GBBO Bake Along 2020 – Autumnal Battenberg Cake
Bake off is back! It’s certainly what 2020 needs and I’m soooooo happy! We have both the usual judges; Paul and Prue, along with Noel returning as a host, along a new second host; Matt Lucas! The first week was Cake Week – where we saw the bakers challenged to create a Battenberg for the […]
The Great British Bake Off Bake Along 2019: Week 1 – Cakes
The Great British Bake Off is back! So naturally, I’m taking part in the GBBO Bake Along again this year 🙂 Week One was cake week, so we saw the bakers faced with a fruity signature challenge, where they created decorated fruit cakes. For the technical challenge they made three layer angel cake slices consisting […]
GBBO Bake Along – Eton Mess Roulade
Dessert week saw the bakers return to the tent to create an array of delights ranging from a roulade for the Signature round where they had to create the perfect swirl when it was rolled. For the Technical challenge; they made a retro dessert which has the most confusing spelling – Blancmange. (which is actually […]
GBBO Bake Along – Bread Week
This week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off was Bread week! We saw all manner of sweet & savoury delights! From Chelsea Buns in the Signature round, Garlic Naan Breads in the Technical and Korovai for the Showstopper! I loved Kim-Joy’s cat themed wedding Korovai this week – the fact that she creates the […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Iced Ginger Biscuits
The Final episode of The Great British Bake Off 2017 aired this week and we saw the last 3 bakers; Kate, Sophie and Steven challenged to a variety of bakes including knotted bread & bread rolls for the Signature round. For the Technical Challenge, Prue set them the task of creating iced ginger biscuits that […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Victorian Savoy Cake
This week was Forgotten Bakes week! The bakers’ first challenge was to make four Bedfordshire Clangers for the signature bake, which is a bit like a Cornish pasty, with one end sweet and one end savoury. The pastry is made with suet and is longer and more sausage like in shape than a pasty. The […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Sfogliatelle
This week’s Great British Bake Off episode was the first ever Italian Week. As the pressure rose, so did the temperature as it was the hottest ever day in the bake off tent! Whilst everyone was trying to cool themselves using fridge doors, fans, sticking their heads in the freezer and fantasising about laying in […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Decorative Chicken & Mushroom Pie
Pastry week in the Great British Bake Off tent was another tense one! For the signature bake; we saw the bakers challenged to make an assortment of decorative pies with a common theme so they all linked together in some way! Then they were challenged, in the technical round, to make Portuguese custard tarts which […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Millionaires Cookies
This post is much later than planned because I had such a busy week last week with cake orders, work and generally playing catch up!! But I finally developed a little GBBO Caramel Week recipe for these super easy Millionaires Cookies! I’ve made Millionaires Shortbread before and I have to say they are a bit […]
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Apple Crumble Cake
So week one of the new series of The Great British Bake Off has been and gone! Though a lot of people were skeptical about it moving to Channel 4 with new hosts and Judges (apart from Paul Hollywood!) I still decided to give it a chance…and I love it!! Episode one kicked off with […]