Welcome back to Great British Nonsense Themes!
We said a long-overduelater, gatorto Priya and crowned Steph Star Baker for a third week in a row.
Will anyone take club drugs and spend an entire challenge trying to find the water bottle tent?
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Okay, sure, lets do this.
Steph is making classic Easter hot cross buns filled with cranberries and sultanas.
Prue loves the balance of flavors.
Alice is also making hot cross buns, but with a twist.
Shes filling her buns with fresh and freeze-dried blueberries and topping them with a lemon curd glaze.
I was preparing myself for some slanderous remarks from Prue on the topic of blueberries but none arrive.
Michaels vertical stripe shirt of the week is an assortment of rainbow colors on a white field.
Michaels buns are honoring the last two occasions on which most people attend church anymore, Easter and Christmas.
It is flavored with malt powder, filled with raisins, and topped with flaked almonds.
Henry is taking his inspiration from Sweden with his chocolate Kardemummabullar.
The judges are very impressed with the avian design and Prue really enjoys the light airy texture.
Should You Make This At Home?
Yes, it seems there is a bun for every holiday so, why not?
While ours is savory and dipped in marinara, theirs is sweet and dusted with icing sugar.
The pasta machines also prove to be a bit challenging for some.
Once in the frier, Alices and Michaels pastries lose their seal completely and open right up.
Alices too-thick pastry and split seams earn her sixth and last place.
Michaels exploded pastries come in fifth.
Should you make this at home?
The cake should be grilled under the broiler and display even and precise layers arranged in intricate patterns.
The layers will be brushed with tamarind and honey and decorated with sugar paste shapes and royal icing latticework.
The cake will be decorated with colorful sugar fireworks and chocolate marzipan stars.
After one whole successful cake, Rosie scorches the bright pink first layer of her second.
She appears genuinely perplexed and disappointed as it was only under the broiler for two minutes.
At the judging, Paul and Prue like Stephs cake just fine despite some gapping between the layers.
Paul likes the flavors of the sponges and Prue calls the marzipan brilliant.
Paul and Prue find Henrys cake very impressive, noting, in particular, the perfect texture.
Michaels layers lack definition and Paul calls it very claggy, very stodgy, and rubbery.
The rum drizzle caused the layers to run together.
Paul and Prue love the almond flavor and nice texture and Prue says is really works.
Should you make this at home?
Sure, if you feel like it, but yo do manage your expectations.
Off-camera, Steph breathes a sigh of relief as this weeks Star Baker is awarded to Henry.
