It’s bbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Series 3 of the Great British Bake-Off is here to whet our cakey appetites. As ever, I’ll be recapping each episode here on my blog – let me know your thoughts on the episode in the comments!
Reflections and thoughts from episode 1
- The #GBBO team have been reading some of my favourite baking blogs and getting some inspiration!
- The cocky guy who says he really want to win has no chance. Tomato cake?
- Cake is the most searched food term on the interwebs – as it should be
- “Have you had any problems with that before?” are the foreshadowing words of cake doom
- I want Victoria’s white clapboard American style house. SIGH. One day. Her blackbird pie cake was AMAZING!
- I wouldn’t personally admit to making a cake mistake on telly…. not if I could help it
- And how do they mix up salt with sugar precisely? I am curious to know whether the pressure would really start to get to me if I were in the high-pressure GBBO environment
Union Jack Battenberg cake
Feel like giving a union jack battenberg cake a try? – click here for the BBC recipe
Who did you feel deserved to go home the most – Natasha, or Stuart? Personally I would have gone for Stuart since Natasha really seemed like she was passionate about baking, whereas I’m not convinced Stuart had the same passion. And that tomato cake…..
Next time – yummy flatbreads and bagels, yay! Now, who wants cake?!
x Kerry
Erin says
August 16, 2012 at 9:07 pmWow, my first ever viewing of GBBO – amazing! I know I am going to be hooked. I loved the idea of a rum baba, have never eaten one but they look delicious. I loved the cupcake inside a cake by Cathryn, she is talented!
kerrycooks says
August 16, 2012 at 9:09 pmMe either! Very interesting….. can’t wait till the next episode!
Susannah Bianchi says
August 15, 2012 at 11:32 amI loved this Kerry. How fun. The Union Jack Battenberg cake really is impressive. Who could eat it it’s so perfectly designed. Could you laminate or better yet bronze a cake?
kerrycooks says
August 15, 2012 at 12:24 pmHaha ! Interestingly, the way its made (bodging together cut up cake scraps into the pattern) might mean its more suitable for laminating than eating! Sure does look pretty though!
Sue says
August 15, 2012 at 9:43 amLoved loved loved it! I think Natasha deserved to be ousted as her baking was disastrous, which was a shame. Can’t wait for the rest of the series. 🙂
kerrycooks says
August 15, 2012 at 11:02 amYeah she seemed really nice! Can’t wait for bagels!