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15x07 - Dessert Week

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Great British Bake Off". Aired: 17 August 2010 – 22 October 2013.*
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British television baking competition, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress two judges with their baking skills.

15x07 - Dessert Week

Post by bunniefuu »

Mmm. It's dessert week. No, it's not
yet. Remember what Paul and Prue
said?

Can't have dessert week until you've
finished your supper.

Exactly. Now finish that pea.

Not sure I can manage it.

Go on.

Done.
Now it's dessert week.

BOTH: Welcome to the Great British
Bake Off.

Next.

Oh, I can't manage trifle, that pea
was so filling.

I'll have it myself.
Last time...

Oh, so steamy. ..the bakers
harnessed the flavours of the fall.

The word on the street is that
you're not into autumn.

And while Sumayah's
stunning show stopper...

Wow.
..secured her second star baker.

She is one hell of a baker.

Disaster... Whoa!
..struck for Dylan.

What you doing to me?
Giving me a heart attack.

But in the end, Nelly's
confusing concoction...

I'm like a witch.

..proved too much for the judges.

Design's excellent, flavour's...

And she became the latest baker...

Nelly.

..to leave the competition.

In each of your hearts is
a piece of Nelly

and you never going to forgot me.

This time...

Ah! Need to have a scream.

..dessert week...

How's the meringue? Ahhh!

..sees the bakers whip up
a sweet treat...

Practically 100% sugar.

..crack up...

Come on now, kids.

..over a bawdy British pudding.

Spotted d*ck is very nice.

And try to do justice to
an Italian classic.

It'd better work. Otherwise I'll put
a horse's head in their bed.

Who's... Mirror, signal manoeuvre,
Gill, mirror, signal, manoeuvre.

..going to deliver the baked goods?

They look absolutely exquisite.

And who's going to buckle...

Man down, man down.

..under the pressure?

I forgot an ingredient.

It's like the fifth circle
of hell. I'm going to cry.

I can't believe there are this

few of us.
It is a little bit bonkers.

Back for another week,
here I am. It's quite weird,

we all keep looking at each other
going there's only six of us left.

It is empty, though, let's be
honest. Ridiculously empty. Oh.

It's this really weird feeling

because you just don't know what's
going to happen.

It is quite fierce competition.
Everyone is so good.

Last week, I got star baker - it was
like a complete surprise.

I've already like exceeded,
so like every week is a bonus.

Last week was terrible.
I think it was a good eye-opener.

Now that I'm this far, I think
the pressure goes up

because I don't want to mess up.

I love making desserts at home.

Things that are like puddingy,
really soft.

I'll just eat the whole bowl.

Desserts spelt backwards
is stressed.

But there'll be none of that today.

Welcome back to
the tent, bakers, it's so good

to see you all.

This week it's dessert week or
if you're

a little less posh, like
Paul, it's pudding week!

Now, the judges would love you

to make eight meringue nests.
Incidentally, when I first met

Paul Hollywood, he was asleep in
a meringue nest.

Yeah, I pulled him out of there,
reared him,

clipped his wings, put him in some
stonewashed denim and, uh, yeah, we
get on famously.

And here we are.
And here we are, yeah.

Now, your baked meringue could be
any style that you choose

but it must have at least two
fillings, like a good jacket potato.

Although I probably wouldn't choose
beans or cheese.

You only have two hours,


On your marks.

Get set.
Bake.

Oh, my God, here we go again.

Meringue can be quite like melt in
your mouth

and I'm excited by it.

If you're excited by what you're
doing it's usually going to be OK.

I've practised

so much, my son has just been eating
meringues like it's nobody's

business. Just loves them.

Meringue's one of my favourites,
practically 100% sugar.

It's dessert week

and for me that's
the best week of the year.

We're asking the bakers
to make meringue nests.

Which is piped meringue
so that you get a basket or

a nest shape

and they can fill it
with anything they like

but we need at least two fillings.

Obviously fillings can be anything

but it's critical

to get those flavours
balancing beautifully.

I'm going to make a lime gel.

Everything else is quite sweet,
so that sharpness is really nice.

French meringue is the classic way
to make a meringue nest.

It's about getting the air into
the egg,

you want to whip it up to a stiff
peak, so it's beautiful and smooth.

I am adding my sugar very slowly
to my egg whites,

so I don't deflate them, cos it's
all about the air today.

The perfect meringue nest is
very stable.

They must absolutely hold
their fillings.

You have to bake it low

and slow to get every bit
of moisture out of that meringue

and then it'll be rigid.

Meringues can be temperamental.

I just hope they turn out OK
and they don't go all cracky.

It's getting into
the latter stages of the Bake Off

and they really
need to show off, really,

show to us what they can
possibly do.

Illiyin, good morning. Hello, good
morning. Good morning.

We need to know all about your
meringue nests.

Yeah, so these are my pina colada
meringue nests.

Well done. Well done.
Thank you.

I hope that's what happens.

Paul loves a pina colada.

OK. No pressure, no pressure.

I'll take that back later, if
it's terrible.

Yeah, yeah.

Illiyin's mocktail meringues
will have all

the classic pina colada
flavours, pineapple,

lime and a non-alcoholic rum, along

with coconut in both her fillings
and meringue nests.

How are you going to make
the meringue coconutty?

So the meringue has desiccated
coconut in it.

Cos you get a really nice kind of
crunch in the meringue.

And then the flavour also comes
through from that.

Please don't mess this one up.
I'll try not to!

Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you.

That's stiff peaks

so I'm going to fold in my rice
powder and my cardamom.

The bakers must be careful how much
flavouring they add

to their meringue.

I've put almond extract in.

As it can easily overwhelm
the bake.

Rice powder - it's normally used in
Thai cuisine

to thicken soups
but the flavour's really nice.

I am making a rose water meringue.

You don't want to add too much

because very easily it gets like
quite soapy.

A risky flavour

but I've done it at home
so why would it not work here?

To contrast the highly floral rose
water Christiaan is opting

for walnut praline,

cherry jam and Chantilly cream in
his elaborate meringues.

Do you like meringue? It's weird,
innit. Too sweet. Too sweet?
Normally.

They sell big meringues sometimes,
don't they, in bakeries.

Those massive things.
Massive ones in the window.

I know. My kids always want one and
I'm like...

Is it? Do they love it?

Not today! Yeah.
Too much sugar!

Ahhh!
Not today!

"How's the meringue?" "Ahhh!"

I will be piping the meringues now.

I'm not known for being very

uniform. One can try.
I make no promises.

If the bakers are
to build nests robust enough

to hold their creamy fillings...

You don't want cracks.

Want to make sure that it keeps
its shape.

