The Bake Off is back! Brush off your spatulas and mixing machines as it is time to get inspired for a whole new batch of sweet treats and savoury delights. This first week is all about cake, a simple concept as we get to meet the new batch of bakers - 12 fresh faces all ready to face the terrifying prospect of Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry. It's always hectic in the first week, trying to get to know everyone, but it's also a lot of fun. On your marks, get set... bake!
The Great British Bake Off
Published by Christine Blachford on
CAKE!
Sure you've all seen it by now but loved the BBC One/Two Twitter conversation: https://twitter.com/Wriggy/status/496771064048152576 I forgot that it was moving channels this time!
Woohoooo!! To quote an F1 driver:
"I love cake so.. I’m hoping someones going to give me a cake. Went to dinner last night and the boys sorted me out with a cake, which is nice, then we got another cake at the hotel so I’m already two cakes up hoping for another cake today"
Hehehehe!
Cake is always the best way to open a series
I guess it's good to start out with something simple when there are so many people in the tent early on.
On the subject of amazing cakes, last year I discovered an amazing chain of bakeries called Valerie Patisserie and they've opened a new one in Cardiff. It's not even funny how excited I am to visit it.
https://www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk ?
#GBBO !! I am very excited!
Yes!! Seriously, I can't even begin to recommend enough. They do 3 for £10 but they're big things and just... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I was going to go to the Dr Who premiere tomorrow with a slight bias for wanting to instead go and visit the amazing new shop
Well I could look at this page all day https://www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk/special-occasion-cakes.aspx
I had to be pulled away from the Bath shop window. It was ridiculous.
Yay! Thinking there's no cake in the house and by the end I may regret this situation.
Almost time!
I've just done a mental inventory and I have ingredients for a Victoria sponge, but nothing more...
Doctor Who!!!
Aaaalll the pandas.
how far ahead are you?!
BBC Wales may have shown it before you I suppose
Angry blue contacts man.
Hehehe, expensive blue contact lenses.
higher billing for local programming? ;)
pretty much all of our bbc adverts are doctor who, it's glorious! :)
Now to think of lookalikes as always
Love how quickly you can start seeing personalities emerge.
Ooh yes! Much easier than names.
They move the tent about now?
Swiss rolls, love making them :D
Don't tell Amy about new swiss roll!
Ehehehe 'you could push roger federer down a hill'
So pleased Mel and Sue are on top form still.
Telling someone it's like an exam can't possible help calm them down.
Bees! His own bees!
I recently learned my dad wants to keep his own bees but my mum won't let him. I think I'm on my mother's side :)
I'm liking the viking's beard already.
My mum'a friend keeps bees. The honey is amazing, and it cures my hayfever more effectively than anything. She does say she gets stung around 3 times a year tho... Not ideal really.
Wow, baking the pattern onto the outside!
Bit early for fridge and pray.
One of the solicitors' in work makes the most outrageously impressive cakes, she's applied for the next series.
Red Velvet - always a winner!
"I'd be gardening at home and forget about it."
That's so me. Except not so much gardening.
Corrected for you Christine :)
17!!!!!
Still in as levels!!
Tiramisu flavoured!!!
When I was 17 toast was an achievement!!!
:)
That's the one!
mary didn't look impressed
Lots of cracks in that roll :S
Homemade plate - what?
Nancy reminds me of Sue Johnstone. Where's Jim Royle?
Hmm I want cake now.
Aww, beardy's doesn't look rolly..
Oohh she is good!!
Call me a pedant but: quinze is 15, but zwanzig is 20...
We're only 1/4 of the way through. It's all downhill from here.
I like the Scottish guy.
Forst time I've ever seen anyone cut themselves a bit to try ;)
That orange one is so outrageous
Aww, she's so nervous.
It really is. But I've not had dinner yet, so any food is good :)
I wonder who the Ruby of this series will be, basically worrying every week
Some of those baked-in outside decorations are amazing.
Loving the spanish one.
That swirl is perfect though
Red velvet and white chocolate? Yes please!!!
Paul is impressed
I might have to learn to make red velvet cakes
Tears already!
I would cry over cake.
:)
Oh Sue.
That looks so 70s.
By hand? Rolling the dice!
Hmm glacee cherries are the best.
His beard is a different colour to his hair. Strange.
Like a giant donut.
They're all coming out so easily from the tins.
Hehehe, I love Norman.
I love that beard - something to aspire to I think
It's a good beard
That icing looked like The Simpsons!
Well I would eat all of those cakes :)
Oooh, high fives.
I would love to, but almonds!
Bad times - dislike or allergy?
stupid nut allergy :(
"Where are the cherries?" That's not a good sign.
Shame :(
I love how innocent baking is then, suddenly, sue perkins
Miniatures!!!!
Miniature cakes :) awwwww
Lucky spoon.
Guillotine! NEED
That's genius.
Lemon drizzle!! My fav!
Ooo, batons of cake - off piste1
What an odd idea
Ahahahaha Mary does not look impressed.
Love the idea, but not sure the almost medical-looking pipette is the best thing to use.
Every year those oven draws impress me.
Wow lemon drizzle is popular.
Best presenters.
Hehehehe.
Beardy was essentially saying: "Miniature cakes? So what, I'll just make them really tall!"
Cuuuute baby lamb!
Shake and cake, baby. Shake and cake.
Oooo errr ?
Bless her for not just giving up.
I love it when they shrug, then try to find a way to salvage everything :)
Maybe I'll become a food photographer... Free cake...
how have you not thought of this before now?!
I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up, someone just hit the jackpot idea ;)
"Word's got out about your offcuts."
No idea but I feel like it's genius! :)
Tiger Woods looks impressed
Mmmmm. chocolate everything.
Beardy not doing so well.
The young girl is fantastic at this!
Shame if he goes - I'm looking forward to calling him Bready.
She's must be star baker.. She is so good!
Norman's cakes look fantastic
Yay Norman!
Woohoo!
I think Jordan is heading home.
Gotta be Jordan going home..
woah
Aw :(
Awww poor Claire. She did have a bit of a disaster.
is Jordan going to save himself by turning into Force India next week?!
Ha!
Oh christ, those showstoppers look complicated!
