fandomhigh | Great British Bakeoff! But American! Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The tent was back up for class! And it was still winter. Because sometimes the aesthetic seemed to supersede the whole comfort thing. But, hey, at least the little, flimsy ovens would be on to keep people sort of warm for this next week.

"It's bread week! But don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the showstopper cakes from last week that you all were supposed to bring in," Tony said. "But that will be judged as you settle in to show us what you think your signature focaccia is."

"Mm, more cake," Steve said, grinning. "And bread!" A combination only a super-powered metabolism could love.

"And, once we judge that focaccia, your technical challenge will be to make a traditional French baguette." It wouldn't end in tears at all. Tony was just so irrationally hopeful. And the level of time travel necessary for all this baking...

"Plus your own butter," Steve added helpfully.

"Yes, a flavored butter," Tony agreed. "But we'll be nice and let you do that one however you want."

"As long as that way isn't taking butter that's already made out of the fridge," Steve cautioned.

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Ready to bake!

Kitty Pryde-Barton

Nell Ingram

Three tiers of cake suspended from a thing! Show off your work or explain your disaster!

[RNG says:
Kitty Pryde-Barton
Nell Ingram
Hannibal Lecter
Vi
Yelena Belova]

Edited 2025-01-15 18:45 (UTC)

~~THAT'S RIGHT.~~

Kitty's cake was a simple but pretty tiered cake, and the frosting was a little yellow, but in a purposeful, aesthetic way.

"I made a raspberry cake with a raspberry filling and lemon cream cheese frosting," she said.

The raspberry filling had red sprinkles in it for extra pizzazz, look someone should stop her.

"Oooh," Steve said. Professionally.

Nell had done a chocolate cake with thick mocha frosting and decorated the layers with fresh flowers - edible should anyone want to try them.

"Tell us about your dessert," Steve said.

"It's pretty simple," Nell said. "The cake is a rich chocolate and I covered it with a thick mocha frosting. I always figure that if I'm going to splurge on cake I want it to be decadent. The flowers are violets on the base, pansies on the second level and gladiolus flowers on the top. All are edible."

"Make a focaccia," Steve said. "Those breads are made in a sheet tray. Decorate them with herbs and vegetables to create bread art! Bread art that tastes good."

[RNG says:
Nell Ingram
Kitty Pryde-Barton
Vi
Hannibal Lecter
Yelena Belova]

Nell could make bread all day. She added in herbs to both flavor and decorate the focaccia to make a hive and bees. "I have a honey butter to go with it," she said. "to go with the design."

"Make three baguettes using the couche," Steve said, handing out the recipe but not explaining what a couche was. "And a flavored butter of some kind to eat with the baguette!"

[OOC: RNG says:
Nell Ingram
Yelena Belova
Hannibal Lecter
Vi
Kitty Pryde-Barton]

Nell's baguettes had a wonderful crunch to them, but were soft inside. "I have a simple garlic and herb butter to go with them," she said. "Or there is honey butter if you prefer that."

"Using brioche dough that you make yourself, make a highly decorative braided loaf using at least two different flavored fillings inside your creation. Bonus points are given if you make a brioche Iron Man suit," Steve said with a grin at Tony.

Edited 2025-01-15 19:03 (UTC)

Man, having a kid home sick really messed up my sense of time.

Great British Bakeoff! But American! Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Sign in 1/15

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Show off your Showstopper!

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Signature Round

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