*This Bake Club session took place on Dec 27th, so I'm only 5 weeks late...*
What happens after the indulgence of Christmas? Well, you indulge some more, of course! Instead of laying off the baked treats and heading to the gym, the dedicated members of the Bake Club headed to my flat instead for a round of panettone baking.
Working that dough
We followed the recipe from here - but you shouldn't, it's crap. I'd picked the recipe in a rather frenzied moment, while doing 186390 other things, and didn't realise at that time that the recipe left out some ingredients. Some optional, not-so-important ingredients, such as FLOUR (what kind, how much etc)! *There's a comment at the end now that says you need about 4 cups of flour. Well, too little, too late!*
Anyway, as you can see, we didn't let the little details stop us - we mixed it all up, kneaded the dough and waited for it to rise. And waited. And waited...
Baking bread in winter requires a hell lot of patients, folks. Nana eventually suggested we heat up the oven, switch it off and then place the dough in it to help it rise faster. Clever girl, that one. She then left to get her nails done. Gotta look good when you're eating handmade bread, after all!
Oh yes, we added chocolate to the panettone too. Disregard the scale that the blue bowl is perched one, we didn't actually bother weighing it. Like you can have too much chocolate?
Here you have the finished product - like a gigantic fruit and chocolate studded mushroom. There's a huge airpocket in it, and the crust could have sheltered you in the event of a nuclear fallout, but the insides, sooo good! Sweet, chewy, fruity chocolatey goodness!
I think I'll make panettone again, even when it's not Christmas. I'll just have to look for a better recipe next time, though.
