Posted in Bread, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, Lardy Cake on December 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Finally got round to doing the last bake off technical challenges at the weekend, everyone was a bit unsure about this one, but it was delicious, the homemade candied orange was amazing. It was a cross between puff pastry and a sticky fruited bun. Click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Summer, tagged Bread Week, Devonshire Splits, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I don’t often share photos of the bread I bake, but most weeks I bake bread at least twice, sometimes 5 or 6 times, I absolutely love it! I tend to make milk bread loaves or rolls for breakfast/toast for the girls and sourdough for Rich and me. Then at the weekend we quite often have some kind of enriched dough for breakfast as a treat, any variety of cinnamon buns, babka’s, cruffins, croissants, brioche etc. And now it’s getting colder we’ll be having more soup for lunch which means I can try more savoury bread recipes too. I find it really enjoyable and rewarding. I couldn’t resist making these straight away and having them for breakfast this morning!
(more…)Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged bread, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, laminated dough, Pain aux Raisin on September 30, 2022| 1 Comment »
We were very much looking forward to bread week! We eat a lot of bread in our house, I bake bread anywhere between 2-6 times a week. Up until a few years ago I rarely made bread as Rich didn’t really eat gluten so had had very little bread making experience. But now Rich is eating it again and I am totally addicted to bread making. I had Chloe as my little helper this week, click here to see how we got on.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, tagged Chocolate Orange, christmas baking, panettone on December 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
As chocolate orange is one of my absolute favourite flavours I couldn’t resist making these as a treat for breakfast in the run up to Christmas. I knew the girls would love them too, the only problem was that one just wasn’t enough! Click here to try this recipe.
(more…)Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged Belgium buns, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge on December 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Last week’s Bake Off final certainly didn’t disappoint! It was so close I really wasn’t sure who was going to win. Rich was very pleased that the technical was something he really likes, so we were looking forward to making these! The girls also love any kind of sweet bread buns, so I knew these would go down well. Click here to see how we got on.
(more…)Posted in Bread, GBBO Challenges, tagged Ciabatta, ciabatta bread sticks, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Up until about 4 years ago I rarely baked bread, Rich didn’t really eat gluten so I didn’t really have any reason to make it. But when he started eating gluten again I slowly started making more bread and trying different things and now I’m totally addicted and bake bread at least once a week but usually 4-5 times! I make a loaf or two of milk bread most weeks, as it’s lovely and soft and perfect for toast in the morning, so I was very excited to see the bakers giving it a go. I also love trying new breads for lunch at the weekend and with the weather turning colder we’ll definitely be having soup and bread for lunch a lot more. Click here to see how we got on with our bread sticks.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Christmas, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cinnamon buns, mincemeat and marzipan cinnamon buns on December 20, 2020| Leave a Comment »
One of our favourite treats for breakfast at the weekend are homemade cinnamon buns! I’ve tried quite a few different recipes and spotted this Christmas version so thought I’d give it a go for breakfast this weekend. I have a huge jar of homemade mincemeat in the cupboard still, so this was perfect for using some of it up. Click here to read more.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Jam Doughnuts on November 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I’m getting a bit behind with blogging about the Bake Off technicals, but we have been giving them a go! I think I have only made doughnuts a couple of times as I don’t have a deep fat fryer, but these looked so good that it seemed worth the effort of filling a large saucepan with oil and using the thermometer to check the temperature, its definitely much harder to regulate it on the hob. We were all very excited to give these a go! Click here to see how we got on.
I didn’t have any strawberries, but had some of my parents homegrown raspberries in the freezer, so used some of these to make the jam instead. Emily and Chloe helped measure things out and helped with kneading the dough a bit too. Chloe loved poking her fingers in the soft dough! Pauls recipe can be found here.
I fried the doughnuts while the girls were having their tea so we could all have them for pudding. I couldn’t believe how big they got when they were put into the hot oil! They had just enough time to cool down so I could pipe in the filling and the jam. We very much enjoyed eating them! Probably one of the best technical challenges ever, they were so good!
Posted in Bread, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged Chocolate Babka, GBBO Technical Challenge on October 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We were all very excited for chocolate week on the GBBO, its got to be one of our favourite things to bake with in our house. And even better, the babka was a perfect treat for breakfast at the weekend. So on Friday when Emily finished school, we headed home and made the chocolate fill and the dough. Click here to see how we got on.
Once the chocolate filling was made and cooling down in the fridge, we make the dough, it was very sticky, but I kept the mixer running and amazingly it all came together to make a super soft lovely dough. Once done, I rolled it out and Emily helped sprinkle the chopped hazelnuts over the top, before I rolled it up, cut it and plaited it. It was actually relatively easy to do.
I then left it to prove, but even after 3 hours there was barely any change and I was running out of time before going to bed, so I just bake it anyway. Luckily it rose a bit, not as much as I had hoped, but when we cut into it for breakfast on Saturday morning it was beautifully soft and light and the chocolate filling was so super rich and sugary, we all loved it!
Posted in Blue, Bread, GBBO Challenges, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow, tagged Bagels, GBBO Technical Challenge, Rainbow Bagels on October 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Emily was super excited about making rainbow bagels this week, she loves rainbows and her favourite breakfast is bagels! We eat and bake quite a lot of bagels in our house, so this challenge was perfect for us. Click here to see how we got on.
We planned our bagel making around Sunday lunch time, so they would be fresh out of the oven in time for lunch. Paul’s recipe can be found here. The recipe was straight forward and the girls enjoyed kneading the dough, Chloe kept trying to eat it again, can’t imagine it tasted too good! I managed to knead in the food colouring in while Emily and Chloe kneaded some of the other bits of dough, so luckily avoided getting their hands coloured too.
Once it had proved I rolled it out while the girls watched and then Emily did a little bit of helping to roll and twist them. They both stood and watched eagerly while I boiled them before they went in the oven.
The end result was super and we really enjoyed them with some cream cheese on for our lunch, delicious, warm and chewy, they definitely put a smile on our faces!
Gloverly Cupcakes 