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The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Dessert Week

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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

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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

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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!

The Great Festive Baking Show S.3 – Derry Girls Edition

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Hold on to your cookies for some seriously good craic as the cast of the hilarious series DERRY GIRLS are taking over the tent for the New Years Bake Off!  Paul and Prue have every right to be worried about testing the offerings from these inexperienced bakers, but the only stomach aches caused from these challenges will be from laughter. But it’s no trifling matter to compete in the bake off tent, and with Sister Michael ( Siobhan McSweeney)  against three of her wean’s its bound to be an episode to remember. Is someone the clear front runner or is one of the cast about rock the boat? Kimberly, Katie and Jake are ready to dish in a very special episode of The Great Festive Baking Show- Derry Girls Edition!

The Great Christmas Baking Show- Season 3

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It’s that time of year when cheer and joy fills the air… but this is 2020. So this year we need more than cheer, we need a good dose of Christmas Bake Off hilarity and hijinks and most importantly Paul Hollywood and Prue scale models dancing wildly next to a gingerbread tower! Four past year’s bakers enter the tent for a chance at redemption and to just have a jolly good time. Kimberly and Katie are excited to introduce past favorites like Briony, Yan, Terry and Tom to new co-host Jake and Jake is excited to finally witness the comedy stylings of Noel and Sandy. It’s cake pops, blood sausage, toppling structures and a frosting filled fight to the finish in this years festive challenge! So Happy Holidays to all and to all a good bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – The Final

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The time has come. The three bakers that have made it through the ganache gauntlet to reach the finale of The Great British Bake Off have entered the tent for the last time. Dave, Laura and Peter are baking their hearts out to try to win the elusive Bake Off Trophy and the official love of the nation ( well many nations). Kimberly, Katie and Jake are trying to keep their cool as tensions and temperatures are are steadily rising and Mr. Spoon keeps popping up at inopportune moments. Another Bake Off season comes to a close and this year the winner was a host favorite from the word Bake. So hold on to your apron strings because this competition is coming down to a butter knifes edge choice!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Patisserie Week

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It’s the SEMI FINAL of the Great British Bake Off Season 8 and the last 4 bakers have to compete in some of the toughest challenges yet. It’s the always delicate and difficult Patisserie week where the bakes are likely to be dainty, detailed and often French (so you know its going to be hard). And as it’s Thanksgiving in the states, Kimberly, Katie and Jake are mostly grateful that they are not forced to create a cornucopia of filled almond pastry under incredible time restraints under the watchful eye of Paul and Prue. Yet another beloved baker is sent home at this bitter end and a controversial judging has K,K & J in a tither. It’s almost time for a flavor-filled finale and looks like along with delicious desserts, at least 2 of our hosts will be eating a hefty dose of crow as the Blink 182 baker appears to have gone the distance… Please enjoy this very special semi-final coverage from A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Dessert Week

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In the grand tradition of the Great British Bake Off it’s the return of the frighteningly general Dessert Week! Wherein the bakes can be downright confusing or very familiar or sometimes a little bit scary all in the same week. Kimberly and Jake are on their own this week, which may be a good thing as Katie is highly suspicious of cakes that wobble unnaturally. Who will they root for now that Lottie is gone? Will another  favorite leave the tent forever? Will Paul be wearing a denim shirt and Prue a large, slightly dangerous looking necklace? Is this dessert week a Noel affair or more Matt’s speed? Enjoy this episode of A Date with the Bake to find out!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Japanese Week

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This week the bakers head back to the Great British Bake off tent for what will prove to be a somewhat difficult but HIGHLY controversial Japanese week! Will it be Kowai or Kawaii? Is the theme a matcha made in heaven? Which of the bakers has the steamiest buns? Kimberly, Katie and Jake will be the judge. One of their most favoritist competitors winds up at the bottom of the heap and somebody’s personal fav proves to be a real star. But, will the win be overshadowed by questionable challenges? Safe to say maybe Bake Off “should’ve known batter…”

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Pastry Week

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Other than the Great British Bake Off’s infamous bread week, which always seems to separate the wheat from the chaff, the week that seems to show which bakers are really the crème (de pat) of the crème is PASTRY WEEK. Kimberly and Katie introduce Jake to the world of rough puff, short crust, soggy bottoms and curdled custard fillings. This year a few of the bakers are touting Pastry week as “their” week which never bodes well for success with such a finnicky category. International flavors abound! More floral decorations than you can wave a cookie sheet at! Laughter! Tears! Geography lessons! Get that butter chilling ’cause… it’s A Date with the Bake!