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Episode 2: Biscuits Recipe (Showstopper Technical Challenge): 3-D Vancouver Special Cookie House Ahhhh the Showstopper Challenge! To be honest, I have been looking forward to doing the Showstopper challenge since the beginning. The challenge was to create a 3-D cookie, a la gingerbread house and most of the bakers on the show did some sort of ‘scene’. […]

Episode 2: Biscuits Recipe (Technical Challenge): Florentines Another Mary Cherry recipe…and another recipe I have never tried! So this challenge is truly fulfilling the intention of exploring recipe I haven’t tried before. Here is the recipe for your reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/marys_florentines_49833 So what is a florentine? (also known as a ‘lacey’ cookie) It’s a mixture of nuts and/or dried […]

Episode 2: Biscuits Recipe (Signature Challenge): Savory Cheese Cracker And episode 2…here we go! Ok so when I found out this was the ‘Biscuit’ episode, I thought I had this in the bag. After all, I am the cookie queen! The first challenge was a savory cracker and already I was brainstorming ideas on what to do. […]

Episode 1: Cakes Recipe (Showstopper Challenge): Mini Cakes So I admit that I was quite intimidated by this challenge. The last challenge of the Cake episode was to make 36 miniature “British Cakes”. I assume that cupcakes are probably a no-go – so off I went to make some cakes! The competitors on the show […]

The next Great British Bake Off Challenge of Episode 1: Cakes Recipe (Technical Challenge): Mary’s Cherry Cake The competitors were given a deliberately vague recipe for a cherry cake and then asked to make the cake. To me, the recipe didn’t seem very vague at all! Granted, I have years of experience of making cakes, […]

I had heard about The Great British Bake Off, but it wasn’t until recently that I finally had time to sit down and watch it. For the uninitiated, the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is an elimination-style baking competition featuring amateur home bakers. Each episode features a type of baking and each contestant bakes 3 […]