Eight-strand plaited loaf

To start of my blog I thought I would try something challenging: So I did a eight-strand plaited loaf from the technical challenge in episode 2 (series 3) of The Great British Bake Off (One of my favourite shows on tv). And it was challenging, this is actually my 2nd attempt I didn't really succeed in my first attempt. But after I figured out how plaiting technique worked, that part of the recipe wasn't the most difficult. I did cheat a little bit and watched this video a few times before hand. I'm not really sure I succeeded this time either, but its definitely better than my first attempt. I did simple three strand plait with the leftovers.

I substituted the dry yeast with fresh yeast, because dry yeast isn't really that common to use in baking in Denmark (Think that's a whole other blogpost right there). And I didn't use as much salt as the recipe says, but other than that I stuck to the recipe.

Here some pictures of the result:

It tasted amazing :)