The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off: Season 3

Air Date

August 14, 2012

Episodes

14 episodes

The Great British Bake Off

Season 3

Overview

The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen.

Episodes

Cakes

1. Cakes

August 14, 2012
60 min

Signature Challenge: Upside-down Cake. Showstopper Challenge: A cake, when sliced reveals a hidden design. Technical Challenge: Rum Babas.

Bread

2. Bread

August 21, 2012
60 min

Signature Challenge: 24 Flatbreads. Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Bagels. Technical Challenge: Eight-strand plaited loaf.

Tarts

3. Tarts

August 28, 2012
60 min

Things are hotting up in the Bake Off tent as the remaining ten bakers do their best to wow Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tatin.

Desserts

4. Desserts

September 4, 2012
60 min

Amateur bakers have their skills tested to the limit. The bakers face three challenges, all designed for a sweet tooth, including a mainstay of French baking - the creme caramel.

Pies

5. Pies

September 11, 2012
60 min

The bakers turn their attention to cooking perfect pies.

Puddings

6. Puddings

September 18, 2012
60 min

The bakers are challenged to make two types of sponge puddings, take on a difficult Mary Berry recipe, and deliver a showstopping strudel.

Sweet Dough

7. Sweet Dough

September 25, 2012
60 min

The bakers take on three sweet dough challenges.

Biscuits

8. Biscuits

October 2, 2012
60 min

The remaining bakers face a biscuit based quarter-final.

Patisserie

9. Patisserie

October 9, 2012
60 min

The bakers seeking a place in the final have to frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards.

The Final

10. The Final

October 16, 2012
60 min

A year after taking part, we catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off. What was it really like to compete in the tent, be judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and comforted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins? And how has their shared love of baking and appearing on the series changed their lives?

Masterclass

11. Masterclass

October 22, 2012
60 min

Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry show how to tackle treacle tarts and rum babas.

Revisited

12. Revisited

October 23, 2012
60 min

A chance to catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off.

Masterclass

13. Masterclass

October 24, 2012
60 min

Recipes include the queen of puddings, chocolate tea cakes and jam doughnuts.

Masterclass

14. Masterclass

October 25, 2012
60 min

Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood show which signature bakes they would have chosen to make.