Worth The Calories - A Great British Bake Off Podcast

The Great British Bake Off is back. We just want to know the logistics of this series, but instead we'll talk about Battenberg, pineapple, and art vs skill in baking challenges. Find our baking photos on Instagram (@eloquentgushing) . Make sure you tag us to share your bakes if you're attempting these, and tell us what you're doing with the excess cake these days! #WorthTheCalories Rec...

It's time for the Junior Bake Off, which gives us the best of GBBO with none of the complaints. Joyful, entertaining, and all around wonderful. Plus with interesting challenges that should be used on the 'adult' show. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for English Madeleines Recipe for Viennese Whirls Recipe for Cinnamon Buns Recipe for Pancakes Recipe for Veggie Sausage Plaits Subscribe to our...

Week 10 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off is brings us a final with some difficult moments and a lot of discussion about the need for a showrunner on GBBO. Plus chocolate cake, what makes a valid technical challenge, and getting stabbed on caramel. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Stilton Soufflés Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We&#39...

Week 9 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off is brings us four great bakers who are so similar and yet so different. We're a little distracted by talking about how the final might go, but we also talk vegetable in cake, making GSH more to our taste, and the best glass box not made with glass! #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Gâteau Saint Honoré Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcas...

Week 8 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off is putting the paste into pastry. Big debates this week on the merits of pie flavours, pie tops, pie thickness, and the technical challenge itself. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Moroccan-Style Pie Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by liste...

Week 7 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off is a festival of festivals. Any bun you like, more deep frying, and regular geometrical baking to make Matthew very happy. #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Cassatelle Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you'd like...

Week 6 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off aims for anything you serve as your last course. Meringues that held up well, exceptional technical baking, and a proper mid/late season showstopper await. Plus we made custard tarts! #WorthTheCalories Recipe for Verrines Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing...

Week 5 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off steps out on the town with fedoras and feathers. We're scared of the deep fat fryer, disappointed in the visual styles on show, and delighted that custard tarts have arrived. #ATAV Recipe for Beignets Soufflé Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% s...

Week 4 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off gets the milking stool out and brings the culture. We've never had Maids of Honour but now we know to cut them to a bigger size. And we find that proving proved difficult with the baps. Recipe for Maids of Honour Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 10...

Week 3 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off might seem simple but could be deceiving us. Baps and burgers are going to be attempted, and mixed attempts (and feelings) at fig rolls are the topic of the day. Don't forget to enter our giveaway! #WorthTheCalories Recipe for baps and burgers Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on...

Week 2 of the 2019 Great British Bake Off brings us to biscuits. Chocolate coated, filled with figs, or sculpted into animals, we all like biscuits. We're also joined by many friends who attempted angel cake slices last week. Plus... butter extract: Recipe for Fig Rolls Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here Subscribe on Google Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloque...

The 2019 Great British Bake Off series gets off to a promising start with birthday cakes, angel cake slices, and fruity fruit cakes with significant dried fruit. We get to reminisce over our beloved childhood cakes, and review our attempt of last year's campfire pitta breads. Recipe for Angel Cake Slices Recipe for Naked Christmas Cake (with orange brandy) Recipe for Campfire Pittas Subscribe...

We're getting excited for the 2019 series of the Great British Bake Off. The show is back on TV on 27th August, and we'll be back a day or two later with our discussion of the bakes, the challenges, our attempts, and more. Until then, enjoy this introduction to the new series. Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here We're on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supp...

Week 10, the final of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – The final was a travesty, getting married in a tent, doughnut memories, yes a travesty, baking for 7 hours, the result wasn’t a travesty, design vs flavour, the challenges were a travesty Torta Setteveli recipe Campfire pitta recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsl...

Week 9 (semi-final) of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – When do you finalise your pastry type, British dessert sizes, layer cakes, practice cakes, Parisian window research Aeblskiver recipe Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like acc...

Week 8 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Tropical Eton mess, cutting pineapples, is it better to make something good or something right, judging the bake or the extras. Vegan Pavlova recipe Our vegan pavlova Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like yo...

Week 7 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Vegan flavours, a strange week, and are you allowed to leave a cake in the fridge? Puits D’amour recipe Our attempts at Puits D’amour Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclus...

Week 6 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Gushing about Briony, green chocolate, pastry types, deliciousnesses, what is a shaped pie or not Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on Patr...

Week 5 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Gushing about Kim Joy, ma’amoul equipment, claggy cake is yummy, illness Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on Patreon. Get in touch! If you...

Week 4 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Rubber table cloths, Discworld, raspberry and chocolate, cheating challenges Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on Patreon. Get in touch! If...

Cathryn, Matthew, and Mandi make naan bread based on last week’s technical challenge. We won’t be able to do an episode discussion this week due to travelling, but we will pick it up next week, we swear it! Discussion notes – Puffy naan, yoghurt types, what is too much garlic, sticky dough. The recipe can be found here Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to ou...

Week 3 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – More mallow, poking dough, food colouring, a Prue sign of delight. Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on Patreon. Get in touch! If you have...

Week 2 of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Green colouring, doing more than necessary, swearing on camera, green things, meowing, the mallow of doom. Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit u...

This week Cathryn and Matthew discuss the first episode of the 2018 Great British Bake Off series. Discussion notes – Wagon wheels, messy kitchens, selfie biscuits, Alexa. Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on...

We introduce the show, what we’re going to talk about, and what we’re looking for. Key notes – weather, cakes vs savoury food, baker types, US / UK differences. Subscribe to our RSS feed here Subscribe to Apple Podcasts here Subscribe to our newsletter We’re on Spotify Eloquent Gushing is 100% supported by listeners like you. If you’d like access to exclusive content, please visit us on Patreon. G...