Jane's Walnut Whip Marshmallow Biscuits, GBBO Week 2

Join the brilliant Jane Beedle (GBBO finalist from series 7) live from Kent, UK who will guide you through baking the second of our GBBO Mystery classes from 2023's Bake Off, where we will teach you the signature challenge from week 2 of this year's show: Walnut Whip Marshmallow Biscuits.

The class is on Sunday 8th October at the following times:

9am PT / 11am CT / 12pm ET / 5pm UK BST

We’ll start off the class with an introductory welcome and some background from Jane's time on TV, before we ask you to put on your aprons and bake along as you watch Jane demonstrate all the skills required to make your delicious recipe.

Our class will take around two hours as we bake our masterpieces, before you can tuck into the fruits of your labour all whilst hearing fantastic memories and stories from Jane, Tickets are priced at £35 for individuals and £50 for groups of two or more that will join from the same household. Places are non-refundable and cannot be cancelled or altered after purchase. All guests will be emailed a link to the class following their booking.

EQUIPMENT:

Circle cutter 5.5 cm (~ 2inches)   

Bowls   

Baking Sheet

Electric hand whisk   

Piping bags  

Plain piping nozzle

Saucepan   

Candy thermometer  

Non-stick paper Dinner plate   

Stick blender   

Heatproof bowl

INGREDIENTS:

For the shortbread:

150g (1 cup + 2 tbsp) Plain/All-Purpose flour 

50g (¼ cup) Caster/superfine Sugar

25g (2 tbsp) Soft brown sugar  

4 tsp Cornflour/corn starch

½ tsp Cinnamon 

120g (½ cup) butter, cubed (1 cm/ ½ inch)

50g (~ ½ cup) Finely chopped Walnuts

For the coffee gel: (optional)

200ml (¾ cup + 2 tbsp) Strong coffee  

Sugar to taste

3g (~1 ½ tsp) Agar Agar

For the marshmallow:

125ml (½ cup) Water  

24g (~2 ½ tbsp) Powdered gelatine

60ml (¼ cup) Water  

330g (1 2/3 cups) Caster/superfine sugar

240g (¾ cup) Glucose or corn syrup  

1 tsp Vanilla extract

½ tsp Cinnamon 

50g (~ ½ cup) Very finely chopped walnuts

For assembly and decoration:

12 Walnut halves 

20g (~ 3 tbsp) Walnuts finely chopped

400g (~ 2 ½ cups) Dark/bittersweet Chocolate 

100g (~ ⅔ cup) White chocolate

Alternatively we do offer private events, please contact us for more information or click on the ‘Online Classes’ page for more detail. Upon booking, all guests will be emailed a link to the class with a full breakdown of ingredients and equipment as well as the method on the Monday proceeding their class. Please do check junk email just in case you don't spot it arrive!

It is your responsiblity to check the ingredients do not impact any allergies  or intolerances which you may have. Bake With A Legend and our bakers take no responsibility in this regard.

If you're in any doubt about you then you should contact us before booking in terms of discussing alternative ingredients to suit your requirements. We will, wherever possible provide alternatives to include gluten & dairy free options.