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These homemade treats are really easy to make and well worth making. If you don鈥檛 want to make your own jelly (it鈥檚 really easy I promise), then simply buy some orange jelly cubes and make as per the packet instructions and use that instead.

For the jelly:

zest and juice of 1 orange
2-3 heaped tablespoons of marmalade (fine shred or shredless)
2 teaspoons orange extract
1/2 tsp orange colour (optional)
3 tblsp caster sugar
250ml boiling water
25ml Cointreau/triple sec (optional)
1 x 12g pouch powdered gelatin

For the sponge:

2 large eggs
50g caster sugar
50g plain flour (sieved)

Topping:

300g plain dark chocolate
chocolate stars/hearts (optional)

Method:

1: Combine the orange juice, zest, marmalade, orange extract, caster sugar and alcohol and 150ml of the boiling water in a small saucepan and heat gently whilst stirring until the sugar and marmalade has dissolved. Add the colour.

2: Dissolve the gelatine in the remaining 100ml of boiling water and stir well until dissolved. Pour into the orange mix and stir well. Pour the mixture into a shallow baking tray which you have lined with cling film, the jelly should be about 5mm thick, leave to set.

3: Put some water in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Set a glass or metal bowl on top, make sure the water doesn鈥檛 touch the bowl. Add the eggs and caster sugar and beat with an electric whisk for a few minutes until it is pale yellow, fluffy and quadrupled in size. Beat in the flour to create a batter.

4: Grease a 12 hole muffin tin with butter and divide the batter between the holes. Bake in an oven heated to 180C (fan) for about 9 minutes, a skewer should come clean from the centre. These are a dense cake so don鈥檛 expect them to have risen lots, they should still be flat. Allow to cool completely.

5: Melt the chocolate and allow to cool for about 10 minutes (otherwise it will melt the jelly). Use a biscuit cutter to cut out your jelly discs, transfer them, onto the top of your cake using a pallet knife. drizzle over the melted chocolate and top with a star. Allow to cool and harden completely.

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