4 exciting recipes for cakes and biscuits inspired by the first two weeks of this year’s Great British Bake Off, plus the linkup for week 36 of #CookBlogShare!
So then, who is enjoying watching the Great British Bake Off? I for one am glued to my screen on a Wednesday evening (though slightly later than everyone else as Wednesday night is my running club night – thank goodness for catchup TV!) thoroughly enjoying every innuendo, pun, disaster and Paul Hollywood handshake and sitting right on the edge of my sofa for the final decision – who will we crowned star baker and who will have to go home?
So when I spotted 4 lovely GBBO inspired recipes in this weeks #CookBlogShare entries, I knew I had my theme: 2 of these lovely recipes were inspired by the first week, which was cake week and 2 by last week’s biscuit theme.
Just in case you are not a #CookBlogShare regular and are wondering what an earth I am going on about, #CookBlogShare is a place for bloggers to share their recipes. If you are a blogger and have a recipe to share, you can link up your post by following the instructions below. If you are not a blogger, but love food and cooking, do check out the recipes that will be appearing below. If this week is as good as they usually are you will find some awesome recipes – the #CookBlogShare bloggers are very good at what they do!
4 GBBO Inspired Recipes
First up we have Jenny’s wonderful Ginger and Lemon Drizzle Cake from her lovely blog Mummy Mishaps. I love the sound of that delicious combination of ginger and lemon and I also like how easy peasy the recipe is. I think this would be a great cake to make for the kids on their first day back at school (mine don’t go back until tomorrow) or for Sunday tea. Jenny also hosts the Great Bloggers Bake Off. If you are a blogger and fancy trying your hand at the baking challenges Paul and Mary set the GBBO contestants each week, then do hop over to Mummy Mishaps and link them up (and don’t forget to link them up to #CookBlogShare too, of course!!).
Kate at Gluten Free Alchemist also baked a drizzle cake inspired by the ones on GBBO, but her Raspberry & Lemon Drizzle Bundt Cake came with a twist – two actually. Firstly she baked it in a bundt tin – just to make it extra showstoppery and secondly her cake is totally gluten free – Kate’s daughter was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease a few years ago and since then she has been on a mission to make sure her daughter doesn’t miss out – well I don’t think anyone could feel hard done by with this cake!
Next up is the first of our biscuit week entries – Mandy from Sneak Veg has baked these wonderful Vegan Apple and Cinnamon Viennese Whirls – made with dairy-free spread, meaning they are suitable for vegans, and filled with a delicious apple, maple syrup and cinnamon mixture, rather than the traditional raspberry jam – which I feel is the sort of thing I would happily lick from the pan! And don’t they look pretty? After watching how much the GBBO contestants struggled with these I am seriously impressed.
And last, but by no means least, Angela from Only Crumbs Remain baked this stunning Springtime Gingerbread Scene, depicting her favourite season, complete with birds, hares, blossom trees, a house, a bird table, herself, Mr E and even their cat! I am super impressed – and she has provided a fab step-by-step recipe, so you to can create your own gingerbread scene. I’m definitely bookmarking this one to come back to for inspiration at Christmas time!
#CookBlogShare Linky Week 36
And so we come to this week’s linky. You can link up any foodie post that you have – both old and new posts are welcome. All you need to do is:
- Link up a recipe or foodie post by clicking the blue ‘add your link’ button below and following the instructions
- Add a link from your post back to this post (so everyone else can find it and link up too!)
- Add the #CookBlogShare badge to your post (you can find the code below)
- Comment on some of the other recipes linked up here and generally share the love with a bit of social media action!
If you wish, you can tweet a link to your recipe to me @easypeasyfoodie, using #CookBlogShare and I will retweet them. You can also post your recipe on the Cook Blog Share Facebook Page.
I will comment on all the posts this week and pin them all to the Cook Blog Share Pinterest Board. I can’t wait to see what you’ve all been making!
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Just to remind you, by joining in you are giving the #CookBlogShare hosts permission to use your pictures in a round up and on social media, if your recipe is selected as one of our favourites!
Next week’s linky will be hosted by Mandy over at Sneaky Veg.
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook says
I see lovely features here. Congrats to all!
I’ve linked few dishes – mostly sweets. I hope everyone likes them. Thanks for hosting the party. x
Eb Gargano says
I know – aren’t they all fabulous? It is making me feel very hungry looking at all these delicious cakes and biscuits! Thanks for joining in this week Jhuls – I’ll be popping over soon to take a closer look at your lovely recipes 🙂 Eb x
Corina says
Lovely round up and I really wish I could try some of those GBBO recipes, especially the raspberry and lemon drizzle cake as it looks amazing!
