Has anyone else been watching The Great British Bake Off on PBS? I'm surprisingly hooked. I knew about the show since it's a BBC production in it's fifth year. It's first year state side. But I never thought I'd be interested in it. I realize it was because of all the American cooking competition shows. They are so maliciously competitive and I'm just not in the mood for that these days.
But the British are so civilized. All the competitors are so nice and supportive of each other - the other end of the spectrum from the cut throat approach of the American shows. The show even came up in conversation when I was in Iceland.
I've been wanting to bake some of the items on the show but this cake is definitely on the top of the list. The contestants were not wild about it - lots of work. It's a 20 layer cake where you cook each layer.
I do have experience with 20 layered cakes. Still to this day, I have friends comment on the 26 layer cake I made at a dinner party awhile back. For that cake you baked 26 thin cakes and then compiled it. For this Schichttorte, you bake a layer, then add more batter on top and bake it again. I'm amazed it works. I think it's because you're broiling it. I'll need to check out my broiler to even see if the logistics will work.
I did find an American recipe - the version in the show's web page is all based on British weights.
Well, we'll see if I have time to make it this weekend. For now it sits in my Pinterest world.
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