Cake week

 I think everyone needed Matt Lucas’s smiley face on Tuesday night! 

I had my note book and pen ready (as well as a chocolatey dessert) to embrace this series of bake off and I was super excited to see the challenges set for the first week!

Out of the three bakes, my Instagram followers voted for the Battenberg which I felt excited for but also a tad nervous, how the hell are you supposed to put that all together? I will admit, I opted not to make the marzipan myself as shop bought would do the job and I couldn’t handle that challenge too! 

Without a million tins in my house, in true blue peter style, I fashioned a homemade foil divide to bake the two different colour sponges. 

Can you keep a secret? The brown sponge was actually meant to be red and I have absolutely no idea why it didn’t work but the effect of the two colours is still there so let’s just say it was all on purpose. 

 

The construction was fun and not something I have tried before but loved seeing how neatly I was able to place it all together and wrap the marzipan around with very few cracks or lumps and bumps. 

All in all it was a good bake which I am proud of and another recipe ticked off the list 🤎