Yahoo LifestyleGreat British Bake Off QUIZ: Which Bake Off star are you?
The oven’s off, and someone’s probably taking down the 30 miles of bunting as we speak. But could you have held your own against Queen Frances? Take our quiz to find out
We’ve had the ups (Ruby’s facial expressions, all things related to Howard), and we’ve had the downs (the history bits) but now it’s all over for Great British Bake Off.
And while we are ridiculously excited that our personal favourite Frances has taken the crown, we want to know if you could have stood firm in the face of all that the Bake Off had to throw at you? Triumphed even when Paul loitered behind, hands in his jean pockets, whispering about your soggy bottom? There’s only one way to find out...
1. When you walk into a kitchen, do you sometimes have the urge to make a salad?
a. You mean a giant showstopper that looks like a salad bowl but is actually a pistachio and raspberry eight layered tart?
b. Sometimes, but I do tend to ‘jazz it up’ with a warm homemade baguette.
c. Yes! I love a salad, it saves me having to work out how to use that flamin’ oven.
2. What is your attitude to bunting?
a. I generally love to be surrounded by as much bunting as possible at all times.
b. I’m not sure I have an ‘attitude to bunting’ per se, is this a trick question?
c. Not a fan. Too traditional and twee for me. And while we’re on the subject, I also hate the countryside, and very large tents.
3. If a large Liverpudlian baker told you your flavours were risky, what would you do?
a. Carry on with the baking plan. Pie fillings aren’t the only things that Hollywood loves to stir.
b. Slip him a tenner and ask him for some tips on what goes with passionfruit.
c. Throw it all away and start again with a plain sponge, while rocking and crying that the big mean man was horrible about my cake.
4. Your pie’s baking in the oven, where are you?
a. In front of it on the kitchen floor with my head against the door, obviously.
b. On the sofa, watching Come Dine With Me, with the door open so I can hear when the timer goes off.
c. In the pub. Nothing like a large wine to whet your appetite for a pie, eh?
5. If you had three minutes left to decorate a giant three-tiered cake and some jolly presenters came along for a chat, what would you do?
a. Keep icing and frosting and kneading, while making some puns, smiling a lot and explaining how gluten works to camera.
b. Say something vague about puff pastry and then stare intently at my dough and hope they take the hint.
c. Sit on the floor, cry and ask why for the love of Mary Berry do they keep making me SPEAK when I’m in the middle of baking?
6. If Paul Hollywood walked over, tipped your cake upside down, tapped it and then frowned, what would you do?
a. Stand firm. I know that’s a good bake.
b. Put my hands in my pockets so he can’t see them shaking, and try to look confident.
c. Shout “Yes Paul! It’s got a soggy bottom! I’m so sorry, please just let me out of here, I’ll buy you a cake from Waitrose and let’s say no more about it.”
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7. Someone says ‘saffron’: you say?
a. Do you have some? It would really give my sponge an unusual edge.
b. *Sniffs* Well fine, some people might like trying to be ‘out there’, I favour the traditional. Vanilla cake, anyone?
c. I think she went to the posh girls’ school down the road? Did she have a double-barrelled surname?
8. You’re asked to make a friend’s wedding cake. What do you go for?
a. 18 tiers, live rabbits frolicking all around it and 67 different flavours.
b. A Nigella recipe, some shop-bought icing, and hoping the guests are a bit drunk when they taste it.
c. Laughing A LOT because she was obviously drunk. Did she bring this up on the hen do?
9. When you eat a pretzel, what are you thinking about?
a. The tightly-bound crumb structure, obviously.
b. It might be nice to make one of those, but how the hell do I do that twist?
c. Er, having a second pretzel?
10. You’re heading for a picnic, what’s the best thing in your basket?
a. Oh, that would be my homemade pie with two types of trout.
b. I am quite pleased with the fairy cakes I made, now you come to mention it. They have two types of icing. AND silver balls!
c. Giant bottle of gin, obviously. And I remembered ice! Best picnic ever.
Mostly As: You’re a Frances
We’re surprised you had time to do this quiz, in between kneading, inventing weird flavour combinations and making Paul Hollywood salivate. Actually, you’re probably doing all of that, answering this quiz and piping at the same time, aren’t you?
Mostly Bs: You’re a Howard
You know where the oven is, and sometimes you use it, but other times you have to admit that it’s only on because the house is cold and you’re tight with heating.
Mostly Cs: You’re a… Mel and Sue, maybe?
If you do venture into the kitchen, it’s usually with a glass in hand to top up your wine. Frankly, you’re of the belief that baking your own croissants when they come in packs of six in M&S is the first sign of insanity.
Which one were you?! Tell us on Twitter now.
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