From the gentle drama to the trio of immigrant contestants in this final episode, this series has – week in, week out – been a bastion of open-mindedness
To make an orangutan cake, first catch an orangutan. I’m kidding. For the showstopper challenge in the final of The Great British Bake Off, Syabira is making a cake based around the orange-furred ape, and using one of the actual creatures wouldn’t exactly be in keeping with the theme. The idea is that the three finalists have to make a showstopper that celebrates the Earth, ideally with some sort of sustainability message running through like cocoa in a marbled rye.
This blamelesly yawnsome theme is no doubt atonement for the diplomatic incident that was Mexican week in which Matt and Noel shook their non-proverbial maracas while wearing sombreros and ponchos before asking the contestants to make tacos. Mexico deserved better.
