Bake Roulette by BatterBee

The challenge jar

Baking challenge ideas

Browse the curated Bake Roulette collection. These are creative prompts rather than full recipes—the interpretation is yours.

Let the wheel choose instead
Confident About 1½ hours

Orange & Cardamom Whoopie Pies

Soft sandwich cakes flavoured with orange & cardamom, leaving plenty of room for a contrasting or complementary filling.

Main ingredients: orange, cardamom, flour, butter, and eggs

Brave About 2¼ hours

Orange & Dark Chocolate Choux Buns

Crisp choux buns inspired by orange & dark chocolate, with freedom to interpret the filling and topping however you like.

Main ingredients: orange, dark chocolate, flour, butter, and eggs

Curious About 1 hour

Orange & Dark Chocolate Muffins

Soft muffins built around orange & dark chocolate, intended to be approachable while still feeling different from an everyday bake.

Main ingredients: orange, dark chocolate, flour, butter, and eggs

Curious About 1½ hours

Orange & Dark Chocolate Traybake

A generous traybake built around orange & dark chocolate, prioritising bold flavour and texture over fussy presentation.

Main ingredients: orange, dark chocolate, butter, flour, and eggs

Confident About 3 hours

Orange & Fennel Cinnamon Rolls

Soft enriched rolls reimagined with orange & fennel, using the spiral as a canvas for an unconventional filling.

Main ingredients: orange, fennel seed, flour, butter, and yeast

Confident About 1½ hours

Orange & Fennel Cupcakes

Soft cupcakes flavoured with orange & fennel, designed as a playful small-batch challenge with an open-ended finish.

Main ingredients: orange, fennel seed, butter, flour, and eggs

Brave About 1¾ hours

Orange & Fennel Swiss Roll

A rolled sponge challenge using orange & fennel, with the filling, finish and presentation left to the baker.

Main ingredients: orange, fennel seed, eggs, flour, and sugar

Curious About 1¼ hours

Orange & Rosemary Shortbread

Crumbly shortbread infused with orange & rosemary, keeping the bake simple enough for the unusual flavour combination to stand out.

Main ingredients: orange, rosemary, butter, flour, and sugar

Brave About 2½ hours

Orange & Rosemary Tart

A crisp pastry tart showcasing orange & rosemary, with the filling and decoration left open to interpretation.

Main ingredients: orange, rosemary, flour, butter, and eggs

Brave About 2½ hours

Orange & Rosemary Éclairs

Classic éclairs reworked around orange & rosemary, combining crisp choux, a creative filling and an expressive glaze.

Main ingredients: orange, rosemary, flour, butter, and eggs

Brave About 2¼ hours

Orange & Tahini Choux Buns

Crisp choux buns inspired by orange & tahini, with freedom to interpret the filling and topping however you like.

Main ingredients: orange, tahini, flour, butter, and eggs

Brave About 3 hours

Orange & Tahini Doughnuts

Pillowy doughnuts featuring orange & tahini, with the choice of filling, glaze or sugar coating left deliberately open.

Main ingredients: orange, tahini, flour, yeast, and milk

Curious About 1¼ hours

Orange & Tahini Tea Cake

A simple tea cake scented with orange & tahini, intended to be understated, aromatic and slightly unexpected.

Main ingredients: orange, tahini, flour, butter, and eggs

Confident About 2½ hours

Parsnip & Pecan Layer Cake

A warmly spiced parsnip cake layered with maple cream cheese icing and toasted pecans.

Main ingredients: Parsnips, pecans, maple, and cream cheese

Brave About 3½ hours

Passionfruit & Coconut Babka

A rich twisted babka layered with passionfruit & coconut, where the baker controls how bold, sticky or decorative the final loaf becomes.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, coconut, flour, butter, and yeast

Confident About 3 hours

Passionfruit & Coconut Cinnamon Rolls

Soft enriched rolls reimagined with passionfruit & coconut, using the spiral as a canvas for an unconventional filling.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, coconut, flour, butter, and yeast

Curious About 1½ hours

Passionfruit & Coconut Loaf Cake

A tender loaf cake built around passionfruit & coconut, with the flavour carried through the crumb and finish.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, coconut, butter, flour, and eggs

Brave About 2½ hours

Passionfruit & Earl Grey Bakewell Tart

A Bakewell-inspired tart using passionfruit & earl grey as the twist, with almond filling, pastry and a creative fruity or aromatic layer.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, Earl Grey tea, almonds, butter, and flour

Curious About 1 hour

Passionfruit & Earl Grey Cookies

Chewy-edged cookies featuring passionfruit & earl grey, balancing familiar comfort with an unexpected flavour twist.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, Earl Grey tea, butter, flour, and brown sugar

Curious About 1½ hours

Passionfruit & Earl Grey Loaf Cake

A tender loaf cake built around passionfruit & earl grey, with the flavour carried through the crumb and finish.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, Earl Grey tea, butter, flour, and eggs

Confident About 3 hours

Passionfruit & Ginger Cinnamon Rolls

Soft enriched rolls reimagined with passionfruit & ginger, using the spiral as a canvas for an unconventional filling.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, ginger, flour, butter, and yeast

Brave About 2 hours

Passionfruit & Ginger Roulade

A light roulade centred around passionfruit & ginger, challenging the baker to balance flavour with a clean roll and striking finish.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, ginger, eggs, sugar, and cream

Curious About 1 hour

Passionfruit & Ginger Scones

Tender scones flavoured with passionfruit & ginger, inviting the baker to decide whether to keep them subtle or make the flavour pairing obvious.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, ginger, flour, butter, and milk

Confident About 1¼ hours

Passionfruit & Pistachio Blondies

Fudgy blondies featuring passionfruit & pistachio, using a caramelised base to give the unusual pairing somewhere familiar to land.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, pistachios, butter, brown sugar, and eggs

