The Great British Baking Show

The Great British Baking Show Season 6 Episodes

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Season 6 Episode Guide

Episode 1 - Cakes

Twelve new bakers don their aprons and head for the iconic tent for cake week. The bakers' first signature challenge is to make a madeira cake. It's a well-loved cake, but which of our bakers will try to impress by reinventing this classic, and who will play safe in a bid to get perfect madeira with its traditional crack?

  

Episode 2 - Biscuits

With cake week over, the remaining bakers must prove themselves with biscuits. The signature challenge is to create twenty-four biscotti. Twice baked, these Italian specialities have to be crammed with flavour, and have a crisp crunch. It's a delicate balance between underbaked and bendy, or overbaked and rock hard.

  

Episode 3 - Bread

The ten remaining bakers tackle quick breads, baguettes, and 3D bread sculptures. Starting with the signature challenge, the bakers must tackle a Bake Off first and make quick breads - the bakers have an hour and a half to get creative with their flavours. Ranging from sweet chocolate loaves to manchego and prosciutto stuffed bread, the finished loaves are a delight, and one even earns a handshake from Paul.

  

Episode 4 - Desserts

For the nine bakers left it's time to tackle the sweet ending to every meal - desserts. The signature challenge comes in the form of a French classic - creme brulees. The bakers need to achieve the perfect wobble of the creme and an audible crack of the brulee. It's not easy though, as they have to brulee under the grill, not with a blow torch. While some will reach perfection, others will serve up scrambled egg and custard soup.

  

Episode 5 - Alternative Ingredients

The remaining bakers have to try and bake without sugar, gluten, or dairy this week. The signature challenge sees the bakers having to create a variety of sugar-free cakes - from an upside-down pineapple cake to carrot cakes. The technical challenge features gluten-free pittas. For their showstopper the bakers have to make dairy-free ice cream rolls.

  

Episode 6 - Pastry

The remaining bakers have to prove their skill with pastry. They have to make frangipane tarts for their signature challenge, and the technical challenge sees them having to make a traditional cheese-filled pastry from Cyprus called the flaouna. The showstopper is the classic 70’s canape - vol-au-vents - a bite-size puff pastry.

  

Episode 7 - Victorian

In a Bake Off first this entire episode is devoted to the period of history that gave birth to modern baking - the Victorian era. The signature challenge is a stalwart of the Victorian dinner table - game pie. Pie moulds, pheasant, pigeon, and pastry are the order of the day as the bakers must create beautifully decorated pies stuffed with all manner of game to tantalise the judges' taste buds. For one it's the chance to use a genuine antique from 1850, while others take a more modern approach and dabble with spices.

  

Episode 8 - Patisserie

No series of Bake Off would be complete without testing the bakers on patisserie, and what better time to do it than the quarter finals? The five remaining bakers must work their way through childhood favourites and delicate french fancies to a mountainous choux pastry masterpiece.

  

Episode 9 - Chocolate (semi-final)

The pressure is on as the remaining bakers must get to grips with one of the most difficult ingredients - chocolate.

  

Episode 10 - The Final

Only three of the original twelve bakers remain. They've made it to the final. Over twenty-seven challenges, they've worked their way through every baking discipline Mary and Paul have thrown at them from cakes to bread, pastry to puddings, and biscuits to chocolate. Along the way they have tackled recipes from the 70's and 80's, they've gone back to the Victorian era, they've made gluten-free bread, strange meringue concoctions, incredible constructions out of biscuits, bread and choux. They have all survived, and now they face their last three challenges. The signature challenge sees the finalists tackle enriched dough to create delicious filled iced buns. The technical requires them to conquer something they have all struggled with, and finally, for their last ever showstopper they must make a classic British cake. Mary and Paul expect nothing short of perfection. So who will hold their nerve? Who will be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2015? On your marks, get set, bake!

  

Episode 11 - Christmas Master Class

After the drama and deliciousness of the finale, the much-missed Mary and Paul are back to bring a generous dollop of baking cheer to Christmas this year. Step by step, they take us through stunning recipes that all the family can make during the festive season. Mary kicks off with a pavlova wreath and Paul makes a Chelsea bun Christmas tree. Mary makes a decadent trifle layered with fruit compote and Paul puts leftovers to irresistible use with his turkey and ham pie. Mary makes a truly beautiful rosace a l'orange and Paul closes the show with his magnificent towering pandoro.

  

Episode 12 - Class of 2015

We catch up with last year's bakers, who have come a long way since their time in the tent. This programme looks back at the golden moments.

  



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