Great British Bake Off episode 9 2015 – Chocolate: The semifinalists face the pressure of one of the most difficult ingredients: chocolate. For the first challenge, the bakers have three hours to make a chocolate tart. The tart must be ornate, intricate, and full on flavor. For the technical challenge, the bakers face a staggered start, and each are given […]
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Great British Bake Off episode 8 2015 – Patisserie: The remaining bakers must work their way through delicate french fancies. In the first quarterfinal challenge, the bakers have to make twenty-four cream horns in three and a half hours. They are asked to make twenty four cream horns – twelve of each flavor, using either puff, ruff puff or flaky
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Great British Bake Off episode 7 2015 – Victorian: In a Baking Show first, the entire episode is devoted to the period of history that gave birth to modern baking, the Victorian era. For the first challenge, the bakers have three hours to make a raised game pie. The pie must have thin pastry, and must be very ornate, as
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Great British Bake Off episode 6 2015 – Pastry: With bread, biscuits and cakes complete, the bakers must now prove their pastry skills. For the signature challenge, the bakers make a frangipane tart in two hours, the challenge being that it must be open-topped and use shortcrust pastry. In the technical, the bakers strive to make flauones – a cheese
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Great British Bake Off episode 5 2015 – Alternative Ingredients: The remaining bakers face baking challenges without sugar, gluten or dairy. This episode has a theme of using alternatives for ingredients usually used in baking. For the signature bake, the bakers are given the challenge of baking a cake, but without using sugar. For the technical bake, the challenge is
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Great British Bake Off episode 4 2015 – Desserts: For the nine bakers left, it’s time to tackle the sweet ending to every meal – desserts. For the signature challenge, the bakers must make twelve crème brûlées. They had two and a half hours, with instructions that the custard must be set, and that the bakers aren’t allowed to use
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Great British Bake Off episode 3 2015 – Bread: The ten remaining bakers face the challenge of bread week. In the first task, the bakers have one and a half hours to make two quick bread to be made free-form (i.e. not in a tin). For the second task, Paul sets the bakers the challenge of baking 4 identical crusty
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Great British Bake Off episode 2 2015 – Biscuits: With cake week done, the remaining bakers must now prove themselves with biscuits. For the signature challenge, the bakers are given two hours to bake 24 identical biscotti of any shape, flavour or size. In the technical challenge, they are required to make eight arlettes, which are high-end light delicate cinnamon-flavoured
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Great British Bake Off episode 1 2015 – Cake Week: Once again, 12 new bakers don their aprons and head for the iconic tent in the heart of the British Countryside. Judges Mary Berry & Paul Hollywood have created 30 new challenges that will test their baking prowess, creativity and skill in a bid to find the country’s best amateur
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Celebrity Best Home Cook episode 8: Three celebrities have reached the final of the first-ever Celebrity Best Home Cook, and Claudia Winkleman welcomes them back into the kitchen for one last time. This time, they face Chris Bavin’s Rustle Up challenge first. Chris provides the cooks with a butternut squash, and for an added twist announces that whoever cooks the
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Celebrity Best Home Cook episode 7: It’s the semi-final, and the four remaining celebrity cooks have their sights on a place in the first ever Celebrity Best Home Cook final. Mary Berry has high expectations as she challenges the celebrities to cook their ultimate Friday night fish supper. They must demonstrate technical skills by filleting their own fish. Then, produce
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Celebrity Best Home Cook episode 6: It’s the quarter-final, and Mary Berry challenges the cooks to produce their ultimate celebration cake. The cakes can be any shape, size or flavour but must celebrate an event, and the type of event must be obvious from the design. For Chris Bavin’s Rustle Up challenge, they are tasked with making the
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