A Date With The Bake

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – FINALE Dec 15, 2023

The Great British bakers of Series 11 have switched off their ovens, wiped down their work stations and hung up their aprons as the tempered chocolate sets on another season. Matty walks away the unlikely champion and forgets a very important proposal in all the excitement! Its been a season full of (ooooh) controversial decisions from Paul and Prue, but also comedic gold with the fabulous Alison Hammond joining Noel as the co-Hostess cupcake with the mostest! As for Kimberly, Katie and Jake: after all the lardy cakes are rightly tossed into the bin forever and the dusting sugar has settled… they just happy for their teams and wish them all well deserved success moving forward in their confectionary journeys! Tiers and Cheers to another great season and on your mark… GET SET…A DATE WITH THE BAAAAAAAAAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – SEMI-FINAL Nov 30, 2023

Only four distinguished bakers enter the Bake-Off tent this week to participate in the persnickety Patisserie themed SEMI-FINAL! Jake and Katie have two bakers on their respective teams and Kimberly has left the chat this week to protest. (Just kidding! She will be back for the Final). And while some bakers are able to display their immense pastry skills to their full effect, a few are a little rough and ready when it comes to the fiddly fancies. And the final insult occurs as EVERYONE’s favorite baker is given the Paul Hollywood desert boot out of the tent. Mistakes were made, a travesty has occurred and we are expecting outrage from the British public and the American anglophiles who enjoy this delightful franchise. So get your tissues ready and ON YOUR MARK…GET SET…A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Party Week Nov 24, 2023

In the final weeks, bakers in the Great British Baking Show tent are tasked with a new set of bakes that fail to leave most in a “Party” mood. Especially when one of the challenges is Paul Hollywood’s all time, absolute, hands down, undisputed, most FAVORITE treat of all time. Oh, and of course, like McDonalds he has made “millions” of the savory snack. Meanwhile, Kimberly has lost another member of her team, Katie is concerned with the trajectory of her remaining bakers and Jake appears to have been destined to win since the lucky mixing bowl created team Bake and Destroy. But, it can all turnovers in the upcoming semi-finals so temper that excitement for now and On Your Mark…Get Set…A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Dessert Week Nov 16, 2023

The teams are really thinning out in the Bake Off tent. But a thin consistency is not a bad thing as the name of the game this week is syrups, caramels and air light meringues. Dessert Week always presents certain challenges for the bakers and for Kimberly, Katie and Jake as well who are forced to watch a favorite baker make their untimely exit. Prue and Paul’s judging appears to be at odds with K,K & J and it’s tough to gauge who exactly will be emerging from this competition clutching the cake plate of glory. So get those stodgy pudds down ‘ya and ON YOUR MARK…GET SET…A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Pastry and Botanical Weeks Nov 12, 2023

It’s a Date with the Bake 2 for 1 special! Double the episodes means double the star bakers, but TRIPLE the bakers making their sad exit from the yummiest tent in England. Pastry Week is a classic and a must for showing the bakers’ skills with a flakey crust. However, the Great British Baking Show has a long history of choosing more problematic themes for the bakes of the week. And Botanical Week may not feel controversial, but it certainly evoked a reaction from Kimberly, Katie and Jake. Most of whom agree that this theme can leaf and never come back again. This double stacked episode means you have enough time to chill a floating island or proof a big cob loaf, so get those tins greased and ON YOUR MARK… GET SET… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Chocolate Week Oct 25, 2023

It’s chocolate as far as the eye can see in the Bake Off tent! Some peoples ultimate dream, but for our bakers the finicky sweet can be a huge problem. Striving for the right consistency, taste, shine – it’s enough to melt a few nerves! Jake has to watch one of his bakers truffles off the the sick bay for some of the challenges. And while the teams remain unchanged for this week… the bittersweet aftertaste is fast approaching as TWO bakers will bid adieu next week! It’s gonna be a cocoa finish so On your mark… Get set…. A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Bread Week Oct 20, 2023

Bread dread, anyone? While Kimberly, Katie and Jake are loafing around, the ten remaining bakers are sweating their dough balls off in the Bake Off tent during the much anticipated BREAD WEEK! And as if they kneaded more stress, starchy Paul Hollywood is ever watching over these bakes in particular. And while most bakers are able to Prueve themselves as carb connoisseurs, there are a few who fall to the bottom of the basket. A beloved favorite forager is in trouble and Katie and Jake are in sour(dough) spirits about it. But another tent favorite is consistently rising to the top! Enough with the Plait-itudes … on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Biscuit Week Oct 12, 2023

