Another though reckoned Star Baker should have been gone elsewhere entirely…
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However, City boy Selasi had a little more luck. Although the challenges given will be comparatively easier, the judgment is about to get stricter.
So sneaky in fact, that it sounds like there could have been a touch of bribery going in between bakes!
As well as the drizzle cake, the bakers were asked to create Jaffa Cakes in the technical challenge, before constructing a flawless genoise sponge with a mirror glaze for their final bakes, known as the Showstopper.
This will be the first year for me that I’ve watch GBBO from the start, and I for one am already loving it!
Following his departure, he said the worst moment in the competition was when Hollywood said “that isn’t a Jaffa Cake” when judging his Technical bake.
This year, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, hosted by Jo Brand, will be airing on Friday nights at 9pm on BBC Two.
It was all too much for 23-year-old teaching assistant Benjamina, who had a meltdown over her runny mixture. Comic co-presenter Sue Perkins felt compelled to give her a pep talk as she started over again. These include the Imps Motorcycle Display team, who will be putting on a breathtaking show of billowing fire jumps and bike-routines for the Chatsworth crowds for the first time in a decade. If that wasn’t enough, the 67-year-old contestant was then pulled up for his lacklustre mirror cake which was deemed to “basic” to be a showstopper. Expect to see classic sponges, intriguing tips (“I listen to my cakes”, says Val), and a task that’s set to put paid to an age-old question: Is a Jaffa Cake an actual cake or a biscuit?
Banfield said: “I’ve always enjoyed baking and at church I do regular baking demonstrations”.
Beedle, 61, seemed shocked to be first to receive the star baker accolade, after impressing with a lemon and poppy seed drizzle cake and a chocolate and orange cake in the final round.
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Audiences for the hit cookery show are among the biggest on British television, with ratings regularly topping 10 million.