..a steady hand is critical.

I'm nervous.
It's OK, I need to just go slower.

Any imperfections now, could cause
cracks and weaknesses later.

Oh, my God.

They're like slopping,
I don't understand why.

But Dylan's taking
a riskier approach with his bake.

I bake my meringues in a
mould. Yeah,

I've practised it loads of times,

but every time, they crack.

Someone wise would probably change

the idea but I'm just going to do
it.

If his plan succeeds, Dylan's
meringue nests will take

the form of coconut shells filled
with coconut bavarois

and topped with rum-soaked
Genoise sponge.

After nearly heading home last week,
he's going all out

to redeem himself.

Last week was a bit of a bad week
for you, weren't it, babes? Yeah.

But I feel dessert week,
pudding week is your week.

I really like my recipes this week.
If my meringues come out and they're
hard on top...

Yeah. You're happy.

If they're not, then I'm absolutely,
yeah, I'm, I'm stuffed.

So you're quite critical. I get
really upset. Do ya?

Well, uh, food's like a,

I don't know, it's like an emotion
for me, do you know what I mean?

Yeah. Oh, you take it very
seriously. When I was a kid, if
I was having a burger

and the burger fell apart or
something I'd just cry.

Really? And I rarely cry

but if things are wrong
with food, I cry a lot. And like...

I used to cry when I was hungry.

Yeah. I think I'm still like that as
an adult!

Let's get these meringues in
the oven.

So I basically have to bake them
upside down to dry out.

The meringue, you just want to dry
it out,

that's why you bake it low.
Like if not, there's like

a really big chance that they
might crack.

So they're going in for
an hour at 100 degrees.

I'm baking these at 120 for
an hour.

We're going 50 minutes at 140.

Not as low as people tend
to cook them.

Every time I've practised at home,
I've cooked them at this temperature

so I'm not going to go change that
cos I'm here.

But Georgie's having a rethink.

I'm just not happy
with how my meringues look.

They've deflated a bit.
I'm just going to do another one.

Oh, it's just so frustrating.
Morning, Georgie.

Hello. Hello, Georgie.

That's quite late, why are you still
doing meringue?

I've got some in but I don't know
whether I've overwhipped it and it's
kind of deflated.

So I'm just doing a second batch cos
I'm always like that.

You're doing spares.

I'm doing spares.
so I've been watching your videos.

Right. And I've done it with my eyes
closed for

the last two weeks. So I don't know
what's happened then.

Next time, open your eyes.

PRUE LAUGHS

With almond-flavoured meringue
nests filled

with orange curd, mascarpone,

amaretto cream

and plum compote, Georgie's paying
homage to a family favourite.

Mine are based on my aunty's
recipe.

It's called Auntie Meryl's
marzipan plums

but there's no marzipan in there,

but you get that marzipan flavour
from the amaretto.

So it's with a twist.

Gill's also celebrating memories.

Peachy custard.
If you're looking

for like cutting-edge modern cuisine
you're in the wrong place.

Of delicious summer stone fruits.

When I was little, I always used
to go

to my great-aunt Amy's,

and she had this marvellous ice
cream shop near her

and my favourite one was
peach melba.

Just don't see it anywhere now.

There was a famous brand that did
a limited edition

and I was like, yes!
Literally filling the trolley.

The freezer was full.

Gill's meringue nests will be topped
with peach roses

and fresh raspberries.

Inside, a raspberry coulis

and Chantilly cream will be
paired with

a sweet cremeux made from
tinned peaches.

Tinned peaches.
Tinned peaches, yeah.

Can't beat a tinned peach, can you?
No, it's lovely.

If I had to describe...
Yeah.

..Paul, I would say he's never had
real fruit. He's only had...

Tinned peaches or tinned
fruit c*ck.

I mean, he's pure tinned peaches,
isn't he? Yeah!

I've got tinned lychees at
the moment.

Taste like perfume.
They look like eyeballs.

Check this out,

I'll do the time call in
a really cool way.

Bakers, you are halfway through.

They're upside down, babes.
All right, all right, leave it.

Oh.

I am worried about the meringue.
I've put in 15,

so as long as I have about one in
two success rate I'm good.

They look absolutely fine in there.

I don't even think I need to put
the other ones in.

The judges are not only expecting
eight perfect nests...

Might actually work out.
Ahh! Need to have a scream.

..they also want plenty
of flavoursome fillings.

So here we've got, like, sour
morello cherries.

Perfectly balanced against
the sweetness of the meringue.

The pineapple curd,
really want this to be quite sharp.

You know, Paul likes

to do that thing where he goes
like that.

I've got some amaretto.
Let's just down it.

I'm going to take a sip
and I'm putting it in with the plum.

That's giving me my
marzipan flavour.

So here's just some honey, tarragon,

pomegranate molasses
and some cloves.

So I'm going to cook my apricot
pieces in here.

I just get random ideas.
I just thought it would go nicely.

Hello, my dear.
Hello.

Do you realise, Sumayah, that you
are

the only person here who's actually
got two star bakers

and you're the youngest,
how good is that?

Quickest to rise is the first
to fall!

Aiming to impress again,

Sumayah's packing in
complex flavours -

a walnut praline along
with pomegranate cream

and apricots poached in tarragon

and honey, will sit in meringue
nests flavoured

with cardamom and toasted
rice powder.

This sounds interesting.
It sounds really unusual.

Yeah. I mean, you're doing quite a
lot in this.

It's about getting
the balance of flavours right.

I had to tweak it quite a lot.
Have you practised it and timed it?

Yeah, I've done it quite a lot of
times, yeah. And I finish

with quite some time
to spare actually.

Don't get c*ck.

Yeah. Something's going to go
wrong.

To my beautiful bakers, just

to let you know you've only got half
an hour left.

Very Brummie, wasn't it?

That went so Brummie.

They'll subtitle it.

Subtitle. You cheeky!

He said they'll subtitle it. Uh...

So my meringues are now off.

And they're just cooling in
the residual heat.

Just want to cool it down slowly,
cos if there's

a drastic temperature change it's
going to cause the meringue to
crack.

What's this?
Oh, don't touch.

Can't be a technical thing, can it,

wedging the oven door open with
a spoon?

That's like the secret trick to
meringue. Is it?

Cos you don't want them cracking,
so you don't want

a big temperature difference.
That's why.

So you put a wooden spoon in.
Yeah.

Baking, it's a sham.

I'm just going to give those
a few minutes to cool down.

I'm just making a prep station now.

You need to make sure that all your
elements are fully prepared

and then once it's go time, it's
go time.

Fail to prepare,

prepare to fail, that's what my gran
always said.

