17×3: Audience Choice Week
In a Bake Off first, the viewers are in charge! The bakers face a mystery box and unleash their inner fashionistas with wearable bakes. But whose faux pas sees them saying au revoir?
signature challenge: bake cheesecake with a relative (3 hours)
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Clara – bourbon whiskey Basque cheesecake with Georgia peach jam
Connie – ginger & lemon Basque cheesecake with saffron poached pears
Gabe – coconut lime Basque cheesecake with lime curd, whipped dark chocolate ganache, coconut shards
Gary – New York cheesecake with wholemeal biscuit base, cherry compôte, swans
Mo – cardamom Basque cheesecake with pistachio biscuit base, strawberry compôte
Molly – raspberry cheesecake with wholemeal biscuit base, freeze dried raspberries, tuile leaves
Moyin – vanilla orange Basque cheesecake with orange curd, candied oranges (Hollywood handshake)
Nikki – cherry bakewell Basque cheesecake with almond shortbread base, cherry filling, sour cherry gel
Shannon – white chocolate & Irish cream Basque cheesecake with gingersnap crust, salted dark chocolate ganache, Irish cream salted truffles
Tom – white chocolate New York cheesecake with almond shortbread base, raspberry coulis
Yannis – German cheesecake with quark, honey, walnuts, fig jam
technical challenge: make anything using mystery box ingredients (2 hours)
rankings: [Spoiler (click to open)]
11 – Shannon (lemon drizzle loaf cake)
10 – Molly (lemon sponge with lemon curd and raspberry purée)
9 – Yannis (almond esterhazy tarts)
8 – Gary (lemon drizzle loaf)
7 – Tom (citrus raspberry cake)
6 – Connie (chocolate orange cake with raspberries)
5 – Moyin (lemon raspberry cake)
4 – Nikki (lemon meringue tart)
3 – Clara (lemon & almond naked cake with cream cheese frosting)
2 – Mo (paris-brest)
1 – Gabe (lemon & orange meringue tart)
showstopper challenge: wearable baked fashion (4.5 hours)
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Clara – designer bag with pineapple sponge, coconut brigadeiro
Connie – mom’s wedding hat with rum carrot cake, rum soaked sultanas, modeling paste
Gabe – Turkish delight crown with chocolate biscuit, pistachio choux buns, rosewater choux buns
Gary – knitted hat with orange sponge, chocolate orange ganache, buttercream pom pom
Mo – Victoria’s Secret angel wings with almond sponge, cherry compôte, wafer paper feathers
Molly – F1 cap with Earl Grey cake, Earl Grey orange buttercream, fondant
Moyin – top hat with chiffon cake, cinnamon biscuit, pistachio cream, raspberry jam
Nikki – sombrero with lime gingerbread, mojito choux buns
Shannon – fairy wings with gingerbread, blackberry purée, royal icing, chocolate butterflies
Tom – Dolly Parton wig topper with banana cake, banana caramel rum jam, crème patissiere, whipped cream, fondant
Yannis – Hindu Bengali groom’s wedding crown with sablé pastry base, saffron cardamom diplomat & mango gel choux buns
star baker: [Spoiler (click to open)]Clara
eliminated: [Spoiler (click to open)]Shannon
