It’s back. 2 Weeks in and the “Great British Bake Off” (GBBO) is looking every bit as good as it has done over the past few years. All the talk of the “Bake Off” losing its charm with its move from BBC2 to its big brother prime time channel BBC1 hasn’t happened (the only difference is some awful spin off show on a Friday night).
I’m may have said in the past but I don’t like TV cookery competitions. There are many things that I don’t like about these programs but the main thing is when they say “5 minutes left” and then show a clip of somebody who hasn’t even put what they are cooking in the oven. This is plainly edited to build suspense.
GBBO is no exception. I can tolerate it more than lots of other cookery competitions, maybe its the charm of Mary Berry, seeing 12 lovely shinny Kitchen Aid’s (and wanting one) or the fact deep down we all wish we could bake as good as some of the contestants (except the ones that go out in the first few weeks). The other thing I find strange about GBBO is the fact they find out the week before what they are baking (Isn’t the point of a competition is that its a test of skill?) and they get to bring “things” in to help them, stencils and other inventions like a cake saw.
Wikipedia’s definition of shortbread: Shortbread is a type of biscuit or cookie in America,
Custard or Cream 