Friday, November 18, 2016

Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Royal week Final

Well we finally made it to the final bake and post of #let's_get_technical for 2016!
Is it just me or do things take much longer as we get older......(or do I just take on too many projects??)

I'll be honest I was a bit disappointed when they announced that the technical challenge for the Great British Bake was going to be a Victoria Sandwich.....again???

The weird and wonderful unfamiliar bakes is what makes the technical challenge so much fun but I understand when the old vicky sponge made another appearance. This technical challenge really was the exam after the weeks (years) of study. Had I been paying enough attention to bake a cake just from my brain?

And drum roll please, it appears I can! Thanks to the many series of British and international bake offs I think I have learnt enough about cake that without a recipe I can wing it.

I look back to that day years ago I turned up to channel 9 with an olive and parmesan loaf and a trio of chocolate tarts to audition for a show I'd never heard of.....if only I knew then what I know now.

Thank you Bake Off for teaching me to bake.
























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Saturday, November 5, 2016

Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Pâtisserie week


Week 9 saw the bake I was most excited to try from this series of The Great British Bake off.
The savarin a yeast raised chantilly cream topped and fruit adorned beauty did not disappoint.

 No spoilers but I think I nailed this bake even if I do have to judge myself and will even be presenting a savarin for the christmas table this year. 



I think that should read savarin! 



















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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Botanical week


Week six was a Paul Hollywood technical of Fougasse in 2 hours.
This has become a favourite repeat bake! 














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Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Pastry week


Week 5 saw a Mary Berry technical of a bakewell tart in 2 and a half hours.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Batter week

Week 4 in the (not) tent saw a Great British Bake Off first with Batter week.

 Social media was a buzz with home bakers boycotting this week's challenge due to the simplicity of batter. I actually found this the most challenging of all the technical challenges in the history of bake off. 

 There is a try skill in achieving the perfect pancake especially mastering the right cooking temperature. 

 You can see from my 12 lacy pancakes it is not a skill I have mastered and if I were in the real tent I would have been served a Mel and Sue sandwich. (eliminated for those not as familiar with bake off)

 I had seen lacy pancakes previously in the excellent book Great British Bakes by Mary-Anne Boermans (GBBO 2011) and will have to study up to improve my skills. If you have the chance to check out Mary-Anne's book I highly recommend it as all the recipes I have tried have worked perfectly. (not sponsored)

 If you'd like to give lacy pancakes a try here is the recipe



















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Let's Get Technical Great British Bake Off 2016 - Bread week


For week three our lone baker had to tackle bread week without an oven! What is this madness??

 The technical challenge looked to Germany and the "feed an army" steamy bun, the Dampfnudeln.
Served with plum sauce and custard  the dampfnudel is a soft bun steamed in milk.

 While I am almost certain I will never make a dampfnudel again I'm sure the plum sauce will be a repeat guest star. Delicious! 





















If you are keen to give them a go yourself here is the recipe
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