15 August 2023
The Sheffield Mutual Bake Off 2023
We hosted our second ever Bake Off last month, taking on the challenge of creating a delicious rainbow themed bake. The winner took home the office Bake Off champion title! The office tasted and scored each entry based on three different factors to give a score out of 15:
- Presentation
- Taste
- Rainbow-ness
Rosie won our previous bake off with her butterfly buns and sound knowledge of the Great British Bake Off. So who was this year’s winner?
Let’s meet the contenders:
First up we have Paul G with his rainbow layer cake with cream cheese icing.
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Comments from the judges were:
"Good texture with different coloured layers for the rainbow look, it was a sweet and tasty cake, top marks for meeting the objective of the competition." - Josh
“The multi-coloured cake was delightful to look at and the cream icing was lush, had to go back for seconds!” – Emily
“All the efforts were amazing. Some of them looked professionally done or like they belonged in a supermarket bakery. Not a soggy bottom in sight. My personal favourite was the rainbow cake. I may or may not have gone back for seconds... or thirds.” - Will
The team were evidently very happy with Paul’s effort. I’ll tell you what, it certainly did not have a soggy bottom!
The next entry was Rosie’s Victoria sponge cake with cream, strawberries, and rainbow sweets.
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That’s a nice bake! Let’s see what the judges had to say:
“This illustrated great baking skills with a fluffy sponge topped with multiple colours to show the rainbow objective, including red through some fresh strawberries, it was a lovely cake and top ratings to the chef" – Josh
“I thought this bake was excellent, the softest sponge I’ve ever tried” – Becca
“Cake! Cake! Cake! Was so hard to pick a winner, loved the brownie, loved the rainbow cake, but the cream cake just pipped them to the post for me!” - Sallie
Lauren’s rainbow chocolate brownies were the next entry to be judged:
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The judges had some great comments to make on the brownies:
"Great chocolate brownies brought into the mix with some colour from M&M toppings, it was light and full of flavour, impressive baking skills" – Josh
"I'm a sucker for a chocolate brownie, so this had to be my favourite. Gooey and moist yum" – Oli
“They were all delicious, although the brownies were my fave!” - Megan
Last but certainly not least we have Josh’s buns!
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The baker would like to make a comment on his efforts: "Took one for the team. Someone has to come last”.
Let’s see what the judges thought:
"All the cakes were delicious, even the dodgy shop bought ones." – Oli
“Everyone did amazing!” – Cindy
“With the shop bought cupcakes from Josh... I agree with what Paul Hollywood once said. "With all the love in the world. I'm not going to eat it."” – Will
Then it was time for the team to score the bakes and the votes to be counted…
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Rosie managed to take the crown again with 0.5 points more than Paul! Congratulations Rosie!
Will anyone be able to take on the two-time champion? Hopefully we’ll find out sooner rather than later🤤!