The wonderful Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and we're loving it. Series 15 kicked off on the 24th of September and despite only two episodes airing so far, it's been full of iconic moments and delicious bakes.
To share our love of Bake Off, we're going to be adding the top moments from each episode, as well as some products so you can recreate their tasty creations at home.
Get ready, set, BAKE!
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The Great British Bake Off – Series 15's best moments
Episode three: Bread Week
Photo: Channel 4
Does anyone feel like the standards this year are higher than ever? Bread week left us truly amazed at the talent of the bakers. There were incredible flavour combinations, Hollywood handshakes and structurally impressive bread horns.
The bakers were first tasked with creating yeasted dough buns. Simple, right? Well, with the king of bread staring at them and the standard impeccably high, the pressure in the tent was intense.
Our favourites had to be Andy's lunchbox-inspired buns (maybe we're just big kids but they sounded delicious!), Gill's northern rolls filled to the brim and of course, Dylan's gochujang creations. We also loved Georgie receiving the lesser-known Hollywood pat for her Italian buns.
First ever Hollywood pat, you've just made history!
Mike to Georgie
For the technical challenge, the bread king gave our bakers a live plaiting demonstration. The seven-strand pait confused all the contestants (us included), apart from the wonderful Nelly. We got emotional seeing her so emotional at her win!
Finally, the bakers had four and a half hours to create a huge bread cornucopia filled with two different types of bread. This has to be one of the most difficult challenges in Bake Off history yet there were some truly mind-blowing creations.
Georgie, Nelly and Sumayah all baked gorgeously glossy breads with delicious flavours. It was Dylan however who really impressed this week with his cornucopia, winning him star baker of the week and a rare 'you're a very good bread baker' compliment from Paul.
Sadly, Andy's bread just missed the mark and John's bagels struggled which ultimately sent him home. We shall miss him!
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Episode two: Biscuit Week
Biscuit week was full of drama. Sadly Jeff left the tent and there were some medical emergencies but we have to admit we found it quite funny when Dylan fell off his stool...
We're dropping like flies!
Andy
Back to the baking! The contestants were tasked with creating unique Viennese swirls, Viscount biscuits and elaborate, biscuit puppet shows. Andy's American-style Viennese swirls changed Paul's mind about PB&Js and Christiaan was called an 'alchemist' by Prue for experimenting with lavender and tarragon.
Sumayah wowed the judges again creating beautiful swan Viennese swirls and a delicate ballerina puppet theatre. Christiaan's moving, four-part theatre was also a standout, along with Gill’s tale of the gingerbread man.
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Episode one: Cake week
Week one saw a return to the classics with the bakers being asked to bake three cake classics. A marble cake, Battenberg and a life-like cake sculpture were this week's challenges and the bakers thrived.
Iliyin wowed the judges in the first challenge. Her perfect cinnamon-roll marble cake earned her the infamous Hollywood handshake in her very first week. We also loved Nelly's retro-feel coconut cake and Sumayah's incredible halwa loaf.
We couldn't believe our eyes when it came to the technical challenge – no recipe at all! The bakers put their all into creating their Battenberg cakes and despite some very luminous-looking batter and crumbling marzipan.
The contestants' abilities were put to the test in the showstopper. Creating cakes which imitated real objects and animals, the baker's timings and decorative skills were imperative and boy did they thrive. We loved Sumayah's cake, a spitting image of her pet duck, and Mike's stack of books with incredible attention to detail.
Overall it was a brilliant episode and even better because no one went home! If you fancy baking the three cakes featured on the Bake Off here's some essentials to get you started...
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We can't wait to see what the bakers create next week. Check back every Wednesday to discover our thoughts and feelings on the previous episode and to discover lots of useful products which will have you baking like a pro.
You'll be receiving a Paul Hollywood handshake before you know it!
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