The Technical Challenge for Week 7 was an 80’s themed challenge, Jam and Custard Doughnuts! This classic doughnut is found in so many British Bakeries. This was a great challenge to practice the bakers frying skills as you can easily over or under bake these doughnuts. Frying these in an electric deep fat fryer makes things a lot easier and will prevent this issue as the temperature is constantly regulated. The filling is a Crème Mousseline which is rich and creamy and to top it off these doughnuts are decorated line a line of strawberry jam to add a little bit of sweetness!
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GBBO Technical Challenge S5W3 - Ciabatta
The Technical Challenge for bread week in Series 5 was Ciabatta! This is a super tricky bread to make as it has a high hydration percentage which makes it difficult to knead and shape. Be sure to add all the water in the recipe as this is what makes these big air bubbles in the Ciabatta!
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GBBO Technical Challenge S6W1 - Frosted Walnut Layer Cake
For the first technical challenge of series 6 of The Great British Bake Off, the bakers were asked to make Marry Berry’s Frosted Walnut Layer Cake. This was a nice technical challenge to do, make the Walnut Cake was easy, the tricky part is making the boiled icing frosting, I have never had a frosting like this it sets quickly so you have to work quickly to decorate this cake.
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