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Post by BoOverall on Jun 13, 2019 21:56:18 GMT
Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard - it was about 6/7 years ago on C4 Each half hour episode had a couple of recipes from Eric plus a bake off between three people on a given theme. My theme was fruit cake. And there is no way you can cook a proper fruit cake in 2 hours - so I looked for an alternative. Ended up doing a Pain d'epices aux figues- which I served with ginger poached pears and some ginger creme fraiche. Essentially a french gingerbread with dried figs and some stem ginger - so still a fruit cake. (Recipe available - it is dead simple and virtually fat free!) One of the others did a pineapple and banana cake - and couldn't get it cool in time to frost it without everything melting. The other did a caribbean fruit cake with lots of alcohol soaked fruit - and it just didn't cook through in time. She accused me of fiddling with her oven settings - which I absolutely didn't. She was just not a very good loser!! It was a strange experience - but was interesting. My prize was a masterclass with Eric - which taught me nothing other than he buys in pre-made pastry cases and macaron shells for his patisserie in Battersea... (it all took place in his kitchens) Sadly my episode is no longer on All4 - but it is on a rather dodgy Chinese video site - with everyone dubbed into Chinese - which is just bizarre to see yourself like that!! Ah I remember watching one of the series. A friend of mine, Lynn, was on an episode I think. Yes must be odd seeing yourself dubbed in such a way. Timings can be such a pig! I remember we had initially just over 3 hrs in one of our challenges near the end, but a few days earlier they cut off 30mins! Agh. But fun nonetheless. i love the sound of your cake.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 14, 2019 7:31:55 GMT
Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard - it was about 6/7 years ago on C4 Each half hour episode had a couple of recipes from Eric plus a bake off between three people on a given theme. My theme was fruit cake. And there is no way you can cook a proper fruit cake in 2 hours - so I looked for an alternative. Ended up doing a Pain d'epices aux figues- which I served with ginger poached pears and some ginger creme fraiche. Essentially a french gingerbread with dried figs and some stem ginger - so still a fruit cake. (Recipe available - it is dead simple and virtually fat free!) One of the others did a pineapple and banana cake - and couldn't get it cool in time to frost it without everything melting. The other did a caribbean fruit cake with lots of alcohol soaked fruit - and it just didn't cook through in time. She accused me of fiddling with her oven settings - which I absolutely didn't. She was just not a very good loser!! It was a strange experience - but was interesting. My prize was a masterclass with Eric - which taught me nothing other than he buys in pre-made pastry cases and macaron shells for his patisserie in Battersea... (it all took place in his kitchens) Sadly my episode is no longer on All4 - but it is on a rather dodgy Chinese video site - with everyone dubbed into Chinese - which is just bizarre to see yourself like that!! Ah I remember watching one of the series. A friend of mine, Lynn, was on an episode I think. Yes must be odd seeing yourself dubbed in such a way. Timings can be such a pig! I remember we had initially just over 3 hrs in one of our challenges near the end, but a few days earlier they cut off 30mins! Agh. But fun nonetheless. i love the sound of your cake. BoOverall I wish they would do another series of the programme you were in. Really enjoyed it. And not just because of the Male judges.
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Post by n1david on Jun 14, 2019 8:14:48 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Jun 14, 2019 9:40:20 GMT
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Post by BoOverall on Jun 14, 2019 14:24:32 GMT
Ah I remember watching one of the series. A friend of mine, Lynn, was on an episode I think. Yes must be odd seeing yourself dubbed in such a way. Timings can be such a pig! I remember we had initially just over 3 hrs in one of our challenges near the end, but a few days earlier they cut off 30mins! Agh. But fun nonetheless. i love the sound of your cake. BoOverall I wish they would do another series of the programme you were in. Really enjoyed it. And not just because of the Male judges. 😀😀 so pleased you enjoyed it. It was fun to be a part of. They are working on Series 2 for airing in 2020 and were auditioning recently for the 2nd series I think
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Post by Tibidabo on Jun 15, 2019 7:43:21 GMT
Lovedit, lovedit, lovedit!
My heart rate has only just got back to normal. Congratulations to all of them and to the worthy winners.
Own up! Whose marriage is like a train hurtling through a tunnel then?
Season 1 is currently showing on Saturday mornings on the Good Food channel if anyone is interested - no Tom and Liam of course, but still great baking.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 15, 2019 9:48:30 GMT
The high tea challenge was great. Enough time to achieve excellence
I would rather the wedding challenge had been 6 to 8 hours to allow them time to really shine.
It was a show that ended more with a whimper than it ought to have done.
I think the right team one. European patisserie is going strong.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 15, 2019 13:40:02 GMT
Agree the right team won. They consistantly good throughout.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2019 9:05:59 GMT
I liked the live plating episode best. I suspect that’s what put the winners ahead despite the slightly underwhelming finale.
Nearest thing to live plating I’ve ever experienced is my mum slopping another ladle of mushy peas over me chips!
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Post by Tibidabo on Jun 16, 2019 10:04:26 GMT
Not sure why they call it live 'plating.' Surely live 'tabling' would be more in order. Doesn't really appeal to me having food slopped all over the table like that.
I'm currently watching the very first series of Creme de la Creme and slightly bored, even though the finishing is actually better. Nelson, my least favourite contestant this year, is in one of the teams and there's an extra judge who I'm glad they dropped as she'd fit in perfectly where I work...😒😒
Not the same without Liam and Tom either.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2019 10:19:24 GMT
It started with Tom Kerridge didn’t it? Hardly a vibrant tv personality.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2019 10:20:12 GMT
Or was it Angus Dayton? Similar problem!
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Post by Tibidabo on Jun 16, 2019 10:25:47 GMT
Tom Kerridge. Dullsville. And Cherish has yet to be introduced to her latest stylist, not to mention taking lessons in judging from Craig Revel Horwood.
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Post by lynette on Jun 16, 2019 11:58:50 GMT
I like this programme but I also think more time for the big presentations like the wedding one. I don’t understand why the smashed the little cakes this goes - is this a ‘thing’?
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