And now it's time to play BOLD BAKING TRIVIA with your host Kevin Kurtz
Thank you and welcome to the Bold Baking Ultimate Challenge the game show where Bold Bakers
show what they dough.
Let's start out by meeting our contestants.
First up is Gemma Stafford.
Gemma, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Well, I'm Gemma Stafford from Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking and I have YouTube Channel that
is all about over-the-top baking for those of you who don't know me.
Fantastic.
Thank you, Gemma.
Next up, all the way from Australia is Ann Reardon.
Ann, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Thank you for having me.
I have the YouTube Channel, How to Cook That, that is all about crazy sweet creations.
Fantastic.
The grand prize winner, of course, will be receiving the coveted Golden Spatula.
So I'm going to read a question.
If you know the answer, hold up your spatula.
You'll answer and we'll find out if you're right or wrong.
True or False?
Icing and frosting are the same thing.
Alright, Ann we will start with you.
I think from where we are in Australia it is definitely the same.
It's just different names for the same thing.
I think it's the same.
Our judges say, "Icings are generally runnier in nature and frostings are thicker than icing
but the consensus is that it's mostly the same thing."
So we're going to give that point to both of you.
Alright, good one.
Our next question: True or False?
The Chocolate Chip Cookie was invented in the 1930's.
I don't know, I just put it up before Ann did because I didn't want her to answer.
I'm going to say True.
I'm going to say False because it doesn't seem early enough.
It is True.
Gemma, you are correct.
What did they do before the 1930's?
Well, the interesting thing.
I didn't know this but the judges tell me.
It was invented by Ruth Wakefield who owned a restaurant called the Toll House Inn for
Toll House Chocolate Cookies.
Next question: What kind of icing is typically used to make a gingerbread house?
Ohhh.
I don't know.
Ann.
Royal Icing, I think.
That is correct.
She's right.
Ok, I should have known that answer.
Give me an easy one, Kevin.
Ok, next one.
This might be for you, Gemma.
True or False?
Pastry flour is also called bread flour.
Gemma.
It is not.
That is correct.
Why?
Well because they're two different flours.
Actually so pastry flour is kind of a funny thing.
So do you have pastry flour in Australia?
No.
We don't
We don't either in Ireland.
It's just flour that's a little more softened but not as soft as cake flour.
And it's good for making pastries.
So is it a lower protein one?
It is.
Yeah.
So then bread flour is higher protein.
So it's funny.
And then you use different flours and there's different textures.
And it can get kind of confusing.
I think the less you have in options the better.
What does the term Blind Baking refer to?
Baking the empty pastry shell but usually you put weights in it.
Correct.
On to the next question here: What kind of nuts go into making a Marzipan?
I saw Gemma.
I kind of had my halfway.
I was kind of cheating.
Almonds.
For almond paste.
Correct.
So we're down to our last few questions here.
What does the baking term "Benching" mean?
I saw Ann.
She was definitely first.
If you go to the video replay Gemma was definitely first.
I think you're cheating.
Gemma, do you want to answer that?
When you bench bread it's to rest bread.
Let it relax.
Let the gluten relax.
And then you go back and work with it maybe 15-20 minutes later.
Yeah, unless you're in the gym.
Unless you're in the gym?
You won't find me there, Ann, so no mine was with the bread.
I'm being told this is a very close competition.
Again, I don't keep score.
This is intense, Ann.
So the last question is: what kind of pastry...
You had it up already!
I got excited.
Ok go go go.
Gemma?
I'll hold it down here.
No, I'm grand.
You go ahead.
No, no I think you should answer.
What kind of pastry?
The kind it says on your paper...
We're going back to the judges on that one.
What kind of pastry are chocolate eclairs and profiteroles made from?
Choux pastry.
That is correct.
Yep.
That is correct.
Alright.
Great job.
We're going to tally up our scores here a minute.
Who will be the winner of the coveted Golden Spatula?
It's actually a tie.
You both win!
Thank you!
Yayyy!
Congratulations.
You, too.
Good job.
High five with the spatula.
Ann, Thank you so much for being here.
I hope you enjoyed our trivia.
I had great fun.
Thanks for having me.
It was a lot of fun.
And I'm glad we both won spatulas.
It would have been pretty sad if I didn't win a spatula.
Over on Ann's channel right now we did a Bean Boozled Challenge and it was a lot of fun.
So make sure you go over there and check it out.
See who won.
It was great fun doing that.
And don't forget to subscribe to my channel Gemma Stafford and Ann's, How to Cook That,
and I'll see you back here next time.
Bye!!