The Great British Baking Show ™
Season:
Episode:
Challenge:
Iconic Chocolate Cake
Noel Fielding: "The judges would like you to make the iconic cake that has become the mascot for The Great British Baking Show ™. You know, the one with the famous missing raspberry. This is the most iconic cake. It has to look amazing on the outside and inside. It's going to taste and look good too."
Alison Hammond: "The judges are looking for two layers of moist chocolate sponge, covered in the fill with a silky smooth chocolate ganache, topped with the fresh raspberries."
Paul Hollywood: "It's probably one of the most famous cakes in the UK. It is actually a chocolate fudge cake, but success comes down to the ganache. The bakers need to cool the ganache down to a point, but not cold because it'll be solid when it comes into contact with a sponge. If it's warm, it's just going to run out. They can use the fridges. The issue, when you use a fridge with ganache, you can matt the chocolate. And we want shiny."
Time Allowed for this challenge:
2 hours
How the bakers performed
Dan
Ranking
1
"I like this. Great sharpness across the top. That ganache has got a shine. And it is neat on the bottom. "
"It's a good looking cake."
"It's really good chocolate fudge cake."
Abbi
Ranking
3
"The ganache is nearly there. It's beautifully neat. That's got a shine to it."
Saku
Ranking
5
"This baker has taken the wrong raspberry out!"
The missing raspberry is at the edge."
"It's really beautiful cake."
Matty
Ranking
7
"This is the right color, but it's a bit matte, isn't it?"
"It's not as shiny as some. "
"A little bit warm. Matt ganache. "
"The ganache is too liquid. "
Rowan
Ranking
9
"Wrong color ganache. The colors too milky and messy. "
Tasha
Ranking
11
"You can definitely see it's two cakes that it's got a waistband rounded. The ganache inside is still liquid."
Amos
Ranking
2
"I like the neatness of this."
"Yeah, very clean. The sides are absolutely straight. That looks good."
"Good amount of ganache. And it's solid as well. Set."
Keith
Ranking
4
"Nice sponge."
Cristy
Ranking
6
"You can see the crease. It shouldn't look as if there are two cakes - there should be one."
"That ganache inside is still very liquid. This is a bit messy. "
Josh
Ranking
8
"That's a little bit light in color, a little bit matte. "
"Not quite set. "
"No. Timing again. Great taste, though."
Nicky
Ranking
10
" No shine. It's messy around the outside as well. "
"That's a nice flavor. It's a shame about the color."
Dana
Ranking
12
"Doesn't look totally smooth. It's not light enough."
"Looks a bit dense, doesn't it? I know it is a fudge cake, but it's too fudgy. "
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