Week two in the Bake Off tent and the eleven bakers are out to prove who is the smartest of smart cookies! Kimberly, Jake and Katie root on their teams in the biscuit showdown. And while one early favorite is the custard creme of the crop, there is another favorite who crumbles under the pressure of Paul Hollywood’s icing, or rather, icey stare. Who will be getting the cookie cut? Put away that piping bag and find out with A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.11 – Cake Week Oct 05, 2023

The ovens are warmed, the tent is open and 12 piping hot new contestants enter the ultimate competition of all things baked! The GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW has returned to deliciously delight and series 11 is off to the refrigerators! Kimberly, Katie and Jake have their 4 baker teams, chosen at random by the magic mixing bowl! Kimberly’s “Jam and the Challah-Grahams” consists of Amos, Dana, Saku and Rowen. Katie random draft for “The Tammy Faye Bakkers” includes Abbi, Cristy, Dan and Matty. And Jake hopes to proove his team “Bake and Destroy” is the strongest with Josh, Keith, Nicky and Tasha. Who will come out of gate swinging in the Cake Week premiere? Join us to find out! Batter Up and on your mark…get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – The Final Nov 28, 2022

Another season of The Great British Baking Show has come to an end and while our three finalists did their best, there was a clear front runner who’s unique flavors and designs stood above the rest! However, the final challenges of series 10 may have left a little to be desired. Baker for Life! (Team Jake) struggled to get his technical to really GEL, The Tammy Faye Baker (Team Katie) may have missed an un-BEE-lievable opportunity and Team jdSm (Team Kimberly) had to FACE some hard truths in the Showstopper. But when all the flour settled, Kimberly, Katie and Jake are all in agreement that while the finale offerings may have been a little underbaked the chosen winner did plenty throughout the season to prove herself a true champion. Congratulations to the incredibly talented winner! And thank you all for joining us for a truly epic teams edition of A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Baking One for the Team!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Patisserie Week Nov 18, 2022

It’s the semifinals of The Great British Baking Show and four lonely bakers remain to face the challenges of pastry desserts…again…because Pastry Week just happened. Unfortunately, the flaky confections happen to be one baker’s Achilles high heel, and one of the biggest personalities to grace the Bake Off tent is heading off to spread his sunshine and rainbows elsewhere. This means Team Kimberly, Team Katie and Team Jake miraculously each have one remaining team member to fight for the elusive cake platter prize in the series 10 finale. But leading up to this finale a critical article was written, questions have been raised surrounding bread week, jokes have gone mysteriously missing throughout the season and suspicions are heightened about the judges and their knowledge of common flavor pairings. Release the Swedish Kraken! It’s A DATE WITH THE BAKE: The Curious Case of P&P and the Perilous PB&J!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Pastry Week Nov 10, 2022

Thank the baking gods that Pastry week is finally here in The Great British Baking Show so that Katie can stop going on long winded diatribes about it! It’s here. And it’s rough (puff). The challenges prove to be mildly traumatic for the bakers, mildly disappointing for the judges and a complicated range of emotions for Kimberly, Katie and Jake. Bakers who have been in the upper crust in past weeks are crumbling and one baker who had been sconed by the judges in the past is really chouxing up the competition. As we roll into the semi-final it’s still a toss up who’s team will be eclaired the winner! On your mark… Get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Filo She Better Don’t!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Custard Week Nov 10, 2022

It’s the halfway mark and as the Great British Baking Show tent loses its filling, so to speak, the remaining bakers need to perfect a filling of their own. It’s Custard Week! Team Kimberly is down to one MVP who is really picking up steam in the competition. Team Katie is holding at two bakers, but you might not know it as their screen time is severely lacking. Will Team Jake be able to hold on to his THREE bakers after a pretty disastrous ice cream technical that sunk many bakers in a watery waffle cone grave? Well, the proof is in the pudding. The race for the finish is on and it’s anyone’s guess who will walk away with the beloved cake plate! On Your Mark… Get Set… Ting that Custard… with A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Halloween Week Oct 29, 2022

Ghosts, goblins, ghouls and one extra scary rogue astronaut have descended upon the Bake Off tent to create bakes to die for in The Great British Bake Off’s first ever Halloween Week! But it’s not all about simply creating eerie-sistable good treats this time, it’s also about figuring out the trick to getting flavors and design bubbling together in the same cauldron. Kimberly, Katie and Jake have watched their teams dwindle as their bakers are picked off week after week. So, who will be done in this time by the glare from the Camp Crystal Lake blue eyes of Paul Hollywood? Or is there a new apple of his eye? And will this new Halloween theme just leave everyone wanting s’more? Find out in this spooktacular edition of A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Bone Appetit!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Dessert Week Oct 21, 2022

