What do you get when you combine decapitated nuns, spotted dicks with a kick and a suet crisis? Bake Off’s Pastry Week of course! Another tense affair saw the last man standing (or kneeling by the oven) Glenn take a tumble, making a bake with too much booze for even Mary Berry to contend with! Elsewhere, there was plenty in the way of Nun Bun Fun…
Star Baker
Departing Baker
Quotes Of The Night:
“The last thing I want is stodgy suet…” – Paul Hollywood
“Get a ruddy grip!” – Mel Giedroyc
#BakeOffFriends Titles:
The One With The Ginger Dick (@gracelouise223)
The One With Ruby Getting a Ruddy Grip (@RosieSmart1)
The One With The Nun Bun Fun (@LucySaysSmile)
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Signature Bake: Suet Pudding
Beca – Spring Lamb and Vegetable Suet Pudding with Redcurrant Gravy
Christine – Spotted Dick with a kick of Stem Ginger, with Vanilla Ice Cream
Frances – Figgy Roll-y Poly Pudding with Caramelised Walnut and Honey Ice Cream
Glenn – Prune and Armagnac Pudding with Armagnac Butterscotch Sauce
Kimberley – Barberry and Apple Steamed Pudding with White Chocolate and Maple Custard
Ruby – Plum Jam Roly Poly with Ginger Ice Cream
Technical Bake – Mary Berry’s Religieuses
Technical Challenge Winner: Beca
The Showstoppers: Puff Pastry Selection
Beca
1. Chocolate and Hazelnut Vol au Vents
2. Nectarine and Frangipane Squares
3. Strawberries and Cream Mille-Feuille
Christine
1. Mille-Feuille Slices with Lemon Cream ‘Mess’, Raspberries and Blueberries
2. Traditional Eccles Cakes
3. Fruit Baskets with Crème Patissiere, Kiwi and Fresh Peaches
Frances – Musical Selection inspired by Édith Piaf
1. French Framboise Cream Horns
2. Sheet Music Mille-Feuille, with Marsala Mascarpone and Coffee Ganache
3. Bass Clef Palmiers
Glenn
1. Caramelised Apple and Marzipan Tartlets
2. Chocolate Elephant Ears
3. Passion Fruit Milles-Feuilles
Kimberley
1. Pastry Puffs filled with Fig, Orange and Thyme
2. Pear, Malt and Butterscotch Mille-Feuille
3. Blackberry and Lemon Verbena Crème Brûlée Custard Tarts
Ruby
1. Raspberry and Passion Fruit Mille-Feuille
2. Caramelised Apple Lattice
3. Pasteis de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts)