‘Makes the sponge more tender’: Bake Off winner Sophie Faldo’s technique for perfect cake

Sophie Faldo, who won The Great British Bake Off in 2017, uses the reverse creaming method to make her delicious sponges. The former solider makes amazing cakes with her company Sophie Faldo Couture Cakes.

Reverse creaming is often used by professional bakers.

It is known for creating a velvety texture with a less domed top, which is especially helpful for creating fancy cakes and wedding cakes.

Reverse creaming coats the flower in fat.

This means when the wet ingredients go in the number of flour proteins that can hydrate are limited.

She said: “I would never ever, ever do – and I hate them with a passion – recipes that are based on volume, that are done by cups.

“It doesn’t work. You’ve got to do everything by weight, there is too much variation in a cup.”

“I also recommend a sugar thermometer,” Sophie said. The tool helps her create her stunning wedding cakes.

“In a lot of my frostings I use sugar syrups as opposed to just icing sugar, so you have to know what temperature your sugar is at,” the baking expert explained.