The Great British Bake Off final review – equal parts flour, butter, sugar, eggs and tears

The Great British Bake Off final review – equal parts flour, butter, sugar, eggs and tears

Mary Berry signs off with an English classic, we drop in on the finalists’ families and a worthy win..

Mary Berry signs off with an English classic, we drop in on the finalists’ families and a worthy winner keeps it crisp and perfect

More than just another episode of The Great British Bake Off (BBC1), this is THE END. Actually, there are a couple of Christmas specials, but after that only a terrifying void of uncertainty. I’ll be honest, I haven’t always understood quite what all the fuss was about. A good formula, sure, well executed and cast (I’m mainly talking about the contestants). National treasure, though? Really?

But then, since Brexit, I’ve begun to better understand the point of GBBO: that it takes in and appeals to both ye olde village green fete and modern Britain. Perhaps it’s the bridge – the only one – between the 52% and the 48%? Or the buttercream and jam binding two halves of a victoria sandw… shut up: there’s nothing more annoying than the need literally everyone writing about Bake Off feels to liberally dust their copy with baking metaphors. Back to the bridge then, which is being knocked down and built elsewhere, out of who knows what. And it is worrying and sad.

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