The Great British Baking Show
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He finishes this statement with a shrug that says, When I found out, I was totally underwhelmed.
I know what a botanical is; its basically Herbal Essences, right?
You know the shampoothat gives you an orgasm.
Isnt that, like, everything other than meat or dairy?
I dont even know anymore.
Home run, Mr.
Sorry, he wont get that.
Replace home run with, I dont know, a soccer home run.
Sorry, a football home run.
Man, Botanicals Week totally has me off my game.
Its like the aioli of the spice world.
What I like about this season is that everyone has enough time.
That, after all, is Noels job.
But the maroon color on top was mesmerizing, and Prue said they tasted just like Christmas.
Paul and Prue say she got the balance of her spices perfectly right.
They were one a penny, two a penny, hot crossed buns.
(Yes, we all learned how to play that on the recorder.)
Paul says they were underproved, just as Allison said they would be.
Well, unless she calls for a group hug.
The technical is to make a thyme-infused lemon-drizzle cake.
Theyre just setting up the thyme/time jokes for Noel and Allison.
Anyway, a lemon drizzle isnt that popular in America, but it is literally everywhere in England.
All the cakes come out of their tins nicely, and everyone finishes with plenty of time.
Its like a walk in the park.
The win was between Josh and Cristy, who were also excellent in the signature.
Cristy pulls out the win.
Is she a dark horse?
Is Cristy going to come from behind and take this whole trophy?
Maybe her mediocre early performance was just due to nerves, and she finally hit her stride.
Well, I thought that until the showstopper, where it all fell to bits for our Cristy.
That essentially means that everyone put hibiscus and elderflower in their desserts.
It tastes like, well, elderflower.
Its hard to describe.
Maybe it is the one true botanical.
Your pronunciation is perfect.
Wed all forgive you if you couldnt get out hibiscus.
Shes doing ten layersandhas enough time to do backups?
This lady is a machine!
Yes, she has, because Im shouting at her to stop.
But we have to talk about Cristys disaster.
She was making a cake with a white chocolate mold around it.
(Nope, not too soon!)
She bursts out into tears and needs to start another one.
As shes stirring, Allison comes over and tells her to cool down and takes over.
Miraculously, she finishes a second one and gets her cake to the judges just in time.
Everyone is rushing to comfort her when she actually makes it work.
She just needs a bit more faith in herself.
You dont need excuses.
You dont need explanations.
You finished, its all good.
They like the dessert enough.
Prue says she was on her way to something perfect, but her white-chocolate coating was too thin.
See, even that is botanical.
Prue says its a heavenly triumph and loves her combination of raspberry and hibiscus in her mousse.
Prue does her best to excuse it.
Paul and Prue say both the flavors and the setting are spot on.
As for the struggle bus, it has three riders this week.
Our boy Matty was aiming for his favorite summer cocktail: prosecco, elderberry, and blackberry.
Dana made a gorgeous box out of isomalt and dried flowers to put her cake in.
Everyone was awed but notsoawed when they tasted the cake.
Our girl Saku is also on the bubble.
She did make an amazing jelly flower, though.
It is Dana who goes home for the ultimate sin: no flavor at all.
Sadly, none of that transpired, but at least all of us and Matty!
know what botanicals are now.
