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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 10 – Victoria Sponge 

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged , , , on October 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »

I can’t believe the Bake Off has finished! So here is the last technical challenge. Becky has had to make the last 3 technical challenges but she’s got a lot of other cakes to make at the moment and I decided I was up to baking again so I agreed to make the final one. Click here to find out how the final challenge went.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 9 – Savarin

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged , on October 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of this years bake off! One more technical challenge to go. I ended up buying the tin for this weeks challenge – you can never have too many cake tins and I am sure I will use it again as it’s a very pretty shape. It’s been a bit of a crazy week as it was Emily’s 1st Birthday last Thursdays, so I had a very important Birthday cake to make which took priority, so I am only getting round to doing this now. Click here to see the results.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 8 – Jumbles

Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Spices, tagged , , , on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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It’s not long till the bake off final, so only a few more weeks of technical challenges left. I’ve got a very busy few weeks, so it’s a good job that last weeks challenge was a quick and easy one! I thought they would be good for a post cross country race snack, so made a double batch to take to the first Met League cross country race of the season. Click  here to see how I got on.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 7 -Marjolaine

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, gluten-free, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged , , , , , on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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Last weeks challenge had to wait till we got back from Devon earlier this week, so I made this on Wednesday and assembled it on Thursday morning in a bit of a rush while trying to get Emily breakfast and get ready to go out. None of the individual parts were too complicated, but it was very time consuming to make! Click  here to see how I got on.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 6 – Fresh Herb Fougasse

Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges on October 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Most weekends I bake a loaf of bread. I’m a creature of habit though and always make the same super simple white loaf – it’s one where you mix everything together in a bowl (no kneading required!) and leave for up to 24 hours before shaping and baking. It’s quite a dense loaf but I think it’s perfect freshly baked in the morning and then toasted with scrambled egg on top. I do like trying new breads but often look for reason to try one so I was slightly disappointed with the technical challenge from bread week. However, last week (botanical week), gave us another bread to try and it sounded really good. Click here to keep reading.

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