The Great British Baking Show
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Now this is the kind of (very light) drama that we tune in to this show for.
That is the only struggle.
We dont need crazy challenges or silly themed weeks.
Just let us find out whether the bakers that we have come to love succeed or fail.
After thedisaster of Mexican Week, whichfans hated, Dessert Week is a bit of a triumph.
Just cull all the filler contestants.
The first challenge is for everyone to make eight steamed puddings for the judges.
That is not necessarily the case.
Like pizza, even when it is bad, it is still pretty good.
Maxy is the only one who chooses this classic and, of course, everyone loves it.
Im not that much older than you, she reminds the gray-haired trickster.
Thank you, Dawn.
When Dawn finally serves up her dish, it looks like bleached cow pies with some flowers on top.
The judges say it is delicious, though, or maybe Paul just doesnt want to upset Mummy.
Yeah, theyre made with your hands.
That is the point.
Even if theyre delicious, though, they didnt seem to fit the bill.
Theyre gorgeous, but Paul says they taste too much like fake watermelon flavoring.
(You know that Paul has eaten it before.
You just know.)
(The method in an English recipe are the steps to prepare it, if that wasnt clear.)
This is the sort of basic dessert that everyone in that tent should have made at least once.
But we never understand why.
Did Dawn measure her filling out wrong?
Did she forget how long it takes to make the crust?
Was she just plain old nervous?
Its hard to say.
But not our Compost Carole.
Janusz comes in first with a pie that looks right off of a recipe card.
(Let Grandpa Moylan tell you about how we used to do things before the internet.)
Paul clearly elucidates this as we prepare for the showstopper.
He says Janusz, Maxy, Sandro, and Abdul are at the top.Why are you gagging so?
They bring it to every ball.Everyone else Dawn, Kevin, and Carole is in the bottom.
He does give Syabira a special carve out, but admits shes having a bad week.
They say the surprise can be anything.
Even, like, a chisel baked into a cake like in old cartoons?
Well then it cant be anything, can it?
Thats the sacrifice the bakers have to make: either achieve the feat or have it taste good.
It is often too much to have both.
They love his white-chocolate mousse, his Prosecco jelly, and the earths crust hidden inside.
Everyone elses, though, has a problem.
But that top is too rubbery and the curd inside has too much gelatin.
Maxy, whose gorgeous cake conceals a sunset inside, also succumbs to overly gelatinous curd.
The three up for elimination are all pretty bad.
Also, its a melon-flavored cake.
You think she would have learned her lesson from the watermelon puddings, but no.
Still, I think her skill throughout the competition saved her.
Compost Caroles actually looks pretty good.
However, yet again, the cakes are tough and theres too much gelatin.
Sandro, unsurprisingly, becomes the first non-Maxy or -Janusz to take home star baker.
