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  • More final and process photos from this Gala Pie, my sixth Bake Off Technical Challenge! Swipe through for closeups off the pretty hot water crust pastry and the absolutely foul and revolting filling! 🥰

Again, I’m a vegetarian so I made this one with a red bean/oatmeal mixture that is honestly not terrible on its own, but with hard boiled eggs?? No thank you?

WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG
- The invention of this recipe in the first place, lol.
- The filing ended up tasting a little dry and in hindsight would up the seasonings too!

WHERE THINGS WENT RIGHT
- I mean we nailed the hot water crust pastry? 💅 I’ve never made it before so the process for that was wild, but it turned out golden and cute I thought!
- The eggs (*gags*) to filling ratio worked out well.
- Technically it looks how it should and I feel confident in my placing with top marks on this one! Paul Hollywood, thoughts?

Onto the next bake ASAP so that I don’t have to think about this one anymore, kthx! And if it sounds or looks tasty to you, then more for you! *passes the fork*

#bakeoff #thegreatbritishbakeoff #meatpie #pastry #homebakers
  • This Bake Off technical was a fun one for me! Got to make some pastry, a little jam, dabble with chocolate—what’s not to love? 🫶🏻 Swipe through a bit more videos from the process and closeups of this white chocolate and mixed berry tart!

WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG
- My white chocolate ganache either set too long or was too cold? The texture was a bit rubbery, but at least it still tasted good!
- I didn’t add any chocolate decorations on top because I panicked, lol. It just looked so neat and clean I was afraid to go too far and ruin it!

WHERE THINGS WENT RIGHT:
- Quite possibly the best pâte sucrée (sweet shortcrust pastry) I’ve ever made. It just all came together, rolled super thin, but still held firm and was perfectly golden. Proud of myself for that one!
- The mixed berry jam layer (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries) was a delight too and gorgeous to look at. It paired well with the white chocolate!
- I think she looks cute and professional, okay?? 

Now onto the next technical challenge which is a gala pie and might end me—meat and hard boiled eggs?? 🤢 SOS, wish me luck (and send me veggie gala pie recc’s please)!

#gbbo #bakeoff #greatbritishbakeoff #tarts #foodphotographer #jam #mixberry #whitechocolateganache #pastrylove #patesucree
  • Another hi hello to this school cake and custard from my fourth GBBO technical challenge! Still not over that custard pour tbh. 🔥 Swipe through for more, friends!

Not mad about how this one turned out! Even if I’m not much of a cake person (don’t come for me please). 

WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG
- My butter was a tad too cold so the batter curdled a bit, but she soldiered through (only for me to then overbake the cake lol).
- In hindsight I would have let the sprinkles set longer or add a bit more powdered sugar as they still felt quite soft.
- Accidentally cut it into 18 pieces instead of 16 because I’m a mathematical genius. 🤓

WHERE THINGS WENT RIGHT
- The custard! I’ve never made it before (a shock I know!) and was quite nervous, but she ended up so silky smooth and delish. We WILL be making that again.
- Thought I had nice even layer of frosting!
- While I cut too many pieces, I thought all the lines were pretty clean and everything looked uniform.

Okay brb, about to go make sprinkles every weekend! 👋🏻

#bakeoff #gbbo #sheetcake #sprinkles #custard #schoolcake #foodphotographers #dessertpic
  • More pretty pics of these glazed doughnuts from the third GBBO technical challenge! 😍 Swipe through for some from the process too.

Honestly, I’m proud of them. Yeast and frying have NEVER been things I’m good at (literally and emotionally) and while these may have been overworked/overproofed (honestly I have no idea lol), I wasn’t stressed during the process for once!

WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG
- Potentially overworked the dough as they were a bit tough to cut into (again, don’t ask me).
- That darn pink spiral!! 😡 I was so happy with everything visually up until that point and then I wanted to walk out of my house and never come back. *cries*

WHERE THINGS WENT RIGHT
- The glazed ones are gorg.
- All of the doughnuts feel uniform in size and shape.
- Kept my cool while frying and thought they all had a nice golden brown color to them, aside from maybe one or two.

Onto the next Bake Off technical! See you there, friends. 🫶🏻

#gbbo #bakeoff #doughnuts #glazeddonut #foodphotographers
  • Add these to your fall baking list ASAP! 👋🏻 Brown butter pumpkin sugar cookies, recipe by @mikebakesnyc—soft middles, crispy edges, rolled in crunchy sugar, and no eggs or stand mixer needed. 

Made a quadruple batch of these for my sister’s 40th birthday this past weekend and they were a hit! Perfection in a cookie tbh and a great way to start (or continue, let’s be real) cozy baking season.

Find them on @mikebakesnyc site at this URL: https://mikebakesnyc.com/brown-butter-pumpkin-sugar-cookies/ ❤️

#pumpkincookies #brownbutter #sugarcookies #fallbaking #recipeideas
  • This little bean is 13 today. 🥺 EVERYONE WISH TARAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIGHT NOW PLEASE (& thank you)! Can’t believe he’s immortal and going to live forever!!!
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