Author: Lily Sparks

Mary Berry's chocolate roulade recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chocolate_roulade_79152 I make a chocolate log every year for Christmas, so had an optimistic outlook on the outcome of this roulade. The recipe is slightly different (I usually use Nigella Lawson's), but the methods are very similar. There's

Paul Hollywood's mini pork pies with quails' eggs recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/small_pork_pies_with_11074 This post will be a guideline of how NOT to make pork pies. You have been warned. I thought the most difficult part of this challenge would be to find quails' eggs but

I have made brandy snaps before and didn't find them too troubling so I was quite excited about making these. I think an alternative name for this could be "burning circles of torture". The bakers were challenged to make 24 brandy

Post 3 of 3 for today! I made this bread yesterday so actually remember what I did, what a treat for your eyes. Here's the recipe: bbc.co.uk The bakers had 3 and a half hours to bake this and I easily finished

I was looking forward to making this, I quite enjoy making pastry, even though I haven't had a lot of practice! Here's the recipe: bbc.co.uk I decided to make this for a friend having an Eid celebration after Ramadan. She's a big lemon

23 April 2019 Recipe: bbc.com Time given to the bakers: 90 minutes Time I took to bake: Just over 3 hours! To make a Cornish pasty you officially need to be in Cornwall. I had the slight disadvantage here of living in Birmingham, so baking

09 April 2019 Recipe: goodtoknow.co.uk Time given to the bakers: 40 minutes Time I took to bake: About 30 minutes preparation, 14 minutes bake time with some cooling off time in the middle. Before this challenge, I'd only ever eaten a soufflé once. It was

27 March 2019 Recipe: paulhollywood.com Time given to the bakers: 2 and a half hours Time I took to bake: I forgot to time this! It took me at least 3 hours though! This was the first time I'd ever made a loaf of bread!

28 February 2019 Recipe: bbc.com Time given to the bakers: 1 hour Time I took to bake: 55 minutes I hadn't made scones for years before this challenge! The last time I tried I failed miserably and ended up with some biscuit type baked goods

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