The Great British Bake Off Bake Along 2019: Week 8 – Pastry Week
Pastry week on The Great British Bake Off saw some really challenging bakes! I love pastry, whether it is in the form of a pie, sweet treats such as croissants and pain au chocolat or a delicious choux filled with cream and topped with chocolate sauce. For the signature round, the bakers made savoury Tarte […]
The Great British Bake Off Bake Along 2019: Week 7 – Festival Week
A week has almost passed since Festival Week on The Great British Bake Off! We saw the bakers challenged with some really tricky bakes as well as something more traditional. For the Signature, they baked their favourite yeasted festival buns, with each one telling a story and could be inspired by any festival around the […]
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 […]
GBBO Bake Along – Cake Week
Week 2 of The Great British Bake Off was perfectly timed for my Birthday as it was Cake Week! On this episode; the amateur bakers were challenged to make a variety of delicious cakes from a traybake for the signature, Le Gateau Vert for the technical round and a chocolate collar cake for the showstopper! […]
SU2C GBBO Twitter Bake Along – Cupcakes
GBBO is back! Five episodes of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer is being aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 8pm on Channel 4 from Tuesday 6th March. Featuring four familiar faces each week that will battle to be crowned Star Baker whilst also raising funds for SU2C. I thought this […]
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 – Profiteroles
The semi-final of the Great British Bake Off was Patisserie Week! One of my favourites as it involves some of the most yummy bakes which included choux buns, Les Miserable slices & a Meringue sculpture! It was another warm week in the tent and we saw a few melting meringue sculptures! Steven’s chocolate balloon basket […]
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 […]