‘The Great British Bake Off’ fans in HYSTERICS at Maggie’s baking blunder

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Maggie entertained viewers with her pudding disaster last night. (Image credit: Channel 4)

The Great British Bake Off 2021 watchers were in fits of laughter at last night’s episode (Tuesday 12 Oct.) when Maggie’s sticky toffee puddings ended in disaster as she forgot to add flour.

It was Dessert Week this week in the tent and the bakers were tasked with making four sticky toffee puddings, served with crème anglaise and a tuile biscuit for the technical challenge.

They had just ninety minutes to complete the challenge and dish it up for Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith to be judged. 

As Maggie’s creation began bubbling in the oven, she described them as “splodgy messes in the bottom of the pudding bases” as there seemed to be no hope of them rising. She then went on to say, “I must have left something out but I don’t think I did. It’s all ticked off” as she looked at the recipe page. But, when fellow baker Giuseppe pointed out that flour was on the other page, Maggie soon realised where she went wrong.

As she attempted to tip her mix out of the pudding base, the outcome was rather unfortunate as it was indeed a “splody mess,” which left Maggie laughing at her mishap.

Maggie’s botched sticky toffee puddings didn’t go unnoticed by Prue and Paul as Paul joked that it looked like caramelised onion chutney and that it was “a fair old disaster” by Prue. 

Maggie's 'caramelised onion chutney' sticky toffee puddings.

Poor Maggie's sticky toffee puddings were a bit of a disaster on 'The Great British Bake Off'! (Image credit: Channel 4)

Maggie took the feedback with good humour as she then quipped that she had made them a gluten-free sticky toffee pudding.

Unfortunately, Maggie was sent home this week, which left fans devastated. But, viewers also took to Twitter to laugh along with Maggie at her unfortunate sticky toffee puddings...

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Next week is German week for the bakers as they must attempt to make traditional German biscuits in the signature, a torte fit for a prince in the technical, and a magnificent tiered cake using yeast for the showstopper challenge.

The Great British Bake Off airs on Tuesdays at 8pm on Channel 4- see our TV Guide for full listings.

Grace Morris
Staff Writer

Grace is a digital writer with WhatToWatch.com, where she writes series guides, recaps and features for must-watch shows and delivers all the latest soap news and reactions. She graduated from Anglia Ruskin University in 2020 with a degree in Writing and Film Studies, which only made her love for creative writing, film and TV grow stronger.


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