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GBBO 2016

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  • 24-08-2016 8:10pm
    #1
    MissFlitworth
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    Who's watching :) And who has drizzle cake for me?


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    #2
    sammyjo90
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    I'm watching! (No cake though :( )


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    #3
    MissFlitworth
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    I loooove this technical challenge! What a mean way to start things off :D


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    sammyjo90
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    I just didnt understand how half of them didnt know what they looked like!

    I like selasi


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    Dizzyblonde
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    I was out and I forgot to record it! :(

    I've set it to record the rest of the series so I won't miss any more.


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    MissFlitworth
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    sammyjo90 wrote: »
    I just didnt understand how half of them didnt know what they looked like!

    Yes!!! Surely, surely everyone knows what side the chocolate goes on? They're hardly exotic novelty foods


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    sammyjo90
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    I would have thought so!


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    Faith
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    Oh my god, what was up with people not knowing what a Jaffa cake looks like?!

    My money is on selasi winning. He's cool headed, organised and methodical :)


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    messy tessy
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    Faith wrote: »
    My money is on selasi winning. He's cool headed, organised and methodical :)

    I agree, seems a very strong candidate


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    Lovely Bloke
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    ah now, always in these things (GBBO, MC, GBM) someone peaks too early, looks good in the early rounds then completely crumbles when they have to move out of their comfort zone.


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    SB_Part2
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    Yeh I liked Selasi as well. Not sure he'll win, though.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    For anyone who like me, missed it - it's repeated on Sunday afternoon :)


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    Shenshen
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    For anyone who like me, missed it - it's repeated on Sunday afternoon :)

    You just saved my weekend! I was kicking myself that I missed it.


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    The Hill Billy
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    Slightly off-topic... I really enjoyed The Chronicles of Nadiya that was on after GBBO.
    A nice mix of cooking & insight to her culture. She gave a great cheat on making parathas too. :)


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    livedadream
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    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    Slightly off-topic... I really enjoyed The Chronicles of Nadiya that was on after GBBO.
    A nice mix of cooking & insight to her culture. She gave a great cheat on making parathas too. :)

    I MISSED IT!
    hope its on catch up!
    i love her, shes really honest about normal stuff.

    and her husband is a total ridy pants!


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    MissFlitworth
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    I enjoyed it too tHB :) Would quite like to drop round to hers for dinner! Looking forward to her moving off into Bangladesh a bit more


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    Malari
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    I've never seen homemade jaffa cakes! Only the bought versions. I want to get a jaffa cake tin now...I wonder would a macaron or madelaine tin work...

    I'm going to go with Benjamina (loved her from the opening when she said she had cried over cake before) as being a strong candidate but not too confident, who will strive for perfection and get better as the weeks go on. :D


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    Staph
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    Loved the chronicles of Nadiya too. She's so honest and open, very endearing. Found the show a great insight to her culture and I'm looking forward to next week.


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    Elliott S
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    Faith wrote: »
    Oh my god, what was up with people not knowing what a Jaffa cake looks like?!

    My money is on selasi winning. He's cool headed, organised and methodical :)

    The early favourite never wins. Usually implodes two thirds of the way through. I think this will happen Selasi, especially as he mentioned improvisation. And last year, the stand out of the first episode was eliminated in the second! Nadiya wasn't a favourite until the last third of the show last year.


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    Faith
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    Elliott S wrote: »
    The early favourite never wins. Usually implodes two thirds of the way through. I think this will happen Selasi, especially as he mentioned improvisation. And last year, the stand out of the first episode was eliminated in the second! Nadiya wasn't a favourite until the last third of the show last year.

    My husband and I place bets with each other about who'll win, before the show starts. My record isn't brilliant, but last year I did correctly predict Nadiya winning. Selasi is my bet this year, but 2 years ago I backed the guy who binned his Baked Alaska and was eliminated really early on...


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    Malari
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    One thing was for sure, the old fella who can bake a 'grand' cake and the odd batch of undecorated biscuits for the lads is ALWAYS the first to go :-D


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    Elliott S
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    Faith wrote: »
    My husband and I place bets with each other about who'll win, before the show starts. My record isn't brilliant, but last year I did correctly predict Nadiya winning. Selasi is my bet this year, but 2 years ago I backed the guy who binned his Baked Alaska and was eliminated really early on...

    I wonder what would happened had he not binned that. Such a mistake. If he had battled on, I don't think they would have chastised him for someone else's mistake. Though I didn't watch that series religiously so I don't know how well he was doing outside of that incident.


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    Jellybaby1
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    Is Chronicles of Nadiya being repeated anywhere?


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    spottybananas
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    Malari wrote: »
    I've never seen homemade jaffa cakes! Only the bought versions. I want to get a jaffa cake tin now...I wonder would a macaron or madelaine tin work...

    A jaffa cake tin is just a mincepie or cupcake/bun tin, a madelaine tin would just give you very odd shaped ones, difficult to cut the jelly for them! And is there such a thing as a macaron tin? I've never seen them made in a tin, they'd be teeny tiny jaffa cakes if there is such a tin.

    I've made jaffa cakes three times since the episode, had never made them before in my life! Delicious.


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    #25
    Malari
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    spottybananas wrote: »
    A jaffa cake tin is just a mincepie or cupcake/bun tin, a madelaine tin would just give you very odd shaped ones, difficult to cut the jelly for them! And is there such a thing as a macaron tin? I've never seen them made in a tin, they'd be teeny tiny jaffa cakes if there is such a tin.

    I've made jaffa cakes three times since the episode, had never made them before in my life! Delicious.

    I only have muffin tins, so was just wondering what to get. My friend makes macarons in a special tin, but yeah, they probably would be tiny. Shallow bun tin it is!


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    Gloomtastic!
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    They're proving popular.....
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_jaffa_cakes_58695


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    #27
    RasTa
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    Found a lemon so fancy making a lemon drizzle myself

    http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/495867/mary-berry-s-lemon-drizzle-cake


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    #28
    SB_Part2
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    I love lemon drizzle cake. I haven't made it in so long.

    Is tonight biscuit week?


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    messy tessy
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    SB_Part2 wrote: »
    I love lemon drizzle cake. I haven't made it in so long.

    Is tonight biscuit week?

    Yep... I checked earlier :D


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    #30
    Dizzyblonde
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    Did anyone else think last night's showstopper challenge was a very difficult one for the second programme? Some of them were definitely over-ambitious and Louise's was hard to watch, it was so awful. Interestingly, Andrew the engineer played it safest with his bridge.


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    #31
    MissFlitworth
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    Oh, lads. Louise's gingerbread wedding church. I died for her. Definitely think she needs to move her wedding venue, that's just way too ominous.


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