Seriously need cake now!
Now I just want to go to Valerie's Patisserie
Extra bakeoff - whoop?!
Oh jeez, Tumble looks shocking.
Thanks for joining cake friends. Just realised I named the thread after this episode but actually planned to use it for the whole series. Will tweak.
Do nudge me if it closes and you're keen to share cake news!
As soon as I get to Cardiff there will be news!
See you all on Friday for #GBBOextra?
I think just what the TV schedules are missing is random celebrities doing crazy sports for no good reason.
Can't promise to watch it on Friday but will deffo try to see it on iPlayer. Double the bake off goodness!
Just popping in to share a twitter comment on TGBBO
@Glennyrodge Telly FACT: As part of their move to BBC1, The Great British Bake Off have changed their theme tune to Bros's When Will I Be Farmhouse?
Have opened up comments again. Anyone watch the Extra slice thing? I didn't get round to it yet but don't want to miss out!
We watched it earlier - I think it's best to do on a Tuesday as it recaps last week quite well. It was a good watch - it's You're Fired, but for cakes. Plus there's offcuts that didn't make the edit. Needs to be done!
A slightly lengthy version of the "Previously on..." things.
Yup - but a nice reminder of all the happenings that you'd forgotten about :)
Right, quickly catching up with the extra slice just in time for getting my bake on.
bake off!
I am ready for biscuits.
Mmmm, biscuits! Not as good as mmm cake, but almost.
Sorry.
Oooh, cheesy biscuits/
I think I would struggle very much with their high standards for consistency.
Sour dough? I just think of sour Starburst
Woah, Nancy has a big family. Lots of potential tasters.
Fennel? Didn't he run the prison on Bad Girls?
Hehe, Bad Girls! Haven't thought about that show in a long time.
Yvonne Atkins and all her crew!
If ever there was a show that needed to be on Netflix.
See, I'd just make some gingernuts.
Do you think anyone would notice if we just smuggled in some Ritz crackers?
I reckon Paul would know. He knows everything!
Although I'd sneak in the Lidl equivalent so they can't call them Ritz biscuits and then be a smart arse about it.
Other biscuits for cheese are available :)
Martha works on the cheese counter. Advantage!
I don't like cheese biscuits...
#sorryeveryone
Mmmmm. Biscuit Iron Maiden.
No soggy bottoms.
Banned!
My cheese neutrality always gets me in trouble!
They all look very good.
Evening all
Hello Mr Will.
"Well Mary, these are my... Schmoreos, that I definitely made."
"Why does your bin have an Oreos wrapper?"
"No it doesn't."
Yo!
In Blackburn, iPad + mobile this week :)
I like the idea of the apples on top, it hasn't worked out too well for her though.
Bake Off on the go!
good ol' Norman
"She'll have to eat her words... and the biscuits."
Correct ice cream procedure
That's a double ice-cream strategy, right there.
#sidepodication
Hope she went for a vanilla and strawberry stint
So that's how a cornetto is made!
"All of the fun, none of the typhoid." :)
Nice, twisting while hot, just like tuiles last season.
What's a florentine?
Setting the timer for 72 minutes = knowing when 3minutes of panic remain!
One week, Paul is going to pick up Mary's example version and go 'Well this is rubbish'
I always wonder if they just need one go to make them so perfect each time.
They all look so confused.
Not sure I like Florentines but I want some now!
Oooh, looks like a messy bit.
Mmmm, chocolate digestives.
Love Mel being encouraging :)
I'm trying to guess which 3 will be at the bottom later by who gets the most screen time and have nightmares
She got he decor right! Yey
The beardy one isn't having the best weekend, again.
Our Viking...
Richard builder with his pencil always behind his ear :)
Poor beardy
Biscuits that stand up. Hmm.
Make a biscuit table!
Or Biscuit dominos.
SPAAACCEESHIIPPP
Ski village??
Ooooh, a biscuit f1 car would be amazing.
But Mary just said all made... I fear for him today
These people are crazy!
Woah.
Oh my word.
Some mean editing for his admission to come directly after what she said. But she didn't look impressed at all.
They are making some crazy ideas
A whole freakin' biscuit party
Mad as a hatter!
I thought they'd just make biscuits to stack up!
Biscuit jenga.
Oooooh I'd just buy a load of shortbread and stack them up :)
Ohhh Jordan.
Hehehe, destressing technique: "Bake properly."
Actual dragon!
One more than the piratical standard,
Ooooh I'd make a TARDIScuit
Genius!
Sticky biccy fail back there
Then It'd disappear in time once eaten ;)
They're all so good at piping. I can't pipe to save my life.
Are they going to make them carry them?
They are!!
Eeek!
infinite biscuit on the inside!
Paul and Mary are vandals
Phew, well done beardy.
Pirates ftw
Good week for Mr Builder
Builder for star baker this week then.
Uh ohhhh!!
Mary's stern face. Hehehe.
What an awesome dragon
Not made the fondant...
Dragon takes the biscuit!
I can't believe she's just 17
Really hard to guess who's going home.
Oh wow.
nice predicting
Aww, poor guy. Except I'm secretly glad I won't have to learn how to spell his name.
Oooh, Norman's gonna bring his A game.
no battling with the spoll checker ;)
She sounded like Colin Baker then.
Which is appropriate for the show with her name!
Ooooh drama!
Yay! Thanks for the chatter foodie friends :)
i need to start thinking about my sponge cake!
oooo, thst reminds me, I'm baking this weekend :)
Anything good? (I mean, of course it will be, why would you bake something horrible?)
Love this, too: https://twitter.com/cat_dresser/status/499640329554100224
every.time.i.bake
I've got a batch of chocolate custard in the freezer, so another big chocolate-y thing. Hopefully I'll not have eaten it alll before Tuesday, so I can bring some with me.
Bake off night!!
Bread week!! :)
Weeks like this make me wish TV's could transit smell. I love the smell of bread baking.
Evening all!
I'm so excited they are gonna do ciabatta. Best.bread.ever (except sourdough of course)
Martha has really grown on me. Really want her to do well now.
They look like croissants :)
This is what I baked :) https://twitter.com/notonlyahatrack/status/502169367451533313
And it was awesome
Am eating a slice now. It's SO good. Just the sugar I need - knackered!
