Canadian baking show recipes

Brandy snaps are delicately rolled cookie crisps filled with a sweet whipped cream. The trick to a perfect brandy snap is timing: if the biscuit is under- or over-baked, it'll be impossible to roll. Brandy snaps were the technical challenge for Best of Britain Week on The Great Canadian Baking Show.

10 amateur bakers from across the country compete in a series of themed culinary challenges.

Opera cake is a complex dessert, made with joconde sponge, chocolate ganache, coffee buttercream and chocolate glaze — all in perfect even layers. The final flourish is the word Opera written on the top of the cake. "One chance. Opera means elegance and if you write or appear like a child, your cake is not going to look very elegant at all," says Great Canadian Baking Show judge Bruno Feldeisen. This opera cake was the technical bake for French Patisserie Week on The Great Canadian Baking…

Make this at your next party and have all your guests buzzing.

Rugelach is a a Jewish favourite, traditionally enjoyed at Hanukkah. The sugar-free dough is soft, flakey and not-too-sweet. These crescent-shaped pastries were the technical bake for Holiday Baking Week on The Great Canadian Baking Show.

[IMAGE] The Great Canadian Baking Show judge Bruno Feldeisen says the ideal palmier should be "flaky, crispy and buttery." ► Watch Pastry Week (Season 2, Episode 5) These classic French pastries were the technical challenge on The Great Canadian Baking Show's Pastry Week.

Chef Bruno from The Great Canadian Baking Show shows you his technique for a fluffy, marshmallowy Swiss meringue topping.

This marzipan-topped Swedish layer cake is as visually impressive as it is tasty. ► Watch Finale Week (Season 2, Episode 8) Swedish Princess Cake was the technical bake for the finale of Season 2 of The Great Canadian Baking Show.

47 great Canadian food items even if you live in Canada you may want to step out of your KD Mac and Cheese box and try something uniquely Canadian.

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