The Great British Bake Off: Round One Round Up

So last night saw the beginning of The Great British Bake Off.
And blimey was it an exciting episode!

So Week One was Cake week, which saw each baker make 3 exciting sponges to tantalise the senses.

The baker's first task was to create a Drizzle Cake. Now in terms of flavours, the world was their oyster. As long as the sponge was moist and had a good drizzle, the bakers could pretty much create anything they liked. Kate opted for a Berry Best Apple and Bramble Drizzle Cake, while Tom chose an extremely bold G&T Drizzle Cake, which certainly livened up Mary and Paul's tastebuds.

On to the second round.

Round Two was the ever-challenging Technical Bake. And this week was Mary's choice-Jaffa Cakes. In the technical bake, the bakers are given a basic recipe and certain ingredients, and it us to them to interpret and create a perfect piece for Mary and Paul. Last night's challenge saw many-a-baker confused as to which way to coat their cakes in chocolate, how thick to cut their jelly, and how large to make their cake bases. This weeks Technical Bake King went to Selasi, the title was well deserved as he aced the round!
For the Mary's Jaffa Cake recipe, follow the link here.

Round Three-the Showstopper Challenge.

In this round, the bakers were tasked with making a mirror-glaze cake, comprising of genoise sponges, exciting flavours and of course a shiny glaze you could see your face in. There were tantrums and tears a plenty in this final round, which saw many bakers remake their cakes half way through the round. Michael's Matcha Tea sponge did not go down too well with Mary and Paul, and Candice's first batch of sponges quite literally went out the window.

So the all important title of Star Baker went to Jane this week, the garden designer from Kent, who impressed in all three rounds this week..massive congratulations to her!

And sadly we had to say goodbye to Lee, who just didn't quite reach the mark this week. It's always sad to see someone go, but he did himself proud.

Round One is complete. Did you agree with the result?

Don't forget to tune in to BBC One next week at 8pm for the second round, where the bakers will be battling it out to create the perfect biscuit creations.

Have an awesome week!


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