Monthly Archives: October 2021

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – German Week

October 28, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedBakeOff, Comedy, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

Yes, Fraulein it is ze German Week and the bakers are shaking and quaking in their das boots. Well, except for one. Jurgin’s homeland is on the table and the pressure is on to see who can beat the resident Deutsche. It’s fanciful biscuits, cakes with names that no mortal can properly pronounce and a multi tier showstopper that is decidedly not very German at all. Kimberly, Katie and Jake take this opportunity to work on their accents, impressions and try to figure out how in the wide world these bakers are going to bake intricate chocolate desserts in a sweltering tent. Another baker says Auf Wiedersehen and the contestants get ever closer to that precious cake plate of glory! So grab a schnitzel and on your mark… get set…. A Date with the BACKEN!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Dessert Week

October 21, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedComedy, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

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It’s all desserts all the time! It is a baking show after all so wouldn’t that mean every week is dessert week? Not here folks. In the tent desserts are fussy and complicated and have sauces and collars and require short/long setting times. Its cracking eggs, cracking meringues and some downright good craic as bakers edge ever closer to that precious Best Baker title! And while this week sees its second Hollywood Handshake, Kimberly, Katie and Jake have no time to celebrate because a favorite contestant has to say Adieu (to yu and yu and yuhuu). Get ready for some particularly persnikity bakes and on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Bread Week

October 14, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedComedy, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

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The dreaded bread week is upon us and the Series 9 bakers are ready to bust their buns! Some rise to the occasion and some just aren’t loafing it as much as they hoped. But Date with Bake Jake is back after feeling pretty crumby so Kimberly and Katie are ready for his take on the action. This episode is filled with watery dough x2 , cheeky winks x100 and let’s raise a very special toast to the absolute weirdest bread sculpture to date. Oh baby… this is a Showstopper for the books. It’s A Date with the Bake: A Very Grain Area.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Cake Week/Biscuit Week

October 9, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedComedy, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

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It’s Season 9 of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF and a dozen bakers enter the tent of triumph and trifles to compete for the ultimate conversation starter. A giant cake plate which means they are the best amateur baker in Britain. But before the glory of the cake plate can even be considered the bakers have to endure the many challenges of cake week and biscuit week. Will the brandy snaps have the right snap? Will the cakes be stodgy? Will the dreaded “tent stress” cause bakers to make foolish mistakes? And will Paul, Prue, Noel and Matt ever live down a very heart achey opener that could be considered a parody-saster? Kimberly and Katie introduce the new baker’s dozen and discuss all the fruitless tries and fruitful loafs during the first two weeks of the best reality competition show of all time! So wipe off that dripping ganache, have a seat and enjoy a double slice of A DATE WITH THE BAKE!