It's a Bake Off special this month with interviews and recipes from the show so make yourself the time to get stuck into Mary's chocolate roulade
Bake Off is back. I say this as a confirmed fan, one who by week two of each series knows most of the contestants names by heart and is probably following them on Twitter. I have always wondered what the show is like behind the scenes (one hears things, you know), and am more than a little jealous that OFM sent Jay Rayner rather than myself to find out.
So, Sue, Mel, Mary and Paul get to answer Jay's barrage of questions, while he also meets the home economists who make everything happen. In return, Jay gets to do the washing-up. We asked Mary and Paul to choose their favourite recipes from the show, including Paul's pork pie with quail's eggs, and iced fingers. Mary opted for tarte au citron, fraisier cake and chocolate roulade.
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