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The Great British Baking Show Recap: Come What Entremets


Georgie wants this so bad you can taste it like a fruit-shaped baked good.

Everyone has to make an Opera cake, which is Joconde sponge soaked in coffee and layered with ganache and French buttercream, which some people call crème au beurre if they’re trying to look like they know where in the world Carmen San Diego is, but only if she is in France. Christian is right behind her, followed by Gill, with our collective crush-object Dylan winning for his perfect layers, his lovely cake, his spot-on man bun, his sumptuous lips, his glittering eyes, his … Oh, sorry. Christiaan is one of the most inventive bakers we’ve had all season and has made some spectacularly intricate designs, like his spinning theater and his lantern with actual lights in it.

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