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08-25-2016, 02:00 PM
People love this 'Great British Bake Off' contestant's unusual baking technique
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LONDON — There are all sorts of culinary hacks out there designed to make your cake-baking experience run as smoothly as possible — but listening to a cake to tell whether or **t it's ready has got to be a new one.
SEE ALSO: 16 attempts at baking a cake that went horribly wrong (http://mashable.com/2015/08/05/cake-baking-fails/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
For Val, though — a retired headmistress from Somerset, UK, who's taking part in this year's Great British Bake Off competition — it's business as usual.
"I listen to my cakes," says Val during the first baking challenge, cheerfully raising a sponge to her ear. "And they're **t ready.
"They sing," Val explains moments later. "And they say 'I'm **t ready, I'm **t ready!'" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/great-british-bake-off-val-listening-cakes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — There are all sorts of culinary hacks out there designed to make your cake-baking experience run as smoothly as possible — but listening to a cake to tell whether or **t it's ready has got to be a new one.
SEE ALSO: 16 attempts at baking a cake that went horribly wrong (http://mashable.com/2015/08/05/cake-baking-fails/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
For Val, though — a retired headmistress from Somerset, UK, who's taking part in this year's Great British Bake Off competition — it's business as usual.
"I listen to my cakes," says Val during the first baking challenge, cheerfully raising a sponge to her ear. "And they're **t ready.
"They sing," Val explains moments later. "And they say 'I'm **t ready, I'm **t ready!'" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/great-british-bake-off-val-listening-cakes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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