Alone on a dessert island our 8 remaining bakers have to bake their way back to civilization one delicious pudding at a time. Not really, but we are halfway through series 10 of The Great British Baking Show and half of our beloved bakers have already been voted off the (floating) island! Team Kimberly, Team Katie and Team Jake each have at least 2 bakers left in the tent and at this point it’s anyone’s game. Sandro is coming up strong (both literally and culinarily), Syabira is multi talented in a multitude of cuisines and Maxy is the soft spoken confiseur that no one saw coming. Find out who edges closer to the winner’s cake stand in this episode of A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Pud up or Shut up!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Mexican Week Oct 14, 2022

The Great British Baking Show takes a hiatus from is regularly scheduled baking and tries to bring some multi-culturalism into the tent with a new International week called Mexican Week! It’s a lively romp from beginning to end with everyone getting into the south of the border spirit and producing interesting takes on classic Mexican dishes using classic Mexican flavors! Except it didn’t really happen that way… Team Kimberly is holding on by a thread of melted cheese, Team Jake is having some difficulties with the taco-ness of it all, and Team Katie has a real high and some real guacamol-lows. So grab a Jarritos ( or maybe actually this calls for a cerveza) and prepare for the first ever and probably only Mexican Week coverage from A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Chili con Carnage.

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Bread Week Oct 14, 2022

Yeasterday… all our troubles seemed so far away. But now its Bread Week in the bake off tent for the Great British Baking Show and every baker’s buns are on the line! Team Kimberly, Team Katie and Team Jake try to “prove” their worth. And while a few really desperately “knead” improvement, one baker “rises” to the top of the pack! Will K,K & J be able to cinnamon roll with the punches? Find out in this weeks coverage of A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Gluten for Punishment!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Cake Week/Biscuit Week Oct 06, 2022

Aaaaaaand their off!! New bakers are in the tent and Kimberly, Katie and Jake are ready to cheer on their teams. Kimberly’s team JDSM has highs and lows with a Hollywood handshake and a young baker sent home early. Katie’s team The Tammy Faye Bakers has the exact same journey except Katie still has some extra bitterness (not from Carole’s chicory) but losing out on her number 1 draft pick. And team Jake, Baker For Life, starts strong with two of his bakers showing some advanced skill and getting high marks in the personality department. So who WILL be setting the baking bar high in Cake Week and Biscuit Week? And who WILL crumble under the pressure? Find out in the premiere double episode of A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Smells Like Team Spirit!

The Great British Baking Show S.10 – Choosing the Teams Oct 01, 2022

It’s a new year… a new tent… and 12 shiny new best of British bakers are going to try their luck over the next 10 weeks to become the new Great British Baking Show Champion! And those aren’t the only new ingredients in the mixer. This year A Date with The Bake is trying something new! TEAMS! Kimberly, Katie and Jake will each have 4 of the 12 bakers on their respective teams and will be reporting on their progress throughout the Bake-Off Season! This Pre-Episode 1 reveals the results of a very in-tents draft to create the teams with K, K and J only having watched the introductions to the new bakers in the Episode 1 signature challenge. Who’s team will prove to be winners and who will be left with the soggy bottoms? Find out in this prologue to a brand new season of A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great New Year Baking Show- Season 4 Mar 05, 2022

It may be March, but we are still not even a quarter of the way into 2022. That means it isn’t too late to take a peek back into the Bake Off tent and see who has valiantly returned to face the steely judges once again. Well… one steely judge. The Great New Year Bake Off welcomes favorites Nancy, Helena, Henry and the ever delightfully neurotic Rahul. It’s a delightful reunion filled with mostly successful bakes and a lot of laughs as the bakers battle to be crowned Caribbean Queen- whoops- Star Baker! But will a tricky Paul technical cause a few of the bakers to Bao out? Spoiler alert: It doesn’t. But that joke was irresistible. Kimberly and Katie school Jake on the bakers from season’s past and Jake schools them on fashion lingo that is wholly unacceptable to people just trying to get their year off to a good start. So break out those dusty cookie sheets, make sure those ovens are definitely switched and on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – The Final Dec 06, 2021

