My husband wanted us to do the British Crown Meringue Cake. I wanted to make the Picnic Fit for a Queen for the Great British Bake Off. So, we made them both. The other challenge was Victoria sandwich, but I’ve already made the Victoria sponge. After talking for a while, my husband said making the

My last bake for GBBO week 6, Botanical Week. I toyed with the idea of making icing flowers, but my icing never has the right consistency. While Mary Berry would not agree with me, there are a few things I would rather buy ready-made and this is coloured icing. I also bought some tools and

The Great British Bake Off starts today. As last year, I’m going to bake at least one of the challenges each week. The show starts with Cake Week and the three challenges are: British classic cake as a signature, the technical challenge is a fatless sponge and chocolate work. There aren’t more details about the

Hubby loves trifles and I love coffee, so a Cappuccino trifle was a natural idea. It turned out beautiful and we both enjoyed it a lot. I wanted it to look like a cake, so I made it in a cake tin with loose bottom. Ingredients for 8 servings: – 1/2 pack of sponge fingers

This was the last bake for Great British Bake Off, it’s sad is over. I made a lower fat version by switching half of the oil with yogurt. It has the same taste, but less calories. I wanted to make a couple of carrots, but I had some issues with the food colouring and in

I love eclairs, so deciding to make the showstopper for Patisserie week at GBBO wasn’t difficult. I used the classic recipe of choux pastry that is already on the blog. The only modification was that I made it with very strong flour, to have extra strength. After that I saw that some of the bakers