Last Thursday, before the kids broke up for the holidays, I had my very own Easter bake off!
In one day, I made Easter biscuits, Simnel cake and hot cross buns - pretty impressive hey!
Out of the three bakes, the hot cross buns were probably the most time consuming. On the day of baking, they did taste great, but the next day, they definitely needed toasting.The texture was rather like a bagel, rather than a soft bun. Not sure my kneading technique is quite right yet. I'm glad I had a go at making them, but I don't think I would be in a hurry to make them again. For me M&S hot cross buns win every time.
The recipe was fairly straight forward, although I should point out that Mary says to make a cross using a knife. Alternatively, she says you can make some shortcrust pastry to make the crosses!
I didn't fancy either of these. A cross with a knife just wouldn't be good enough, and yet I didn't want to go to the effort of making shortcrust pastry. Thankfully, having watched the Easter bake off, I remembered that Paul Hollywood made his crosses using a flour and water mixture which he piped over the top. This is what I did, and they turned out great.
They scored 8.5
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