Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Wagon Wheels on August 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Finally this years GBBO is underway! It was a great start to the series and I can’t wait for next weeks episode already. This year I am getting a bit of help with my baking from Emily who really enjoyed watching it for the first time on Wednesday morning and couldn’t wait to try and make them. So click here to see how we got on.
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, royal icing, Spices, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Ginger Biscuits, royal icing on November 7, 2017| 1 Comment »
I can’t believe that this years bake off has now finished! I really enjoyed watching it and thought the new presenters were great and I was really pleased with the result, Sophie throughly deserved to win! I’m actually feeling quite relieved that all the technical challenges are now done and I can start to think about Christmas baking. So here is my attempt at the iced ginger biscuits.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Les Miserable Cakes, patisserie on October 30, 2017| 1 Comment »
Last week on the Great British Bake Off was patisserie week. I rarely make any patisserie stuff as it just takes so long to do (and that’s coming from someone who makes novelty cakes and loves spending hours making sugar paste flowers!). But having got this far with all the challenges, I couldn’t resist attempting another one! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings on October 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This week Becky and I got to make the technical challenge together! I went down to Kent for the weekend for Emily’s second birthday so we decided to make the Rum Nicky for pudding on Saturday night. Mum also helped out by weighing out some of the ingredients and bringing a pie dish for us to use! Click here to keep reading.
Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Pizza on October 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Last week I invited over Zahrah from work for a long overdue baking session on Friday, without knowing what the technical challenge would be. So when I discovered it was pizza I was really pleased – it meant we could make it for our dinner! Click here to keep reading.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged Custard Tart, GBBO Technical Challenge, Pasteis de Nata, pastry on October 9, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Last week was pastry week on the bake off and I really don’t make much pastry as it’s very hard to make gluten free for Rich to eat so I just tend to avoid it. So I was looking forward to the challenge and eating 12 custard tarts all to myself! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, tagged chocolate pudding, GBBO Technical Challenge, Molten Pudding on October 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I was really looking forward to making this weeks technical challenge – I love peanut butter! We invited our friends Matt and Beckie over for dinner on Saturday night and I planned to do the technical challenge for pudding, no pressure then…
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Other, tagged caramel, GBBO Technical Challenge, Stroopwafels on September 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This week was caramel week on the Great British Bake Off and I was intrigued to see what the technical challenge would be. I didn’t watch it live but Becky text me after it finished and asked if I fancied buying an ice cream waffle cone maker – I was intrigued! Since neither of us own one, and Becky said she wouldn’t use it (it’s a bit hard to make them gluten free) I said I was happy to buy it but asked her to order it for me since I was away and worried it wouldn’t arrive in time. When I got back on Thursday it was waiting for me! Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged bread, Cottage Loaf, GBBO Technical Challenge on September 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This week was bread week on the Great British Bake Off and it was another great episode! I don’t bake much bread as Rich can’t really have gluten, so I was a bit nervous about doing this weeks technical challenge. I was relieved to see it looked like a simple loaf to make, or so I thought. Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Biscuits, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, tagged Fortune Cookies, Great British Bake Off, technical challenges on September 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In a mad rush yesterday I thought I would try and squeeze in this weeks technical challenge before we went away on holiday and it meant that we had some baked goodies to eat while we’re away. Click here to see how I got on making the fortune cookies.
Gloverly Cupcakes 