Come hither bakeoff buddies

[hobnobsaremyfavourite]

Bakeoff usually kicks off early August. Anyone care to join me in any bakeoff gossip.
We can chat about past bakeoffs and wonder what this series will be like.

[ppeatfruit]

Here goes, Easy Chocolate Brownie Cake

This is a one pot cake (I use a large Le Creuset Saucepan) On the lowest light on the hob. My gas doesn't go quite low enough so I use a diffuser.

Ingredients;

chopped walnuts or almonds
ground ginger and or cardamom,cinnamon ( we like a good flavour so I use 2 tsp. of each it's up to you how much you use)
3\4 cup of almond oil or any oil you like
100g. 70% chopped best dark chocolate (unsweetened if you prefer).
3\4 cup of molasses
1\2 cup of maple syrup or rice syrup (more if you used unsweetened chocolate)
1 cup of ground almonds
1 cup of sieved spelt or Kamut flour (or whatever flour you like!)
I heaped tsp. baking powder I use gf
1heaped tsp. bicarb. of soda
pinch of salt, almond milk to 'soften the mixture' if it needs it.
Candied ginger pieces if you like them

Method; Dry fry the spices gently till you can smell them. Then add the nuts for i\2 a min. Put in the syrups, oil and chocolate, very gently stir till melted and mix in the candied ginger. Take off the heat and mix in the ground almonds. Let it cool a little then add the flour, salt and baking powders , mix carefully adding milk if nec. till it 'drops ' slowly off the spoon, metal is best for this .

Have an oiled, lined metal tart tin ready and put in oven at 180 C on a baking tray. It takes approx 1\2 to 3\4 of an hour.. Keep an eye on it, if you like it softish, it just needs to be coming away from the sides! Let it cool completely in the tin you can cut it up then if you want to still in the tin. It often tastes better after a day or so. Wrapped in greaseproof, in the fridge if it's a very hot day!

[Madeyemoodysmum]

Brilliant. I'm pleased it's starting later. It's a total dark evenings scoffing cakes on the sofa prog to me. I hate that it ends so early in the autumn.

[ppeatfruit]

OK Wizard tomorrow!

[PinkissimoAndPearls]

Oh I hope it doesn't clash with Australian Masterchef

When I used to home ed, we always did a cookery lesson on Wednesdays so we had cake with Bake Off

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

I'm going to have to see if I can get BBC iPlayer to work in Canada. I suspect not

I luffs GBBO. Does anyone know if Jo Brand is doing Extra Slice again this year?

[RebootYourEngine]

I think Bake Off should be a winter tv programme. Those dark nights are a good excuse to eat and watch tv.

[ppeatfruit]

I must admit I make up my own recipes (using St. Delia as a basic pattern) because I like a challenge!! I go dairy and sugar free too! But my chocolate brownie cake has to be eaten to be believed! Even my conservative dh LOVES it.!

[ppeatfruit]

I was partial to M&S's choc fudge cake before I stopped eating wheat! I make my own non wheat now it's fabulous!

[ppeatfruit]

I think you either have to pay a lot, or make it yourself otherwise they use the cheapest ingredients they can find sadly

And they bung in soooo much sugar you can feel your fillings squeaking !!

[hobnobsaremyfavourite]

Sorry sorry sorry
Start date is 24th just read my post back and realised my typo
I shouldn't be let loose on a keyboard

[ppeatfruit]

Darn we're going away too. I'll have to remember to record it, It's a bit wasteful to leave the TV on standby for it though I suppose. Anything new about it? Still the same presenters?

[Teacupinastorm]

14th is a Sunday so I would be surprised at that. 24th is a Wednesday which would make more sense.

[BikeRunSki]

No

Bake Off always starts when we go on holiday. We always go on holiday the same week. We are going a week today. Pah.

(Although my boss's DD is in the Olympics, so I'll be watching anyway).

[CrotchetQuaverMinim]

ooh, where have you seen that? I've only seen predictions for 24th August.

[IpanemaChica]

Yippeee

[hobnobsaremyfavourite]

Start date is 14th August

[CrotchetQuaverMinim]

yep I just read something tonight that said after the Olympics as well. I'd been hoping for next week!

[Noodlebrains]

I was wondering out this! The only advantage I can see to the later start date is it's going to be more of an Autumn show. In my mind I watch bake off with the curtains closed and a cuppa.

[hobnobsaremyfavourite]

I dont want sport I want cake

[Teacupinastorm]

THE END OF AUGUST! Oh man :(