About us
Welcome fans of The Great British Baking Show! Our group was started in November 2020. It is for bakers who enjoy the Great British Bake Off/Baking Show and want to try to replicate some of their bakes. Each month we have a Technical Challenge with a recipe chosen from the show. We have members of all levels of experience, of all ages and from all parts of the country. Our goal is to share what worked well for us and what didn't and discuss our baking experiences and results with other like-minded bakers.
We meet virtually on Zoom on Sunday evenings at 6pm Eastern Time (5pm Central Time).
The frequency of meetings changed from 1x per week to 1x per month (July 2023).
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February 2026 - Macarons, an Edd Kimber recipe
·OnlineOnlineIt's time for our February bake and this recipe with PINK caught my eye.
raspberry chocolate macarons recipeAfter hearing about how some of our Bakers enjoy piping, and after using almond flour in January's bake, I thought this Edd Kimber macaron recipe is perfect to make for Valentine's Day and to practice/improve our piping skills.
Edd Kimber was the very first winner of The Great British Baking show, aired way back in 2011. Edd is the author of many cookbooks and is one of the UK's most popular bakers.
Here are some tips regarding this recipe:
· for food coloring, Edd recommends using powdered food coloring. Water-based colors and oil-based gels will thin the mixture.
· icing sugar is US powdered sugar
· ground almonds is US Almond Flour (the blanched fine-milled flour is best), no almonds skins, please do not grind your own almonds
· egg whites, measure out the weight called for in recipe
· double cream, this is the equivalent of US Heavy Cream or US Whipping cream. If you can find (from a British Goods seller) double cream, good luck. It’s quite expensive. Double Cream has a butter-consistency. The American equivalent of British double cream is heavy cream. Both terms refer to a high-fat dairy product, but double cream typically has a fat content of around 48%, while heavy cream usually contains about 36-40% butterfat. In my experience, using Heavy Whipping Cream will work fine in this recipe.
· Raspberry jam, try to find seedless, or make your own homemade seedless jamIf you are interested in joining in on the February bake, reply with a YES for your RSVP, read the recipe, shop for your ingredients and supplies, and post your pictures before we meet online (Sunday Feb 22) to discuss our successes and head-scratching concerns. If you have any questions between now and Feb 22, post your ? in the comments section. Our Bakers are more than helpful is assisting to make all of our monthly-bakes a successful learning experience.
To find Edd Kimber on social media:
IG: @theboywhobakes
theboywhobakes.co.uk
youtube.com/theboywhobakes7 attendees
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