The Great Australian Bake Off Season 7

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Every episode and bake

Season seven opens with cake, biscuit, and bread fundamentals before moving through winter, vintage, dessert, citrus, international, and chocolate themes. A three-part final asks for a mixed high tea, a guinea fowl terrine, and a freely designed 3D illusion cake.

1. Episode 1 · Cakes

   Cake Week

   Jun 13, 2023

   The new bakers tell a personal story in layer cake, reproduce a raspberry-and-pepper dome, and build a celebratory two-tier showpiece.

   • Signature

     Personal story cake

     Create a cake that tells a personal story, using at least two layers and handcrafted decorations.

   • Technical

     Raspberry and pepper dome cake

     Reproduce a neatly finished dome cake pairing raspberry with pepper.

   • Showstopper

     Two-tier show-off-stopper cake

     Build an ambitious showpiece with at least two tiers and a stable, polished finish.

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2. Episode 2 · Biscuits

   Biscuit Week

   Jun 20, 2023

   Fondant-decorated biscuits lead to chocolate wheels with a hidden banana-caramel burst and a fully playable board game made from biscuit.

   • Signature

     12 decorated fondant biscuits

     Make 12 biscuits across two designs and finish them consistently with fondant decoration.

   • Technical

     Five explosive chocolate wheels with banana caramel

     Produce five chocolate biscuit wheels with banana caramel centers designed to burst when opened.

   • Showstopper

     Biscuit board game

     Construct an edible board game from biscuit, including recognizable playing elements.

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3. Episode 3 · Bread

   Bread Week

   Jun 27, 2023

   Bread week progresses from a sweet yeasted loaf to Australian-flavoured fougasse and an artistic centerpiece made with multiple doughs.

   • Signature

     Sweet yeasted loaf

     Bake a sweet loaf raised with yeast and shaped or filled in the baker's chosen style.

   • Technical

     Two fougasse with an Australian twist

     Produce two leaf-shaped fougasse incorporating an Australian flavour or ingredient.

   • Showstopper

     Artistic bread centerpiece

     Construct an edible centerpiece using at least two different bread doughs.

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4. Episode 4 · Winter baking

   Winter Week

   Jul 4, 2023

   Winter week moves through two styles of savoury pastry, a carrot and cumin tart, and a family-sized pie transformed into three-dimensional edible art.

   • Signature

     16 savoury pastries in two styles

     Make 16 savoury pastries divided between two shapes and two fillings.

   • Technical

     Carrot and cumin tart

     Reproduce a neat tart that balances sweet carrot with aromatic cumin.

   • Showstopper

     3D decorated family pie

     Create a sweet or savoury family-sized pie with an elaborate three-dimensional pastry design.

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5. Episode 5 · Vintage bakes

   Vintage Week

   Jul 11, 2023

   Vintage week revisits profiteroles and beef Wellington before the bakers reveal a multicoloured checkerboard pattern inside cake.

   • Signature

     12 profiteroles

     Make a dozen filled and decorated profiteroles with even choux shells.

   • Technical

     Beef Wellington

     Reproduce beef Wellington wrapped in crisp puff pastry with the meat correctly cooked.

   • Showstopper

     Checkerboard cake

     Build a checkerboard cake showing at least three distinct cake colours when sliced.

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6. Episode 6 · Desserts

   Dessert Week

   Jul 18, 2023

   The bakers reinterpret a family dessert, layer hazelnut and tahini into an opera cake, and disguise ice cream cake pops as waffle cones.

   • Signature

     Family-favourite dessert

     Present a baked version of a dessert with personal or family significance.

   • Technical

     Hazelnut and tahini opera cake

     Reproduce a precise layered opera cake flavoured with hazelnut and tahini.

   • Showstopper

     Ice cream waffle-cone cake pops

     Create cake pops presented as ice cream scoops in edible waffle-cone forms.

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7. Episode 7 · Citrus

   Citrus Week

   Jul 25, 2023

   Citrus drives eight individual tarts, a gin-and-tonic roulade, and an ambitious meringue centerpiece containing a baked element.

