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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Bomboloni (Italian Doughnuts) filled with Nutella Ganache
Bombolonis are Italian doughnuts that are shaped into round balls. These Bombolonis are coated in cinnamon sugar and are filled with a Nutella Ganache. These homemade doughnuts taste so much better than shop brought ones! I recently got a deep fat fryer and I wanted to test it out. I used to fry doughnuts in a saucepan, but it is so hard to keep the temperature of the oil at the right temperature. The deep fat fryer stops this problem so no more burnt doughnuts, I highly recommend getting one, it makes things so much easier!
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GBBO Technical Challenge S51E1 - Cherry Cake
For the first technical challenge for the fifth series of Bake Off, the bakers had to make Marry Berry’s Cherry Cake. This challenge seems pretty simple however the main problem with the bake would be the distribution of the glace cherries in the cake. If the cherries are cut to small then they will dissolve into the cake mix and if they are not coated in flour they will sink to the bottom of the cake.
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