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Blue Heaven, Grape Bubblegum and Creamy Soda Jelly Cake

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Blue Heaven, Grape Bubblegum and Creamy Soda Jelly Cake

Blue Heaven, Bubblegum Grape and Creamy Soda Jelly Cake recipe

When I was a tween/teen I use to love grape bubble-gum, creamy soda and blue heaven flavours. The grape flavour HubbaBubba bubble-gum was the go to, creamy soda was my favourite soft drink and blue heaven syrup was a must for the usual ‘spider’ milkshake I got at cafes with the family.

As these flavours are all available in jelly crystals in the local Coles and Woolworths I decided I would use the crystals as the flavouring, in which is a method I have done many times in the past with a range of recipes.

Once I had the flavours it was as simple as using my never fail vanilla cake mix and just dividing up the batter.

This cake definitely brings back so many childhood memories!

And of course, is very tasty as well!

Blue Heaven, Bubblegum Grape and Creamy Soda Jelly Cake recipe
Blue Heaven, Bubblegum Grape and Creamy Soda Jelly Cake recipe

Cake:

  • 260g butter
  • 200g sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 + ½ cup cake flour
  • 1 + ½ cup plain flour
  • 1 tsn baking powder
  • ½ tsn bicarbonate soda
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsn vanilla essence
  • 60g blue heaven jelly crystals
  • 60g bubblegum grape jelly crystals
  • 60g creamy soda jelly crystals
  • Blue and Red food colouring

Icing:

  • 190g butter
  • 150g icing sugar

 

Method:

  1. Grease and line 3 x 25 cm cake tins and pre-heat the oven to 175c.
  2. Using electric beaters cream the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until creamy and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each addition.
  4. Sift the flours, powder and soda in a bowl, add this dry mix to the butter mix. Add the milk and vanilla to the butter mix, beat on slow until just combined (do not over beat).
  5. Divide the batter equally into 3 bowls.
  6. Add the blue heaven jelly crystals and blue food colouring to one bowl of batter mix.
  7. In the second bowl of batter add the Bubblegum jelly crystals mixed with a little red and blue food colouring to make the purple grape colour.
  8. Lastly add the creamy soda jelly crystals as well as the red food colouring to the last bowl.
  9. Stir each bowl of batter until the crystals and colour is just combine and even.
  10. Pour the 3 bowls of batter into the 3 tins and bake for 45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  11. Cool the cakes in the pan for 5 minutes then place on a cooling rack.
  12. To make the icing beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until fluffy and creamy.
  13. Once the cakes are cold place the purple layer onto a plate and spread a layer of icing on top.
  14. Add the blue cake layer and top with icing.
  15. Add the pink cake layer and top with icing.
  16. Use the remainder of the icing to spread around the sides of the cake to ensure top and side coverage.

 

Notes: I divided the icing into 3 bowls and added colours according to the layer (for the outside icing combine the leftover icing). This is not required but I felt it further enhanced the colours vibrancy. I also decorated with an icing sugar dusting and coloured sugar pearls.

 

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Bubblegum Cheesecake

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Bubblegum Cheesecake

Bubblegum Cheesecake recipe

As you will be well aware by now I am always asking people and on the lookout for baking flavor ideas.

I had a friend recently suggest to me bubblegum flavored cheesecake. Interesting…this could turn out to be amazing or so so wrong. Now it did actually take me two attempts to get this cake right, however the reason I even bothered a second attempt was due to the fillings taste sensation. I felt attempt one could have had a firmer filling so I re-did the cake with a much more satisfactory outcome.

After a solid taste testing session the consensus was that this cheesecake is a big winner.

Now, I must say, I’m not a massive fan of cheesecake but this one (a) is not sickly sweet (even with the white chocolate topping), (b) has a perfect consistency and (c) actually taste exactly like I remember bubblegum tasting as a kid!

Ingredients:

Base:

  • 375g butternut snap biscuits
  • 100g butter

Filling:

  • 120g bubblegum flavored jelly crystals
  • 500g cream cheese
  • 175ml thickened cream
  • 100g sugar

Topping:

  • 150g white chocolate
  • 70ml thickened cream

 

Method:

  1. Place the biscuits in a food processor and blitz until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
  2. Place crumbs in a bowl with melted butter and mix until well combine.
  3. Spoon the mix into a 23cm spring form cake tin, covering both the base and sides of the tin.
  4. Once the biscuit base is complete place in the fridge for later.
  5. Boil 60ml of water and add 55g of the jelly crystals. Stir until well combine.
  6. Using electric beaters beat the cheese, cream, sugar and 65g of the jelly crystals until combine.
  7. Add the just cooled jelly water mix to the cheese mix and beat until just combine with no lumps.
  8. Pour the cheese mix into the prepared biscuit base and leave in the fridge for 3 hours to set.
  9. To make the topping place the 70ml of cream in a bowl in the microwave and heat until the cream boils.
  10. Add the white chocolate to the cream, wait a minute, then stir until the mix is well combine. Place the chocolate mix aside until cooled.
  11. Pour the chocolate mix over the cheesecake and place back in the fridge for 2 hours+ to set.

 

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Jelly Biscuits

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 Jelly Biscuits recipe

Jelly Biscuits

Ever notice how Jelly (Jello in America) has the most amazing flavor variations, from fruits to wine flavors to favorite drinks like Blue Heaven?

We use essence and extract to add flavor to our baking – vanilla, coconut, almond, mint and rosewater to name a few. So if we already add flavors why can’t we have the awesome favourite Jelly flavours in baking? Well there is no reason we can’t.

This then brought me to experiment with my 2 most favorite Jelly flavours  – Creamy Soda and Bubblegum. I made a batch of both of these biscuits and they were both so flavorsome and took me back to childhood!

Jelly Biscuits recipe

 

Ingredients:

  • 250g butter
  • 110g sugar
  • 80g condensed milk
  • 300g plain flour
  • 1 + ½ tsn baking powder
  • 100g Jelly powder (flavored gelatin)

Method:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 160c and line 3 big baking trays with baking paper.
  2. With electric beaters beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until light and creamy.
  3. Add the milk and beat for another few minutes until smooth.
  4. Add the flour, baking powder and the jelly powder to the mix and stir.
  5. Mix until well combine.
  6. Roll mix into balls with hands to small golf ball sizes (25g in size).
  7. Place balls on the trays and slightly flatten with hands.
  8. Bake for 16 minutes or until slightly golden.
  9. Once cooked place on a rake to cool.

Notes:

  • I have decorated by sprinkling pink decorating sugar to give the biscuits a special touch.

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