Brave About 3 hours

Passionfruit & Pistachio Layer Cake

A celebration-style layer cake pairing passionfruit & pistachio, with plenty of room for the baker to choose their own filling and finish.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, pistachios, butter, flour, and eggs

Curious About 1¼ hours

Passionfruit & Pistachio Tea Cake

A simple tea cake scented with passionfruit & pistachio, intended to be understated, aromatic and slightly unexpected.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, pistachios, flour, butter, and eggs

Curious About 1 hour

Passionfruit & White Chocolate Cookies

Chewy-edged cookies featuring passionfruit & white chocolate, balancing familiar comfort with an unexpected flavour twist.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, white chocolate, butter, flour, and brown sugar

Curious About 1½ hours

Passionfruit & White Chocolate Loaf Cake

A tender loaf cake built around passionfruit & white chocolate, with the flavour carried through the crumb and finish.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, white chocolate, butter, flour, and eggs

Curious About 1½ hours

Passionfruit & White Chocolate Traybake

A generous traybake built around passionfruit & white chocolate, prioritising bold flavour and texture over fussy presentation.

Main ingredients: passionfruit, white chocolate, butter, flour, and eggs

Confident About 1¼ hours

Peach & Basil Blondies

Fudgy blondies featuring peach & basil, using a caramelised base to give the unusual pairing somewhere familiar to land.

Main ingredients: peaches, basil, butter, brown sugar, and eggs

Confident About 1¼ hours

Peach & Basil Madeleines

Shell-shaped madeleines flavoured with peach & basil, keeping the sponge delicate while letting the pairing do the talking.

Main ingredients: peaches, basil, butter, flour, and eggs

Curious About 1½ hours

Peach & Basil Traybake

A generous traybake built around peach & basil, prioritising bold flavour and texture over fussy presentation.

Main ingredients: peaches, basil, butter, flour, and eggs

Confident About 1½ hours

Peach & Cardamom Cupcakes

Soft cupcakes flavoured with peach & cardamom, designed as a playful small-batch challenge with an open-ended finish.

Main ingredients: peaches, cardamom, butter, flour, and eggs

Confident About 1¾ hours

Peach & Cardamom Galette

A rustic free-form galette combining peach & cardamom, with a crisp buttery crust and intentionally relaxed presentation.

Main ingredients: peaches, cardamom, flour, butter, and sugar

Curious About 1½ hours

Peach & Cardamom Traybake

A generous traybake built around peach & cardamom, prioritising bold flavour and texture over fussy presentation.

Main ingredients: peaches, cardamom, butter, flour, and eggs

Brave About 3½ hours

Peach & Ginger Babka

A rich twisted babka layered with peach & ginger, where the baker controls how bold, sticky or decorative the final loaf becomes.

Main ingredients: peaches, ginger, flour, butter, and yeast

Brave About 2½ hours

Peach & Ginger Bakewell Tart

A Bakewell-inspired tart using peach & ginger as the twist, with almond filling, pastry and a creative fruity or aromatic layer.

Main ingredients: peaches, ginger, almonds, butter, and flour

Confident About 1½ hours

Peach & Ginger Crumb Cake

A soft crumb cake pairing peach & ginger, finished with a generous streusel-style topping.

Main ingredients: peaches, ginger, flour, butter, and brown sugar

Brave About 2½ hours

Peach & Lavender Cheesecake

A creamy cheesecake centred on peach & lavender, leaving the baker free to decide whether to bake it, chill it or push the decoration further.

Main ingredients: peaches, lavender, cream cheese, biscuits, and eggs

Confident About 3 hours

Peach & Lavender Cinnamon Rolls

Soft enriched rolls reimagined with peach & lavender, using the spiral as a canvas for an unconventional filling.

Main ingredients: peaches, lavender, flour, butter, and yeast

Brave About 3 hours

Peach & Lavender Doughnuts

Pillowy doughnuts featuring peach & lavender, with the choice of filling, glaze or sugar coating left deliberately open.

Main ingredients: peaches, lavender, flour, yeast, and milk

Confident About 1½ hours

Peach & Pistachio Cupcakes

Soft cupcakes flavoured with peach & pistachio, designed as a playful small-batch challenge with an open-ended finish.

Main ingredients: peaches, pistachios, butter, flour, and eggs

Brave About 2 hours

Peach & Pistachio Roulade

A light roulade centred around peach & pistachio, challenging the baker to balance flavour with a clean roll and striking finish.

Main ingredients: peaches, pistachios, eggs, sugar, and cream

Curious About 1¼ hours

Peach & Pistachio Tea Cake

A simple tea cake scented with peach & pistachio, intended to be understated, aromatic and slightly unexpected.

Main ingredients: peaches, pistachios, flour, butter, and eggs

Confident About 1¼ hours

Pear & Black Pepper Financiers

Nutty little almond cakes topped with pear and a confident crack of black pepper.

Main ingredients: Pears, almonds, black pepper, and butter

Brave About 3½ hours

Pear & Earl Grey Babka

A rich twisted babka layered with pear & earl grey, where the baker controls how bold, sticky or decorative the final loaf becomes.

Main ingredients: pears, Earl Grey tea, flour, butter, and yeast

Brave About 2¼ hours

Pear & Earl Grey Choux Buns

Crisp choux buns inspired by pear & earl grey, with freedom to interpret the filling and topping however you like.

Main ingredients: pears, Earl Grey tea, flour, butter, and eggs

Brave About 1¾ hours

Pear & Earl Grey Swiss Roll

A rolled sponge challenge using pear & earl grey, with the filling, finish and presentation left to the baker.

Main ingredients: pears, Earl Grey tea, eggs, flour, and sugar