Everyone could have guessed that I’d be ecstatic this week with the return of GBBO. One episode in and I already know that I love Val. What Val lacked in the challenges this week, she made up for in…
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The Great British Bake Off starts on Wednesday August 24th and I’m ecstatic to say the least! Ala at This Particular and I are back co-hosting the baking related link up again. If you can remember, we have both baked along…
Last week, we posted the last link up for the #bakeoffbakealong 2015. I think it’s safe to say that Victorian Week was my least favourite week ever, and I’ve been baking along for 2 years now. I’d rather make…
What a long and crazy journey it has been! I was so moved by Nadiya’s speech, her incredible family and Mary Berry herself. And then on “Extra Slice” Mary once again teared up – she clearly has a soft…
I can’t believe that semi-finals week has come and gone and that I only have one back left to do this year. It’s really, really flown by! And I’m extremely happy with the top three bakers going into the…
This week, Bake Off had us entering the world of complicated Patisserie. After last year’s utter disappointment with my chocolate eclairs, I knew that I had to choose something that would show choux pastry that I am the boss. …
I’m not going to lie, I totally shed a tear when Alvin left this week. He wasn’t even one of my favourites (like you Tamal and Matt) but he just seemed like the nicest man and you could tell…
It’s time for me to finally tackle a showstopper. This week there was one that I felt I could do without having the portions be incredibly wasteful for two people: the dairy free ice-cream roll. I chose this for…
This week, Ian won his bazillionth star baker award and the bakers were faced with creme brûlées, windeltorte and a 3 tier baked cheesecake. Now, as much as I love cheesecake (and I do) there’s no way that I…
Ah bread week. The week that I was least looking forward to. Bread week turned out to be my most challenging week last year, if you recall my misshapen ciabatta. I started my bake with a sense of trepidation.…