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The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Free From Week

November 18, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedBakeOff, Comedy, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

It’s the quarter finals in the Great British Bake Off tent and the bakers certainly aren’t free from much. There’s enough stress, tears, hopes and fears to go around. And that goes double for Kimberly, Katie and Jake. It’s a dairy free signature challenge, a meat free technical, a gluten free showstopper and a those lead to a determinedly Hollywood Handshake free episode. But is all fair in love, baking and judging? A favorite baker leaves the tent after their best bake of the series and one frontrunner baker drops the ball. And by ball we mean multiple meat free sausage rolls… Hold on to your biscuit sheets and On your mark! Get Set! A Date with the Bake: Free From Logic!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Pastry Week

November 6, 2021A Date With The Bake, podcast, UncategorizedBakeOff, GBBO, TVadatewiththebake

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The bakers return to the tent and Kimberly, Katie and Jake return to their microphones for the dreaded pastry week of The Great British Bake Off. It’s known to be complicated, finicky, temperature sensitive and no we aren’t talking about Paul Hollywood’s mood swings. But this week brings some surprises with its challenges and a surprise handshake means there might be a new frontrunner in the competition. Who’s going to flake out and who gives a multi-layered performance worthy of that Bake Off top spot? We donut know what the future folds but On Your Mark… Get Set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Baklava Not a Fighter.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – German Week

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

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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!