It’s been a fantastic season of The Great British Baking Show, but now let the true hand wringing, oven watching and sweat mixed with tears BEGIN! It’s the grand finale and it all comes down to these final bakes for Chigs, Crystelle and Giuseppe! The final showstopper is the Mad Hatter’s tea party, will any of the bakers lose their heads? No that’s just Kimberly, Katie and Jake trying to keep their cool as the seconds tick down to the cake plate of glory! So until next time… on your mark… get set… AND OH MY GOD REMEMBER TO SHUT THAT OVEN DOOR CORRECTLY… Whew… BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Patissiere Week Nov 27, 2021

It’s almost the end and the final four bakers file into a near empty Bake Off tent to bake for their lives. Not really their lives, but with the stress levels of Kimberly, Katie and Jake watching this week you would feel like it is. It’s a notoriously complicated and finicky theme that will stretch the bakers in multiple areas. Its multi layers, multi textures and all about the flavor. And these finalists are more than competent in all the aforementioned. Paul and Prue have to make a controversial decision and one of these bakers’ place in the finale balances on a cake knife’s edge. Get out your hankies and prepare to bid auf Wiedersehen to one of the competition’s most memorable bakers… ever. On your mark… Get Set… A Date with the Bake: Seminal Finale.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Free From Week Nov 19, 2021

It’s the quarter finals in the Great British Bake Off tent and the bakers certainly aren’t free from much. There’s enough stress, tears, hopes and fears to go around. And that goes double for Kimberly, Katie and Jake. It’s a dairy free signature challenge, a meat free technical, a gluten free showstopper and a those lead to a determinedly Hollywood Handshake free episode. But is all fair in love, baking and judging? A favorite baker leaves the tent after their best bake of the series and one frontrunner baker drops the ball. And by ball we mean multiple meat free sausage rolls… Hold on to your biscuit sheets and On your mark! Get Set! A Date with the Bake: Free From Logic!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Caramel Week Nov 12, 2021

Caramel is sticky sweet/ Jurgin and ‘Seppe will be hard to beat! This rhyme might be bad but not as bad caramel that just refuses to cooperate. The bakers have dwindled to half their original number and the pressure is on as this sugary ingredient is notoriously hard to work with. The signature is all about consistency. The technical challenge is a familiar pairing beTWIXT shortbread and the sticky substance. And finally the showstopper incorporates one particularly difficult baking element that will have the bakers spinning in circles. Kimberly, Katie and Jake have a lot on their plates for this discussion. So on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Caramelancholy Blues.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Pastry Week Nov 06, 2021

The bakers return to the tent and Kimberly, Katie and Jake return to their microphones for the dreaded pastry week of The Great British Bake Off. It’s known to be complicated, finicky, temperature sensitive and no we aren’t talking about Paul Hollywood’s mood swings. But this week brings some surprises with its challenges and a surprise handshake means there might be a new frontrunner in the competition. Who’s going to flake out and who gives a multi-layered performance worthy of that Bake Off top spot? We donut know what the future folds but On Your Mark… Get Set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE: Baklava Not a Fighter.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – German Week Oct 28, 2021

Yes, Fraulein it is ze German Week and the bakers are shaking and quaking in their das boots. Well, except for one. Jurgin’s homeland is on the table and the pressure is on to see who can beat the resident Deutsche. It’s fanciful biscuits, cakes with names that no mortal can properly pronounce and a multi tier showstopper that is decidedly not very German at all. Kimberly, Katie and Jake take this opportunity to work on their accents, impressions and try to figure out how in the wide world these bakers are going to bake intricate chocolate desserts in a sweltering tent. Another baker says Auf Wiedersehen and the contestants get ever closer to that precious cake plate of glory! So grab a schnitzel and on your mark… get set…. A Date with the BACKEN!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Dessert Week Oct 21, 2021

It’s all desserts all the time! It is a baking show after all so wouldn’t that mean every week is dessert week? Not here folks. In the tent desserts are fussy and complicated and have sauces and collars and require short/long setting times. Its cracking eggs, cracking meringues and some downright good craic as bakers edge ever closer to that precious Best Baker title! And while this week sees its second Hollywood Handshake, Kimberly, Katie and Jake have no time to celebrate because a favorite contestant has to say Adieu (to yu and yu and yuhuu). Get ready for some particularly persnikity bakes and on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Bread Week Oct 14, 2021

The dreaded bread week is upon us and the Series 9 bakers are ready to bust their buns! Some rise to the occasion and some just aren’t loafing it as much as they hoped. But Date with Bake Jake is back after feeling pretty crumby so Kimberly and Katie are ready for his take on the action. This episode is filled with watery dough x2 , cheeky winks x100 and let’s raise a very special toast to the absolute weirdest bread sculpture to date. Oh baby… this is a Showstopper for the books. It’s A Date with the Bake: A Very Grain Area.

