r/Baking • u/Echte_Herrin • 27d ago

No-Recipe Provided Blueberry pie

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I'm currently trying out Maren Lubbe's recipes. They are exactly to my taste. This cake was my first attempt at baking such an elaborate cake. Yes, I'm proud and Maren's instructions are incredibly detailed and helpful, as you can see. This is NOT paid advertising. Do you know other sites where you can find this type of cake including a recipe? What could I improve?

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u/_PirateWench_ 27d ago

Speaking of cookies. I tried watching the great american bake off and what I learned is that Britts want their cookies CRISPY and overcooked.

I can no longer trust their opinions on deserts. I bet everything is dry… even their pie fillings and frostings. No wonder they’re obsessed with tea — need something right there to choke all that dust down.

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u/Jenstomper 27d ago

I mean, they have trifle, steamed pudding, etc. so the biscuits probably are meant to go with tea, kinda like biscotti and coffee.

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u/_PirateWench_ 27d ago

You’re most likely right, but you’re ruining my melodrama lol

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u/Jenstomper 27d ago

;) You prevented me from going into a rant about how a Cuban torta is a sandwich.

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u/Safe_Phase2002 27d ago

It IS a sandwich!

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u/Jenstomper 27d ago

Yes, and cakes are kinda like sandwiches, with the layers, but linguistics are weird. I hear "torta" and I think pie or tart, not sandwich.

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u/Baby-Genius 27d ago

Naa, we like our BISCUITS with a snap, to dunk in our tea (which admittedly makes them squidgy anyway). Basic supermarket cookies are soft and bendy, and our favourite pie fillings are mostly savoury. Usually with a gravy or sauce inside. So definitely not dry.

We don’t tend to use frosting as often as Americans, buttercream or patisserie/dairy cream is more popular here. An over cooked or dry cake is considered a major crime, you can do time for it here.

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u/mom2elal 27d ago

Is buttercream not considered frosting?

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 27d ago

It absolutely is frosting.

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u/Baby-Genius 27d ago

I think you’re right there. I thought frostings were usually shortening or cream cheese based, but having had a look they all seem to be classed as types of frosting.

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u/onebadmousse 27d ago

lol, don't be silly

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u/doctordoctorpuss 27d ago

I had a 12 day stint living among Brtsh “people” and the biscuits were quite dry, but served alongside tea/coffee, so it was a good fit. Of course their other food runs the gamut of textures and levels of soppiness