Episode
The Great British Bake Off: Cakes
Overview
Signature Challenge: Upside-down Cake. Showstopper Challenge: A cake, when sliced reveals a hidden design. Technical Challenge: Rum Babas.
Details
- Series
- The Great British Bake Off
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2012-08-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Cakes is Episode 1 in Series 3 of The Great British Bake Off. It aired on 2012-08-14. The runtime is 60 min.
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