The Great American Bake Off

Bakers create a single-layer olive oil cake, tackle an angel food cake for the technical, and craft a three-layer chocolate gateau with chocolate icing for the showstopper.

The contestants must bake and present bread to tough critic Paul Hollywood, who specialises in bread. One contestant adds red-hot candies to the mix.

The bakers bake cinnamon rolls with icing or drizzle, make Linzer cookies, and spend five hours constructing a holiday-themed gingerbread scene for the showstopper.

The bakers craft madeleines, create a traditional Queen of Puddings, and design an elaborate three-tier cheesecake tower, with two tiers the same flavour and one different.

The bakers make citrus tarts, hand-raised pies for the technical, and showcase their skills by creating Napoleons and palmiers for the showstopper challenge.

The bakers bake winter-themed sugar cookies, create fortune cookies, and make an impressive macaron tower as their showstopper challenge.