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The Great British Bake Off Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Twelve homebakers compete in a baking competition in an effort to be crowned the winner.
Episode 1
Cake
Wed, Aug 5, 2015 60 mins
The 12 new bakers don their aprons and head for the iconic tent. Their first signature challenge is to make a madeira cake. It's a well-loved cake, but which of our bakers will try to impress by reinventing this classic, and who will play safe in a bid to get perfect madeira with its traditional crack? With one challenge out the way, the bakers face their first technical - Mary's frosted walnut cake, a pre-war classic that is as British as they come.
Episode 2
Biscuits
Wed, Aug 12, 2015 60 mins
With cake week under their belts, the 11 remaining bakers must now prove themselves with biscuits. The signature challenge is to create 24 biscotti. Twice baked, these Italian specialities have to be crammed with flavour with a crisp crunch. It's a delicate balance between under-baked and bendy or over-baked and rock hard.
Episode 3
Bread
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 60 mins
The ten remaining bakers face bread week. Starting with the signature challenge, the bakers must tackle a Bake Off first and make quick breads - with no proving necessary, the bakers have an hour and a half to get creative with their flavours. In another Bake Off first, Paul sets baguettes as the technical challenge. The pressure of the tent gets to a few of the bakers, and the finished baguettes result in one of Paul's most brutal judgings.
Episode 4
Desserts
Wed, Aug 26, 2015 60 mins
For the nine bakers left, it's time to tackle the sweet ending to every meal - desserts. The signature challenge is creme brulees. The bakers need to achieve the perfect wobble of the creme and an audible crack of the brulee. It's not easy though, as they have to brulee under the grill, not with a blow torch.
Episode 5
Alternative Ingredients
Wed, Sep 2, 2015 60 mins
The remaining bakers must bake without sugar, gluten or dairy.
Episode 6
Pastry
Wed, Sep 9, 2015 60 mins
With bread, biscuits and cakes under their belts, the bakers must now prove their skill with pastry. First, the bakers make frangipane tarts for their signature challenge - shortcrust pastry holding a silky-smooth frangipane cream. Fruit is the obvious addition, but one baker hopes that a pina colada-flavoured tart will win the judges' approval. Paul sets the technical challenge, a traditional cheese-filled pastry from Cyprus - the flaouna.
Episode 7
Victorian
Wed, Sep 16, 2015 60 mins
Season 6, Episode 7
Episode 8
Patisserie
Wed, Sep 23, 2015 60 mins
The bakers seeking a place in the final have to frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards.
Episode 9
Chocolate
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 60 mins
In the semi-final, the remaining bakers must get to grips with the one of the most difficult ingredients - chocolate. First up is the signature challenge, where the bakers must revisit their old friend pastry - only this time it has to be chocolate pastry for a chocolate tart. If the pressure of the semi-final wasn't enough, Mary adds to it by setting a technical challenge that's so quick it needs a staggered start.
Episode 10
The Class of 2014
Sun, Oct 4, 2015 60 mins
A look back over the bakes of the 2014 crew. The bakers reveal what they really thought about their time in the tent, share their memories, and tell what they have been doing since.
Episode 11
The Final
Wed, Oct 7, 2015 60 mins
Only three of the original twelve bakers remain. Now they face their last three challenges to discover who will be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2015. The signature challenge sees the finalists tackle enriched dough to create delicious filled iced buns. The technical requires them to conquer something they have all struggled with, and finally, for their last ever showstopper, they must make a classic British cake. Mary and Paul expect nothing short of perfection.
Episode 12
Masterclass 1
Mon, Oct 12, 2015 60 mins
Mary kicks off with a classic madeira cake followed by her frosted walnut cake. Paul makes hazelnut and orange biscotti and shows us the right way to make the technically tricky arlettes. He then demonstrates how to make a fool proof plait. Mary provides a handy tip on how to stop ramekins from slipping in a bain marie and closes the show with her take on the retro classic black forest gateau.
Episode 13
Masterclass 2
Fri, Oct 16, 2015 60 mins
Mary and Paul bake challenges set in Bread and Desserts weeks. Paul is in his element as he shows how to make soda bread in under an hour and then bakes baguettes, perhaps the most iconic of all French breads. Mary makes cappuccino creme brulees without a blow torch and creates the classic meringue cake which foxed the bakers in week 4 - the Spanische windtorte.
Episode 14
Masterclass 3
Mon, Oct 19, 2015 60 mins
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood take up the reins to make the signature, technical and showstopper challenges that they set the bakers in the second half of the series. Mary goes sugar free with her version of a sugar-free carrot cake, before making an apricot frangipane tart. Paul shows us the correct way to make the Cypriot flaounas which left the bakers bewildered in the technical challenge from pastry week.
Episode 15
Masterclass 4
Fri, Oct 23, 2015 60 mins
In the final masterclass of the series, Mary makes a tennis cake based on the 19th century recipe that was the technical challenge from Victorian week. Paul makes two types of cream horns - the first filled with with a mocha creme pat and the rest with a limoncello tutti frutti cream. Mary shows us how to be delicate, precise and perfect with her mokatines.