The Great British Baking Show ™
SU2C ™
Year
2023
Week
5
3D cake to represent a childhood celebrity crush
Typically, the showstoppers seen across all episodes of The Great British Baking Show ™ are designed to allow the bakers to really show off their talents and the challenges are rarely anything that a home baker would want to reproduce. Therefore, instead of documenting the dishes that were baked, we are pulling out from the challenges some interesting culinary facts that we hope will be of interest.
Lessons from The Great British Baking Show ™ Tent
Coke in a cake
Try adding a can of soda, and especially coke or coca cola, to a cake recipe. The carbon dioxide bubbles in soda pop act as a leavening agent — the element that makes baked goods rise and makes them light and fluffy.
Beware the strength of extracts
Prue Leith frequently has to warn bakers that while fruit extracts are valuable and appealing, it is essential to add the liquid one drop at a time to prevent an overpowering result.
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