Great British Bake Off 2015: Episode One As It Happened, In Funny Tweets

'Bake Off' Is Off To A Hilarious Start
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Great British Bake Off is back on our screens, and it's got us glued to the sofa once again. It's at its usual innuendo-ridden gold standard, so here's how the first episode went down, illustrated with funny tweets.

Warning: here be spoilers.

There was a token hipster:

A token hipster with a silly hat:

And he put BEETROOT in his cake:

There was a Lithuanian bodybuilder who mastered the art of whipping like she wasn't even bothered:

We got to see two Pauls, seemingly fighting for the role of Alpha Paul:

They were tasked with making a Madeira cake, which got everyone giggling over the inevitable crack in the top:

And Mat filled his cake with gin. As you do.

Someone actually managed to forget to turn the oven on. IN A BAKING COMPETITION. And her excuse was fantastic:

There were puns:

Lots of them:

Yes, Dorret had a bit of a mare with her gateaux:

Ok, "a bit of a mare" was an understatement:

There was a lot of gin:

But not enough for Mary Berry:

Sue Perkins was feeling her usual naughty self:

Behave yourself, @sueperkins! #GBBOpic.twitter.com/DBnpdaCOb9

— Radio Times (@RadioTimes) August 5, 2015

And so was Mel:

THIS HAPPENED:

And of course there was a whole horde of glorious innuendo:

In case you were wondering, Marie won Star Baker and there's a gif of her reaction:

And the hipster in the hat wasn't so lucky...