   • Signature

     Eight individual citrus tarts

     Make eight individual tarts that place citrus flavour at the center of the bake.

   • Technical

     Gin and tonic citrus roulade

     Reproduce a rolled citrus cake flavoured to evoke gin and tonic.

   • Showstopper

     Citrus meringue creation

     Build a citrus-led meringue showpiece that includes at least one baked component.

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8. Episode 8 · International baking

   International Week

   Aug 1, 2023

   International week travels through filled Turkish pide and steamed rainbow lapis before scaling macarons into a tall layered stack.

   • Signature

     Two savoury Turkish pide

     Bake two pide with different savoury fillings and well-shaped boat-like crusts.

   • Technical

     Steamed rainbow lapis cake

     Reproduce a steamed layer cake with clean, brightly coloured rainbow bands.

   • Showstopper

     Jacked macaron stack

     Build a stacked macaron centerpiece with at least four layers measuring about 20 cm each.

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9. Episode 9 · Chocolate

   Chocolate Week

   Aug 8, 2023

   The semifinal tests decorated chocolate cake, tempering and filled petits fours inside a chocolate heart, and a coordinated collection of mirror-glazed cakes.

   • Signature

     Decorated chocolate cake

     Create a chocolate cake that demonstrates several chocolate decoration or finishing skills.

   • Technical

     Tempered white chocolate heart with two petits fours

     Make a marbled tempered white chocolate heart containing two different kinds of petits fours.

   • Showstopper

     Individual mirror-glaze cake collection

     Present a coordinated collection of individual cakes with smooth, reflective mirror glazes.

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10. Episode 10 · Final

    Final

    Aug 15, 2023

    The finalists serve a three-item high tea, reproduce Maggie Beer's guinea fowl terrine, and finish with a cake that convincingly imitates another object.

    • Signature

      Three-item high tea

      Serve three different high-tea items combining sweet and savoury baking.

    • Technical

      Guinea fowl terrine

      Reproduce Maggie Beer's guinea fowl terrine with a neat pastry case and well-set filling.

    • Showstopper

      3D illusion cake

      Create a three-dimensional cake in any flavour and style that convincingly resembles something else.

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Inspired by the briefs

Bake it at home

These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.

Inspired by Episode 4

Carrot and Cumin Tart

A crisp shortcrust tart filled with cumin-scented carrot puree and topped with glossy roasted carrot ribbons.

Time

1 hr 35 min

Makes

One 23 cm tart, 8 servings

Level

Intermediate

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Ingredients

• 250 g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 125 g cold unsalted butter, cubed
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water
• 700 g carrots
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 2 large eggs
• 150 ml thickened cream
• 70 g soft goat cheese
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• Salt and black pepper

Method

1. Mix the flour and salt, then rub in the butter until pea-sized pieces remain. Add the yolk and enough ice water to bring the dough together. Flatten, wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.
2. Peel the carrots. Cut 500 g into chunks and shave the remainder lengthwise into ribbons. Toss the chunks with olive oil, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, salt, and pepper.
3. Heat the oven to 200 C, or 180 C fan. Roast the carrot chunks for 25 to 30 minutes until tender. Reduce the oven to 190 C, or 170 C fan.
4. Roll the pastry and line a 23 cm loose-bottom tart tin. Chill for 15 minutes, line with baking paper and weights, and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the weights and bake for 8 minutes more.
5. Blend the roasted carrots with the eggs, cream, goat cheese, honey, lemon juice, and remaining cumin seeds until smooth. Season, pour into the shell, and bake for 22 to 27 minutes until just set.
6. Steam the carrot ribbons for 2 minutes, pat dry, and coil them over the warm tart. Brush lightly with olive oil and cool for 15 minutes before slicing.

This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.

Blind-baking the shell prevents the carrot custard from making the base soggy.

The tart can be served warm or at room temperature.

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Episode guide sources

Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. tvguide.com, en.wikipedia.org, foxtel.com.au.

Season result

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Full cast

Everyone recorded for Season 7, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.

Season fact sources

en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.