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Will the bakers crumble? What to expect of Biscuit Week on GBBO

Updated / Tuesday, 3 Sep 2019 15:10
Which baker will crumble under the pressure?
Which baker will crumble under the pressure?

If last week's episode of the Great British Bake Off reaffirmed your faith in humanity and left you with a warm and fuzzy feeling, prepare to drop that like a hot baking tray as Biscuit Week rolls up - a notoriously finicky challenge for the bakers. 

Here, the focus will be on precision and flavour, with many bakers gone by struggling to resist crumbling under the pressure of Paul's icy stare and the need for perfectly uniform cookies. 

And from the looks of the teaser, this week certainly won't be a piece of cake. 

With the bakers captured dipping (or trying to dip) whole biscuit fingers into chocolatey glazes or shiny pink frosting, we're guessing the Signature Challenge will feature a covered biscuit. Meanwhile, it appears that Paul and Prue have tasked their contestants with baking a batch of perfectly proportioned and identical fig rolls, a classic. 

Finally, the Showstopper Challenge calls for a "biscuit sculpture", and from the glimpse we caught in the teaser it looks like the bakers so wild with this task. 

Expect a macaron-dotted dragon, a perfectly crafted rooster and even a leggy spider, crawling out of a splayed, spun-sugar-coated egg. 

As usual, Twitter can barely contain its excitement over the imminent biscuit-induced mania. Here are just a few of the best Tweets so far: 

Our favourite kind of banter

Sweet success!

Ancient British secrets 

'They taste the cake' 

Priorities 

Noel and Rahul forever

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