Anyone up for a Great British Bake Off Thread? My piping bag is poised!

[Roussette]

That's it really! I love GBBO and I'm sat here waiting....

just wish I had some chocolate to enjoy it with

(I apologise if someone has started a thread, just link me to it and ignore this if so! )

All that cake

Ooh, they've changed from Kitchen Aids to kenwood K'Mix this year. Interesting.

Mary's face lit up at the gin and tonic Madeira !

G&T cake will be right up Mary's street

Gin! Woohooo! I am liking THAT contestant!

Hipster alert!

I have made a g&t cake before. I don't like gin but dh loved it

I'm on iplayer, I think I'm slightly behind you lot

so she is a full time mum (grrrr) but he is a stay at home Dad? presumably the rest are part time parents?
phew rant over back to the madiera

Dorret seems very capable.

DEAR GOD NO COASTERS

God I bloody love madeira cake. This is no good for me with no cake in the house

In ready. So excited. X

I made a Vicky sponge but I think the dog licked it so I gave it to Dp and the kids

am thinking of storing my gin in a preserve jar...

No cake in our house either - I am so gutted. Alas, I'll have to make do with and clotted cream fudge.

Transition from the aga might be interesting

A prison governor with a penchant for sugar craft! Bloody marvellous!

wankerchief I am in such dire need of cake I would eat your sponge

They are messing about with these cakes a bit much for my liking

What's wrong with just a bit of lemon ?

First time watching this...

So, do the contestants know that the challenge is madeira cake? Do they practice it ahead of time and develop this bizarre variants? Do they have to have it all memorised?

I couldn't bake a cake from memory, any cake.

Think this show will be bad for the diet.

Oooh like Tamals pistachio one