Will, please try out for Bale off, your cake is just awesome.
*bake off...
Perfect for after a drive home too!
*husky voice* I'M BATMAN!
Thanks :) Glad to share it with you guys!
Oh man, I missed the start. Will have to catch up in a bit!
Basically Will has already won this week's star baker
Have banned mum from having that other slice ... It's mine!!
I did tell you to take 3! ;)
Hehe, fabulous!
'Ive only done one' (marathon)..... 1 is still pretty good.......:s
Bread is so stressful.
...I should have listened :( haha!
Probably better I didn't. Haha.
Good week for beardy
I've some in the freezer to rediscover at some point in the future
woah, swirly rolls.
Loved the opposites attract bread
Here comes the history bit
Hehe, Sue is the best.
Mmmmmm.
Ciabatta!!! :D hmmm yuuuum!
Ciabatta love them
I had ciabatta with my pasta tonight but i imagine theres will be better than my asda one.
No one wants to go first :)
Ciabatta means slipper?!
Okay, I'm here and it's on. Did I miss anything important?
They all look very.... Flat...
Mary brought in a load of Hovis to the disgust of everyone
Heheh
They all look very edible though.
They remind me of naan bread, the flat ones.
Colourful hair lady should do well today
The rest are bunched together, so it all comes down to the showstopper.
Mel's hair this series has looked amazing!
"Rise to the challenge." Pun alert.
These always look delicious!
He must now win. Love a pun.
Get practicing, can't wait to see yours next year on bake off :)
Cheesecake brioche!!!
Mmmmm. brioche. I can't believe something so nice went escaped from my tastebuds for so long.
next year might not be quite possible, but future series after that...
do it do it do it
I'm taking 2016 as a definite then :)
Ahhh, yes, epoiss fondue.
Cheesy bread will always go down well with me.
Well, I've said it in the Comments now...
If only Franck drove for Edams FE team...
YES! Someone keep this comment so we can remind him!
I'll drive the stupidly long distance to help you practice (eat all of your practices.... )
Full english bread???
ALL of the cheese?! Wow.. Hmmmm
t's like a giant pasty.
Sausage bread!
All amazing!
Martha's flower looked massive!
Oh.. Jordan really annoys me.
I really want his bread to be tasty tho...
Caramel coated strawberries? Win!
Such great ideas.
Oh wow!
Sweet red convies.
Hehe, Norman is awesome.
Listening to cheese now. :)
Sue settling down for a good chat
'For me this is very exotic .. You know... Pesto...'
<3 <3
Captain Chaos, that is so him!
Poor Martha and her bread being ripped up
Ooh that cheeeese
Oh no, Norman!
Viking should be staying...
I think Jordan's going...
Kate has to be star baker.. That's amazing!
Uh oh!!!
Oh no!! :(
Dramatic music...
Awww.
Kate, wow, oh no!
Aw I'm sad for Kate :(
What a way to be announced star baker :)
Luis, loved all his stuff today
Lukeh called it.
I knew it!
DESSERT WEEK.
Yesssssssssssss.
That meltdown looks awful!
Is that... A baked Alaska?!
Desserts! And it doesn't look like it all goes to plan
That finger advert reminds me of that creatures program a few years back :)
I'm off. Have a gre rest of week baking fans :)
*great
Will do, you too. After watching that I'm still hungry so off to eat some sausage rolls!
Evening... I'm going to fit in GBBOextra at 1930 :)
I am totally pumped for GBBO tonight!
Dessert week. Prepare your sweet tooth!
My favourite meal. It's gonna be good ;)
Your not very many seconds warning!
Cool, Sherlock won a bunch of Emmys? quite right too!
Have banished Mr C so I can watch on the big screen. Big desserts.
Desperate to find out what Mary says is unacceptable.
Goodness, tonight looks stressful.
I bet Norman turned up with a vienetta
you banished him to the big desert?
:)
Hehehe, whoever heard of a self-saucing pudding?
Bake in Quick Time?
Well, better than boiling in Media Player.
I'm so sorry
Nononono, that would involve going outside!
those gooey chocy thing I think
See for pudding I usually have a crunch corner. How do you bake a crunch corner?
Maths and Chemistry exams. Bad times.
She's doing this in the middle of her exams?!
That's actual crazy. I have an exam in three months, so baking is non-existent to me! :)
MMmm, just the word pudding makes me happy.
Although everyone puts almonds into everything which just isn't fair.
Luis going unorthodox
rhubard, strawerry and orange! Mmmm.
Almonds are a very puddingy thing. You need to disguise yourself as Paul or Mary one day and go in demanding "bake whatever you like but NO ALMONDS!"
"This is a No Almonds Tent"
See, priorities right there.
I dislike the word and the concept of curd. My mum had some orange curd in her cupboard which is just silly. Lemon or nothing, and preferably nothing.
I need that mixer for my sponge cake
Cake making on an industrial scale!
"Pudding Riot"
I love history.
That's what happens when I bake. Mess everywhere :)
I dunno, curd can be very nice, in the right dessert :)
Hehehe. Sue cannot not be awesome.
"Garnish and move on."
Those fondants look super.
Icing sugar covers a lot of sins :)
Goooo builder!
I fear the cake I'm baking tomorrow may be under a mountain of icing sugar!
They're all meltinnnggg
Secretly glad she's had a bit of disaster, because otherwise it's just nooooot fair!
That's.... not sauce...
Again, I'd eat them all
I;d be scared that they'd pierce what I did and the pudding would just go pfpffpfpfpfpfpfptptpttt and deflate
Salted caramel is a winner :D
She's going to walk out on air because he said "I think it's fine." Paul is such an ogre :)
Tiramisu cake! Wow
Her example one is so precision baked!
but did she bake it, or was it someone on the crew?
Sacrilege!
before the first time I had tiramasu cake I thought it was made of custard. As someone who dislikes coffee it came as a real shock to me!
Oh that's not good. I've never had tiramasu or the cake version cos I'm also not a coffee fan.
Is that someone walking outside the tent?>
I love the vagueness of the instructions that they are given
She's not having a good day.