This is week seven now.
It is.

Have you celebrated this milestone
yet? No, not really,

don't think you've got a chance
to have a proper celebration.

Yeah. So if you could celebrate in
any way whatsoever,

what would you do?

I'd be out at the pub.
Ooh.

With my dog and my husband - in
that order.

Love it. The dog comes first.

Yeah. Love it.

Bakers, you've got 15 minutes left.

I'm going to take them out.

They look fine, that's good.

Well, not a single one's cracked.

Oh, they're looking posh.
Oh, thank you.

Mine have got some pretty monumental
cracks in. Put the filling over it.

There's a drizzle,
try and drizzle it down the cracks.

They've cracked
but there's toppings going on them.

They're all so cracked. Oh!

Sometimes, when the oven's too hot,
it could happen.

I'm trying to get over
the irritation. I'm struggling.

This is the delicate bit
of just making holes in the top.

It's delicate work this.
I'm not a delicate woman.

They're very delicate.

The first time I did this,
I broke almost all of them.

I broke it. That's a write off.

Yeah, so now I have 12.
Ah, yes!

OK, and now I'm happy.

So I just need to paint these
with chocolate like

the bristles on a coconut.

That one's really open at the side,
but anyway, whatever.

Oh, dear. Start filling them.

Mirror, signal, manoeuvre, Gill,
mirror, signal, manoeuvre.

Bakers,
you only have five minutes left.

Is that all we've got left?

You can do this, babies.
I need to be faster.

Don't know where

the time's gone today.
So this is the peach cremeux.

That's my walnut praline.

I have about eight different
elements in my meringue nests.

Plum compote.

Pineapple curd.

Get my curd - really nice
flavour b*mb.

Look at Dylan's, they
look excellent.

Bit of coconut bavarois.

Tarragon, apricots. Quite unusual.

Look how cute these are.

Bakers, you have one minute left.
Oh, God.

Has anybody got a spare hand?

You need a hand, Gill?

I'd be eternally grateful.

Cake soaked in rum syrup.

Looking good. They're just a
complete mess, aren't they?

Bakers, your time is up.

Yay.

Thank you, chaps.

Well done, bakers.
Like a proud parent moment. Aww.

They look fabulous.
You are a genius.

That looks like arse. Oh, gutted.

The bakers' meringue nests now face
the judgment of Paul and Prue.

Hi, Illiyin.
Hello.

It's a shame about
the overall look of them,

they could've been much, much neater
cos they've cracked really poorly.

They are a coconut meringue with
a lime gel,

a pineapple curd,

rum cream with
rum caramelised pineapples.

Paul's going in for two bites.
Two bites.

It's...

What's the matter?

The curd's really sharp.

I mean, it's delicious
because it's that sharp.

It is like having a pina colada.

It's so good.
I'm amazed you managed to get

so much coconut flavour into
the meringue.

I should've thought

of that myself.
I think it's lovely.

Thank you. Thank you. Well done,
Illiyin. Thank you.

I like the look of them. Do you like
the look of those? Think they're
nice?

I love the look of them.

It looks so clean.
It's really red and white.

These are filled with
a peach cremeux,

raspberry coulis,

macerated peaches,
mascarpone Chantilly cream.

These are the biggest raspberries
I've ever seen.

They are,
they're absolute dobber raspberries!

Huge, aren't they, yeah.

It's certainly punchy.
The peach bit is too strong.

The raspberry lifts it.

The custard or the cremeux,
what is this?

It's a peach cremeux.

It doesn't feel real,
it feels artificial.

Feels like a boiled sweet

rather than a fresh fruit. Thank
you. Thank you.

I quite like the colours.

The meringue's all over
the place a little bit,

sort of slid over to the side.

Yeah. I think that's actually more
to do

with your piping than anything.

There is almond meringue,
Chantilly cream,

orange curd and plum compote.

The curd works really well with
the plums

and what I do like as well is the
almond extract. In the meringue.

Comes through beautifully well, it's
just the right level.

Nice original flavours,
beautifully balanced.

Thank you. Well done, Georgie. Well
done. Thank you. Thank God.

They look absolutely exquisite.

And I'm so impressed with

the way you managed
to get that piping.

It is neat.

So I've got Swiss meringue
nests with

a little bit of rose water.
Then walnut praline,

a cherry jam and a rose water
and sour cream Chantilly.

For me, the rose

and the cherry, I don't really like
the flavours together.

Maybe cos the rose is a bit strong.
OK.

Rose is always going to dominate.

Hmm.

Unless you're really very delicate
with it.

Thank you, Christiaan. Thank you,
Christiaan. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Well done darling. Thank
you.

They look incredible.
Thank you.

It's like Art Nouveau.

They're absolutely exquisite,
well done.

So it's a toasted rice
meringue nest,

honey tarragon apricots, then
a creme legere with like

a tiny bit of pomegranate molasses.

It's more savoury than sweet.

It doesn't identify as anything.
It's trying

to sort of find a way and it's sort
of lost its way a little bit.

Mm-hm.
There's no doubt there are lots

and lots of different flavours in
that. Hmm. I love it. OK.

I love the fact it's not very sweet,

I think that toasted rice flavour is
fantastic. Well done, Sumayah.

Thank you. Thank you.

They look spectacular.
That is really clever.

Does look like a coconut,
like an illusion?

Take a bite. Oh, you can.

Yeah, just get involved, go on.

There's a coconut bavarois,
some passion fruit in there

and then cubes of
rum-soaked Genoise.

You do get the coconut
coming through.

The bavarois is nice,

that's got a beautiful texture
to it.

You've got texture,
flavour, look of it.

You've done something quite unique.

Oh, really, really?

Yeah, you're right.
LAUGHTER

Cheers, thank you.

Well done. Whoo. Thank you so much.

It's original and it's delicious.

Well done, Dylan. Cheers. Excellent.
Well done.

That's mental. He's just like,
yeah, there you go, so...

Yay, well done.

It's good. Compared to last week,
it's nice to be back in like

a nice position,

so hopefully I can just maintain
it.

And they both liked the look of it,

it could be a lot worse.
At least Prue liked it.

I think Paul was a bit upset about
me using tinned peaches.

I think he's forgotten where his
roots are, hasn't he,

with the tined peach.

It's better than
a fresh peach, any day!

The bakers were able
to practise their meringue nests

but could be in for

a rude surprise in
the technical challenge.

Hello, bakers,
welcome back to the tent.

It's time for your
technical challenge,

and today this one has been set
for you by the lovely Prue.

Prue have you got any words
of advice for our lovely bakers?

There is a common pitfall

to this technique.
Don't fall into the trap.

