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Hedgehog Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged , , on December 5, 2019| 1 Comment »

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Before we start all our Christmas baking I thought I would quickly upload some photos of the cake that Emily made for Rich for his Birthday this year. We all love watching the Great British Bake Off and also enjoy watching An Extra Slice. Rich’s absolute favourite bit is when they show photos of things that other people have had a go at baking, in particular the famous hedgehog cakes. So for his Birthday this year I thought we could make him a hedgehog cake and I would let Emily decorate it all by herself! I was secretly hoping it would be very funny leaving a 4 year old to do it! Click here to see how Emily got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 10 -Twice-baked Stilton Souffles with Lavash Crackers

Posted in GBBO Challenges, tagged , on November 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »

IMG_7338.JPGI finally got round to making these last week after a slight delay due to us all catching a tummy bug, thankfully we are all recovered and our appetites have come back! None of us like blue cheese, so I decided to make these with cheddar and some left over Comte instead. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No.9 – Gâteau Saint Honoré

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , on October 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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It’s actually quite a relief that this is the penultimate week of the Great British Bake Off! I have loved doing all the technical challenges and trying things I wouldn’t normally have had a go at, but I’m also looking forward to doing some of my own baking too. I love patisserie but rarely attempt any as it really is very time consuming. We are away this weekend, so I volunteered to bring dessert – perfect excuse to give this a go! Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No.8 – Moroccan Style Pie

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Spices, tagged , , on October 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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This week has been super busy as it was Emily’s 4th Birthday on Sunday, so all my baking energy went into creating a crazy rainbow coloured unicorn cake for her! This was a bit of a last minute decision to make it for dinner on Monday night as Em was coming to stay for the night, so a great opportunity to make it together and then eat it for dinner. Click here to see how we got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Chocolate and Ricotta Cassatelle

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged , on October 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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I can’t believe we are nearly at week 8 on the GBBO already! We had a very dark and rainy Friday afternoon here, so Emily and I decided it was perfect timing to make this weeks technical challenge. And luckily Chloe decided she was exhausted and had a 2.5 hour nap giving us plenty of time to get these done and in the fridge ready to deep fry for pudding as a Friday treat. Click here to see how me and my little helper got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 6 – Mango, Coconut & Raspberry Verrines

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Summer, tagged , on October 8, 2019| 1 Comment »

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I was very excited about making the technical challenge for dessert week as my parents were coming to stay this weekend, so it gave us the perfect excuse to make something special! And with 6 portions it meant that Rich and I could try it on Friday night and there would still be 4 for Saturday night, as well as saving a tiny bit for a mini one for Emily. Click here to see how we got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 5 – Beignets Soufflé

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged , on September 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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Can’t believe we are up to week 5 already on this years Bake Off! We had a free weekend at home this weekend, so this technical challenge was perfect for pudding on Saturday night. I hadn’t made choux pastry for a long time, so this was a good one to try. Click

here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 4 – Maids of Honour

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged , , , on September 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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We were all away together on a family holiday last week and managed to watch the GBBO together for the first time in a long time! I don’t think any of us were particularly keen to make these having seen the curd cheese being made, but when we looked at the recipe it actually sounded pretty good. So on Sunday afternoon Emily and I had a go at making them. Click here to see how we got on.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No. 3 – Burger Buns

Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges on September 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I haven’t made white rolls for ages so I was happy to give the technical challenge a go this week (although some of the showstoppers looked amazing so I might have to scoring bread soon!). Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No 2. – Fig Rolls

Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, tagged , , , , , , on September 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »

This week on the Bake Off it was biscuit week. Some of the showstoppers were amazing – I have chickens so I was very tempted to try to create a biscuit Chicken! But I’ve stuck with the technical challenge this week which was fig rolls, something I haven’t had for years.

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