I’m addicted to the show, The Great British Bake Off (aka The Great British Baking Show in the US). They are even doing a version in America though I’m not sure I’ll be quite as happy they only have one of the judges, Merry Berry, and none of the original hosts. Anyway…the idea off the show is 12-13 of the nicest bakers in the UK come together and do 3 challenges a week. A Signature Challenge where they bake the theme with a special recipe of theirs. A Technical Challenge where they have no prep time and they don’t get a full recipe and everyone bakes the same. Then the Showstopper Challenge where they bake in the theme and its bigger and better! Everyone is so nice and happy the the hosts make dirty jokes without making them sound like they are dirty LOL. I adore the show.
As do many of my romance friends. So Kelly Maher, E BookPushers, Dee Carney, Zoe Archer, and Nico Russo and I are making a Bake Off of our own! For 10 weeks from this upcoming weekend until March, we will be trying 10 of the 20 technical challenges available. Things like Mini Victoria Sponges, Sweet Pretzels, and a Mini Lemon Tartlets are coming up! I know at least Kelly and I will be on Instagram and Twitter and perhaps Facebook with our bakes. We’re having fun with it and trying out new recipes. Most of us will use the hashtag #RomBakeOff, so I hope you follow along.
This weekend Dr Hubby and I prepped for next week with jam for the Victoria Sponges. We hadn’t made jam before this and wanted to make sure we could before next week so we had time to redo it if needed LOL. It was SO MUCH fun! It turned out well PLUS I made homemade biscuits to test out the jam. Next week the true fun begins so I hope you can follow along!
Yay for Bakes!

Published on November 29, 2015 11:28