You going to tell 'em what it is?
No.

As ever, this technical challenge
will be judged blind

so we're going to have
to ask these two to pop off.

To be honest, I don't even know why
they turn up for this bit.

For your technical challenge,
Prue would love you to bake

a British classic, spotted d*ck.

Your spotted d*ck...

ALL LAUGH

..should comprise of
a moist steamed suet sponge studded

with currants, and accompanied
with a silky smooth creme anglaise.

You have two hours 15 minutes in
order to get your d*ck ready.

WILD LAUGHTER

Come on now, kids!
It's a family show.

On your marks.
Get set. Bake.

Oh. I've never seen a spotted d*ck.

I don't even know what they look
like, never eaten one.

I feel like everyone knows what
it is

but no-one wants to try it.
Unless you're above the age of 50.

It's very British.

When I moved to the UK, I'd never
heard of steamed pudding.

My boyfriend was like, "You
need to try them."

So actually, spotted d*ck is
very nice!

So Prue, why have you chosen
spotted d*ck?

My main memory

of steamed puddings are actually
school dinners.

We thought spotted d*ck was
hilarious, of course. Hmm.

But I think done well
it's delicious.

What are you looking for?

Perfectly steamed sponge,

a nice golden syrup
and a smooth silky custard.

You mentioned not falling into
a very familiar trap.

When we've had steamed
puddings before,

the bakers tend not
to steam them for long enough.

So it's the timing.

Needs to steam for at least an hour

and a half, otherwise it just
won't be properly baked in

the middle. Have a go.

I'll just cut a little wedge
out here.

That is lovely and crumbly.

It is.

And yet it's got that substantial

feel that only a steamed
pudding has.

And I think with
the custard as well, it's fantastic.

It's delicious.

It's a Sunday roast sort
of pudding.

And then a good sleep.

As you end up face flat down on
the table.

Scant as ever on

the instructions,
"Make spotted d*ck."

I'm going to add my sugar.

Flour, cinnamon, baking powder,
suet - I don't know you say it.

Suet is little granules of fat.

This is veggie suet, which is what
I use at home.

Add the milk to form a soft dough.
So this is, I assume, a soft dough.

I probably should add my currants
in now.

Feel like you would know about
spotted d*ck, no? No?

I know what it is.

And like I've seen it,
but it's something I would pass on.

Is it? I don't like currants. They
just swell up and they're,

ooh, the texture of them is just not
for me.

You like it when they're small
and dry?

Yeah. I like them shrivelled up. You
don't like them when they get
swollen and warm?

Yeah, yeah.

Spoon the mixture into
the pudding basin, then cover

with paper and foil.

Foil on top to try
and keep it watertight.

Where's my string gone?

Where does it mention string in
the instructions?

Just think, you're going to be able
to figure it out.

Oh, to tie it up!
Tie it up like a package.

Well done, Dylan, well done.

Yay. I figured it out.

Why am I helping him?
He's like the enemy.

I just don't know how you keep it
tight, you know what I mean? I need
a finger.

This is what I have a husband
for. His only use.

Cos you want to make sure that
it's secure.

And that water's not getting in it.

Christiaan. Oh, hello.

You about to tie me up?
Oh, yeah...

You got your rope out. I was going
to string you along, but...

How's it going?

I'm trying to make
a little handle.

It's like you're
doing some fashion design here.

I know, well, I fee...
Look at this.

I feel a bit like Arts and Crafts
at the moment, but...

Be a nice handbag, look at that.
Yeah, exactly. Little handbag.

Steam on the hob until ready.

Put the plate in the bottom

and it keeps it off the heat at
the bottom.

You don't want the water
to actually touch the pudding.

So you want to keep it quite low.

Just going to fill it up to
the plate. And no higher.

I think that's enough.
It's got to be.

You want it to steam but not boil.

And let out moisture into your

spotted d*ck, because it will be
too wet.

But I don't know what I'm
doing. Hmm!

This is what I do at home.

Top it up again
a little bit afterwards.

I've got to keep an eye,
because my water level's quite high.

And I don't want it to go over
the top.

I don't know what the common pitfall
is, I'm really confused.

Guessing the pitfall is
the time it takes to steam.

That's going to take ages.

Take at least an hour in
there, 100%.

You need to steam it at least
for an hour

and a half, I think, it takes quite
a long time

because it's a big pudding,
isn't it?

Ah! I forgot an ingredient.
I forgot the sugar.

Oh, don't want to overmix it now.
Just get it in.

Bakers, you are halfway through.

Ah!

OK, I'll just shove this in.

I just wasted so much time.

I want to give it at least an hour
to steam, like, minimum.

Takes quite a long time.

I need to make a syrup.

The golden syrup you pour over
the steamed pudding.

For the syrup, make a caramel
with 50g of

the caster sugar
and three tablespoons of water.

You don't want to stir this.
Resist the urge.

When you move it, it
might crystallise.

Oh, please don't crystallise.

See, we're getting
crystallisation now.

Didn't stir it,
just didn't like me.

Oh, it's all crystallised!

So we'll try again.

That looks like golden syrup to me.

Boy wonder.

Bit of a genius, isn't he?

He is a bit of a tiny prodigy.

Tiny little genius.

You think he's the one you've
got to beat?

I think he's the one that will
beat us.

Oh, really? Do you think Paul loves
Dylan? I...

Dylan do you think Paul's got
a crush on you?

I held his hand today.

He was ready to drop that one in.
He was ready for that one!

I made you a jelly.
What did you use as a mould?

Paul's bra.

Bakers,
you have half an hour left.

Ah.

We're still here staring at sugar.

That looks a bit darker,
so that looks better.

I'm still not fully happy with it

but it is what it is now.
They're going to be like uh,

this is not dark enough.

Just making my creme anglaise now.

I can't make custards, I really am
going to cry.

You want to make sure that you don't
scramble your eggs.

Should be smooth,
silky, no lumps.

I'm annoyed now. I've gone wrong.

It will be fine if
I get me lumps out.

Bakers,
you have - why don't you guess,

how long do you think you've got
left? 15...15. 15, yeah. 15.

Yes. It's like you've all got
watches and that me

and Alison are redundant.

Right, I'm going to leave it

for another ten.
I hope mine is cooked.

If it's under, it's definitely going
to be stodgy and raw.

You don't want to kind
of like turn it out

and it all just collapses onto
the plate.

I'm just kind of like gauging what
everyone else is doing.

Just waiting.

Oh.

It's like a waiting game, isn't it?

Who's going to be the first
to take theirs out?

Someone be brave.

It's not going to be me.

IMITATES A CHICKEN

Bakers!
There's only ten minutes left.

