Great British Bake Off!

I Sky+ this last night and am currently watching it (and using the laptop, obviously). I find it fascinating - unfortunately I had never caught it before the last few episodes of the previous series.

I have never watched cookery programs thinking I would be bored.

However, got watching GB Bakeoff last night by accident and found it fascinating.

I am still thoroughly enjoying this series. I used to hate creme caramel as a child, so it is one of the few things they have done that I have never made. I had forgotten how many of the techniques I have tried through the years, not necessarily successfully! I see they are doing raised pork pies next week, which used to be one of my favourites. It is funny how preferences change - I remember begging my mother for shop-bought cakes when I was young!
I don't know who I want to win the Bake Off, I have a different favourite each week.

I liked the "chocolate breeze block" comment, though.

I really enjoyed last night's programme. Those monster meringue cakes were incredible. I wonder whether Mary Berry puts Paul Hollywood on the naughty step after each episode? He is quite cutting about some of the bakers' efforts and she s quick to find something positive to say.

Am I the only one watching this? Interesting last night, especially the way the creme caramels ended up. I still think Danni is the best as she seems to me to combine experience, science and research, but the medical student is good too. I thought Brendan was great last night though and deserved the start baker spot.

I put the breadcrumbs on the bottom and them pour a thinnish layer of golden syrup over them.
My French neighbours love it to bits.

Hilda, you have just made me feel nostalgic - and hungry. How could you?

'Treacle' tart, yet another wonderful British paradox. I've always known it as Treacle, yet its always been made with Tate and Lyles syrup!! The ones we had as children were thinner however, made on a deepish pyrex plate reserved for large jam tarts as well as the treacle ones. We also always did a twisted 'lattice' ie not woven. The large jam tarts were often using up odds and ends of jam and even marmalade so that every section was often a different flavour. Both always came with a large jug of hot custard. Wonderful!!

I think that's what put me off the breadcrumb version - it's quite deep and a bit too sweet for me.

I think all the treacle tart recipes are syrup and not treacle - strange really. I like the filling a bit thinner than they were doing last night.

My mum used to make treacle tart - which in Scotland was called syrup tart as treacle was always the black stuff - with cornflakes. It was one of our favourite puddings.

I was hugely impressed with the cavalier way one of the chaps got his lattice topping onto the treacle tart. If I had tried flipping the whole lattice upside down and flopping it onto the tart, I know where it would have ended up. I can't eat treacle tart made with breadcrumbs; it has to be coconut or nothing. Greatly enjoying this new series; my money is on the young guy with the glasses, but it's early days.....

I can't believe that nobody wants to discuss treacle tart!

What do we think so far? Last night's reminded me that I made a banana tatin for election night in 1997 - it gave us so much energy we were all still up for Portillo!
I think Danni is probably the one I am most impressed with at the moment.

What a little entrepreneur, ella. Wish I'd thought of that when my senior GD was occupying my kitchen every weekend at that age. Not too late - I must suggest that she starts selling cakes to her fellow students!

ella how enterprising at 10, in a few years time she will be the next celebrity cook.

My dgd aged 10, has her own facebook page as a cake baker. She has been making them and selling special ones to neighbours and friends for about 2 years.
They are amazing, and she absolutely loves it!

(Her mum and dad are overweight!)

annobel what a good idea my DGS would love a Titanic cake, I will have to remember it for his birthday. I will have to go and write it down because come the turn of the year and I have a vague idea about a cake and I wont be able to remember what it was.

I love baking, and think I am quite good. But I also love cake....so don't bake much.

I'm hoping my two DSs watch this to get some ideas. They both bake far better than I do. Last week DS2 made his son a birthday cake of a sinking Titanic, complete with iceberg and blue ocean.

We both love to watch this too, DH can't bake either ..

Really enjoy this! & surprisingly so does DH who cannot cook or bake for toffee!!

I love it but I think I'd better put a padlock on my baking ingredients cupboard.

No! But it provokes the cravings!