Some of them look v behind - Viking and builder are in trouble
And by love you mean "am terrified by", right? :)
*chucks chocolate on* "Done."
That's the spirit!
Cocoa powder also good for hiding things.
Some of them look crazy good
It's all very technical in the technical this week.
Hey you lovely lot.
on one hand, yes terrified, but on the other, that sounds like my kind of fun challenge
Precision is the name of the game.
it's like a super technical week
'Good chocolate work' is a line I strive for in life
evening Lou
They're actually all really good!
They are all so much better than I could ever do (it's the same every week but I feel more so today!)
She's made up for the mess earlier then.
Ooooh, maybe the clip of Mary going 'this is unnaceptable' relates to one of the competitors clipping the cake of someone else's cake in the final round leading to the other competitors demise in the competition?!
Haha!
It'd be almost as bad as stealing someone else's custard.
they don't discuss custard tactics outside of debriefs these days ;)
Baking with ice cream outside on a hot day is a punishment!
Baked Alaska! Mum is so good at making those. :)
"Luke, why don't we have your alaska cake?"
"...I ate all the ice cream. I ate it all and I'd do it again, Mary."
Am I weird for not really knowing what a baked alaska is?
A biscuit base as well?!
It's unseasonable weather for a cold country
(sorry christine)
Heh, informative :)
I don't think so.. I just live with a feeder.... Aka my mum. I didn't know what it was until a year or two ago when mum made one. She bought a little cooking blow torch specially :)
There's blow torches for cooking too?! These blow torches get everywhere.
Very handy things, I've heard.
I had to buy a big chef's blow torch because I destroyed too many of the more toy-like ones... Oopsy.
Yep!
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/16416/Lakeland-Cooks-Blowtorch?src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!54936352469!!!g!45641286602!&ef_id=U9tkvQAAASvOGBAz:20140827193911:s
(Other shops are available)
I love the ideas they come up with their creations.
"The tiramasu was really stressful to make, so I decided to make tiramasu"
Bakewell is my favourite one at the moment
They have excellent knives. Since ordering the Hellofresh thing (bonus pluggage: http://mrschristine.com/discovering-the-joy-of-cooking/ ) I've realised that a) I lack some slicing and dicing skills and b) we need better knives!
Sue is so impressed with the beard.
"...ideal for constructing a swan." Only on the Bake Off.
Double mixer!
Two Mixers Louis!
Good knives are so important. Uni used to kill me.. We had such awful knives :(
(Checking out your post after bake off! )
Uh oh...
Dramatic music.
Wait, I was just making a joke. Lewis and Nico is actually happening now!!
She took it out of the freezer?!
Oh my word..
Well that's never happened before!!
Ew, gloopy stuff in the freezer freaks me out.
Oh no!! (Bit delayed!) poor Ian!! :(
They're making a thing of Chetna NOT throwing hers away.
I'm fearing the worst: #savethebakeoffViking
Did builder have star baker already? Because he's done very well again this time.
Uh oh... here we go...
Martha looks good for the *
I got it right!!
Awww. :(
Norman is so lucky to have got through again!
points!
PIE WEEK!
Mmmmmmm. Pie.
Thanks for the chatter, peeps. I'm hungry now :)
I'm sad for Ian. Old lady sabotaged his bake and he goes home. Sad times. But he should know, never through good food away!
Like Paul said, the sponge still could've been yummy!
did she actually take it out?
I thought she did, cause they were discussing who's it was in their freezer... But I may have got it wrong.
I for one want to hear Christian Horner's take on the baked alaska situation.
:D :D
I think she did, she looked guilty afterwards. But Sue did try to warn him not to throw it away.
Sue chased after him and everything. Poor Ian.
I've just watched the action replay, and she does take it out! She needs a trip to the stewards, and a swift DSQ.
BBC have announced Diana has left the show now.
All stinks of a big PR thing to me in all honesty now.
is it a pre-recorded show? presumably they can't CGI her out of the recording so she must've left back when it was filmed.
Yep, BBC say she won't be in the remainder of the series so she left at this point during filming in May.
Which is why I'm now veeerryyy dubious on this whole thing.
ahh, edited to look like her after knowing she was going anyhow.
That's all very weird.
Ian's side of the story: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/28/great-british-bake-off-ian-watters-speaks-diana-beard
Will said it right on Twitter i thought saying it all felt a bit Apprenticey but with cake.
My sponge cake is in the oven. I am scared!
It has a bit too much cream but all in all I'm happy :) http://instagram.com/p/sQLy3VudqV/
It's Bake Off night!
Let's hope for slightly less cake controversy this week!
Less Apprentice-ness, more un-pielievable baking!
Oooh, pie week. I forgot!
Mmmmmm pies.
Someone made apple pie at the bake sale last week and it was just glorious. Something to achieve!
I haven't managed a decent apple pie yet. Mr Kipling does it better :)
There have been helicopters and planes circling around for ages and now they're all disappeared. Even NATO wants to sit down watching people bake pies.
We're halfway through already?!
Custard Tart! Mmmmmmm.
No bins.
You're joking! I'm just doing a chore or two and will tune in shortly!
I guess if we lost an extra one due to "illness" then the series got shortened by a week.
Sabotaging the series length now, ttsshhh.
Rhubard and custard, ruined by the everlasting inclusion of almonds
There's definitely a drinking game in there.
Evening all. I'm currently in the middle of baking a birthday cake... results should be seen (maybe) late Friday or Saturday :)
Yay!
(don't put almonds in it)
No almonds ;)
Star baker!
Right, I'm with it. Baking beans and all sorts.
Phew, custard is tense.
I love tasting as I go :)
I'm glad Richard is doing waiting the right way :)
Gosh, you have to have such a steady hand.
(I'm a bit behind, I think, watching on iPad.)
Its so tense!
Ahh, the iPlayer lag - know it well. #sidepodsync
They should have put extra cushioned carpet in front of the ovens. People spend a lot of time there.
Awww bless them helping
gosh, I have enough problem just working out the toaster
Some of them look really super though
I love a good custard tart! :D
That is nice, good spirit in the tent this weekend. Phew :)
Nancy's looks like a Tilke circuit
I think everyone feels protective of Martha
I think she may have a bad week :(
Me 2 :S...
