The ultimate Italian pastry, we chose to flavour ours with chocolate and pistachio. So this week was Italian week, and it was full of amazing treats, as much as we may love pizza, we couldn’t resist the call of the cannoli. We’ve been dying to make these for a while, although were very glad we […]
Pastry week’s technical challenge gave us the perfect excuse to have a go at making pastéis de nata! Pastry week is always one of our favourites and this year was no different and the cherry on top of the pie was that Liam got star baker! He’s definitely become one of our most loved contestants […]
Swapping sherry for prosecco in our take on pudding week’s showstopper challenge! Pudding week is always a favourite of ours, and we had a real tough time choosing what bake to do this week, as the call of a steamed pudding is hard to resist. However, knowing that we’ve got at least 1 steamed pudding […]
Caramel week was always going to be a good one, and we couldn’t turn down an opportunity to make a millionaire’s shortbread! First and foremost, may we just say that Liam was ROBBED of the star baker title! He’s really upped his game and that peanut butter signature was something of pure joy, a little […]
It’s that time of year again, GBBO is back. We were initially worried that the new series would be different and it wouldn’t be the same, but after week one it’s safe to say we miss Mary B, but the wonderful Noel Fielding makes up for all the sadness and it’s honestly not that different. […]
Grapefruit is one of our favourite flavours to work with, it’s sweet, sour and delicious. We’ve made lemon curd, passionfruit curd and even lime curd in the past but grapefruit curd is something we have been wanting to try and isn’t something you come across that often. This recipe was used to make our Pomegranate, […]
So here it is, the last of our Great British Bake Off bakes! We love working with meringue so jumped at the chance to create this 4 layered fruity pavlova. As soon as we saw the signature challenge of the final we knew it was something we wanted to take on. And then the technical […]
A little late with our bake from the semi final of the bake off (seeing as the final has sadly been and gone already!) but these palmiers are worth the wait! We chose to fill ours with some parma ham, extra mature cheddar and wholegrain mustard! So even though the final has actually happened, we’d like […]
This flavour combination is a bit summery for the beginning of october, but we wanted to go for a fruity flavour rather than something chocolate based. Regardless of the time of year, this peach, raspberry and elderflower roulade is a quick and delicious dessert! Okay, first things first, can we just call this what it […]
This week was pastry week, one of our faves. We were torn between a filo creation and the bakewell tart. But really, making our own filo pastry seemed like a lot of hard work, with ideas in mind we will probably return to that in the future and stick to the bakewell for now. We […]
Batter week, this one’s a bake off first, and we were super excited about it! It’s not the most conventional of baking categories but pancakes, churros and yorkies, who can say no to that?! (not us) Having made churros and pancakes on the blog already, it had to be yorkshire puddings this week, plus they’re […]
We may have been talking about this non stop for the past week, but in case anyone’s missed it… the bake off is back! And along with it, comes our weekly bakes showcasing our take on the show’s challenges. The first week was cake week so here’s our signature drizzle cake, and guys… this one’s […]
So that magical time of year is upon (no not christmas), it’s bake off time! Once again we get to delight in Mary and Paul’s comical reactions to all kinds of weird and wonderful bakes, so in honour of this momentous occasion we’ve rounded up our favourite bake off moments from the past series. Like […]
So its been 2 weeks, we know, you’re all over the bake off finishing… but we aren’t okay?!? So we made mille feuille this week as an attempt at sweet, sweet nostalgia for our favourite program. Mille Feuille is french for ‘a thousand leaves’ or something like that, but all we really care about is that […]
So the great british bake off is over, and nobody really knows what to do on a Wednesday night, or with their lives for that matter… And therefore it’s unfortunately the end of our GBBO weekly inspired bakes, however we’ve decided to do all the bakes from the final because we can’t let go. This […]
It’s happened, its all over for another year, the winner has been crowned and massive amounts of cake baked and eaten. This week was the final of the Great British Bake Off, which for us means lots of excitement and dreams of yummy showstoppers. (if you have been living under a rock since 8pm on […]
So it’s quarter final week in the bake off tent and things are getting tense. So we decided to set ourselves the challenge of the technical bake, Mokatines. Let’s just start by saying we thought this challenge would be a lot more easy than it was, when the show aired we realised it would be a […]
So it was Victorian week on the bake off (otherwise known as gelatine week) and although we were very tempted by an attempt at a Charlotte Russe, we couldn’t resist making some little mini pies. This week Tamal, our baby boy, got star baker which we feel has been a long time coming but finally […]
Week six on the bake off was pastry week! It started off with the signature dish, a frangipane tart, packed with delicious flavour combinations and a few soggy bottoms… Followed by a cypriot ‘flaouna’ for the technical challenge, a cheese & raisin filled pastry covered in sesame seeds, interesting? The recipe calls for mahlepi and […]
We find it hard to say no to ice cream, so when this weeks showstopper challenge involved exactly that we knew what we’d be making for this weeks GBBO post. The dairy-free element proposed a challenge but we used coconut milk, which is dairy free and still has the same creamy taste you will get from […]
Week 4 of The Great British Bake Off already and it is DESSERT WEEK. Oh the joy, who doesn’t love a good pudding. This weeks technical challenge was an Austrian classic.. the Spanische Windtorte, haven’t heard of it? Neither had we.. But I guess that’s why its called a challenge. We also decided not to do […]
So it’s week 3 of the bake off already and we’ve discovered our favourites (and our not-so-favourites…). In honour of bread week, we’ve taken up the challenge of the signature and are making a quick bread, going for a fairly traditional cheddar, garlic and rosemary soda bread. We knew we’d be in for a treat with bread […]
So it’s week 2 of the bake off and we’re still getting over excited by all the baked goods and innuendos. This week for our bake off themed bake we decided to attempt the technical challenge, Arlettes. Arlettes are a type of french biscuit made from puff pastry, rolled up with sugar and cinnamon. Once […]
Following on from the first episode of Great British Bake Off, we have been inspired to do a bake each week from one of the three rounds – Signature, Technical Challenge or a Show Stopper. Week 1 – Cake week, Today we have chosen to do a classic Madeira cake, because who doesn’t love madeira cake? Moist, buttery […]
