The Great British Baking Show ™
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Parsnip Pear and Pecan Upside Down Cake
21 year old medical student James grew up in the Shetland Isles and is the youngest baker in the competition. He treats his kitchen like a laboratory. His experimental parsnip upside down cake also features comice pears and pecans. James describes using parsnips like a carrot cake, saying it doesn't taste too radical and everyone has loved it so far. He had significant timing issues, with his cake not cooking as quickly as expected. He folded parsnips and pecans into his batter carefully to avoid over-mixing after adding flour.
Paul Hollywood: 'The parsnip is not coming through strongly as parsnip, but very brave to put that parsnip in even though we can't find it. I just got a lovely bit of parsnip. It was really nice. It was cooked.' Mary Berry: 'It was kicked. Who'd have thought?' Paul noted he initially thought it might be undercooked but 'I think it's actually baked all right. I don't think there's a problem with that.'
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