The Great British Baking Show S.9 – Cake Week/Biscuit Week Oct 09, 2021

It’s Season 9 of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF and a dozen bakers enter the tent of triumph and trifles to compete for the ultimate conversation starter. A giant cake plate which means they are the best amateur baker in Britain. But before the glory of the cake plate can even be considered the bakers have to endure the many challenges of cake week and biscuit week. Will the brandy snaps have the right snap? Will the cakes be stodgy? Will the dreaded “tent stress” cause bakers to make foolish mistakes? And will Paul, Prue, Noel and Matt ever live down a very heart achey opener that could be considered a parody-saster? Kimberly and Katie introduce the new baker’s dozen and discuss all the fruitless tries and fruitful loafs during the first two weeks of the best reality competition show of all time! So wipe off that dripping ganache, have a seat and enjoy a double slice of A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

The Great Festive Baking Show S.3 – Derry Girls Edition Jan 22, 2021

Hold on to your cookies for some seriously good craic as the cast of the hilarious series DERRY GIRLS are taking over the tent for the New Years Bake Off! Paul and Prue have every right to be worried about testing the offerings from these inexperienced bakers, but the only stomach aches caused from these challenges will be from laughter. But it’s no trifling matter to compete in the bake off tent, and with Sister Michael ( Siobhan McSweeney) against three of her wean’s its bound to be an episode to remember. Is someone the clear front runner or is one of the cast about rock the boat? Kimberly, Katie and Jake are ready to dish in a very special episode of The Great Festive Baking Show- Derry Girls Edition!

The Great Christmas Baking Show- Season 3 Dec 14, 2020

It’s that time of year when cheer and joy fills the air… but this is 2020. So this year we need more than cheer, we need a good dose of Christmas Bake Off hilarity and hijinks and most importantly Paul Hollywood and Prue scale models dancing wildly next to a gingerbread tower! Four past year’s bakers enter the tent for a chance at redemption and to just have a jolly good time. Kimberly and Katie are excited to introduce past favorites like Briony, Yan, Terry and Tom to new co-host Jake and Jake is excited to finally witness the comedy stylings of Noel and Sandy. It’s cake pops, blood sausage, toppling structures and a frosting filled fight to the finish in this years festive challenge! So Happy Holidays to all and to all a good bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – The Final Dec 04, 2020

The time has come. The three bakers that have made it through the ganache gauntlet to reach the finale of The Great British Bake Off have entered the tent for the last time. Dave, Laura and Peter are baking their hearts out to try to win the elusive Bake Off Trophy and the official love of the nation ( well many nations). Kimberly, Katie and Jake are trying to keep their cool as tensions and temperatures are are steadily rising and Mr. Spoon keeps popping up at inopportune moments. Another Bake Off season comes to a close and this year the winner was a host favorite from the word Bake. So hold on to your apron strings because this competition is coming down to a butter knifes edge choice!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Patisserie Week Nov 27, 2020

It’s the SEMI FINAL of the Great British Bake Off Season 8 and the last 4 bakers have to compete in some of the toughest challenges yet. It’s the always delicate and difficult Patisserie week where the bakes are likely to be dainty, detailed and often French (so you know its going to be hard). And as it’s Thanksgiving in the states, Kimberly, Katie and Jake are mostly grateful that they are not forced to create a cornucopia of filled almond pastry under incredible time restraints under the watchful eye of Paul and Prue. Yet another beloved baker is sent home at this bitter end and a controversial judging has K,K & J in a tither. It’s almost time for a flavor-filled finale and looks like along with delicious desserts, at least 2 of our hosts will be eating a hefty dose of crow as the Blink 182 baker appears to have gone the distance… Please enjoy this very special semi-final coverage from A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Dessert Week Nov 18, 2020

In the grand tradition of the Great British Bake Off it’s the return of the frighteningly general Dessert Week! Wherein the bakes can be downright confusing or very familiar or sometimes a little bit scary all in the same week. Kimberly and Jake are on their own this week, which may be a good thing as Katie is highly suspicious of cakes that wobble unnaturally. Who will they root for now that Lottie is gone? Will another favorite leave the tent forever? Will Paul be wearing a denim shirt and Prue a large, slightly dangerous looking necklace? Is this dessert week a Noel affair or more Matt’s speed? Enjoy this episode of A Date with the Bake to find out!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – 80’s Week Nov 12, 2020

