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Episode 1, GBBO 2012, showstopper

Hidden Design Cake

Marilyn

I’ve been thinking about making this cake ever since I first watched this episode of the Great British Baking Show (2012 season, episode 1). You might even say it was my initial inspiration for this blogging adventure. I love a challenge, and figuring out how to embed a design inside a cake in such a way that it would be visible in every slice is something I’d never thought of before. What design could I make that would be unique but simple enough for me, an amateur baker, to pull off? I thought of the goose that laid the golden egg.

Episode 1, GBBO 2012, technical challenge

Paul Hollywood’s R-R-R-Rum Babas

Marilyn

Rum babas, or baba aux rhum as the French call them (I always feel like I should roll my Rs when I say it), are of Polish descent but have been claimed by the French, as well as the Italians. Traditionally, the rum baba is made in the shape of an over-sized champagne cork. If it’s made in a circular mold with a hole in the middle it’s known as a savarin. (But who am I to correct Paul Hollywood, whose rum baba recipe calls for just this type of mold!)

Episode 1, GBBO 2012, Signature Bake

My First Baking Challenge: Upside-Down Cake

Marilyn

After lifting the bottom of the pan off of the parchment paper I had lined it with, I was able to peel back the paper to reveal the dark brown, gooey caramel coating and the apple ring topping of my now right-side up upside-down cake!

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My Great British Baking Challenge

Marilyn

I’ve decided to embark on my own odyssey—my own Great British Baking Challenge—to attempt to create my own version of each of the bakes that the contestants have had to produce for the judges under the tent for every season—at least for the seasons they’ve let us watch in the U.S. so far. And I hope that you will join me!