British bake off black forest gateau tv#

I get what he was thinking, I do – it would add moisture and richness to the sponge, and would probably even taste quite nice in a regular chocolate sponge. Those of you who have watched the episode in question will know exactly what I’m talking about without me even having to type the words, but I’ll explain.

While I might normally watch GBBO and think “oh I fancy the look of that” but then never actually get around to trying it myself, something happened in the signature challenge that got me so wound up that I had to make a proper one myself. For some bizarre reason it had come up in conversation a few times in the past couple of months, we had a supermarket frozen one on Fathers’ Day, then I came across a slice Patisserie Valerie in Edinburgh, and then, just to top the cravings off it was the Signature Bake on the inaugural episode of this year’s Bake Off. And, of course, the bakes.īlack Forest Gateau, or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte as we used to enjoy saying in German lessons at school, would appear to be enjoying a bit of a revival at the moment. There’s not a single thing I don’t enjoy about the programme – Mary and Paul, Mel and Sue, Jo Brand and her sarcastic quips on the following Friday night, trying to decide who is my favourite contestant and who I’d quite happily see fail.

British bake off black forest gateau tv#

Late summer is one of my favourite times of year, purely because it signifies the return of one of the best 11 weeks of TV in the UK – the Great British Bake Off (Don’t give me that look, you could hardly be surprised that I’m a fan).