We’re living in an era of weird and wacky food, thick cronuts, wild milkshakes, burgers made of donuts, pizza in a cone — our foodies are experimenting with their baking.
21-year-old cafe manager Laura broke with tradition in the first episode of the Great Australian Bake Off with a chocolate and orange butter cake filled with mayonnaise and stout (yes, beer), while the chocolate icing was made with avocado and cauliflower.
Judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran were stumped when faced with Laura’s ‘hipster’ mix.
“I’ve never heard of that before in my life,” Moran told her, while Beer pulled a mortified face.
Laura’s ‘weird baking’ paid off when Beer agreed with Moran about the unusual mixture.
“It’s actually a really good cake to eat, it’s like a chocolate mud cake,” Moran said, with Beer agreeing, “Yeah but without the heaviness. I just can’t get over the moistness of it from the mayonnaise.”
So there you go, swap the butter or oil for mayo in your next baking experiment, but I’ll keep the mayo for the burgers.
