Great British Bake Remake

CootieGirl and I have set a lofty goal. Try and re-create as many of the Great British Bake Off technical challenges as we can, and blog about it – both the soaring highs of success and the most bitter of epic failures. We’re not expert bakers, but we do our best.

Here is the complete list of technical challenges as of February 2019. We will provide links to our attempts as we complete them along with a basic assessment of how we did!

The Great British Bake Off Series 1 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Victoria Sponge Cake

Week 2 – Biscuits: Scones

Week 3 – Bread: White Bread Bloomer

Week 4 – Pudding: Souffle

Week 5 – Pastry: Cornish Pasty

The Great British Bake Off Series 2 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Coffee and Walnut Battenberg

Week 2 – Tarts: Tarte Au Citron

Week 3 – Bread: Focaccia

Week 4 – Biscuits: Brandy Snaps

Week 5 – Pies: Pork Pies

Week 6 – Desserts: Chocolate Roulade

Week 7 – Patisserie: Iced Buns

Week 8 – The Final: Sachertorte

The Great British Bake Off Series 3 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Rum Baba

Week 2 – Bread: Plaited Loaf

Week 3 – Tart: Treacle Tart

Week 4 – Desserts: Crème Caramel

Week 5 – Pie: Hand-Raised Pie

Week 6 – Puddings: Queen of Puddings

Week 7 – Sweet Dough: Jam Doughnut

Week 8 – Biscuits: Chocolate Teacakes

Week 9 – Patisserie: Fraiser Cake

Week 10 – The Final: Fondant Fancies

The Great British Bake Off Series 4 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Angel Food Cake

Week 2 – Bread: English Muffin

Week 3 – Desserts: Floating Islands

Week 4 – Pies and Tarts: Egg Custard Tarts

Week 5 – Biscuits and Traybakes: Tuiles

Week 6 – Sweet Dough: Apricot Couronne

Week 7 – Pastry: Religieuses

Week 8 – Quarter Final: Hazelnut Dacquoise

Week 9 – Semi Final: Charlotte Royal

Week 10 – The Final: Pretzels

The Great British Bake Off Series 5 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Cherry Cake

Week 2 – Biscuits: Florentines

Week 3 – Bread: Ciabatta

Week 4 – Desserts: Toramisu Cakes

Week 5 – Pies and Tarts: Mini Pear Pies

Week 6 – European Cakes: Prinsesstarta

Week 7 – Pastries: Kouign-Amann

Week 8 – Advanced Dough: Provitica

Week 9 – Patisserie: Schichttorte – epic fail!

Week 10 – The Final: Victoria Sponges, Tart au Citron and Scones

The Great British Bake Off Series 6 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Frosted Walnut Layer Cake

Week 2 – Biscuits: Ariettes

Week 3 – Bread: Baguettes

Week 4 – Desserts: Spanische Windtorte

Week 5 – Alternate Ingredients: Gluten free Pitta

Week 6 – Pastry: Flaounes

Week 7 – Victorian: Tennis Cake

Week 8 – Patisserie: Mokatines

Week 9 – Chcolate: Chocolate Souffle

Week 10 – The Final: Millie-feuille

The Great British Bake Off Series 7 Technical Challenges

Week 1 – Cake: Jaffa Cakes

Week 2 – Biscuits: Viennese Whirls

Week 3 – Bread: Dampfnudel

Week 4 – Batter: Lace Pancakes

Week 5 – Pastry: Bakewell Tart – not bad at all!  May make again with some edits to the recipe.

Week 6 – Botanical: Fresh Herb Fougasse

Week 7 – Dessert: Marjolaine

Week 8 – Tudor: Jumble Biscuits

Week 9 – Patisserie: Savarin with Chantilly Cream

Week 10 – Final: Victoria Sandwich

The Great British Bake Off Series 8 Technical Challenges

Week 1- Chocolate Mini Rolls

Week 2 – Fortune Cookies

Week 3 – Cottage Loaf

Week 4 – Stroopwafels

Week 5 – Molten Chocolate Puddings

Week 6 РPast̩is de Nata

Week 7 – Pizza margherita

Week 8 – Cumberland Rum Nicky

Week 9 РLes Mis̩rables Slices

Week 10 – Iced Ginger Biscuits

The Great British Bake Off Series 9 Technical Challenges

Week 1- Wagon Wheels

Week 2 РLe G̢teau Vert

Week 3 – Non-Yeasted Garlic Naan Breads

Week 4 – Raspberry Blancmange with 12 Langues du Chat Biscuits

Week 5 – Ma’amou

Week 6 – Puits d’amour

Week 7 – Vegan Tropical Fruit Pavlova

Week 8 Р̠bleskiver

Week 9 – Torta Setteveli

Week 10 – Campfire Pita Breads