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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Hedgehog Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged GBBO, Ginger Cake, Hedgehog Cake on December 5, 2019| 1 Comment »
GBBO 2019 Technical Challenge No 2. – Fig Rolls
Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, tagged biscuit week, Biscuits, Fig rolls, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, Great British Bake Off, technical challenge 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.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 9 – Torta Setteveli
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other Cakes, Puddings, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, patisserie, Torta Setteveli on October 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I was really pleased when I saw what the technical challenge was last week – it’s been ages since I’ve made something like that and I couldn’t wait to try it! The only downside was that it’s pretty big (it’s huge!) and I was on my own for the weekend. Luckily I had a cross-country race and my team mates were more than happy to help me eat it up!
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GBBO Spice Week – Signature Bake: Date & Ginger Malt Loaf
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, Spices, tagged dates, GBBO, Ginger Cake, gingerbread, malt loaf, signature bake, sticky toffee on October 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
So this is a slight change to the normal ‘Technical Challenge’ which we do each week, and that’s because the last technical challenge was a bit odd. I don’t mind trying something new but I didn’t want to have to buy random spices and moulds which I probably wouldn’t use again, just for the sake of a challenge. The other option was improvise, but given it was spice week, not having the right spices seemed to defeat the purpose. I also didn’t really agree with the challenge – I couldn’t work out what techniques it was testing. So… click here to keep reading
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 2 – Le Gateau Vert
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Green, Nuts, Other, Other Cakes, Summer, tagged edible flowers, GBBO, Le Gateau Vert, technical challenge, violets on September 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Before I watched last weeks episode of The Great British Bake Off I was worried that the technical challenge was going to be a bit strange – I’d seen the trailer with a bright green purée! However, after hearing what was in the cake I was excited to make it since I love pistachios.
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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 10 – Victoria Sponge
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged Bake off, GBBO, technical challenge, victoria sponge 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.
GBBO Technical Challenge No.4 – Lace Pancakes
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged batter, GBBO, Great British Bake Off, lace, lace pancakes, technical challenge on September 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure where the last week has gone – how is it nearly bake off time already? I was rapidly running out of time to do the latest technical challenge from batter week, so I decided to try to cook a batch tonight. Click here to keep reading.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 1 – Jaffa Cakes
Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, tagged chocolate, GBBO, jaffa cakes, orange, technical challenge on August 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
In case you missed it, the Great British Bake Off started again last week! Becky and I both really enjoyed trying the technical challenges last year so we’ve decided we’ll be doing them again this year. Last year we took it in turns to make them each week but we both decided we wanted to try the technical challenge from cake week – Jaffa Cakes!
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 9 – Hot Chocolate Souffle
Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged chocolate, GBBO, Great British Bake Off, pudding, souffle on October 5, 2015| 2 Comments »
I have to admit, that like all contestants on the GBBO, I have never made a souffle! I love to eat them, but for some reason, I have never got round to making one, so this week I was actually a bit nervous – especially as you regularly see failed souffles on cookery programmes. Click here to see if I rose to the challenge.
GBBO Technical Challenge No. 8 – Mokatines
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other, Other Cakes, tagged GBBO, Mokatines, patisserie, technical challenge, the Great British Bake Off on September 30, 2015| 2 Comments »
I was really excited about patisserie week – I was hoping that the technical challenge would be something pretty and I wasn’t disappointed! Although these involved making various types of icings, which looked complicated and quite different to what I normally make, they turned out to be easier than I expected. Click here to keep reading.