The Great British Baking Show ™
Season:
Episode:
Challenge:
Vegan Parkin (Sticky Gingerbread)
Voice-over: "For your autumn week technical challenge, Prue would love you to bake her vegan take on a bonfire night classic ... Parkin."
"The judges are looking for a rich, sticky, vegan gingerbread sliced into perfectly neat squares with candied ginger on top."
"You have an hour and a half."
Prue Leith: "Parkin is traditionally served at bonfire night, and it's autumnal and warming and spicy and delicious."
Paul Hollywood: "I think it's made it a little bit more difficult, the fact that it is vegan. So how are they going to go about this?"
Prue Leith: "Because there's no egg in there, they're relying on the baking powder. Too little and it won't rise enough. Too much. It'll rise like crazy and then sink."
Paul Hollywood: "Again on the recipe itself. You haven't given them the spice levels."
Prue Leith: "It's got some fresh ginger in there, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and dried ginger. They have to work out how much spicing. I like it quite spicy."
Time Allowed for this challenge:
How the bakers performed
Illyin
Ranking
1
"These are quite neat. Got a nice bit of height to it as well."
"Oh, the spice level's good."
"I like it very much."
"That's good."
Sumayah
Ranking
3
"These are quite neat."
"They're certainly prettier. Spice levels higher and it's nice sticky texture. I like that. Very nice."
Nelly
Ranking
5
"The decoration looks okay."
"You know, I quite like a good deal of icing on parkin because it's not a very sweet cake, so it needs a bit of help."
"There's not much spice in there, is there?"
"Bit of ginger, not much else."
Gill
Ranking
7
"These have been over mixed. They could hold the door open."
"You know. That's not enough baking powder, really."
"The spice level is pretty good, but it's like rubber. It's a shame."
Georgie
Ranking
2
"Now, I do like these. I like the pattern. Height's pretty good."
"Very nice. And the texture is good. They're just cut up a little unevenly."
"Yeah. Otherwise they're pretty decent."
Dylan
Ranking
4
"These are a bit artistic, aren't they?"
"And they're nice and shiny."
"I would like a tiny bit more ginger."
"Yeah, I get the other spices, but I don't get the too much ginger. But I like that one."
Christiaan
Ranking
6
"These are a bit flat, aren't they?"
"It's a bit heavy."
"It is. Spice levels sort of there. It's on the way. But it's not the best looking one, is it?"
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