amateur baker Tag

This one was a pretty intense bake, which is why it's taken me 6 months to get round to doing it. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marjolaine_71611 Since I knew this was a lot of work, I set aside most of the day and took

When this episode was first on TV, I decided that I wanted to make fougasse, so I did. This was the third time I've made this recipe but there was a long time between two and three. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fresh_herb_fougasse_70351 For

This is another bake from series 7 that I've previously made, though I'm not sure I used this recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marys_bakewell_tart_12584 I did this time though. I'd run out of my homemade jam so needed to make some more. Unfortunately, I couldn't find

It's nearly Pancake Day! Personally, I have pancakes any day of the year, does that make me a rebel? Here's Paul Hollywood's pancake recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lace_pancakes_20045 The recipe has slightly different quantities to the recipe I usually use (I also usually make them

This is another one of those bakes where I have no idea what it's supposed to look or taste like, so I have no idea how well I did. Maybe you can judge me. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/dampfnudel_36590 The dough for this was

I've made Viennese Whirls a couple of times before, but I'm pretty sure it was a slightly different recipe I used. Here's Mary Berry's which I used this time https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marys_viennese_whirls_96895 I have to confess here, the recipe included making the jam, but

This bake is the final bake from Series 6, which has taken over a year for me to complete. I'll aim for at least 2 series for 2024. Here's the recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/raspberry_millefeuille_60382 I started off making the rough puff pastry. This was a

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"

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