’s all-star spin-off presented a bit of a baking disaster for its celebrity contestants on Tuesday, with chocolate fondants collapsing left, right and centre.
Leaving plenty of gooey chocolate messes on the plate for and to judge, fans on Twitter weren’t mincing their words when they made comparisons.
In the latest installment of , choirmaster Gareth Malone, presenter Laura Whitmore, and comedian Ruby Wax were battling it out to claim the coveted star baker apron.
However, they mostly came unstuck in the technical challenge, as set by Prue, which was to make four melt-in-the-middle chocolate fondant puddings.
Staggered in their start times for the blindly-judged task, Yung Filly was the first to begin and decided to talk himself into confidence after a bit of a rocky start with his fruit turnover.
But disaster struck for him, as the cakes fell apart when he tried to remove them from the moulds.
The same then happened for Laura and Gareth, leaving Ruby – and her puddings – the last one standing.
‘Was this challenge to make cow pats??’ asked one viewer, while another joked: ‘Cow pat galore!’
Others took the stomach-churning comparison further.
‘The choc fondent [sic] results look like Ruby’s cat has been let into the tent to sabotage the other contestants,’ observed a Bake Off fan.
Gareth and Filly also forgot to add in the flour to their fondants, with it dawning on them both when their fondants were already baking and it was too late to rectify.
‘I’m fuming,’ Filly wailed, as Ruby tried to comfort him and told him ‘don’t cry’.
After testing the puddings, Paul and Prue went on to place Filly fourth, Laura third, Gareth second and Ruby first.
Gareth already had a coveted Paul Hollywood handshake banked following the turnover challenge, and when the competitors took to the final meringue-themed showstopper challenge, it was the music man that ultimately triumphed.
The Great British Bake Off: Stand Up to Cancer returns next Tuesday at 8pm on Channel 4.
