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Great British Bake Off episode 8 2015

Great British Bake Off episode 8 2015 – Patisserie

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 episode 7 2015 – Victorian

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 episode 6 2015 – Pastry

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

Great British Bake Off episode 5 2015 – Alternative Ingredients

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 episode 4 2015 – Desserts

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 episode 3 2015 – Bread

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 episode 2 2015 – Biscuits

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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Great British Bake Off episode 1 2015

Great British Bake Off episode 1 2015 – Cake Week

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 baker. From Victorian classics to high end patisserie, chocolate sculptures to everyday staples the bakers will need a cool head and even colder hands to make it to the final. With them every step of the way are Mel Giedroyc

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 5: Matt Lucas welcomes TV presenter Anneka Rice, comedian John Bishop, pop star Nadine Coyle and wheelchair basketball player-turned-presenter Ade Adepitan into the tent. Under the watchful eye of judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, the celebrity bakers attempt decorative choux buns in the signature and tackle financiers in the technical before making a showstopping cake that represents something from their bucket list. Last in the series.     They certainly haven’t left the best until last because the final four celebrities really struggle with their baking challenges. John Bishop forgets to

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 4

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 4

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 4: The tent of baked dreams hosts another quartet of celebrity bakers, who are giving their floury all to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer in the penultimate episode in the series.     Celebrities join Matt Lucas in the tent aiming to impress judges Paul and Prue as they bake for Stand Up To Cancer. At stake is the Star Baker apron, the ultimate prize. Lining up in front of judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood and presenter Matt Lucas are documentary-maker, presenter and one-time Strictly Come Dancing champion Stacey

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 3

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 3

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 3: Dizzee Rascal, Nick Grimshaw, Philippa Perry and Reece Shearsmith tackle vegetable slices, a royal technical and a ‘selfie’ made entirely from biscuit.     MC Dizzee Rascal, radio DJ Nick Grimshaw, psychologist Philippa Perry and actor-writer Reece Shearsmith brave the baking tent in the name of charity. All that stands between them and the title of Star Baker are three challenges – vegetable slices, a `right royal’ technical and a biscuit selfie depicting themselves at work. Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judge their efforts, while Matt Lucas shouts out how much

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 2

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 2

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 2: James McAvoy, Anne-Marie, David Baddiel and Dame Kelly Holmes make signature decorative tarts and a savoury technical, and render their spirit animals in cake form in the showstopper.     Celebrities join Matt Lucas in the tent aiming to impress judges Paul and Prue as they bake for Stand Up To Cancer in this Great British Bake Off spin off.   The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C episode 2   Another quartet of celebrity amateur bakers each boasts of their ineptitude, some with more justification than others. But their hearts

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