Queen of Hearts

I am back and have a very exciting new bake for you all. Rather a late post but better late than never. After finally getting over the thought that we watched our last ever BBC Great British Bake Off , the dynastic duo of Paul and Mary to grace our screens for the last time, our village decided to have a bit of fun. In the light of spring harvest, (a while ago I know), my local very British village decided to do 'the Great British Spring Harvest Bake Off' - an original name, I know!

Anyway, not one to miss a baking opportunity, I got my apron on and my personalised baking spoon and got down to business.

I decided to get my recipe from 'Great British Bake Off- Showstoppers' recipe book - surely I would win with that!? You've got to copy the pros before getting too creative. I settled for the Rasberry Jam almond biscuits, basically a fancy and tenuous jammie dodger. 

This bake was actually easier than I thought it would be, although it was quite time-consuming it has definitely been my more successful of my attempts at baking. And quite a fun Sunday activity. 

So with my dad playing Paul Hollywood and my mother playing Mel, I set to watch them act our their parts in a mini tent inside our village hall. After acting like a cringy parent, recording and laughing over loud at their jokes, the performance of a pita bread bake off was followed by a mini indoor 'street' party in the hall. My biscuits went down a treat, however, they were upstaged by some very impressive bakes provided by the village grannies! How can I compete with them.. they have got about 50 years more experience than me. I took it all very well and decided to compensate for the lack of love for my biscuits by eating almost off of them myself. Better luck new year. However I made jam for the first time, that's my little victory!