Early days but Norman may not get through this week.
She didn't look solid getting her tart out of the case and there was the build up clip of her looking at the leaking too
His mediocre time in the tent may save Martha (if it comes down to that)
Aww.
Bless, tears.
Poor martha :(
A pie for brides! Genius.
Anyone breaks a pie over my head, they're getting punched.
"Do you take Mr C to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."
*throws pie at mr c*
it's like an episode of the beano.
Oooh I don't like pears. I don't trust them.
Surely the Dandy - with all those pies it's a Desperate Dan strip, surely!
What's a pear pie? Sounds very interesting!
We are getting a lot of Martha to camera, looking bemused...
I like the idea of the pie bit but not so much the pear bit
"You've got a nice pear, Luis."
It's like an alternative toffee apple.
Replace with apple, as per our previous conversation :)
mummified pears - that describes it!
the builder's pastry has all fallen down - glad he's not working on our house
Hehehe, it's not a good advert!
Poor richard!
Builders doing very badly this week.
Come on Martha!
Looking like she's back on form
This is why you shouldn't trust pears.
"For the final round, please bake the mathematical equation of pi"
Better for Martha!
Three tiers required. Meh, I'll do four!
I'll buy 7!
Builder now wants to build a house out of pastry! Don't hire this guy!
Mmmmmmartha's pies sound goooood
"Well you wanted a 3 tier pie, so I'll make something terrible so you make me cry and I can put three tears into it"
Pieful tower.
Pieffel tower what a pun.
They're all so differet!
"You've always had good flavouring... eexxcceppt for today, so..."
What a way to encourage someone
Pieromanics. Genius.
It doesn't look like Martha's is going as wrong as they suggested in the trailer
Quite a lot of burnt bits on a couple of those.
Pie five!
I dislike this tabloidness.
Norman-no-style might just have pulled something off...
Noooo, Normski must stay on!
Martha's turn...
I thought it was a good show, but that was before the tasting
Norman I think.
....keep them all...?!
They won't do that surely?!
Well, damn.
They may well have a week where no one goes then
Maybe the fridge will get sent home
Awwww, bless. Glad he's okay about it though.
I will miss the Normski.
He should team up with Howard from last year!
Good episode that, nice for a bit of calm after last week's storm!
Can't believe it's bakeoff day already. We're just watching Extra to get ourselves prepared!
Norman is funny on it :)
European cakes this week
Evening bakers.
eurovision intro!
I luuuuurve dis!
Paul does not like the winging.
obligatory almond
I love that not many of them either know what they are doing, or are making cakes that aren't european
Luis looked awesome
They all look awesome!
This is awesome just for Mel's accents
I love the interesting spikey tin
*heads to the Lakeland site*
They make me smile every time, even though I know they are coming
Sue and Mel are on fire tonight.. haha
They are in line for Star Bakers at this rate!
After Hollywood essentially told Martha she was MAD to add soo much butter, that result means she has to be safe today!
good ol' denmark
So happy for Martha, that's awesome, bonus technical for her cause she didn't know what she was doing :)
I hope she goes on and takes the BakeOff crown!
Well that sounds amazing (apart from the coffee)
Corrected for you :D
7 cups of coffee!!
I haven't had 7 cups in my life!
definitely! specially as she's doing this during exams!
That's about my week - but you should see the strength of them ;)
I did feel sorry for Sue there, i hate eating when i have a cold.. let alone all that cake!
Woah, that cake looks awesome
oh gosh.... marzipan too! I want some princess cake please. :)
Crème patisserie AND whipped cream?!
BOOOOOOOOOOOM
WHISK DROP!
ambulance also needed.
gosh..... that sounds amazing.
that reminds me, im finally going to cardiff's valerie patisserie next week!! I'm so exciteddddd!!!
is that the same as Patisserie Valerie? or is it a different store?
oops, thats it. I always get it the wrong way round. The one in bath blew my mind...
ha! they are pretty special. There are so many in London. Although my personal fav patisserie is Paul... their cakes and macarons are to die for!
Making another sponge, is there time?
brave call!
oh goodness. Marzipan is my fav thing... i really need to make some at one point. om nom nom nom nom
Go Kate, go!
I think she does need to
This looks stressful to make!
oh my goodness i have to try making this.... with a proper recipe... and lots of time...
This is a nightmare!
'the male judge' XD
Paul Who'shisface
you'll be attempting this then? :)
I think I probably should at some point...
good practice for when you go on bake off next year!
Baby^'s 1st BDay cake https://twitter.com/notonlyahatrack/status/508287902154240000
Uh oh, not good...
Luis is so consistent!
love it!!! now.. did you make your own fondant?? ;)
Kate is in trouble today
sad times
Nope. I would love to have had time to do so... i had to ice it on the night before after coming back from a meal out
(just don't tell Mary ;) )
I thought of her, then spitefully I picked up my packs ;)
hahaha!!
Sue loves the caramel.
ARG! Sugarwork!
chess caramel!
Martha is just ridiculous!
I always have to be reminded how to play chess because I always forget. Wanting to eat the board alongside remembering to play it properly is just unfair.
24 layers?!
Have totally missed it cos we went out to get pizza! That's kinda European I guess.
pizza is definitely European.. and definitely worth missing bake off for.
The quintessential Italian savoury cake :D
Greenwich Sponge Time!! :)
sugarworks looks mental.
I've tried some... it is very stressful, much like making tuiles!
Luis Luis Luis!
Someone should've made a cake of the budapest circuit clearly
:O :O amazing!
If he's not careful he's going to win this with a week to spare
hahaha!
I feel like it may be Kate's time to go home. :(
...or does the final carry double (WeightWatchers) points?
outrageous baking
Ri-Dic-Ul-Ous!
Shame the substance didn't match the style as much
Kate may be the opposite!
Kate has missed the ball :(
i wonder what Norman would have done this week.. haha
Classic sponge cake with a bowl of caramel ;)
Jam sponge tower, with an icing sugar dusting
Sue says takk and all I can think of is sigur ros
don't send anyone home!
Use the Diana-bye
yay chetna :)
I reckon no ones going!
