The Technical Challenge

Yes, yes I know! its has been far too long since my last post. I apologise to all my fans. It has been such a hot summer the thought of putting the oven on is unimaginable. But not to fear, winter is near! And The Great British Bake Off is back.. (yes I know, but it's Mary Berryless and lacking a mel-sue-ffle) But I would say it wasn't a complete disaster as I would have expected, in fact, I was pleasantly surprised. It still has the same light-heartedness and impressive bakes that made it so lovable. As for the newbies, Prue is a great replacement and Noel is acting as though he has to remain sober in front of his parents which was amusing.

 Anyways... I thought it might be a good (if not good, at least amusing) idea of doing the technical challenges each week with the bakers. So this week, week one, was chocolate rolls. A challenge I found very exciting as I am a little obsessed with Cadbury's one. Anyways for this technique, I decided because I am so hopeless at baking, yes I will be allowed to watch the show to do it. And yes, I will get the whole recipe. Things will go wrong regardless so I thought I may allow myself small allowances.

So week one, how did it go I hear you ask.. It wasn't a complete failure! In fact, it went relatively well! Although, I had absolutely no knowledge of what I was doing was accurate but I stuck to my gut. The sponges were horrendous lopsided but strangely it worked. The only thing I would do is use less butter-cream as it felt far too sweet. Not a bad first week! Stay tuned for more.