It's all right, we've just got,

we've got to do, ain't we?
Gill's going first.

I'm just watching Gill.

That looks beautiful.

It looks done.

I feel like I have no choice now.

It has to come out now.

Smells quite nice, actually.
I just hope to God it's cooked.

I feel like I'm going to drop it.

Please, don't be bad.

Yeah, cooked.

All right,
I don't think that's too bad.

I'm worried some water's got in
mine. It's quite moist.

Oh, it came out, thank God.

It's come out!

It's not coming out.

Bakers, you've got one minute left.

At least come out, please.
This is literally just disastrous.

Pour all of the syrup over
the pudding.

So pleased.

Yummy.
Mine should've been a bit darker.

And hopefully this just melts down
the sides.

Just get it out.

It just seems quite stodgy.
And looking slightly raw.

Bakers, your time is up.

Mine is awful. It's like stodge.

Please come and bring your
spotted dicks

and place them behind
your photographs.

It just didn't come out,
it's like raw.

SHE SNIFFLES

Babes, it's fine.
Sumayah's getting upset.

Crying over a spotted d*ck!

LAUGHTER

Can I just say - never, ever cry
over d*ck? Ever.

OK, let's welcome back our judges.
Come on in, judges.

Prue and Paul are looking for light,

moist, perfectly steamed
spotted dicks.

Covered in rich golden syrup

and accompanied by silky
smooth custard.

An interesting array in front
of us.

As always, they don't know whose
bake is whose.

We'll start with this one.

The sauce looks a little bit pale.

The caramel needed to be
a little bit darker.

Oh, scrambled egg. Nice.

Scrambled egg. Yeah.

That is such a pity.

It's a little heavy.

It's a bit heavy and stodgy,

isn't it? Nice flavour, though.
Moving on.

That's a better syrup.

The sponge is quite soggy.
It's become quite glutinous.

That's really heavy and stodgy.
That's a shame.

OK. The sauce...

Colour on this one, again, is OK.
Custard's not bad.

Hmm, sponge is lovely.

The sponge is nice.

OK, moving on to this.

The pudding's got
a bit of lightness to it.

Nice custard. Hmm.

Hmm, tastes good too.
Yeah, no, no, I love that,

I think that's perfect.

Hmm, it is good.

Problems with sticking to the bowl.

The outside is really soggy.

You can feel how gluey that is.

That's quite raw inside. It tastes
floury. Hmm. The colour of that, the
syrup is...

Yeah.

Far too pale.

It doesn't look like caramel at all.
It just looks like sugar syrup.

It doesn't. Exactly.
It's nice custard.

Hmm, that looks nice and light.
It does.

But actually, I quite like
the pudding.

The judges will now rank

the spotted dicks from worst
to best.

OK, in sixth spot we have this one.
Whose is this?

Sumayah, it's quite gluey.

Yeah, I knew it.

And in fifth place we have this
one. Who is this?

Illiyin. So it's too stodgy.

Gill is in fourth place,
and Christiaan comes third.

So in second spot we have...

..this one.
Whose is this?

Georgie.

This wasn't too bad at all,
actually. It was a nice sponge.

So, of course, in first place,
Dylan.

Custard is silky smooth,
nice light sponge, well done.

Thanks.

This is the best I've done.

Which feels good after last week.

I feel like this is a good comeback,
you know. I feel good.

Not last, not last.
The custard, honest

to God, I'll be laughed at at home
that I couldn't make

a decent custard.

It went worse than I could've
even imagined.

No-one has a meal and

is like - "You know what
I could really do

"with right now, spotted d*ck."
No-one is going to say that!

Good luck.

Yeah, good luck.

And then there were six.

I mean, this is when it starts
getting competitive.

Well, we had some really good
bakes yesterday.

Dylan dominated the technical.
Yes.

And I thought he did extremely well
in his signature as well.

The handshake and won the technical.

That's unusual. He's the boy wonder.
Yeah.

He is not only incredibly

imaginative, but his flavours are
so good.

Another person I thought did quite
well yesterday was Georgie.

Loved the flavours,

loved the idea and she was second
in technical.

Going home - I think it's all
the others.

Sumayah's meringue nest was
very beautiful

but it lost its way in flavour.

It was a lot of flavours.
She threw everything at it.

But I liked them, I thought they
worked together. You did, didn't ya.

Illiyin - as a pina colada goes,
that's amazing

but the meringue nest itself
started cracking

and she came fifth in technical.

What about Gill?

She used tinned peaches in

the signature, but it was
too artificial.

It was very strong.

But you say the same about
Christiaan as well

because it tasted terrible.
It was like soap.

So is this anybody's game today?

Any one of the four at

the bottom do a bad show stopper,
they're out.

Oh, this is so nerve-racking.

Hello, bakers,
welcome back to the tent.

It's time for your
show stopper challenge.

The judges would like

to see your take on
an Italian classic, tiramisu.

Do you know that tiramisu is
actually Italian for "pick me up"?

That makes sense
because every time I see

a tiramisu, I pick it up
and slam it in my gob!

Your tiramisu must have
the three classics,

coffee,
mascarpone, lady's fingers.

But you can add any additional

elements and flavours that
you like.

You have four hours and 30 minutes.

On your marks.

Get set.

Bake!

I was so excited to see tiramisu.

I was like, "They've done it for
me!"

I used to travel to Italy quite
a lot

and every night I would have
a tiramisu.

Oh, it's just like the best thing.

I hate coffee with a passion.
So this is awful.

I mean it's like
the fifth circle of hell.

It's the show stopper time

and the bakers have to produce
a tiramisu.

It's a very classic Italian dessert.

It's basically mascarpone cream,

coffee and a sponge - lady's
fingers.

We're making lady fingers.

Trying to keep as much air in them
as you possibly can.

We're asking the bakers
to personalise this tiramisu

but anything that they add should
really go well

with obviously chocolate
and things like ginger

and hazelnuts

and all sorts of things that would
naturally go with coffee.

I'm also creating
a roasted pistachio mousse.

It brings like a really nice
deep flavour.

Coffee is going to be a king in
this.

We want to taste the coffee

but you don't want something that's
too strong

because it overwhelms
the whole thing.

Coffee. Very strong.

But I like it like that,
strong, black, like me!

Tiramisu,

it's traditionally
a soft pudding in a bowl.

So we want them

to do something different.
Elaborate.

It's a show stopper.
I want highly decorated.

You can add chocolate curls or
shapes or shards.

We want to see tiramisu taken to

a whole new level by our six
amazing bakers.

Morning, Georgie.
Hello.

Tell us all about your tiramisu.

I'm obviously half Italian
so it's going to be very,

very, very classic recipe.

