The Great British Bake Off Is Coming Back!

If you didn’t know already, the beloved Great British Bake Off is coming back into our lives on 5^th August, airing on BBC One at 20:00 BST.

“Wait, 5^th August? Isn’t that NEXT Wednesday? As in LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY?”

Yes, yes it is.

The Great British Bake Off has become a bit of a national treasure, and we know its return next week is greatly anticipated. Get ahead of the game, dust off the baking tins and the mixing bowl and get back into baking with The Hut. We have a dedicated 

Great British Bake Off range

 to celebrate the new series launch, and we also have an extensive

baking range 

so you’ll be prepared with everything you need to make the perfect cakes, pastries, pies and tarts. We’ll provide the equipment, but it’s down to you to avoid the soggy bottoms.

We're going to walk you through how our versatile baking range could be used to recreate your favourite Great British Bake Off recipes, or you could even give the contestants a run for their money with your own creations. We’ll use a personal favourite recipe of ours as an example: Joanne Wheatley’s

recipe

 for chocolate orange cupcakes, the winner of series 2.

Ingredients for the Cupcakes

• 120g/4oz plain flour

• 140g/5oz caster sugar

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 40g/1½oz unsalted butter

• 50g/2oz dark chocolate, melted

• 1 free-range egg

• 125ml/4fl oz milk

• 1 orange, juice only

• 3 tbsp granulated sugar

Ingredients for the White Chocolate and Orange Buttercream

• 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, softened

• 250g/9oz icing sugar

• 2-3 tbsp milk

• 50g/1¾oz white chocolate, melted

• 1 orange, zest only

• 100g/3½oz orange chocolate

To make this recipe, first let's get into character with a

Mary Berry Apron

. Then you’ll need to measure out your quantities, try using our

Great British Bake Off scales

.

Next, line a

12 hole muffin tin

 with paper cases. We’ve been defeated by the wooden spoon and mixing bowl many times before. Don’t be a hero, make things easier for yourself and mix the baking powder, sugar, flour and butter together in this stylish

powder blue mixer

.

The next step is to

whisk 

your melted chocolate, milk and egg together in a

Le Creuset mixing jug

, and then stir the chocolate mixture into the flour. Spoon this combined mixture into the paper cases and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until they’ve risen and are golden brown. (A good tip to check that cakes are done is to pierce them through once with a skewer which should come out clean). Remove your cakes from the oven with the

Anorak double oven glove 

and leave them to cool for 10 minutes.

You’ll need a couple of different mixing bowls here to prepare the orange flavouring and the buttercream icing. This

Joseph Joseph nest set

 is perfect as it contains two mixing bowls alongside seven other useful kitchen utensils. Mix your orange juice with the granulated sugar and pour this mixture over the warm cakes, leaving them to completely cool. Then, beat the butter with a

spoon

 until it’s light and fluffy. Stir in the icing sugar and beat for 5 more minutes. Then beat in milk, orange zest and melted chocolate. Lastly, decorate your cupcakes with the buttercream icing and chocolate shavings.

There you have it, a product from The Hut for every stage of baking.

Check back with us for details on an exciting Great British Bake Off competition that we will be launching on our Facebookand

Twitter

pages! It will run alongside the show from start to finish.

All of the products in this post can be found on The Hut.com, shop now with our Great British Bake Off rangeand

baking range 

with free UK delivery when you spend £20 or more.