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Jamie Dodger Celebration Cake

Such a simple recipe but a great crowd pleaser that’s bound to impress! It was my housemates birthday recently and as tradition goes, I wanted to make home a cake but knowing that his go to sweet treats are biscuits I wanted to incorporate a childhood fave! I used a simple cake batter recipe, filled with jam, decorated with chocolate ganache frosting & cut Jamie dodgers and voila... he was so pleased!! Recipe - cake: 8oz Caster sugar 8oz Soft baking butter (cheaper than normal butter and works just as well!) 8oz Self-raising flour 1tsp baking powder 4 medium eggs 1tsp vanilla essence Filling: 1/2 a jar of strawberry or raspberry jam (be sure to take out any large lumps of fruit) Frosting: Approx.150ml double cream 240g white chocolate (I used lidl own brand -only 30p a bar- doesn’t have to be anything fancy) Method: 1) cream the softened butter with the Caster sugar untill well combined 2) add three of the eggs - one at a time - whisking the mixture as quick a