin - a tablespoon can help with this step! Place the set jelly on top of the sponges.

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Note: You can also substitute the flour + xanthan + baking powder with a commercial self-raising flour that contains all three elements (eg Doves Freee). For the topping:

As I said at the time, and memory serves that it was a press conference in Westminster’s QEII Centre (although it might just have been a press release): “We needed to establish the mean duration of the individual dunk episode of the average Briton. This was then combined with the time it took for each brand of biscuit wholly to dissolve in tea. And thus we calculated the perfect amount of time for the dunking operation.”

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Remember to lightly grease the muffin pan, so that the sponge cakes release easily after baking. You can use a light smear of butter (or dairy free alternative) or oil for this. I should know, having conducted the Ultimate Biscuit Dunking Challenge in 2004, while I was editor of Waitrose Food Illustrated. Ahead of the curve (as ever), I gathered a team of food scientists and a further 100 volunteers to peer-review the results. We hired retort stands (don’t ask, but it sounded good), sourced traditional stopwatches (for a retro Olympic feel), and devised the ODT formula: Optimum Dunking Time.

It’s the greatest outrage in food since the horsemeat scandal of 2013. In case you missed it, research was published this week claiming that the Jaffa Cake is the most dunkable biscuit. Except, of course, that a) it’s not, and b) it’s not a biscuit. Melt your chocolate SLOWLY and on a LOW HEAT to avoid it ‘seizing’ or burning.And follow the instructions in the recipe card for a shinier top. This recipe is suitable if you’re gluten free as long as you swap out the following ingredients for gluten free versions;

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Upturn the cakes (so that the top-baked side is underneath) before coating them with jelly and chocolate. This gives a sturdier bottom to your Jaffa Cakes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and grease a 12-hole, shallow bun tin with butter. While orange is the traditional Jaffa flavour, you don’t have to follow the rules! You can make YOUR gluten free Jaffa Cakes any way you choose. Why not: Carefully line the jelly tin with baking paper as instructed on the recipe card… It’s easier to tip out that way.Nonetheless, the debate rages on… Is a Jaffa Cake actually a cake or a biscuit? They are sold in the biscuit aisle, come lined up in a box, are shaped like a cookie and to all intent and purpose are eaten in the same way as any other biscuit.