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Great British Bake Off episode 3 2014 – Bread Week

Great British Bake Off 2014 / 4 minutes of reading / November 8, 2021 / By HDclump

Great British Bake Off episode 3 2014 – Bread Week: It’s week three and the remaining 10 bakers get ready to brave bread. For the Signature, they must bake 12 perfect rye bread rolls, shaped as they prefer. The Technical calls for ciabatta loaves, using judge Paul’s recipe. For the Showstopper, the bakers have to make a filled centerpiece loaf with as much impact on a table as on the judges. Who will rise to the occasion? Culinary competition in which amateur cooks compete in a variety of culinary challenges, hoping to be crowned Britain’s best amateur baker. […]

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Great British Bake Off episode 2 2014 – Biscuits Week

Great British Bake Off 2014 / 4 minutes of reading / November 7, 2021 / By HDclump

Great British Bake Off episode 2 2014 – Biscuits Week: 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 biscuits, in two and a half hours. For the Showstopper, they must face the challenge of making 36 biscuits, to be presented in a biscuit box made of a different kind of biscuit mix. They are given four hours

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Great British Bake Off episode 1 2014 – Cake Week

Great British Bake Off 2014 / 4 minutes of reading / November 4, 2021 / By HDclump

Great British Bake Off episode 1 2014 – Cake Week: Follow 12 amateur bakers as they enter the competition tent for their first hurdle: cake. The Signature Bake requires a Swiss roll, a seemingly simple task fraught with risks. For the Technical Bake, bakers must duplicate Mary Berry’s classic cherry cake, to Berry’s exacting standard. In the Showstopper Bake, the competitors tackle classic British cakes — in perfect miniature — 36 of them. Culinary competition in which amateur cooks compete in a variety of culinary challenges, hoping to be crowned Britain’s best amateur baker. Contestants create a wide

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Great British Bake Off episode 10 2015 – The Final

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / November 1, 2021 / By HDclump

Great British Bake Off episode 10 2015 – The Final: Only three of the original twelve bakers remain. They face off in the final challenges. In the final signature challenge, the bakers make 16 iced buns, in two varities, in three hours. In the technical, the judges use one of Paul’s recipes: the bakers mustbake raspberry-flavoured mille-feuille in two hours. The recipe involves pastry, something all of the bakers have struggled with. In the final Showstopper, the bakers are given four hours to make classic British cakes in a multi-layered presentation. Culinary competition in which amateur cooks compete

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Great British Bake Off episode 9 2015 – Chocolate

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 22, 2021 / By HDclump

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 one hour and fifteen minutes to make a chocolate soufflé. A chocolate centerpiece is set as the showstopper. In four hours, the bakers must create an ornate centerpiece using white chocolate in some form – the centerpiece having to be

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Great British Bake Off episode 8 2015 – Patisserie

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 6 minutes of reading / October 18, 2021 / By HDclump

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 pastry. Mary’s recipe for nine Mokatines is set for the technical challenge. These are small, delicate genoise sponges, filled with a coffee buttercream meant to be attractive, as if “in a patisserie window.” Religieuse à l’ancienne are set as the

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Great British Bake Off episode 7 2015 – Victorian

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 6 minutes of reading / October 17, 2021 / By HDclump

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 most game pies from the era were. For the technical challenge, a tennis fruit cake is set for the bakers. The bakers were given three hours to make a fruit cake, along with royal icing and sugar paste,

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Great British Bake Off episode 6 2015 – Pastry

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 14, 2021 / By HDclump

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 filled pastry made in Cyprus. Vol-au-vents are set as the Showstopper – the bakers must make two types, all using their own puff pastry – in three hours and forty five minutes. Culinary competition in which amateur cooks

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Great British Bake Off episode 5 2015 – Alternative Ingredients

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 10, 2021 / By HDclump

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 to make twelve identical gluten-free pitta breads in two hours. In the showstopper, the bakers must make an ice-cream roll using dairy-free ice-cream. Culinary competition in which amateur cooks compete in a variety of culinary challenges, hoping to

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Great British Bake Off episode 4 2015 – Desserts

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 7, 2021 / By HDclump

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 a blowtorch to caramelize the top. For the technical challenge, the bakers have four hours to make a Spanische Windtorte. This dessert has two types of meringue, Swiss and French, designed into a circular box and filled with cream and

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Great British Bake Off episode 3 2015 – Bread

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 4, 2021 / By HDclump

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 baguettes in two and a half hours. For the final Showstopper, the bakers must make a 3-D bread sculpture in five hours. The bread sculpture should be made of three types of dough, and one of them should be filled.

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Great British Bake Off episode 2 2015 – Biscuits

Great British Bake Off 2015 / 5 minutes of reading / October 1, 2021 / By HDclump

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 biscuits, in two and a half hours. For the Showstopper, they must face the challenge of making 36 biscuits, to be presented in a biscuit box made of a different kind of biscuit mix. They are given four hours in

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