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
Series 5, Episode 8, Povitica
I think this was the most bizarre method of baking I've come across so far and I actually quite enjoyed it. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/povitica_92623 First of all I made a very sticky dough. I'm glad it was in the stand mixer
Series 5, Episode 7, Kouign amann
Another bake I'd never heard of before, Kouign amann. Here's Paul Hollywood's recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/kouign_amann_09102 This is a puff pastry but made with yeast so I had no idea how this would turn out. Making the dough was pretty easy because I just used
Series 5, Episode 6, Prinsesstårta
I was pretty nervous about making this one, a few people had mentioned it to me when talking about my challenge and I wasn't sure how well I could pull it off. Here's a link to the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/prinsesstrta_17336 I got all
Series 5, Episode 5, Mini Pear Pies
I'm pretty sure this was the first bake that I saw which started brewing the idea of making all of the bake off bakes. It looked like fun to do. Here's the recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mini_pear_pies_77186 I went rogue when making this and
Series 5, Episode 4, Tiramisu Cake
I don't think I've ever tried tiramisu. I don't drink coffee and I don't like soggy cake, so I was hoping that this would surprise me and taste delicious. Here's Mary Berry's recipe for the tiramisu cake used in the
Series 5, Episode 3, Ciabatta
Here's Paul Hollywood's recipe for "easy" Ciabatta https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_ciabatta_98431 I followed PH's instructions to the letter, made my bread dough and left it to prove in my kitchen, which had no ovens on and was a moderate temperature. Here's the dough before proving: Here's
Series 5, Episode 2, Florentines
I feel like Florentines are one of those things which I should have tried before but haven't. Hopefully Mary Berry's recipe is a good representation of what they should taste like, I assume, of course, that they are. Here's the
Series 5, Episode 1, Cherry Cake
Series 5 was the first series I watched live. During this series was when I first decided that I wanted to try and bake all of the technical challenges, however, it was several years later that I actually started. A new