The Great Irish Bake Off

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

Biddy is like the proverbial "Nodding Dog".....

The nervous giggles make me want to slap her a bit

Skid X

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

The chat between the judges is so cringey.

Mmm yes. I agree. Very cringy. [/Biddy]

Toto Wolfcastle

Ali is pretty funny.

grey_so_what

dee_mc wrote: »

The nervous giggles make me want to slap her a bit

I'm afraid of you now dee........:D

:P

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

I'm afraid of you now dee........:D

:P

Ah don't be GSW, sure I'm all talk!

Skid X

Do they judge the winner solely on today's Bakes or over the series? Or do they change the rules depending on their mood?

dee_mc

Skid X wrote: »

Do they judge the winner solely on today's Bakes or over the series? Or do they change the rules depending on their mood?

This

grey_so_what

dee_mc wrote: »

Ah don't be GSW, sure I'm all talk!

We should settle this over Afternoon Tea with Champers on the side.....

Like real women....:pac:

dee_mc

Tracey has a beautiful home

grey_so_what

They are messy crumbly things....

Don't like them...

Toto Wolfcastle

dee_mc wrote: »

Tracey has a beautiful home

Absolutely. It's gorgeous. She seems like she has such a lovely family too.

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

They are messy crumbly things....

Don't like them...

It's all about the look of them really. A bit like souffles, I tried making them once and they worked well technically but were a bit of a let down in terms of eating them

LynnGrace

dee_mc wrote: »

The nervous giggles make me want to slap her a bit

With a macaroon...

Skid X

grey_so_what wrote: »

They are messy crumbly things....

Don't like them...

They have an over-processed feel to them. You can't feel the craft that has gone into the baking

Skid X

They should have kept it simple and asked for an Ikea Apron design, all the contestants must know those colours off by heart.

Mugatuu

Tracey's macaroons look fantastic!!

Crumpets

Tracy's macaroons look good!

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

They have an over-processed feel to them. You can't feel the craft that has gone into the baking

The negativity from the contestants (and I don't blame them one bit) would make me run a mile from them....

Not that they are in my minuscule repertoire......:o

fox_1973

Crumpets wrote: »

Tracy's macaroons look good!

Was just about to say that, team Tracey in this house :-)

Skid X

This is silly, it's more like Junior Cert Engineering than Baking.

grey_so_what

Noooooooo......

Ali lost her top!!....

dee_mc

LynnGrace wrote: »

With a macaroon...

With a baking tin...

jos28

Tracey is a model to win at this stage

Butterfly25

They all look better than the judges ones earlier on!!

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

This is silly, it's more like Junior Cert Engineering than Baking.

:D:D

grey_so_what

I'd say your false teeth would come off eating them......

Mugatuu

Oh Paul, be quiet please

grey_so_what

Biddy wouldn't know Hellraiser if it bit her in the proverbial's Paul.....

jos28

Looking forward to the signature bakes !!

dee_mc

http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dee-mc/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/IMAG0355_zpsgk4bvvvg.jpg.html
My humble effort
Dulce de leche brownies, very dark chocolate brownie with pockets of caramel
Paul would be happy that the centre is still gooey, but disappointed that the edges are a tad overcooked... Biddy would get a fit of giggles and mumble something about textures

Butterfly25

dee_mc wrote: »

http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dee-mc/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/IMAG0355_zpsgk4bvvvg.jpg.html
My humble effort
Dulce de leche brownies, very dark chocolate brownie with pockets of caramel
Paul would be happy that the centre is still gooey, but disappointed that the edges are a tad overcooked... Biddy would get a fit of giggles and mumble something about textures

Between you and the bake off :mad::mad::mad: I WANT CAKE!!!

LynnGrace

C'mon Tracy!

fox_1973

My humble effort
Dulce de leche brownies, very dark chocolate brownie with pockets of caramel
Paul would be happy that the centre is still gooey, but disappointed that the edges are a tad overcooked... Biddy would get a fit of giggles and mumble something about textures [/quote]

I'd still eat them, I won't post a pick at my quick effort of cookies today, just they still taste nice even if they don't look it :-D

grey_so_what

dee_mc wrote: »

http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dee-mc/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/IMAG0355_zpsgk4bvvvg.jpg.html
My humble effort
Biddy would get a fit of giggles and mumble something about textures

And then she would regret her moment of madness as she got a "slap with a wet mackerel" as we used to say...;)

Delish!!....

(I got one of those slates too.....:))

cofy

dee_mc wrote: »

http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/dee-mc/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-07/IMAG0355_zpsgk4bvvvg.jpg.html
My humble effort
Dulce de leche brownies, very dark chocolate brownie with pockets of caramel
Paul would be happy that the centre is still gooey, but disappointed that the edges are a tad overcooked... Biddy would get a fit of giggles and mumble something about textures

Just finished licking the screen and I think you got the caramalisation just right, it compliments the dulce de Leche just right:):)

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

And then she would regret her moment of madness as she got a "slap with a wet mackerel" as we used to say...;)

Delish!!....

(I got one of those slates too.....:))

Twas a pressie from a friend who likes cake and knows I need little encouragement

grey_so_what

dee_mc wrote: »

Twas a pressie from a friend who likes cake and knows I need little encouragement

You're doing pretty well!

Mine was a pressie also from the sister!....:)

I love them!

grey_so_what

This is my cup of tea now!!......

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

This is my cup of tea now!!......

Can I have coffee with mine please? Or maybe a cheeky G&T

grey_so_what

Ah, here we go.......Paul will have the ruler out....

jos28

I'd need 3 days to make that lot ! - sorry attempt to make

cofy

dee_mc wrote: »

Twas a pressie from a friend who likes cake and knows I need little encouragement

Will you visit us, you can bake to your hearts content, my kitchen comes with two little washeruppers built in????:D:D

This looks very challenging. Tracys luck seems to be in with the mixer landing right side up:D:D:D

grey_so_what

Could they not just have given them a double counter now that there is loads of room in the place?

BabysCoffee

Just switched on.

Good god! Does Anna always wear so much makeup?????

dee_mc

jos28 wrote: »

I'd need 3 days to make that lot ! - sorry attempt to make

Fiddly as feck. I've made the mistake of doing little individual bite size thingies in the past, a recipe for disaster if you'll excuse the dreadful pun :rolleyes:

dee_mc

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Just switched on.

Good god! Does Anna always wear so much makeup?????

She's fairly, ahem, caked in the stuff alright (continuing with the punny theme!)

grey_so_what

How did Ali write all that up if it's a challenge - did she do it when it was announced or did she know in advance?

Toto Wolfcastle

grey_so_what wrote: »

Ah, here we go.......Paul will have the ruler out....

I'm trying to find the photo of afternoon tea at the Merrion that I saw recently but I can't. The battenburg wasn't perfectly square and the salmon wasn't sitting perfectly on the bread. Paul would probably slate it if he hadn't bloody well had a hand in making it himself.

grey_so_what

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I'm trying to find the photo of afternoon tea at the Merrion that I saw recently but I can't. The battenburg wasn't perfectly square and the salmon wasn't sitting perfectly on the bread. Paul would probably slate it if he hadn't bloody well had a hand in making it himself.

Ah sure don't you know Bobblehead that Paul was on his day off?.....;)

dee_mc

grey_so_what wrote: »

How did Ali write all that up if it's a challenge - did she do it when it was announced or did she know in advance?

They knew in advance - I think Hazeler mentioned they had to submit all their recipes for each challenge on day 1, and could only tweak them slightly