Gag me with a spoon full of cookie dough- It’s 80’s week for the Great British Bake off! As our original bakers dozen gets smaller and smaller the remaining bakers are livin’ on a prayer as they attempt to pour some extra sugar on their donuty confections. Temperatures soar in the tent and in the heat of the moment one baker makes a doozy of a mistake while the other bakers fight against all odds to complete a chilly showstopper. And like always Bake Off is bringing on the heartbreak for Kimberly, Katie and Jake when another of their favorites bites the dust. Are you hungry like the wolf? Hope so, cause its time for 80’s Week on the GBBO! (bonus points if you can count all the 80’s song references in this description).

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Japanese Week Nov 05, 2020

This week the bakers head back to the Great British Bake off tent for what will prove to be a somewhat difficult but HIGHLY controversial Japanese week! Will it be Kowai or Kawaii? Is the theme a matcha made in heaven? Which of the bakers has the steamiest buns? Kimberly, Katie and Jake will be the judge. One of their most favoritist competitors winds up at the bottom of the heap and somebody’s personal fav proves to be a real star. But, will the win be overshadowed by questionable challenges? Safe to say maybe Bake Off “should’ve known batter…”

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Pastry Week Oct 27, 2020

Other than the Great British Bake Off’s infamous bread week, which always seems to separate the wheat from the chaff, the week that seems to show which bakers are really the crème (de pat) of the crème is PASTRY WEEK. Kimberly and Katie introduce Jake to the world of rough puff, short crust, soggy bottoms and curdled custard fillings. This year a few of the bakers are touting Pastry week as “their” week which never bodes well for success with such a finnicky category. International flavors abound! More floral decorations than you can wave a cookie sheet at! Laughter! Tears! Geography lessons! Get that butter chilling ’cause… it’s A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Chocolate Week Oct 21, 2020

The bakers are facing a daunting task this week in the Great British Bake off tent… no its not croquembouche time yet, no 60 perfectly equal macarons, no creme brulee with a perfect crack…. its BROWNIES. Who would have thought the seemingly simple tray bake would be the downfall of all the talented contestants this year. Kimberly, Katie and Jake have their own daunting task of trying to come to terms with the fact that one particular baker, who was definitely a favorite to win will not be returning to the back. Chocolate is always a particularly tricky Bake Off week, but this is 2020 so that means it may just be a sticky semi-sweet disaster! It’s time to inch a little close to finding out which Becker has got the right temper-ment to be named Great Britians Best Baker!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Bread Week Oct 13, 2020

Bake Off Bread Week is a grainular tour de force and the bakers are coming into the tent with buns a blazin! Kimberly, Katie and Jake are discussing the nitty and the sometimes unintentionally gritty details of the challenges. Surprises abound as two as yet unsung bakers shoot to the top of the food pyramid as the wheat starts to separate from the chaff. Paul Hollywood is giving out another famous handshake and Prue tries to get in there with the “Prue Pat”. Jury is out on if that is taking off really yet. Dough you want to hear more? Then please enjoy this Bread Week episode of A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Biscuit Week Oct 07, 2020

Week 2 of The Great British Bake Off season 8 is upon us and its Biscuit Week! Also known in the US as Cookie Time! The bakers lost a great flavor-filled competitor from the tent last week and a tiny fly during the technical challenge managed to turn the whole competition pineapple upside down. But the scandals are minimal for the three biscuit challenges, unless you count bendy over nutted florentines, over-worked bland shortbread or the number of “o’s” in the word macaroooon a scandal. Kimberly and Jake are discovering new delightful factoids about favorites, Lottie and Peter, while Katie tries her hand at a new career as a Tom DeLonge cover artist. Who will come out on top of the cookie jar this week and who sadly watches their Bake Off dream crumble? Well… it just may be a scandal after all! Grease those cookie sheets, make sure you have a firm grasp on what the term “golden brown” means to you and enjoy this episode of A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 – Cake Week Conclusion Oct 07, 2020

Last week Kimberly and Katie discussed in detail the latest competitors to come into the baking tent and this week its time to talk Technical and Showstopper challenges of the premiere! And this year GBBO isn’t the only one to switch up delightful hosts. K & K are hoping to up their own delightful factor by bringing Bake Off newbie Jake into the dough fold! He is quickly learning the ropes of what it takes to become Great Britain’s best baker and what kind of celebrity should be avoided if he one day has to make a cake bust under incredible time restraints. The premiere week technical is sticky as ever and the first showstopper of the season is really going to put these bakers through their paces. But with all this going on, it’s one pesky fly who really get this years competition off to a jaw dropping (and cake dropping) start. So set those timers and stay glued to that oven door – you won’t want to miss a moment of this conclusion to the Great British Bake Off Season 8 Cake Week!