Written on a piece

of paper from Italy from like 80
years ago.

It's your family recipe, it would be
crazy not to use it.

Yeah, it was on a ripped piece of
paper, just scribbled on there,

so I thought I've got to use it now,
yeah. Yeah. That's great.

Keeping the classic sponge,
lady fingers,

and mascarpone cream, Georgie's
complementing her 80-year-old

recipe with hazelnut praline

and wrapping her bake in
a flamboyant chocolate collar.

Despite her Italian heritage, she's
not had much experience

baking tiramisu.

It's not usually me that makes them
at home,

it's usually my auntie. There's
like a hierarchy in my family.

But my father is the don.
I'm the eldest child,

realistically, it should be me
making the tiramisu.

They'll hopefully let me take that
title over after they've seen me on

Bake Off.

Otherwise, I'll put
a horse's head in their bed.

Also keeping his recipe on
the classic side...

I don't want to change it too much.
..Dylan.

Cos I don't want to upset
Italian people

but there are ways you can
upgrade it.

For my mascarpone cream, adding
cured egg yolks.

They're used a lot in Asia.

I cure them in one-to-one salt
and sugar

and they just have this really nice
like sort of salty and rich taste.

Aside from his cured egg mascarpone
cream, Dylan's going

with traditional flavours

and plans to present his tiramisu in
a handmade chocolate box.

With the box, I'm making it look
like concrete.

Like a breeze block.
Yeah, kind of.

I'm using coloured cocoa butter,
like different shades of grey.

Oh, OK.

And so it looks like a,
like a stone box, kind of.

You know shades of grey.


I don't know what you're
talking about!

Cute little lady fingers, that's me.

The lady fingers are usually piped
into fingers

but I'm doing mine in

a round disc, just
so it's easier just to pop in.

My lady circles!

The judges have demanded
the bakers retain

the key elements of tiramisu.

Fingers in. Fingers crossed.

Ladies fingers, mascarpone...

Got the masala wine being added
to the mascarpone cream.

It's like a dessert wine.

..and coffee.

I hate coffee with a passion.

Well, that's a good start.

So there is coffee in it.

Just a little bit.

If we can taste it. Yeah.

Which I'm beginning to...
I'm, I'm hoping you will.
Suspect we won't.

I'm hoping you will.
I've had to do what I promised
I would never do for

the last 30 years,
and that's listen to my husband.

Cos he's had
to taste this altogether to try

and make sure,
so we could end 23 years

of reasonably happy marriage today
with this.

I feel for him!

Guided by husband Steve,

Gill's combining coconut and coffee.

Layers of espresso sponge will
sit on

a coconut mascarpone mousse in her
Charlotte Russe-style bake.

I like the size of your fingers.
They are pretty big.

Do they go on the bottom?

No, no, mine's a Charlotte.
Mine are going round the side.
What's a Charlotte?

It's when the lady fingers go round
the outside.

Is that what it's called? Yeah.
Wonder how they came up
with that idea?

Just someone carrying a cake and
they saw fingers round the edge...

Yeah, exactly.
..of the cake and went,

"Imagine if we put false
fingers round the cake."

Do you think at one point they were
real, the fingers? I hope not.

I hope so.

While Gill's wrapping her tiramisu
in lady fingers,

Illiyin's will be caged in
a chocolate jewellery box.

It's basically sort of
like spun chocolate.

You can see through it
but you just can't open it.

Have you done that
decoration before?

Yes. I have. I've done it at home.
And it works? I think so. Yeah?

PAUL: All right.

After poor presentation in
the Signature, Illiyin's out

to impress with
a spiral chocolate collar and lid.

She's putting her own spin on

tiramisu by including

a chocolate and almond biscuit base

and rich fruity layer.

I'm making my cherry layer
and they'll go in sugar

and a non-alcoholic amaretto.

And they will cook down ready
to be used later.

Problem is, now I'm gonna stain
my hands,

they're gonna look like
I've been away for

the weekend just murdering people.

Whatever new ingredients
the bakers add...

This is a mousse that's got coconut
cream in it

to try and get the coconut
latte flavour.

..it's vital they complement
the coffee tiramisu's famous for.

And I'm adding hazelnuts,

pushes the coffee flavour up
a little bit more.

Oh, didn't see you there.

It's like when the teacher comes
round in an exam, isn't it?

Having fallen foul of flavouring
with his Signature,

Christiaan is risking going
floral again.

Are you using rose?

A little bit.

Not today. No. No...

No, I'll tell you,
I'm doing a little layer

of roasted strawberries in
the tiramisu. Right.

And I'm actually adding,
literally, like, an eighth of

a teaspoon of rose water.

Oh, no.
PRUE: It's fine, it's fine.

You're not gonna taste it.
Honestly, you're not.

CHRISTIAAN LAUGHS

Styled after
the 1980s Italian design group,

Memphis Milano,
Christiaan's summery take on

a tiramisu will include masala wine,

mascarpone cream

and a pistachio mousse

to complement his rose-water
roasted strawberries.

It's like you're messing with
the classics.

It's risky. Paul doesn't like rose.

He bathes in rose water.

Well, that's what I thought.

He was crying once and one of his
tears rolled down his cheek

and I caught it on my tongue
like a snowdrop

and it tasted of rose water, so.

Sumayah's also risking pairing some
powerful flavours.

So, right now, I'm just making my
coffee lemon curd.

Coffee and lemon curd?

Mm.

PRUE: Has it got lots of lemon in it
or just the rind?

SUMAYAH: It's basically like
a normal lemon curd

but I'm just adding some
instant coffee.

PRUE: OK. Lemon and coffee are
two very, very punchy flavours.

Mm.

Along with coffee lemon curd
Sumayah's adding praline,

a chocolate cremeux

and will wrap her tiramisu in

an ornate, delicate sponge collar.

I'm just doing a joconde...
Yeah.

..around the outside that's gonna
look like batik fabric.

PRUE: Oh, right.
Nice. Oh, that's gonna be beautiful.

Then a chocolate lotus flower.

Wow.

All of that sounds absolutely like
you and up your street.

I look forward to this.
Yeah.

Well, good luck, Sumayah.
Thank you. Sounds amazing.

Bakers, you are haa-aalf-way
through.

You do look like Tarzan.

I am wearing a loincloth if that's
what you mean under these clothes.

That is everything made, I think.
And then it is time to build.

You soak the ladyfingers in
the coffee and then you layer them.

This is the thing I do actually
struggle with -

gauging how much coffee to put in.

You don't wanna add too much to
the point where it's soggy

but you don't want it
to be too dry.

This is the most crucial part.

