I swear every week these get harder – not just harder but more deceptive. Blancmange didn’t seem like it would be too much of a problem. I’ve made jelly before and in my head blancmange just seemed like jelly with cream in it. Part of my problem is that every week I go off-piste aContinue Reading “Bake Along With Bake Off Week 4 – Blancmange”
This right here is the bake that very nearly didn’t happen. This cake is lucky be alive. Who knew that pistachios were so expensive? Or that Bake Off is for the middle class?! Seriously though I bought ten pounds worth of pistachios for this recipe, which is a lot to spend on nuts. And thatContinue Reading “Bake Along With Bake Off Week 2 – Le Gâteau Vert”
Okay so in the interest of transparency I have fallen out of order ALREADY. I’ve made week three before making week two. But there is a very good reason! Week two is the green pistachio cake, and do you even KNOW how many bloomin unshelled pistachios that thing needs? 450 GRAMS. Pistachios are EXPENSIVE. SoContinue Reading “Bake Along With Bake Off Week 3 – Garlic Naan Bread”
Bake off is back and I’m so happy! I don’t watch a lot of actually on the telly telly, but this is one I just won’t miss. Baking has long been a passion of mine. My friends and I used to try making cakes by just chucking ingredients in a bowl and hoping it tastedContinue Reading “Bake Along with Bake Off Week 1 – Biscuits”