Eb Gargano says
I know – they all look so gooood! Thanks for linking up, Corina. I will be over soon to check out your lovely looking fish bake! Yum!! 🙂 Eb x
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says
I love Wednesdays, not only is it my clayclass but it’s also GBBO and like you I’m sat on the edge of the sofa in awe at what the bakers are challenged with and their resultant bakes! Loving your roundup Eb, I could very happily enjoy a little tea party with all of those goodies 🙂 Thank you for including my gingerbread house too 🙂
Angela x
Eb Gargano says
Oooh yes, they would make a fab little tea party! A pleasure to include your gingerbread scene – I really felt I had too – you had obviously put so much effort into it – it is very impressive! My favourite bit, though, is definitely your gingerbread cat. Too cute!! 🙂 Eb x
Monika Dabrowski says
What a fine selection of wonderful bakes! I am not much of a baker so I am always in awe of people who bake well:)
Eb Gargano says
Oh I know – these guys are so talented. I don’t bake often but when I do…well it usually tastes nice, but rarely looks good enough to put on my blog!! Thanks for linking up your yummy looking cookies – I like the fact they are healthy – I look forward to finding out how something so yummy looking can be healthy too later when I pop over to your blog. 🙂 Eb x
Mandy says
Thanks for including my whirls – they were so tasty! Looks like some lovely recipes are linked up already #CookBlogShare
Eb Gargano says
I can imagine, Mandy – they look fabulous and I am a sucker for anything with apple and cinnamon! I know – so many fab entries already! Keep ’em coming!! 🙂 Eb x
jenny paulin says
Thank you so much Eb for not only featuring my drizzle cake, bit for promoting my GBBOBloggers2016 linky, very much appreciated. xx
Eb Gargano says
You are very welcome Jenny – I really do love the look and sound of your drizzle cake. It’s on my ‘Must Make’ list! And very happy to promote your lovely GBBO linky – I only wish I could join in myself, but I just really don’t have time at the moment 🙁 …but I am certainly following with interest all the lovely bloggers bakes and ooohing and aahing as appropriate! 🙂 Eb x
Kate - gluten free alchemist says
Star-Bakers all round! Lovely selection Eb and thanks so much for featuring my drizzle cake!
Love the addition of the apple & Cinnamon to the whirls.
I didn’t realise there was another GBBO linky over at Mummy Mishaps! Darn…. Missed weeks one and two linkup. Better get my bread-hat on!
Eb Gargano says
Absolutely! Can’t believe I didn’t say that in my post!! But very true 🙂 A pleasure to feature your lovely cake. Oooh I am very glad I mentioned Mummy Mishaps’ linky – it’s a good one! Hope you do well there 🙂 Is it bread week this week, yey that is one of my favourite weeks – I wonder if they will do something gluten free this year – that would make a good technical challenge!! Eb x
Vicki Montague says
I can’t believe that I have missed the Bake Off so far! We were in France for two weeks. I’ve told Mr M that he has to put the kids to bed tonight and then go out to the pub! He hates the Bake Off and I need to catch up!!!! Love your selection of recipes. Yummy!
Eb Gargano says
Nooo! Poor you – you’ve got to catch up quick!! Your plan for this evening sounds lovely – hope there will be something suitably yummy to eat while you watch 🙂 I am going to miss it completely tonight as it is my running club’s monthly social, so tomorrow I will be sending Mr G out (he’s not a fan either) and watching on catch up 🙂 Eb x
Grubby Little Faces says
Yummy discoveries. I saw Only Crumbs remain photo on Instagram & was blow away by it. What skill!
I love ginger & lemon but never had it together in a cake! Where have I been?
Thanks for hosting the linkup Eb.
Eb Gargano says
I know, aren’t they all fab, and yes you are right – Angela’s gingerbread scene is AMAZING – must’ve taken her HOURS! I’m with you on the ginger and honey thing – love them both, never had them in a cake together, can’t really understand why as it sounds like such a fab combo! A pleasure, thanks for linking up! 🙂 Eb x
Lucy @ BakingQueen74 says
Thanks for hosting Eb, I love the look of Kate’s pink drizzle cake from last time
Eb Gargano says
I know!! Isn’t it FAB? 🙂 Thanks for linking up, Lucy. Xx
Charlotte Oates says
So glad I managed to link up this week as I missed your first time hosting – I hope you’re enjoying it so far. Loving your choice of the Bake Off theme this week, I’ve been seriously impressed at the standard everyone’s managed in the bake along so far.
Eb Gargano says
Yey! It’s nice to see you here, Charlotte 🙂 I agree about the bake along – the standard is so very high! I am seriously impressed. I’m sure one day we’ll see one of them on GBBO – that would be fun, wouldn’t it? Eb x