Great British Bake Off/Show S.8 Meet the Bakers Oct 01, 2020

2020 may have changed a lot of things in our lives. But the one thing, the one thing that still brings pure joy and happiness to us all from across the pond is The Great British Bake Off! And friends, it could not be more kneaded! Its time to pre-heat those ovens, strap on those aprons and start fanning those hot buns because the GBBO has 12 new bakers entering the tent and ready to compete (in the nicest way possible) for the title of Great Britain’s Best Baker. And though the bakers competition is slightly modified due to the pandemic all the sugary sweetness of the competitors, the sometimes salty judging and the spicy banter of the hosts is proving to rise to a delicious start the the season.

In this episode Kimberly and Katie discuss the new Baker’s Dozen and the Cake Week Signature Challenge- ye olde Battenberg. They also talk about marzipan and a new invention… pistachipan.

On your mark…get set… A Date with the Bake: 2020 Edition!

Great British Bake Off/Show: Festive 2019 Jan 30, 2020

Back to the tent for the first time in…2019? Oh, well. Seems we are getting this episode a little after the fact, but it’s well worth the wait as four favorites return to show off their baking skills in a New Yearstravaganza of sugar! Kate, Tamal, Steven and former Bake Off winner Candice (Candeece?) are ready to tackle stollen recipes (gasp! how dare they), a tricky meringue filled technical and a mildly personal showstopper. Will the stollen have the proper level of stodge? Will the caramel cages set in time? Will Kimberly and Katie ever figure why Noel pronounces Candice’s name like that? Also an oven timer rings for the last time for one key member of the GBBO team. Feelings. Many, many feelings. So, pipe that marzipan, roll that fondant and on your mark-get set- A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/ Show: Christmas 2019 Dec 25, 2019

Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas to us all. The Great British Bake Off is back with it’s Holiday episodes. Returning to the tent are 4 past competitors who will attempt to win over Paul and Prue one last time as they create baking Christmasterpieces! K & K are ready for a walk down memory lane with a few favorite bakers and a few that take some remembering. It’s all butter and biscuits, jumpers and ginger(s) and partridges and pear trees for this lot. Not to mention, one of the most unusual cakes to grace the Bake Off Tent. So, get your rolling pins floured, your chestnuts roasted and on your mark… get set… A DATE WITH THE BAKE (HOLIDAY STYLE)

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Semi Final and Final Bakesgravaganza Nov 08, 2019

It’s time to finally untie the aprons and switch those ovens to off. We have reached the end of another season of The Great British Bake Off. As usual it was filled with laughs- provided chiefly by Noel and Sandy (and many dirty winks for us at home), tears – provided most by Kimberly as she watched the loves of her young life slowly leave the tent, and lots of cake, puns, buns and patisserie goods that K & K can’t correctly pronounce. We learned about baps and beignets, Saint Honore and the sanctity of all cheeses, the difference between “sweets” and “dessert” (still unsure) and that Dan left the tent far, far too early. #Dandeservedbetter. This double layer episode encompasses the Semi Final and Final rounds for the brave bakers. There is heartache and victory as always, but most importantly frosty Paul Hollywood shows the world that he really might have a heart after all. (Also, Noel’s finale boots are the greatest things to grace on British soil and not to be missed). Thank you for coming on this scrumptious journey with us and without further adough….on your mark… get set…A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Pastry Week Oct 26, 2019

This episode may be late, but unfortunately there has been a tragedy…One of the personal sort, and the other of the international scandalous sort. Yes. Henry has left the tent. K & K have lots of feelings about rough puff and full puff and what actually constitutes a US vs. UK pie. But what this episode is really about, besides the quest for good, good, good lamination is the very real lamentations of a lad we have all been rooting for since we saw him rollerblading down the block and playing the organ for the clergy. But pressing on through the darkness to the glorious light of the tent, there is only one real question that K & K need to answer… Who the bl**dy h*ll is going to win this thing? Butter chilled, meats minced and on your mark- get set- A DATE WITH THE BAKE!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Festival Week Oct 17, 2019

