The Great British Baking Show: 10 Easiest Recipes To Make At Home - Screen Rant
Since season 1, the challenges given to bakers on The Great British Bake Off (The Great British Baking Show in North America) have gotten progressively more difficult, but there are some bakes from the show's history that viewers can recreate at home with relative ease.
Whether one is in the mood for something sweet or savory, fans of the show can feel a part of the experience by making their own versions of these on-screen delights. Whether attempting a star-studded recipe from Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood themselves, or one of the creations from the many Star Bakers, every Baking Show fan can be a champion at home with these beautiful bakes.
10 Victoria Sandwich
The first-ever Technical Challenge set for bakers in season one, the Victoria sandwich cake (sometimes called a Victoria sponge) has also appeared on another similar show to watch for GBBO fans, Junior Bake Off. As seen with Mary Berry's perfect bake, it consists of two soft sponge cakes sandwiched together with jam and sometimes the addition of cream.
Given that most classic recipes for the sponge itself only call for a few ingredients, namely eggs, self-raising flour, sugar, butter, and sometimes baking powder, it's an inexpensive and quick cake to put together. Additionally, as it's only topped with a dusting of icing sugar there's no need to fuss over decoration either.
9 Fruit Cake
A typically loaf-shaped cake made with either dried or candied fruit, often with the addition of nuts and spices, fruit cakes can be served as they are or else iced and decorated. They are also commonly associated with wedding and Christmas celebrations.
Set as a Signature Challenge in Bake Off's season 8, with the added stipulation that fresh fruit is used instead of dried fruit, for extra difficulty, the bakers showed the cake's versatility. Whilst the dried fruit version is easier to make, this spirit of trying new combinations is something that can be carried over to bakes at home.
8 Traybakes
Although the term traybake can be used to mean any savory dish where its ingredients are placed and cooked together in a tin, in this instance, it refers to a cake that is baked in a square or rectangular tin, then cut into individual squares or slices.
Traybakes are particularly easy to make because the cautions taken when filling individual cake cases are eliminated. They can range from simple sponges to more complexly flavored cakes, and there are traybake recipes readily available for near enough every kind of cake imaginable - as made evident during their appearance on Bake Off's fourth season - making them a convenient way to whip up a larger batch of goodies. Bake Off champ Nadiya Hussain also has a beautiful Biscoff Traybake recipe that fans may want to try out.
7 Chelsea Buns
Chelsea buns are made from a rich dough that often contains mixed spice or cinnamon. Before they are rolled into their squared-off spiral shape, the dough is topped with currants or raisins and brown sugar. After being cooked, Chelsea buns are often finished off with a sweet sugar glaze, as seen during the Chelsea bun Signature Challenge of season 9.
The process for making Chelsea buns is similar to making cinnamon rolls, and though the yeast dough can seem intimidating at first, it's actually far less complicated than it sounds. Additionally, as the contestants proved during their own Chelsea Bun Challenge, the fillings can be easily substituted for tastes that suit the baker.
6 Filled Yorkshire Puddings
A versatile accompaniment often thought of as part of a British Sunday roast dinner, Yorkshire puddings are a baked savory type of bread made from a simple batter of eggs, flour, and milk. Larger versions of the pudding can also be filled with sausages to make the British dish "Toad in the Hole."
Bake Off's version of Yorkshire puddings, set as a Signature Challenge in season 7, were made from a traditional batter but filled with a variety of savory fillings, from chili to brie and bacon. A great introductory recipe, they can be made very simply on their own, but fillings can also be easily added, if desired.
5 Iced Buns
Making an appearance in one of The Great British Baking Show's best-ranked seasons, season 6, iced buns are a staple of British bakeries, made from either an enriched dough or a hot-dog-shaped soft bread roll, as seen in Paul Hollywood's Iced Buns recipe, which is then topped with a simple white or pink icing glaze. They can also sometimes also be cut in half and filled with jam and cream.
If baking bread seems a step too far for supposedly easy recipes, the iced bun-making process can be simplified through the use of a ready-to-go bread mix. The contrast of sweet icing and savory dough makes these buns a satisfying treat.
4 English Muffins
Although Paul Hollywood's English muffin recipe was set as one of the notoriously tricky Technical Challenges - an element of the contest that shows like Top Chef could borrow from The Great British Baking Show, they are relatively simple to make. They're a bread made from a yeast dough that's typically cooked on a griddle, then sliced and toasted before eating.
A versatile bake that can be used as the base of a dish like Eggs Benedict, for the construction of a breakfast sandwich, or buttered and topped with something sweet like honey or jam, English muffins have many uses and are made with relatively few ingredients, making them fun for fans to try at home!
3 Treacle Tart
Well known to British viewers but popularized internationally as a food from Harry Potter's Wizarding World, treacle tart is a dessert with a base of shortcrust pastry, filled with a thick filling made from golden syrup and breadcrumbs. It's normally served warm with cream.
The recipe given to the bakers to recreate by Mary Berry in season 3 of the show was also decorated with a woven pastry lattice placed on top of the filling, though this somewhat fiddly step is optional. Otherwise, with its standard pastry crust and simply prepared filling, this dish can be easily perfected by at-home bakers.
2 Scones
The debate of how the name of this food is pronounced (to rhyme either with "gone" or "cone") seems never-ending, but there's no arguing how simple it is to make a great batch of scones, set as a Technical Challenge by Paul Hollywood in the show's first season.
A lightly sweetened small baked good, they can be made to be eaten with clotted cream and jam alongside cups of tea or else turned savory, with cheese or onions incorporated into the mixture. A staple of the afternoon tea experience, scones are a great accompaniment for watching the GBBO.
1 Cornish Pasty
A semi-circle-shaped pastry usually filled with meat and vegetables, sealed by crimping the edges of the pastry before baking, the Cornish pasty, as seen with Paul Hollywood's recipe, is a self-contained meal historically associated with miners, who could eat them without the need for cutlery during long work hours underground.
Traditionally containing a filling of beef, potato, swede (or celeriac), and onion, this hearty pastry can be customized to suit individual tastes and is particularly useful to bake for outdoor meals, like picnics, due to its transportability.
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