The great british bake off

A collection of british bakes and recipes to inspire your inner baker. Cakes, pies, tarts, cookies and pastries with interesting takes.

A step up from the free-and-easy Double Marble Cake, the Battenberg uses colouring in a more precise way to make a pretty cake that looks impressive.

A missing raspberry on The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) cake intro has baffled fans. Why is there a missing raspberry?!

"Oh my god, look! Pheasants! ... Two male pheasants."

Sorry, Americans. You have to be from the UK to compete.

I grew up on these – my dad used to make these in his bakery. They’re just delicious to eat – soft in the mouth, slightly chewy, and with a beautiful sweetness from the strawberries.

There are as many versions of this classic of French patisserie as there are cheeses! For this version, Prue has added calvados to the frangipane and put the filling in a pâte brisée shell, for its crumbly, buttery texture.

This recipe comes straight from Caramel Week's Star Baker herself. Maybe if you perfect it, you could also have Prue Leith asking you for recipes one day.Get the recipe from The Great British Bake Off.

Mel: "Where did you get the orange juice from?" Candice "...the orange?" (This contains spoilers for the last episode of Bake Off.)

He's one of the best things this series, besides Liam.