It’s that time of year when cheer and joy fills the air… but this is 2020. So this year we need more than cheer, we need a good dose of Christmas Bake Off hilarity and hijinks and most importantly Paul Hollywood and Prue scale models dancing wildly next to a gingerbread tower! Four past year’s … Continue reading The Great Christmas Baking Show- Season 3 →
The time has come. The three bakers that have made it through the ganache gauntlet to reach the finale of The Great British Bake Off have entered the tent for the last time. Dave, Laura and Peter are baking their hearts out to try to win the elusive Bake Off Trophy and the official love … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – The Final →
It’s the SEMI FINAL of the Great British Bake Off Season 8 and the last 4 bakers have to compete in some of the toughest challenges yet. It’s the always delicate and difficult Patisserie week where the bakes are likely to be dainty, detailed and often French (so you know its going to be hard). … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Patisserie Week →
In the grand tradition of the Great British Bake Off it’s the return of the frighteningly general Dessert Week! Wherein the bakes can be downright confusing or very familiar or sometimes a little bit scary all in the same week. Kimberly and Jake are on their own this week, which may be a good thing … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Dessert Week →
Gag me with a spoon full of cookie dough- It’s 80’s week for the Great British Bake off! As our original bakers dozen gets smaller and smaller the remaining bakers are livin’ on a prayer as they attempt to pour some extra sugar on their donuty confections. Temperatures soar in the tent and in the … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – 80’s Week →
This week the bakers head back to the Great British Bake off tent for what will prove to be a somewhat difficult but HIGHLY controversial Japanese week! Will it be Kowai or Kawaii? Is the theme a matcha made in heaven? Which of the bakers has the steamiest buns? Kimberly, Katie and Jake will be … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Japanese Week →
Other than the Great British Bake Off’s infamous bread week, which always seems to separate the wheat from the chaff, the week that seems to show which bakers are really the crème (de pat) of the crème is PASTRY WEEK. Kimberly and Katie introduce Jake to the world of rough puff, short crust, soggy bottoms … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Pastry Week →
The bakers are facing a daunting task this week in the Great British Bake off tent… no its not croquembouche time yet, no 60 perfectly equal macarons, no creme brulee with a perfect crack…. its BROWNIES. Who would have thought the seemingly simple tray bake would be the downfall of all the talented contestants this … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Chocolate Week →
Bake Off Bread Week is a grainular tour de force and the bakers are coming into the tent with buns a blazin! Kimberly, Katie and Jake are discussing the nitty and the sometimes unintentionally gritty details of the challenges. Surprises abound as two as yet unsung bakers shoot to the top of the food pyramid … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Bread Week →
Week 2 of The Great British Bake Off season 8 is upon us and its Biscuit Week! Also known in the US as Cookie Time! The bakers lost a great flavor-filled competitor from the tent last week and a tiny fly during the technical challenge managed to turn the whole competition pineapple upside down. But … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Biscuit Week →
Last week Kimberly and Katie discussed in detail the latest competitors to come into the baking tent and this week its time to talk Technical and Showstopper challenges of the premiere! And this year GBBO isn’t the only one to switch up delightful hosts. K & K are hoping to up their own delightful factor … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Cake Week Conclusion →...
2020 may have changed a lot of things in our lives. But the one thing, the one thing that still brings pure joy and happiness to us all from across the pond is The Great British Bake Off! And friends, it could not be more kneaded! Its time to pre-heat those ovens, strap on those … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 Meet the Bakers →
Back to the tent for the first time in…2019? Oh, well. Seems we are getting this episode a little after the fact, but it’s well worth the wait as four favorites return to show off their baking skills in a New Yearstravaganza of sugar! Kate, Tamal, Steven and former Bake Off winner Candice (Candeece?) are … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show: Festive 2019 →
Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas to us all. The Great British Bake Off is back with it’s Holiday episodes. Returning to the tent are 4 past competitors who will attempt to win over Paul and Prue one last time as they create baking Christmasterpieces! K & K are ready for a walk down memory lane … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/ Show: Christmas 2019 →
It’s time to finally untie the aprons and switch those ovens to off. We have reached the end of another season of The Great British Bake Off. As usual it was filled with laughs- provided chiefly by Noel and Sandy (and many dirty winks for us at home), tears – provided most by Kimberly as … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Semi Final and Final Bakesgravaganza →...
This episode may be late, but unfortunately there has been a tragedy…One of the personal sort, and the other of the international scandalous sort. Yes. Henry has left the tent. K & K have lots of feelings about rough puff and full puff and what actually constitutes a US vs. UK pie. But what this … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Pastry Week →
Festival Week for the bakers means more fringe, more exposed buns and more drama than poor Kimberly’s heart can take! We get a Hollywood Handshake for the ages, a “home-made” Prue put-down that is so very cringe and one of the most difficult showstoppers to grace the tent. K & K learn how to spell … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Festival Week →
This episode may be late, but this week, the bakers in the tent are watching their clocks ever carefully, and doing A LOT of maths! Kimberly and Katie may not be ready for all that jelly (insert groan and eye roll here) after last week’s judging upset. However, they are still ready to discuss the … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Dessert Week →
The results have left us speechless. Well, not really because when it comes the Bake-off there is always something to discuss. But the Roaring 20’s week have left us feeling like we just got a custard pie of our own right in the face. Who is still baking their way to glory and who is … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Roaring 20’s Week →
Like, don’t have a cow, man! The bakers are back in the tent for Week 4 and Kimberly and Katie are here to discuss the best and worst dairy themed bakes of the weekend, as well as the stomach churning final decision that leaves all the bakers in a state of shock. As we reach … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Dairy Week →
This weeks episode is carbo-loaded full of all things bread! A few of our bakers are rising to the challenge and a few really go a rye. There are a lot of hot crossed puns and one particularly hot button issue (cheesegate) while Paul Hollywood, the bread king, keeps a particularly watchful eye on the … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Bread Week →
Last weeks judging and sudden DAN-parture may have left you with a bad taste in your mouth don’t toss those cookies yet! It’s time for biscuit week and the Bakers are ready to pull out all the stops to keep that crunch, snap, soft, (insert texture adjective of your choice here) that will impress the … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Biscuit Week →
Welcome to the first installment of A Date with The Bake! Kimberly and Katie are ready to delve into the sticky (toffee pudding) underbelly of the UK’s most famous competition baking show. Ok, maybe not so much investigative reporting as gabbing and reviewing the first week of one of our favorite shows- The Great British … Continue reading Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Cake Week →
