The Great British Baking Show ™
Season:
Episode:
Challenge:
Perfectly symmetrical Battenberg Cake
How the bakers performed
Georgie
Ranking
1
Judges comments:
"I quite like the colour of the marzipan."
"And the marzipan is nice and thin and even all around."
"Yeah, pretty neat."
"There's a good zing of apricot jam and there's not too much almond essence."
"Pretty decent. Nice blend between the apricot and the almond."
Christiaan
Ranking
2
Judges Comments
"These look very nice."
"Bit small, though. Almost petits four size, aren't they? Don't get much almond, but nevertheless, they are neat."
John
Ranking
3
Judges Comments
"It's a little bit yellow, but the inside looks quite neat. The proportion of Marzipan's sponge is pretty good and it's very delicious."
Dylan
Ranking
4
Judges Comments
"This one is very nicely shaped, but the colour's really strong. It's a bit violent, but the inside looks really good."
"I think all the elements are good."
Nelly
Ranking
5
Judges Comments
It needs to be worked a little bit more to stop this cracking."
"Bit thick, but not too bad."
"Good flavor."
Gill
Ranking
6
Judges comments
"Now, there's no color in this at all, but they're very neat."
"The marzipan is a bit thick."
"That looks like not enough sponge cake. And too much marzipan. It is just like having a marzipan sweet" (For Americans, Prue means candy)
Illyin
Ranking
7
Judges Comments:
"These haven't got enough yellow in the marzipan."
"Marzipan is a bit too pale.
"Oh, I found the yellow coloring. It's all in the cake."
"Wow. That's luminous. The flavour's okay."
"Tastes nice."
"Yeah, it's the overall look that's a bit off."
Andy
Ranking
8
Judges comments
"These are messy, they're clumsy."
"The colours are good, but needed a bit more colour on the actual Battenberg itself. Good flavor. It's nice and thin."
"It tastes very nice."
Sumayah
Ranking
9
Judges Comments
"These are a little bit too small."
"I don't know what happened to the rest of the ingredients."
"The size is all wrong. The yellow is too bright, marzipan's too thick and oddly, that needs more almond flavour."
Hazel
Ranking
10
Judges comments
"What is this?"
"This is a bit untidy."
"That's terrible. It's just the end of the sponge. Should have been trimmed off."
"This marzipan is not wrapped very well. It's rather like loose packaging."
"Flavors are right."
Mike
Ranking
11
Judges comments
"These are more green than yellow."
"I think the marzipan got overworked. It's tearing."
"The almond essence is quite strong."
