What we’re about
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).
Upcoming events (1)
See all- June 2025 - Victoria Sponge CakeLink visible for attendees
Recipe link directly below 👇
Mary Berry's Victoria Sponge recipe - The Great British Bake Off
In the Seventh series of The GBBO (aired Aug 24, 2016), Episode 10, Royal Picnic (Final Episode), for the technical challenge Mary Berry asked the bakers to make this simple sponge with homemade jam and buttercream – without a recipe.
In looking at the ingredients, make note of:
Eggs should be size=large
Self-raising flour, British term for flour+baking powder
Jam Sugar is sugar+pectin
Icing sugar is powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar*There were only 3 Bakers making the Victoria Sandwich technical challenge: Andrew, Candice, and Jane. Candice ended up being the Winner of the Seventh Season.
The Seventh Series was broadcast as 4th season on PBS, and Collection 4 on Netflix.If you have any comments or questions between now and Sunday June 29, please post below in the comment section, or you can send me a msg via the meetup app and I'll do my best to help out.
Happy Baking, and remember to post your pictures before our Sunday Zoom Meeting on 6/29
I will post the Zoom meeting invite at least 24 hours in advance. Make sure to call in for the meeting which starts at 6PM Eastern Time.There are many other Victoria Sponge recipes posted on the GBBO website. Feel free to do any of them.
https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/victoria-sandwich-cake/https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/david-vanilla-sponge-cake/
https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/victoria-sandwich-traybake/
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