Oh my god. I have retreated to bed at 3pm. I am sore and exhausted and have a full stomach! I have just baked the Great British Bake Off final.  I hate that it’s over. Even more so, I’m sad for my son, who adores it! He loved watching 15 minutes on a night and …

Week 9 of The Great British Bake Off, the semi finals and Patisserie week, was a good one. I think it might be one of my favourites this series. I never imagined I’d be making Fondant fancies but I found myself in the kitchen with a ruler and a lot of sugar. The 3 bakes …

Here we are at week 8 and anther new category, Tudor Week. I decided to make Tudor Celtic Knot Jumble Biscuits  There are only 5 bakers left in the tent. Selasi, Benjamina, Andrew, Candice and Jane. The Great British Bake Off as we know it (before the move to channel 4) is almost over. I’m …

Week 7 – only 4 more weeks to go and this series will be over. This week is desserts week and I chose to make a Roulade for the Great Bloggers Bake Off.  The 3 bakes were:   Signature Bake: Roulade Technical: Marjolaine Showstopper: 24 Mini Mousse Cakes   I didn’t want to just make a …

Week six arrived in the Bake Off tent, bringing with it, a new category, ‘Botanical Week’. The 3 bakes were  Signature: Citrus Meringue Pie Technical: Fougasse (Leaf Shaped Bread) Showstopper: 3 Tier Floral Cake   Part of me thought about making the bread as it would have been the easiest option but after being rubbish last …

Easy Peasy Cinnamon Swirls. Sunday is the day that my little boy spends time with his Daddy and so to keep myself busy as I miss him (I know, I’m a saddo!) it has become my baking day. I love the Great British Bake Off and this is my second year of baking along. Last …

Time is flying and these Sunday’s keep rolling round so quickly! The Great British Bake Off air’s on a Wednesday but Sunday’s have been the day that I take part in the Great Bloggers Bake Off. This week is week 4 and for the first time ever, I guess in an effort to keep the …

Chocolate Cherry Bread. Ready, steady, baaaake…. It’s  the Great Bloggers Bake Off Week 3, and this week is bread week. Guess what? Last week was biscuit week and I only went and got star baker for my gingerbread scene! Woo hoo! I may have peaked too soon, but I’ll take it!  I’m putting this out …

Welcome back to the Great Bloggers Bake off. As if I didn’t have enough to do, I decided this week, to make the show stopper, the Gingerbread Story. Oh boy. The Great British Bake off theme 2016, for week 2, was biscuits. The signature challenge was Iced Biscuits – 24 consistently baked and iced. Technical …