Series 6, Episode 9, Hot Chocolate Soufflé
Here's the recipe I used for Mary Berry's hot chocolate soufflé https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/hot_chocolate_souffle_95703 I took so long to start this one because I didn't have the correct soufflé ramekin to make it. I ended up getting one that says it holds one "quart"
Series 6, Episode 8, Mokatines
Hello everyone, here's a link to Mary Berry's recipe for Mokatines from the Great British Bake off Series 6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mokatines_96500 This one started off with a genoise sponge. I usuallly struggle with folding things in so I usually either under mix it
Series 6, Episode 7, Tennis Cake
A tennis cake is a Victorian era fruit cake decorated with a tennis court on the top. Here's the recipe I used for it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tennis_cake_09325 I'm not normally a fan of fruit cake so I haven't made one before. I was looking
Series 6, Episode 6, Flaounes
I didn't really understand what these were before making them, even after doing a little bit of Googling. Here's the recipe I used: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pauls_flaounas_89782 There were a few challenges with the ingredients here. I couldn't find the pecorino romano cheese so I
Series 6, Episode 5, Gluten-free pitta bread
I always thought it was "pita" bread, but apparently the British English is "pitta". This is also how the BBC spells it here https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gluten-free_pitta_bread_09625 I think either way is fine though. This was alternative ingredient week on the bake off so the
Series 6, Episode 4, Spanische Windtorte
Here's the recipe for Mary Berry's Spanische Windtorte: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/spanische_windtorte_64745 This recipe uses a total of 12 egg whites. I had a brief think about what I could do with all of those leftover egg yolks but then remembered that you can buy
Series 6, Episode 3, Baguettes
Before making these baguettes I thought I was going to have another ciabatta disaster like series 5 bread week, so was very careful with reading this recipe (mostly). Here it is https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paul_hollywoods_55351 The first step was easy because there was no kneading
Series 6, Episode 2, Arlettes
I was feeling greedy when planning to make arlettes so decided these ones would just be for Chris and me. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/arlettes_17164 The ingredients are pretty basic for this recipe, so no need to go hunting for obscure ingredients like
Series 6, Episode 1, Frosted Walnut Layer Cake
It's been a long time since I've updated this blog. I've still been baking but hadn't been sticking to these bake off challenges. The real reason is that I didn't want to do the series 5 last bake (12 mini
Series 5, Episode 9, Schichttorte
When I first saw this episode I remember watching the technical challenge and thinking "that looks pretty easy, I could probably do that" and now, 8 years later, we can find out whether my confidence was justified. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/_schichttorte_49934 The cake