I know. They've gotta taste it,
haven't they?

They've got to taste it.

How do you know how much to put on
it when you don't like coffee?

I have absolutely no idea which is
why I had to recruit Steve.

So we can blame him.
So we can blame him, yeah.

If this goes wrong it's cos
of you, Steve. It's cos of you.

Mascarpone cream.

Just want to make sure that all of
the edges are covered.

Hazelnuts to add texture.

Strawberries in next.

So that's my coffee lemon curd.

Next layer.

My kids eat these.
I just blink and they're gone.

It's kind of cute, unless they take
the bit that I need.

You know, then it's not very cute.

If the bakers don't layer up their
tiramisu quickly...

And then the rest of my mascarpone.

The final layer of mousse going on.

..their Showstoppers won't have
time to set...

So that can go in the freezer.

If it doesn't set,
it will literally just splurge.

..and could collapse when demoulded.

Leave it in there a couple of hours.

For as long as I can give them
to set.

However, Dylan's not yet assembling
his tiramisu.

So the whole dessert is gonna be

encased in a tempered
chocolate box.

He's got a box to build first.

So I've got my grey colours here

and then just pour it out.

These are the sides.

Like, the big chocolate slab
literally on the sides.

These just need to set.

If you do really well today...
Yeah? ..and you get the Star Baker.

Yeah. ..you'd have got the
handshake, the technical

and the Star Baker.

It'd be a good clean run,
wouldn't it?

Do you think you can?

As long as it comes out good and
then I make my box, then I'm happy.

Just don't have any big disasters,
you know?

So, now we're moving on to
the chocolate decorations.

It's gonna have
a marbled effect chocolate collar.

It's weird cos, like, when you
look at it this side it looks a mess

but then when you turn it over,
it's lovely.

So it's gonna be like a black
and white collar.

It's Memphis Milano.

It's kind of like the inspiration.
It's very, like, '80s.

I'm gonna have a joconde around the
outside with, like, a batik design.

Sumayah mentioned lemon coffee curd.

Lemon curd is quite tangy,
it's quite tart.

With coffee, that's gonna
be interesting.

Now coating some lady fingers
in chocolate

and putting some desiccated
coconut on.

PRUE: Gill hates coffee.

I know, yeah.
Gotta get those levels perfect.

She got her husband to taste it, so.
That's true.

I'm hoping they will taste coffee.

It's getting the balance is
the challenge.

The vision of cage.

Illiyin, she's putting that cage
around it.

It's just a question whether she can
do the decoration well enough.

Yeah.

I'm just about to put my
box together.

So I need to cut these to size.

So long as nothing devastating
happens to them

then I'm pretty good.

Dylan. He's got this box.

I mean, I like the idea of Dylan.

I just don't know whether
it's gonna hold,

that's my only issue with that.
How stable it's gonna be.

Oh, no. So annoying.

I could redo it but tempering
chocolate is such a long process.

I'm gonna have to cut
the top off them.

It's just such an arduous process.

Bakers, you have 30 minutes left.

Just need to get the cake out now.

Oh, that's, like, frozen.

Oh, my God, it's so cold
it's burning my hands.

It's actually all right, that bit.

I only need it eight
centimetres high.

So I only have that tiny bit there.

Right, I need to get this out.

If it's not set,
you're gonna have a problem

because it will just all
just collapse.

Oh, I hate this part.

That's all right.

It's obviously still quite soft.

Looks a little bit wet.
Probably put too much coffee in it.

That's set.

So I need to put my tiramisu
in there.

Is this the chocolate box
you speak of?

Yeah, can you stay away from it?
I, frankly, just don't trust you.

I mean, you're telling me not
to be clumsy,

you're like Frank Spencer.

Who's Frank Spencer?

You're so young. He doesn't know who
Frank Spencer is. We're so old now.

I know.

I told my parents that you guys were


Uh, can we just rewind?

I'm 49. Do not push my...

Yes, but average 50.

I'm still in my 40s.
Well, no, you guys are 50.

So if you take your age
and average it, it's 50.

Hello! I'm not 50!
We're a century old.

Then I just need to get the collar
on. It's so heavy. It's hard.

Do you know what, all it means is
I've been in the queue

a little bit longer than you,
Dylan, it doesn't mean my...

A little bit?

Well, you've been in the
queue, yeah,



He's literally...
All right, Dyl.

He hasn't even come in
the shop yet.

Do you feel, like, closer to death
or do you not? Like, do you...?

I mean, I'm already dead, so...
Well, do you feel closer to death?

Well, no, but my body's
not decaying.

After 27, your body starts decaying.

Yeah, but at the end of the day,
you could go and hit by a bus.

You could die before me.
That's morbid.

It will have the lady fingers around
the outside.

That's my joconde.
I'm just trimming off the overlap.

Uh-oh, that's way too much.
How long do we have left?

Bakers,
you've got ten minutes left.

Ah.

Oh, no,
I need to be moving quicker, then.

Cream at the bottom and then on top
I'll do the layer of lady fingers.

Let's have a look.

It looks very, very shiny.

It's pretty good.
Shine on it is quite good.

Oh, my God, that looks so good,
Gill.

How's it going, darling?
Is it going well?

Yeah, happy as I can be. Are you?
It looks really good. Yeah.

It'll be like Noel.
Look at it, a perfect specimen.

What are you two up to?
I'm not sure.

I do not trust you at all
at the moment. I'm not sure.

Fill in the gaps.
Such a mess. Oh, well.

Ah, man down, man down.

Annoyingly that's now fallen.

I just need to trim it all
a bit more.

And then I need to attach all these
little pink half moons

that are gonna be stuck around
the outside of the collar.

And then on top,
I'll do the layer of cocoa powder.

That does not look nice.
It's just so messy.

Bakers, you've got one minute left.

I'm having a bit of a panic.
I really need to fix that side.

Tell you, I'm a frustrated
Blue Peter presenter at heart.

It's like open-heart surgery,
innit?

The chocolate lotus flower.

We've got a shine,
we've got some shapes.

Bakers... Waah.

..your time is up.

Please step away from
your tiramisus.

It's done.

Looks amazing.

Thanks. Cheers.
Yeah, well done, well done.

You know, I kept looking over
and thinking

I wonder when he's gonna
take it out of the tin.

Then I realised
that was actually the...

THEY LAUGH

The bakers' tiramisu Showstoppers
now face

the judgment of Paul and Prue.

Dylan, would you like
to bring up your Showstopper?

It's a gorgeous box.

Well, it's neat as a pin.
Really beautiful.

I love the finish. It looks more
like stainless steel or aluminium...

Yeah. ..than concrete,
but it's fantastically clever.

