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Alas, The Great British Bake Off final is here. Weeks of sponges, biscuits, not turned on ovens and failing to set jellies have all led us to this one single crescendo. Indeed, years of cakes, biscuits, breads and pastries have brought us here; to what is the last ever episode of Bake Off as we […]

After long-running suspicions that The Great British Bake Off would be moving after this series, it has been revealed that Bake Off will indeed be leaving the BBC and moving to Channel Four. Not only this, but Mel and Sue, two of the four major components to the programme’s success, have chosen to make this […]

During Bake Off season, there is a period of a few weeks in which I bake all the time. I enjoy baking, and do so whenever I can, but never do I find myself so up to my neck in cake than in those few weeks. This year, to kick off baking season, I made […]

One of British television’s best loved contemporary programmes returns for another season of fun-fuelled baking and innuendo appreciation. From the looks of it, the format remains entirely the same; Mel and Sue with their puns, Mary with her brandy and Paul with his evil, gripping death stare whenever he finds something unsatisfactory. In any case, […]

Since establishing itself on the quayside, The Great British Cupcakery has become a firm favourite for northern confectionery addicts, and has become renowned for its ‘Geet Big Shakes’ . Its somewhat secluded position away from the high street has not held the mother-and-daughter-founded business back, as it has become extremely popular and earned itself a place in […]