The Bake Is Back - the countdown to Great British Bake Off 2026 starts here

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Trailer for the new series just dropped - no transmission date yet though.

Anyone else excited to see how Nigella gets on as the new judge? A worthy successor to Pru and Mary, I think.

Danni really is the human sacrifice on this. Physics dictated that cake was not gonna survive the tea break. It was leaning when she left it.

Least the adverts give us a chance to chat 😎😎about random stuff

But. But. Good tele!!!

Why did Shannon have to leave? Is she out of the whole competition?

Danni is so annoying but I quite want her to stay in so I can rage watch her over the coming weeks.

I think most of the buttercream on those massive floofy cupcakes you can get is vegan, as the colour is better (butter being yellow) and it’s cheaper. I think it’s an abomination, but it definitely can be done.

Jeopardy

Nah, I think she’s just poorly. She walked off with a paramedic (/show first aider)

What’s with referring to cakes as she/her also? That’s a new affectation isn’t it?

I like the talking Capybara on the advert

She 😏😏. It’s a cake ffs

I do too - Capybara cakes all round!

Love him!!

Paul is allergic to complimenting older contestants

Is he the new Colin/every other supermarket version the caterpillar?

Nigella is tucking right in.

Gawd I hate blue in a cake

There’s a whole thread about this abomination!

Why is he wearing a jester hat ffs

Blue is not a natural colour in food. That's why it's unappealing.

No, it would be kinder to let her go now, or next week, rather than giving her false hope that she will get a tv series of her own out of it!

Better than doing the whole thing in womanface...

Seriously? So this is really a thing now?! God it makes my Xennial brain angry!!

Read it and weep: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5573906-isnt-she-gorgeous-look-at-herargh?page=3&reply=154543805

Yrs, no one has ever looked at a blue-iced cake and thought ‘How appealing!’

Tom's cake likeness is brilliant!