Apple and blackberry tarte tatin (inspired by the Great British Bake Off,...
Another week has passed in the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) competition, and yet again it has inspired me to have a go at baking something myself. This week was all about tarts – the contestants had...
View ArticleApple pie (inspired by the Great British Bake Off, episode 5)
As we were away last weekend, I missed a week of baking inspired by the Great British Bake Off (GBBO). The desserts the contestants made last week were very impressive, and I think I would have gone...
View ArticleBlueberry and white chocolate sponge puddings (inspired by the Great British...
PIcture a bit out of focus, but here's a ring of the finished puddings, on a matching plate! This week on the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) saw the contestants having to bake puddings. In my dialect of...
View ArticleRed fruit Chelsea Buns (inspired by the Great British Bake Off, episode 7)
I made sure that I really appreciated watching this week’s episode of the Great British Bake Off (GBBO), even more than I normally do, because it cost us quite a bit of money to download, as we’d got...
View ArticleGingerbread men ….and other creatures (inspired by the Great British Bake...
Anyone who’s following the Great British Bake Off as avidly as me will know that I’m a week behind on this one. Biscuits, specifically crackers, chocolate tea-cakes and gingerbread, were the theme of...
View ArticlePlaited fruity loaf, with toddler help
The second week of the Great British Bake Off was all about bread. In the final ‘show stopper’ round, the contestants had to bake a decorative loaf which would really wow the judges in terms of...
View ArticleSpicy millionnaire’s shortbread
This week’s Great British Bake Off was all about desserts: trifles in round 1, Iles flottants in the technical challenge, and petit fours in the show stopper round. It hasn’t been easy to bake...
View ArticleToffee apple pie
This week the Great British bake off was all about pies. I don’t very often bake pies, usually just if I have a social occasion to bake a pudding for, or I buy the ready made pastry to do a quick...
View ArticleTasty veg pie with puff crust – #GBBO inspired
This week the Great British Bake Off was all about pastry. It’s not something I bake all the time, but I’m less afraid of it than I once was (after I’d had a bit of a disastrous apple pie with sweet...
View ArticleCourgette and apple cake – #GBBO inspired
This week the Great British Bake Off was all about unconventional baking – using flours that are wheat- or gluten-free, and using no dairy ingredients (like butter or milk). The final round saw the...
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