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The Great British Bake Off... Final Tonight

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~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 14 Aug 2012 21:44

Are you ready for it:-D

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I know it's about baking, and I really enjoy watching what they bake, but I have to say that Paul Hollywood is a dish in his own right, he has such lovely eyes, and the rest of him ain't bad either ;-)

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 14 Aug 2012 21:49

Missed it

Cant look a cake in its eye after my daughter looked after Herman the German friendship cake for 10 days.

I still feel sick & imagine I can still smell it. :-(

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 14 Aug 2012 22:56

If you saw some of the cakes baked, and Paul, you'd have felt better :-)

I love cooking programmes, some people are so bloomin' talented, some of them don't think they are though, , I think I am, but I'm not ;-)

Trish Devon

Trish Devon Report 14 Aug 2012 23:12

I like watching that too Lynda,
tonights episode saw some fantastic cakes/designs being made.

Have to agree about Pauls eyes,dreamy pale blue.lol!!!!!!!!

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 15 Aug 2012 08:39

Some of the cakes were so inventive were''t they Trish, the cake with the blackbirds coming out was so clever, I really thought the "pie dish" was a pie dish, until Paul cut into it, think that Lady could remain until the end. Felt very sorry for the lady who wrongly cooked her rum baba's in a Bain Marie, she was gutted, and although her cake at the end, wasn't cooked properly, the decoration was so pretty.

I'd never heard of Paul Hollywood before GBBO, his "thing" is bread and he's bread supplier for Harrods, I'll have to go in there and see if his bread has a photo of him on there, I may just have to buy a loaf f it is :-D

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 15 Aug 2012 09:23

Thought I would Google to see who PH was and I recognise him. Definitely lust material. One of the results on the Google page was a link to his scone recipe. Totally different from the ingredients and method I've been using for ever; sugar, eggs and softened butter? No sugar, no eggs and butter as cold as poss with hands as cold as possible too. Will be having a go though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paul_hollywoods_scones_70005

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 15 Aug 2012 09:35

me and my littleman love GBBO, we were so excited it was back on,

i love watching what and how they make thngs, and of course giggle when it gos wrong,

altho ill leave the fancying of paul to you ladies, he does nothign for me hahaha,

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 15 Aug 2012 09:52

I've missed this series I think. I used to watch it on my little portable in the kitchen but since analogue went I've not watched much terrestrial television.

I used to watch Britain's Best Dish whilst I was doing tea but then they changed the format and I didn't like it.

Will see if I can find BBD on demand.

xJ

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 15 Aug 2012 10:00

It was the first episode off GBBO last night Jill, so even if you can't get it on demand, next one is on next Tuesday at 8.00 :-)

You'll like Paul when your older Stray, its a mature woman thing :-D

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 15 Aug 2012 10:13

;-) il let you know :-D

GoldenGirl1

GoldenGirl1 Report 15 Aug 2012 10:19

Mmmmmmm delicious and the cakes looked good too.. :-D

Emma

Penny

Penny Report 15 Aug 2012 10:21

The union jack cake was brilliant. Not sure as I could see the maid ,her nose or the blackbirds within the cake, but what a good idea to adapt for a small child's birthday? Even a plain cake, with marzipan pinched to look like a pie and fondant blackbirds would be effective.

Good program.

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 15 Aug 2012 10:34

Emma you must be a "mature" woman too :-D

The Union Jack cake was good wasn't it Penny, I didn't like the sugar cage around the rum babas, thought that was a bit over the top, I like doing them but I call it angel hair, I often do it over ice cream, effective, but so, so messy :-D

GoldenGirl1

GoldenGirl1 Report 15 Aug 2012 10:42

I think it a great programme, used to love baking years
ago till arthiritis in hands stopped that, however me eyes
are still good and yes Lynda i am a mature woman. :-D

OH thought i was drooling over the cakes. ;-) :-D ;-)

Emma

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 15 Aug 2012 20:29

Thanks Lynda,

I love to bake. Hubby's colleagues always enjoyed whatever he took in for them to try.

Just about to take home made ReggaeReggae pizza out of the oven.

xJ

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 15 Aug 2012 21:09

Must be awful not to be able to bake when you love it Emma, but you can still drool over Mr H while watching others bake :-D

I love to bake too Jill, so love looking for new recipes to try :-)

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 21 Aug 2012 18:58

It's on tonight Ladies:)

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 21 Aug 2012 19:44

:-D :-D lookig forward to it

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 21 Aug 2012 19:59

So am I Stray :-D

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 22 Aug 2012 15:13

Watched it last night. I get so nervous for all the contextants.

It just shows how bad I am at baking. Rather puts me off.
(I don't think that that is the intention of the programme).
Would quite like to be a food tester though.



:-) :-) :-)