Festival Week for the bakers means more fringe, more exposed buns and more drama than poor Kimberly’s heart can take! We get a Hollywood Handshake for the ages, a “home-made” Prue put-down that is so very cringe and one of the most difficult showstoppers to grace the tent. K & K learn how to spell and say Kardemulumabullar for an absurdly long time and try to figure out what constitutes an “Essex girl”. If that sounds like your favorite tipple then flip on that broiler, grate those peels and please enjoy this episode of A Date with the Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Dessert Week Oct 11, 2019

This episode may be late, but this week, the bakers in the tent are watching their clocks ever carefully, and doing A LOT of maths! Kimberly and Katie may not be ready for all that jelly (insert groan and eye roll here) after last week’s judging upset. However, they are still ready to discuss the all important meaning behind that one burning question… if you “don’t like” sweets, or desserts aren’t “really your thing”… are you allowed to be in the Great British Bake Off? Apparently that question answers itself, but please enjoy the level of emotion it evokes from a mystified K & K. So get your rulers ready for a trifle, pick those seeds out of that jam and get ready for another bombe (yes, groan again) episode of A DATE WITH THE BAKE! On your mark… get set… ah, you know the drill.

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Roaring 20’s Week Oct 02, 2019

The results have left us speechless. Well, not really because when it comes the Bake-off there is always something to discuss. But the Roaring 20’s week have left us feeling like we just got a custard pie of our own right in the face. Who is still baking their way to glory and who is left flapping around the tent trying to find their footing? Couldn’t be more grateful that prohibition is over -we might need for this PruPaul decision. So grab your liquor of choice, figure out what a saboyon is and on your mark… get set… ADATEWITHBAKE!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Dairy Week Sep 25, 2019

Like, don’t have a cow, man! The bakers are back in the tent for Week 4 and Kimberly and Katie are here to discuss the best and worst dairy themed bakes of the weekend, as well as the stomach churning final decision that leaves all the bakers in a state of shock. As we reach the halfway point- who seems to be stumbling on the curdles and which bakers will find a whey to milk this opportunity for all that it is worth. Find out who K & K think is the cream of the crop and for the first time, what the twitter world is saying about series 7 of the GBBO. Make sure to listen to the end when Kimberly spills the biggest British tea of the season! So massage that whisking arm, take a double dose of Lactaid and enjoy this 4th installment of A Date With The Bake!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Bread Week Sep 20, 2019

This weeks episode is carbo-loaded full of all things bread! A few of our bakers are rising to the challenge and a few really go a rye. There are a lot of hot crossed puns and one particularly hot button issue (cheesegate) while Paul Hollywood, the bread king, keeps a particularly watchful eye on the contestants baps and bakes. The bakers really knead to prove themselves in these challenges if they hope to have a chance of scoring a spot in the finale. Who is really on a roll? Find out as Kimberly and Katie discuss this game changing week of the Bake Off. So pull out that proving drawer, flour that rolling pin and on your mark, get set- ADATEWITHBAKE! (High pun count in this description is on purpose because I am just a gluten for punishment)

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Biscuit Week Sep 19, 2019

Last weeks judging and sudden DAN-parture may have left you with a bad taste in your mouth don’t toss those cookies yet! It’s time for biscuit week and the Bakers are ready to pull out all the stops to keep that crunch, snap, soft, (insert texture adjective of your choice here) that will impress the discerning palettes of Paul and Prue. of A Date with The Bake! Kimberly and Katie are ready to discuss all the important happenings of the week- like the surprising musical machinations of many of our Bakers, the truth behind the TWIX empire and can being too perfect hurt you in this competition filled with personalities? So grease those cookie sheets, dusk of that mixer and on your mark, get set- ADATEWITHBAKE!

Great British Bake Off/Show 7: Cake Week Sep 13, 2019

Welcome to the first installment of A Date with The Bake! Kimberly and Katie are ready to delve into the sticky (toffee pudding) underbelly of the UK’s most famous competition baking show. Ok, maybe not so much investigative reporting as gabbing and reviewing the first week of one of our favorite shows- The Great British Bake Off (or Baking Show, depending on your liking). This Series 7 opener introduces the 13 new bakers to the tent, involves fruitcake that isn’t the least bit stale and gives us a good glimpse into Noel Fielding’s aesthetic for the season. So strap into your aprons, preheat those ovens and on your mark, get set- ADATEWITHBAKE!

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