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Welcome fans of The Great British Baking Show! Our group was started in November 2020. It is for bakers who enjoy the Great British Bake Off/Baking Show and want to try to replicate some of their bakes. Each month we have a Technical Challenge with a recipe chosen from the show. We have members of all levels of experience, of all ages and from all parts of the country. Our goal is to share what worked well for us and what didn't and discuss our baking experiences and results with other like-minded bakers.
We meet virtually on Zoom on Sunday evenings at 6pm Eastern Time (5pm Central Time).
The frequency of meetings changed from 1x per week to 1x per month (July 2023).
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See all- December 2024 - Banoffee Pie (Mary Berry Recipe)Link visible for attendees
For our December bake, let's choose a non-holiday, non-Christmas, easy (compared to previous) classic British dessert.
It's a 1970's Creation (1971 to be exact)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/banoffeepiewithpecan_86926
https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/mary-berrys-banoffee-pie/https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/mary-berrys-banoffee-pie/
The name "banoffee" is a portmanteau of the words "banana" and "toffee". The dessert is made with a buttery crust, dulce de leche filling, sliced bananas, and whipped cream.
From the Google AI feature:
The history of banoffee pie is rooted in the work of Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding, the owner and chef of the Hungry Monk restaurant in East Sussex, England:
- Inspiration
Mackenzie and Dowding began with a recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie, a dessert sold by the San Francisco pastry shop Blum's from the 1950s to the 1970s. - Experimentation
Mackenzie and Dowding tried various fruits in place of the custard filling in the original recipe, including apple and mandarin orange, but ultimately settled on banana. - Creation
The banoffee pie was created in 1971 and became so popular that it remained on the menu at the Hungry Monk. - Publication
The recipe was published in the restaurant's 1974 recipe book, The Deeper Secrets of the Hungry Monk, and was reprinted in 1997. - Recognition
The banoffee pie was officially recognized in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1997, and the Hungry Monk was awarded a blue plaque to commemorate its creation.
- Inspiration
