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The Great British Baking Show Recap: Sticky Fingers


It’s caramel week, which means lots of splitting, curdling, and burned sugar in the tent.

This is a pretty decent challenge even though most of what the bakers make are giant treats that look like a full dessert rather than a “biscuit” that you can dip into tea or eat one after another. Christiaan used isomalt to make a giant wave on his tropical-themed cake, and I thought for sure, between that and his stroopwafels, he might be in line to be star baker, but the judges overlooked him once again. Georgie gets the same criticism for her gorgeous red cake, which looks like the inside of a Chinese lacquer box with an enormous sugar rose on top.

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