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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 5 – White Chocolate Tart

Posted in Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Summer, tagged , , , , , , on October 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago we had family to stay for the weekend and once again the bake off technical made a great pudding! Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Banoffee Pie

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , on November 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m a bit behind with the challenges this year, October and November are always so busy with both the girls Birthdays and Rich’s Birthday too, so I have been busy making 3 Birthday cakes instead. But the other weekend I did manage to squeeze in making a smaller version of the banoffee pie. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 5 – Spanakopita

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged , , , on October 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

When they first made filo pastry on the bake off as a technical, I had a go and I remembered saying next time I would buy the pastry as it was so time consuming! But it wouldn’t be a proper technical challenge if I bought it and I had two very keen helpers this week, so we spent Sunday making a lot of mess attempting this one, click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 4 – Pear Tarte Tatin

Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other, Pastry, tagged , , , , on October 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Caramel week is always one of our favourite weeks on the GBBO and this year was no exception. Rich was very pleased that the technical bake was Tarte Tatin, one of his favourites and something I have never made. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2023 Technical Challenge No. 9 – Tarte Aux Pommes

Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I can’t believe this series of Bake Off is almost over, we’ve really enjoyed it once again and loved trying the technical challenges each week. There has only been one savoury bake this year, and with both girls Birthdays and Rich’s Birthday too, we have eaten a lot of cake over the last couple of months! Click here to see how I got on with this challenge.

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GBBO 2023 Technical Challenge No. 5 – Dauphinois Potato and Caramelised Onion Pithivier

Posted in autumn, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Winter, tagged , , , on November 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Having been away for half term I am a bit behind with the bake off challenges! I didn’t have time to make this one before we left, so it was on my list of things to cook when we got home, perfect for this miserable autumnal weather. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2022 Technical Challenge No. 9 – Chocolate, Hazelnut and Raspberry Vertical Tarts

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , on November 14, 2022| 1 Comment »

I’d love to have more time to try some patisserie stuff, I love watching Bake Off the Professionals and seeing some of the amazing patisserie things they do. It’s all so precise and they have lots of clever equipment too! These deserts were perfectly timed with Rich’s Birthday, so they made a tasty treat for pudding on Saturday night. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2022 Technical Challenge No. 5 – Lemon Meringue Pie

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, Summer, tagged , , on October 17, 2022| 1 Comment »

We were really looking forward to dessert week on the Bake Off, especially having seen the clip the week before showing the very limited instructions for making a lemon meringue pie. I honestly don’t think I have ever made a lemon meringue pie before, but I’ve made plenty of pastry, curd and meringue, so I was hoping it was going to be fairly straightforward. Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2021 Technical Challenge No. 8 – Vegan Sausage Rolls

Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, tagged , , on November 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Free from week on the bake off always surprises me, they make things that I would never usually attempt or things that really don’t appeal, but when I give them a go they are usually pretty good! This week was no exception, I love making sausage rolls and have tried plenty of different recipes over the years. But a vegan sausage roll didn’t really appeal – if you had told me it was a mushroom, lentil and miso pie I would have thought it sounded delicious. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2021 Technical Challenge No. 6 – Baklava

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, tagged , on November 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »

It was Emily’s 6th Birthday party last weekend, so I didn’t have time to do the technical challenge as I was busy making and decorating her Jungle Book themed cake (coming soon!). So after a busy 2 week half term and kids party I decided to treat myself to some baking! I absolutely love Baklava but rarely eat it and have never attempted to make it, let alone make filo pastry, so it was great to give this a go. Click here to see how I got on.

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