Today is Britain's Best Dish audition, hurrah! Can my Trio of Britain's Best Sponges win?Tricky to pick just three, but I've settled on mini cherry bakewell (lip-smacking, almondy sponge), chocolate orange swiss roll (three cheers for the humble swiss roll!) and a lemon curd drizzle (tangfastic).
Bomb up motorway to Cambridge for audition, mini cherry bakewell in the passenger seat. Producers think it's yum - but then comes the bad news. Trio not allowed, because I sell cake at the market! Drat. Wish they'd given me the heads up there. Judges put me on the spot: "What else can you do?", one of them says through a mouthful of bakewell. I suggest hot chocolate and prune fondant. Judges are prune fans and ask me to enter it pronto. Success!
Whizz back home (leftover mini cherry bakewell ='s car snack) and into the kitchen. New mission: make Britain's best hot chocolate and prune fondant in 48 hours!