THE DIANA RULE?!
Have they ever explained in this detail before?
I knew it!!
This is probably Diana's best input to the show! :D :D :D
"On this occasion,, we agreed we have a spare show to account for in the series" ;)
YEEEES! ( I'm a little behind!)
I think Kate dodged the bullet more there to be honest than Richard!
What on earth will Jo Brand talk about now?! haha
Eclair stair!!
ah that was awesome.. and now i feel like i need cake.. but i have made a cuppa so that'll have to do.
ohh diana will be with Jo. makes sense.
anyway. I'm off to do some more editing! Thanks for the baking chat guys :)
She doesn't need the fired baker for that show
Bake off time
Pastry week!
This should be a great choux!
Congrats again to Mrs Will^, Will :)
You live with a Doctor *cue sci fi music*
I want to know how to make pastry so I can make my own pies
doo do dooo - doo do doooo...
She say thanks, she's been touched by the responses from people, especially the ones she doesn't know ;)
Paneer and spinach samosas.... Hmmmmmm looks like I turned up at the right time...
Pastry parcels - mmmmmm
Pie pastry is easy, especially if you have a food processor.
I could go for a pile of those!
Me too... Almost as good as any sort of spinach and feta filled pastry... Hmmmmmm
Perfect opportunity to turn up with Greggs' sausage rolls
Was it you/your mum that made a spanakopita recently(ish)?
Ack, late again. I caught up with last week's though, so am all up to date. What are we doing this week?
Pastry week!
Pastry. First up parcels
Pastry parcels, before moving onto pastry padded envelopes before ending with pastry your delivery is at our local depot leaflet.
Ooooh, yum.
We're always making spanakopita... Sooooooo goooooood. So it could have been us :)
We make little spinach and feta fill parcels for race snacks/ lunch - best!
I can remember a picture appearing :)
She seems to be remaking a lot of stuff in recent weeks
Gotta love a golden brown bit of pastry.
Oh gosh wish I had Mel's hair. So stylish.
Genius Mel!
Wow, builder's look amazing. I might be hungry already.
Pastry is the most satisfying bite!
Martha's posh sausage rolls look amazing ;)
How big are her pockets?
Mel Piedroyc.
:)
I think she eats it before the next bit gets filmed ;)
Yikes, kate's didn't come out that great...
And she's covered i plasters!
The pastry is what it's all about after all. Eek.
Kate looks to be in trouble already
I bet it was the deep fat fryer. Those things are evil.
Mel is amazing.
I love mine :)
Oh my god mines!! *covers eyes*
Well this is going to be interesting
Mary's face when she saw those pasties <3
Or pastries or whatever they are called.
This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase baking blind!
Bake Off editors never show the bit where people are wrestling with their cling film. It can't just be me.
It sticks to everything. ALL THE TIME.
Phew :)
I'm not gonna lie... I'm not a fan of Nancy...
I like how they're all looking around at eahc other's bakes for this one constantly :)
So these really are just a little ball of pastry. Mr C would approve.
"Sorry there's something happening over here."
:)
You know that question people ask about who you have as guests at a dinner party... Well I'd have Mel and Sue. They are awesome.
Oooooo I tell you what we did at the weekend, we went to a murder mystery dinner party - was awesome!
I like that this years bakers seem like a group that all get on so well.
Oh my god, I've always wanted to go to one of those!!
All I can think of is Steve Carell in The Office going THERE BEEN A MOIDDAHH!
Sounds good though!
This was our first, and it was brilliant, I'm going to have to organise one now!
Looks like Kate may be headed home :(
2nd bad bake today, and she was in the bottom 2 last week
Oh my gosh you have to!
Yaaaay for Richard!
To far to come for a spc murder mystery? ;)
*Too
Of course not! :)
Eclairs!! <3
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm eclairs.
Kate has strawberries! Strawberry eclairs would be awesome.
I'd love a mint-choc eclair!
Can;t wait to see these. I'm a sucker for eclairs.
Lemon meringue eclairs!
Blimey, I just like them with chocolate on them
Any choux will do!
Choux them who's boss!
This really is the choux-stopper challenge!
Yes! :)
Ohhhh, CHOUX.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh. I see now.
I thought it was shoe because it looks like a shoe sized type of thing
Oh no! Not lavender again. Haha.
Lavender and rose are two things you wouldn't necessarily associate with a builder :)
Quick someone throw almonds on
Eclair stair!
An eclair-case!
Mmmmm. Profiteroles.
A profiterole dissertation.
Best read ever.
maple syrup and bacon- Martha FTW!
bacon?!
I'm surprised we don't see more bacon really.
The almonds kidnapped the bacon.
It's sort of nice when there are less bakers because they have more room each.
Hehehehe.
<3 Sue, aware of the tinnitus sufferers
Go Martha, go!
uhoh... Martha
"Polish your chouxs."
Come on bakers, choux us what you're made of!
Richards nailed it again
Yay for Richard!
Awww - Richard is helping
Best builder ever.
These all look amazing!
Choux.
Choux's over
I'm so loving the puns.. :)
Savoury choux boggles my marbles a bit.
Yeah, I'm not digging the savouryness,
Over-lavendered. I don't think that's a word.
Paul and Mary have the best job.
Go Luis!
Totally called it.
Uh oh... gotta be Kate's week to go I reckon...
Chetna going for a baker's dozen
Oh Martha looks so stressed.
Bacon on an ecclair is bamboozling me
On Martha :(
Oh no, don't send Martha away... It's gotta be Kate!
Kate has bottled all 3 tasks... a cert!
Said it at 20;16
had to happen, sadly
Everyone else had to stay... :)
Aww, poor Kate but that seems right.
Hahahaha Mary 'do you think your chickens really need stairs?'
Next weeks looks good!
Ah bake off gets better and better each week. :) right, now off to do some editing and watch The Zoo. Thanks for baking chat everyone :)
Evening bake(off)ers!
"advanced dough week" - ooooo!
So excited for this.
Richard is on the look out - he's done star baker one week, then falling flat the next before...
I've just been handed some home made bread and butter pudding...not as fancy as any of the stuff they are gonna make.. But still tasty.
Very jealous! I love BnB pudding.
