Auntie Janes Caramel Shortcake
Auntie Janes Caramel Shortcake

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Once base is cool, place the brown sugar and butter in a medium saucepan and melt. Pour the caramel onto the shortbread base and leave to set for an hour in the fridge. Once set, melt the milk chocolate and pour over the caramel - melt the white chocolate and pour over too - swirl it into the milk chocolate with the end of a cake skewer so it forms a pretty pattern.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook auntie janes caramel shortcake using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Auntie Janes Caramel Shortcake:
  1. Get Shortbread Base
  2. Prepare 150 grams Self Raising Flour
  3. Make ready 25 grams Cornflour
  4. Get 1 tsp baking powder
  5. Make ready 50 grams Icing Sugar
  6. Prepare 150 grams unsalted butter
  7. Prepare Caramel
  8. Prepare 1 can Condensed Milk
  9. Prepare 150 grams brown sugar
  10. Make ready 150 grams unsalted butter
  11. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  12. Get Chocolate topping
  13. Make ready 300 grams Milk Chocolate
  14. Get 25 grams unsalted butter

For Caramel Layer Whisk the sweetened condensed milk, brown sugar, butter, golden syrup, vanilla and salt together in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, the butter melts and the mixture comes to a boil. Continually stir with a spatula to make sure no sugar sticks to the bottom of the pan. (This can leave brown specks in the caramel but won't affect the flavour.) To make the caramel filling, combine the dulce de leche, butter and sugar in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Whisking the mixture, bring to the boil (be careful as the mixture will be extremely hot). Pour evenly over the biscuit base, cover and leave to set for at least four hours or overnight at room temperature.

Instructions to make Auntie Janes Caramel Shortcake:
  1. Set oven at a cool heat, gas mark 1, 140°C (120°C, fan).
  2. Place ingrediants for Shortbread base in bowl and rub in butter to make a crumb mix
  3. Spread shortbread base over the base of a greased baking tray
  4. Place shortbread base in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  5. Allow base to cool, it usually takes 15 to 30 minutes to cool completely.
  6. Once base is cool, place the brown sugar and butter in a medium saucepan and melt.
  7. Once sugar and butter have melted add the condensed milk and boil rapidly for 2 minutes. Whisk when boiling.
  8. Remove caramel from the heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes then stir in the salt.
  9. Spread the caramel over the shortbread base. Then place in fridge to cool.
  10. Once the caramel is cool, melt chocolate and butter. Best to do this with chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.
  11. Once the chocolate is melted spread it over the caramel and allow to set.
  12. Once set you can cut the Caramel Shortcake into squares.

Pour the caramel onto the shortbread base and leave to set for an hour in the fridge. Once set, melt the chocolate orange and pour over the caramel - melt the white chocolate and mix with a little orange food colouring and swirl it into the chocolate orange with the end of a cake skewer so it forms a pretty pattern or just drizzle it over. For the caramel: While the shortbread is baking, pour the condensed milk, syrup, sugar and butter into a saucepan. Cook over a low heat, stirring all the time. This takes a while but has to be done carefully otherwise it will stick to the pan and burn.

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