What did Paul Hollywood say about the fig roll challenge? Bake Off host Paul Hollywood set the technical challenge to be making fig rolls as they are a “favourite of his dad’s.” He advised the bakers ...

Baking along with the Bake Off: This week, Kate Royall tackled the technical: Fig Rolls. 'Little bundles of cakey-biscuity joy…' she says, cunningly sidestepping the 'are they cakes or biscuits?' ...

Occasionally, I'll stumble upon some ingredient or technique that makes me completely re-evaluate my approach to baking. At one point it was sourdoughs; before that, coriander seeds – roasted or ...

If the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil can trigger a tornado in Texas, then it is perhaps no wonder that Britain's current fig roll shortage can be traced back to wasp problems in Turkey. We ...

The Great British Bake Off is renowned for giving its contestants a huge array of challenges throughout their time on the show. This week saw the contestants taking on Biscuit Week, in which they were ...