I bake a chocolate cake from scratch every week.
Modern women – we’re very good at keeping ourselves busy. There are PTA meetings, exercising, bake sales at school. I like that my life is not the same every day.
You must pre-bake the bottom crust of a custard pie, but this is a tricky step in the pie-making process. Without the presence of filling the crust can slump down into the plate as it bakes, necessitating pie weights to help keep its shape. Then, once you remove the weights to blind bake the crust, the bottom puffs.
I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I’m doing ‘Bake Off,’ I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it’s just over-indulgence.
Whenever there’s a big national event that brings the country together – whether it’s the Olympics, a royal wedding or the ‘Bake Off’ final – there are inevitably a few contrarian voices speaking out against it.
I sometimes worry that by encouraging so many more people to try their hand at baking through ‘The Great British Bake Off,’ I’m going to find myself in court one day charged with accelerating the national epidemic of obesity! To which I will plead not guilty. A slice of Victoria sandwich is never going to harm anyone.
Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I’d bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends – that was our time together.
What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent – ‘The Great British Bake Off.’
I love to bake. I like to bake with wheat and try not to eat sugar, so I use applesauce instead, which probably sounds really gross.
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