Episode
The Great British Bake Off: Cake Week
Overview
It's Cake Week and the bakers put their twist on the classic Battenberg, face a turning-out technical challenge and pay tribute to their heroes in the showstopper
Details
- Series
- The Great British Bake Off
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2020-09-22
- Runtime
- 67 min
Episode context
Cake Week is Episode 1 in Series 4 of The Great British Bake Off. It aired on 2020-09-22. The runtime is 67 min.
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Episode 4: Chocolate Week
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Episode 5: Pastry Week
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Episode 6: Japanese Week
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Episode 7: 1980's Week
It's 1980s Week and the bakers put their twist on the quiche in the signature and tackle a retro treat in the technical. And can they keep their cool with an ice cream showstopper?
Episode 8: Dessert Week
It's Dessert Week, and the bakers tackle a miniature cheesecake signature, a 17th-century technical and a showstopping jelly art dessert cake, for a place in the semi-final.
Episode 9: Patisserie Week
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Episode 10: The Final
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