I've not eaten yet, which can only go badly come 9 o'clock.
You're gonna have such an amazing feast come 9!
A sugar cube soaked in brandy in the middle of the roll?!
Either that or guilt-making binge, but I'd be happy either way
Luis almost forgot his fruits....
Nanci is being featured a lot... that could be a sign.
Found out this week Paul lives in Kent near me!
Are you going to try to invite yourself round to his for tea?
If it was Mary, I totally would.
Ooooohh lucky chetna!
Haha! Chetna should just her one for this morning out!
So does the star baker now get a star badge?
Should do :D
Well I noticed someone had one last week, and Richard is wearing one this week. Like a sheriffs badge.
:D :D :D
Anybody who gets theirs anywhere near to Chetnas or beats her must get serious points!
Is Nancy sponsored by microwaves or something?!
She's on a one woman mission to annoy Paul.
Martha is sponsored by clingfilm
I'm loving this technical
Same! It's so interesting to have Chetna telling us what it should be like. Haha.
Almost like if we had a split screen with Paul doing it properly
Ooooohh that would be cool!
Or on the BakeOff app as a second screen experience!
'Best one I've ever done' haha.
:)
Ooh bad signs for Nancy.
Scary stuff!
Ohh s.....
Nooooooooooo not Martha!
Well no prizes for guessing who will be no.1 in this.
@marthacollison: I made something inedible #welldonemartha
Ohh I'm disliking Nancy more and more :(
Hmmmm doughnuts.
#anyonebutNancy
Doughnuts!
COCKTAIL DOUGHNUTS?!
See look at Richard... Sheriff star on his overalls.
Indeed.
In other news I expect his doughnuts to all be perfectly shaped.
Martha is making a Cronut!
Martha's going cronut?! Go big or go home!
Oh gosh.... Anything with salted caramel is the best.
It seriously is - if those 2 words appear on the menu I will have it :)
Not sure Nancy's ones are focusing on substance enough...
Yes!! I tried newtons salted caramel and popcorn ice cream from waitrose a while ago - expensive but do it. It's the best.
Hestons... Not newtons..
I had a salted caramel chocolate pot off a menu the other week - to. die. for.
Luis 'I'm taking out the judges today'
Ohh no, Martha!
Next time I'm in your neck of the woods I'm expecting a salted caramel cake thing haha.
Oh it's bye bye Martha isn't it :(
'Curtain ring'
Hahahah
Ohh, never cooked with it, but we can surely go and try to find this one :)
Yup - been a good run, especially when you remember that she is soo young!
Fill them with baileys?!!
Oh gosh that's heaven, right there.
Luis makes a late push for Chetna's star baker crown
Oh Martha :(
*want*
Best day's judging!
Yaaaay for Richard!
Well at least they taste nice.
Paul has never been nasty to her, I don't think he can bring himself to
Good :)
Hahaha Mary!!
If only you had arrived earlier in the evening... I was planning on a trip here for dinner before the FormulaE: http://www.thebootmappleboroughgreen.co.uk/pdf/thebootinnmappleboroughgreen-dessert_menu.pdf
Damn work. Next time tho. That looks like the best place ever. Damn my sweet tooth!
YAAAAAAAAY well done richard!!
Awwww :(
Richard to win!!
Yup, think I'm teamRichard as well now!
If you're ever "this far north" again ;)
Tempt me with food and I'll be there :)
Good evening all!
Baclava is up first
Chetna colouring her filo, and Paul is being disapproving (as always)
Nancy filling some of hers with muesli - interesting...
hmmmm baclava
Hello company!
why am i not surpised she makes her own muesli haha
hiii had to make a green tea before i joined the comments :)
Nancy's looks like Casandra from Dr Who
hahaaha!
I wise move
Nancy seems in trouble with her 2nd flavour
oh god she obviously can't do anything wrong
Ohh no Luis
Good effort Richard!
https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/517393705809219584
not looking good for Luis.
Or are the Beeb using Twitter to build tension... Chetna wasn't up to her standards
20 LAYERS!?!
shi torte?
it's grilled?!?
I think know what it is :)
:O :O :O :O
WANT!
Exactly! Wow!
Got to make that when I have time to clear the decks and concentrate
oh wow. i need to stop watching the programme. It's gonna make me so fat.
hehehe love Chetna.
I baked earlier - a cinnamon and apple cake with sugar-crunch-crust.
oooooohhhhh!!!!
I baked bread pudding with mum earlier this week. not fancy but yummy :)
'i've got the grill on full whack.. so it should be pretty hot in there..'
love Richard.
I've got to drizzle some white icing over the top (BakeOff style) before I post any photos :)
hmmmmmm! you've got my address right, send me a slice ;)
I should really remember to make that sometime soon
we soaked the bread in earl grey tea. so good.
Oooo, nice. I want to do similar: bread, dark choc, bread soaked in orange liqueur, more bread, then cover in the custardy goodness :)
oohhhh!!!! that sounds nice!
"Make the chocolate glaze"
Apparently Luis gives good advice (so Mrs^ says): "if it's nagging me I've got to listen to the voice"
Ohh dear, Richard's and Chetna's are short
i have this feeling Nancy is gonna have her own baking show. she seems to enjoy talking to camera.
he's actually counting them!!!
Paul HollywoOCD
Luis has saved this mornings performance! awesome!
Chetna is in trouble
pomegranate jelly, on a cake?! yum!
Another fridge/freezer incident coming?
oh goodness. how awesome was John - https://twitter.com/JohnWhaiteBakes/status/517399130285826048
Saw him at the GoodFood Show - great chef
...great to see he's staying in cooking, and really going somewhere
amazing isn't it. he's started a cookery school!! amazing.
i don't know whether i'm Arthur or Martha this afternoon - no Nancy.. Martha left last week.
Oooo, I have moose rings, maybe I should use them for actually making mooses ;)
dooooo it!
Or maybe mousse ;)
Nancy not having a tray below >
amateur ;)
they look awesome! go Richard!
Richard for start baker #5!
yaaaaaaaay!
Look at those polka dotty sponges!
oh no!! looks like Chetna is in trouble.
