Bake Off 2021, The Final: Seasick Walnut Whip
You know what they say, “A watched oven never heats up.”
Welcome to the final we’ve got fun AND SO MUCH ITALIAN STRESS.
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Bake Off 2021, Patisserie Week: Adopted Plum Children
The Union Jack bunting somehow makes this scene even more murdery.
It’s Patisserie Week in the tent which can only mean one thing: many, many distressing textures.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Free-From Week: Der Offizielle Eisdielen-Inspektor
HE DID THE THING.
It’s Free-from week so really it only makes sense that the judging was free of logic.
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Pastry Week: Bacon-eating Cat Burglar
In order to save himself from elimination George uses an ingenious disguise to cloaks himself as Prue Leith.
It’s pastry week where obviously we have to ignore the years of general advice being “just buy the ready made stuff, Jus-Rol has perfected the artform.”
Read MoreBake Off 2021, Dessert Week: Catherine of Aragon From Next Door
Personally I’m only ever happy if Chigs is happy.
Dessert Week is upon us so expect some setting nightmares and would you care for more sin with your cake, dear Adam?
Read MoreBake Off: The Professionals, Series 4, Episode 6: A Three Mouthful Coffin
He’s here to make truffles and suck blood. And he’s all done making truffles.
If you’re after a chocolate showpiece that has a miscellaneous piece of gubbins gently rotating on a pedestal just to the left of it, but not quite part of it, well I’ve got some options for you!
Read MoreBake Off 2020 – The Final: A Little Cry in the Fridge
Elon Musk’s race to Mars is going swimmingly.
It’s as dramatic a finale as we’ve ever had – there’s leaks, spills, a little swearing and small moments of triumph. And that’s just Laura’s journey.
Read MoreBake Off 2020 – Patisserie Week: Baking Sadist
When you both wear the same thing and one of you is going to have to change.
The semi-finals had all the drama you could hope for: Scalpels! Heatwaves! Passion fruit! And an erect horn!
Read MoreBake Off 2020 – Dessert Week: Suet Induced Breakdown
Point of View: you’re Dave’s latest victim.
It’s Dessert Week – a fixture that I have been sceptical of ever since that time they tried to convince us that making a trifle was baking and this week did nothing to dissuade me of my anti-jelly prejudices. What part of BAKE OFF does jelly not understand?
Read MoreBake Off 2020 – 80s Week: Anachronistic Christmas
It’s hard to implement Jo Frost’s Naughty Step technique in a tent.
It’s 80s week – a celebration of the decade that gave us The Mississippi Squirrel Revival, Mommie Dearest, Margaret f’king Thatcher, the satanic panic and of course Casablanca: The TV Series.
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