Rounding Off with Roulade

Yesterday Waterstones book shop held a zoom event with the finalists from the 2021 Great British Bake Off. 
Jenny Éclair (appropriately named) was the host and it was so good to see Crystelle, Giuseppe (winner) and Chigs again. It has been a real pleasure to watch GBBO this year and to see the camaraderie and support and talent of all the bakers. I think staying in a group and living together in a bubble must have really enhanced their relationships with each other. In the interview Chigs did say that they had been learning from each other in the practice tent and tasting each other's creations. 

I watched GBBO each week and I also watched Extra Slice which is the chat show that reviews the Bake Off episode for that week. Bake Off was the highlight of my week. I am not a great cake maker but I do like to try the occasional recipe. I think bread and buns are my favourites at the moment but I do think that I might develop my cake baking and decorating skills at some point in the future. In the mean time I will continue to watch GBBO and cooking shows of all descriptions.

I have managed to watched all the series of GBBO except 2019 which I am saving for the Christmas break and I am looking forward to seeing Bake Off Australia which starts next week! I just love the creativity and the passion and the many different tastes, flavours and colours. Some of the baking designs are phenomenal.

The Waterstones zoom event was an excellent way of rounding of GBBO for this year. There is also a book 'A Bake for All Seasons' which has a recipie from each of the GBBO contestants. I might buy it just for a keepsake because I really enjoyed this series.

In the meantime I decided to do some rounding off of my own and I made a chocolate roulade.

This is a Mary Berry recipe which can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chocolate_roulade_79152

I enjoyed making it and seeing it come together but I think I have a long way to go when it comes to rolling cakes. I won't be making this one for Christmas. Tescos has a wonderful looking Hazlenut Roulade which I have been eyeing but it is nice to know that I can actually make one. I am going to keep exploring different recipes because I love baking and cooking and it is always incredibly satisfying.

GBBO was great this year and the zoom event and my roulade have been really good ways of rounding off both the year and the programme. 

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