Here's hoping: Kick off Nancy and Chetna and bring back Martha
hahahah yes!
YES!! GO RICHARD! :D :D :D
Called it :D !!! TeamRichardFTW
hehe he has to win! he's so awesome!
aw :( rubbish. poor Chetna.
Sucks, but she had a poor weekend :( Would rather have lost Nancy
oh goodness they all look fabulous!!!
Croquembouche next time?
i hope so! :)
Can't believe it's the final already. I've missed so much. Hopefully be able to tune in this evening.
It's surely Richard's to lose!
From what I gather, he's had about 100 star bakers?
He has just been nailing it week after week. I just miss Norman.
Surprised Nancy managed to get this far.
Still not a fan.
#sorrynancy
Bake Off infographic. That's a lot of eggs. http://twitter.com/RadioTimes/status/519896048014077952/photo/1
#TeamRichard #AnyoneButNancy Evening all - excited by this one!
609 blocks of butter!
BakeOff BakeOff BakeOff !!!
I want to bake another cake but I need to wait to get this stoopid cast off.
I baked this last weds: https://twitter.com/notonlyahatrack/status/518422684708110336
Looks good!
My thin icing drizzle turned into a thick icing pour ;)
That looks yum!
winner either way ;)
help them!
Always jealous of the families that get to come along and eat everything.
It looks so empty
They'll be echoing around!
Goooo Richard!
Luis has been really creative
I have Reece's peanut butter cups.. I am ready for whatever delights they through at us!
Throw even.
Mmmmm, pain au chocolate
It's only taken a series, but learning how to be prepared!
What are they doing? (loud baby)
It's a posh word that also means pain au chocolate and stuff.
"The Greggs Window"
thanks :)
I'm so pleased you said that. I was wondering how to spell it!
Oh that reminds me, they have done up the Greggs next to work this week. It has seats and tables.
It feels wrong
I was going to google it but I don't even know what to search for. Something beginning with V. Maybe. :)
although I finally went to patisserie valerie in Cardiff last week and... they had no cake left for that day.
Which seems mental to me
2 doughs - ohh ok then :)
It seems mental, but it's actually brilliant. It means they only serve fresh cakes.. Which is amazing. Proper bakery/ patisserie. All fresh that day.
I FOUND IT! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennoiserie
Winner!
absolutely agree, it made me happy it proved everything was fresh!
But cake disappointment is a brutal thing :)
Greggs Window is easier to spell :)
The disappointment of not getting cake when you reaaaaaaaaaaaally want cake is a horrible thing.
"Just trying to make sure my layers don't lose their layeriness."
Totes need a GBBO dictionary.
<3
Vienensosorie.
Hahaha best pronunciation
Richard's philosophy today - go bold or go home!
Excellent oven watching technique from Richard
They all look lovely!
There, that's how to drizzle icing!
I make that style of twisty tart basket :)
Paul is on the warpath
You can tell it's the final, Paul properly picky.
Oh Paul leave Richard alone, so they joined.. They look AMAZING!
I gve it 5 minutes before Paul goes Gordon Ramsey on everyone
Paul is going more Lord Shuggs
"You're fryered!"
Woah.
In two hours!!!
"36 items - make them all"
108 cakes to eat!
"The result has to be sheer perfection. That's all."
"Because if not, YOU'RE FIRED.
Wait."
Pffft - simples
I have some vienesse whirls, yum yum.
Veiennasonsores whirls.
It means nothing to meeee...
Richard overegged his pudding
Oh... Nancy is gonna win.. Isn't she? :(
They might each have one element perfect, one average, and one nightmare
Slow and steady... :(
I would love to see good old Norman try this
' this is the final to the great british bake off Mary, you pipe! '
Gosh I love this programme.
Mmmm, tartar colon.
It's falling apart for Richard :(
Noooooooooo :(
No star-baking high scorer has won the series before...
Stats Britain @StatsBritain
95% of Britons are starting to worry about Richard.
Hehehehe.
Come on Richard!
So rubbish for Richard when he's done so well to this point.
Hmmmmmmmmmm yum yum yum.
here we go!
A super croquembouche!
Lots of big words tonight.
Richard is wearing the same tshirt as he did for day 1... Hm..
As in day one of the final weekend.. Not day one of the comp..
It's gonna be a Moffat-esque story loop!
She really did get flour everywhere! All over her face and everything :)
please be a windmill!
....soo close
Little choux balls.
Marthhaaaaa
beard!!
NORMAN!
Love that bending gadget!
I would be soooo bad at sugar work.
Offcuts :)
Like a ferrero rocher
I really, realy love Luis' one
If red, a ferrari rocher?
Interesting, Nancy built hers on the outside of something, but Richard built his on the inside of something
These are so much more impressive than last years final bakes.
Crazy efforts!
Look at Luis'!!!
I actually can't get my head around these. Luis' is incredible.
Nancy's looks rather good, as does Luis'
If Luis doesn't win it'll be an outrage. Look at that.
Yaaaay for Richard!
phew!
:)
Can-can you bring that up.
genius.
Nancy did good
She is looking good for it...
Maccaroons are so conflicting. They look so good but I know I can't have them
They are the best.
Sucks they have almond in tho :(
The blasted a word!
Gotta be Luis.
they can't carry them ALL THAT WAY.
I'm not sure who is going to win this now!
I'd be so worried!
not Richard I fear :(
It's gonna be nancy.. I can feel it :(
UNBELIEVABLE
TRAVESTY.
Oh Richard.. So sad for you.
This is the Tortoise and the Hare for the 21st Centuary.
Norman has an autobiography!
The "what they've been doing" bit at the end is my favourite.
Martha is being mobbed by y7s!! :D
WILL GO ONLINE AND APPLY,
I demand a rebake
You know that you don't live close enough to eat the spoils of each week's practice bakes? ;)
The drive isn't thaaaaat far...ish..
That's you coming up, or me delivering them?
If I get fed I'll happily drive up! :) haha.
It's been a fun series, cheers folks
I should really get round to working out how exactly I would post slices of cake... see if I can work out a system ;)
Thanks everyone, lots of fun even if not the ending we might have wanted! Enjoyed the bits I got to share with you all :)
Good pie everyone!
<3