So, mine has got
salted cured egg yolks in

the mascarpone cream,

espresso with amaretto.

Look at the layers.
Yeah, beautiful.

It's a really classic tiramisu,

very nice strong coffee,
not at all too sweet.

You couldn't eat a lot of that.

I've never had cured eggs before.
Hmm.

But I do think they add something
to it. Mm.

It's a little kick
of salted caramel, or something.

Mm. It is like
a salted caramel inside.

It's such a beautiful flavour.

It's creamy and it feels luxurious.

Every element to it is
beautifully made.

Well done, Dylan. Thank you.
Thanks, guys.

It's very pretty.

The chocolate collar is
just exceptional.

It is shiny.
And it's just beautifully done.

That's a big tiramisu.

Wow.

Gosh, look at that.

That is amazing, Georgie.

Lovely layers in there.

So mine's a classic Italian tiramisu
with a hazelnut praline.

I love that. And it's so delicate.

You've created a very classic
tiramisu with

a hazelnut praline.
I'm a big fan.

You've cracked tiramisu.

In fact, I think tiramisu should
change its recipe.

It should be this.

It's my auntie's recipe
so I can't take the credit.

Thank you very much.
Thank you.

NOEL WHISPERS: Well done.

I love the collar.
It's beautifully ex*cuted.

It's effective, isn't it?

It's just exquisite.
So, let's see what it tastes like.

It's got the mascarpone cream
with the Marsala wine, coffee,

roasted strawberries,

and on top we've got
a roasted pistachio mousse.

It's really unusual.

Cos you've got fruit with coffee

but it's Marsala that goes with
the coffee.

When you do get a big mouthful
of it,

and I managed to get it in my mouth,
it is amazing.

It is very delicious.

I don't know how you get all of it
in your mouth at once.

It's like a gift.

So you have to have
a big mouth, basically.

Do you want some Alison?
Oh, yes, please.

THEY LAUGH

Thank you, Christiaan.

Thank you very much.

It's a great-looking cake.

It's very original.

Love the colours,
it works very nicely.

It has a chocolate biscuit base
and amaretto cream,

coffee-soaked sponge fingers,
amaretti soaked cherries.

The flavours are fantastic.
The sponge is beautifully baked.

The coffee level is perfect.
Love the cherries in there.

That little bit of tartness that
comes through from it.

It's a little triumph.

Well done, Illiyin.
Well done, Illiyin. Thank you.

It's very elegant.

You could almost see it in
a window of

a beautiful French shop,
couldn't you? Yeah, without doubt.

It's a coffee sponge with
a coconut cream

and then there's lady fingers
around the outside

with chocolate and
desiccated coconut.

That's delicious.
I love the coconut with the cream,

I think it really works.

The sponge is lovely.
The coffee is wonderful.

That level of coffee, it's
what you'd expect

when you have a tiramisu.

Thank you, Steve.

NOEL: He's not up there, is he?

THEY LAUGH

I've not put him under
the patio yet!

Well, your printed sponge is
beautifully done.

But I love the pattern.

I think the colours are amazing
but it's this break here.

It's not very neat at all.

So it's a mascarpone mousse,

lady-finger sponge,
a coffee lemon curd.

The band of very, very strong lemony
coffee is a bit of a shock.

It's very sharp.

I don't necessarily like
the sharpness with the coffee.

In a way, if it had been thinner
layers of it, it would be better.

I think it's work in progress.

Needs more polishing.
Thank you very much, Sumayah.

Well done, Sumayah.

I'm disappointed
but not surprised, to be honest.

I see their criticism
and I get it.

I've accepted it. And I'm bitter.

It would be incredible
to get through to next week.

And if I didn't, I'm still very
proud of the achievement.

I felt so bad about last week,
so now I feel

a bit more invigorated.
Like, oh, yeah, I'm back.

I'm going to have
to admit that Steve's not quite as

wrong as he usually is, aren't I?
Marriage saved.



Well, that was a pretty
amazing Showstopper.

So who's in line
for Star Baker today, would you say?

I think the same two that came
into it.

Dylan. I think you've got
Georgie and Dylan.

Flavour, they were both fantastic.
Really?

The collar on Georgie's was amazing.

I love the hazelnut praline
in there. Yes.

That worked beautifully.

What about Dylan?
Again, he was clever, wasn't he?

That was a great cake,
a really good work of art.

The cured egg yolk was ingenious.

Going home, it's a tricky one

because I think Sumayah is in
trouble.

Has Gill done enough to stay here?

Has Illiyin done enough
to stay here?

Such a shame cos they're all such
good bakers, aren't they?

We will be sending good bakers home
from now on in.

Well done, bakers.

Now, I've got the great
job of announcing this week's

Star Baker.

It's quite an interesting week
because this week's

Star Baker got a handshake
and won the technical.

It's Dylan.

Well done. Well done.

Now, as you know, every single week,
someone does sadly have to

leave the tent.

So, the person leaving
the tent today is...

..Sumayah.

Sorry, babes. Well done.
You did so well. Yeah.

I feel like it wasn't one specific
event that let me down.

It was just kind of like a series
of mistakes here and there.

You are so talented.
Thank you. You really are.

I'm really sorry to see Sumayah
go home.

I mean, she's so talented
and she's so artistic.

Her flavours are very bold
and imaginative.

And mostly she pulls them off. But
I think this week she had a problem.

I've learnt to be more
confident in myself and my ideas.

You learn a lot from everyone

and I feel like I'm going to take
a piece of everyone away with me.

Well done. Cheers, mate.
You did a decent job there, buddy.

Last week I was like,

"Oh, yeah, I'm coming back
and I'm winning Star Baker."

Now that I've actually done it, it's
like, oh, yeah, that's pretty cool.

Fantastic. He's had a handshake.

He won the technical, did really
well today with that Showstopper.

He's certainly one to watch.

This is a tiny g*ng now,
isn't it?

Still here, which I thought,
after Coffee Week...

Through to the quarterfinal,
how's that happened?

I didn't realise it was
quarterfinal.

So I'm a quarterfinalist.
Aah. I'm really excited.

Really happy, really overwhelmed.
A lot of work to do.

Next time...

Ah, don't fall on me.

..we're travelling back to the '70s
for a colourful quarterfinal...

Sponge, sponge, sponge,
sponge, sponge.

..with a stacked choux signature...

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

..a sticky technical...

The good news is
the banana is not sinking.

..and a towering tiered Showstopper.

It's trying to slant.
Why is it doing that?

Who will soar into the semifinal?

The cakelympics. Yeah!

And who...
Oh, God.

..will come crashing to earth?
Whoa-ah!

GASPS