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Junior Bake Off Season 10

Junior Bake Off baking competition
Episodes
15
Premiere
Jan 6, 2025
Finale
Jan 24, 2025
Country
United Kingdom

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Every episode and bake

The tenth series follows two five-day heats before a themed Finals Week. Every episode contains a Technical and a Showstopper. Channel 4's episode records provide the dates and themes, while its official winner release names both challenges across all 15 episodes; where those sources omit quantities or exact formulas, this guide keeps the brief equally general.

  1. Episode 1 · Cat cupcakes and a wish-revealing cake

    Cake Day - Heat 1

    The first heat opens with cat-themed cupcakes before the bakers use a burn-away effect to reveal a personal wish in cake form.

    • Technical

      Cat cupcakes

      Make Rav's cat-themed cupcakes, giving the individual cakes a clear feline finish; the direct sources do not state a required count or exact decoration scheme.

    • Showstopper

      Just One Wish cake

      Create a burn-away cake that reveals one wish beneath its top design, combining the visual reveal with a finished celebration cake.

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  2. Episode 2 · Egg-themed biscuits and a bedtime-story mobile

    Biscuit Day - Heat 1

    An unusual egg-themed biscuit Technical leads into hanging biscuit scenes based on favourite bedtime stories.

    • Technical

      Chocolate Chick Hard Boiled Egg Biscuits

      Make Liam's named egg-themed biscuits with their chocolate-chick presentation; Channel 4 does not publish the formula or required quantity.

    • Showstopper

      Bedtime Story biscuit mobile

      Recreate a favourite bedtime story as decorated biscuits arranged into a hanging mobile, balancing storytelling with a stable display.

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  3. Episode 3 · Skull-and-crossbones scones and bread villains

    Bread Day - Heat 1

    The bakers give scones a pirate-like treatment before constructing an outsized villain from bread.

    • Technical

      Skull and Cross Scones

      Make Rav's skull-and-crossbones-themed scones, retaining a recognisable design and properly baked scone texture.

    • Showstopper

      Biggest Baddie in Bread

      Create a large bread model of an imagined villain, using shaped dough to communicate the character while keeping the bread well baked.

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  4. Episode 4 · Steamed Bakewell sponge and cause-led cheesecake

    Dessert Day - Heat 1

    A steamed Bakewell sponge with almond custard tests classic dessert skills before the bakers express a cause through cheesecake.

    • Technical

      Steamed Bakewell sponge with almond custard

      Make Liam's steamed Bakewell sponge and serve it with almond custard, managing both the steamed cake and accompanying sauce.

    • Showstopper

      Cheesecake for Change

      Create a cheesecake that represents a cause the baker wants to support, using flavour and decoration to make that message clear.

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  5. Episode 5 · Horseshoe choux and vegetable tart art

    Pastry Day - Heat 1

    The first heat closes with shaped choux pastry and an edible vegetable composition built on tart pastry.

    • Technical

      Horseshoe choux

      Make Rav's horseshoe-shaped choux bake, controlling the pastry shape, rise, filling, and finish; the published brief gives no count.

    • Showstopper

      Vegetable Tartwork masterpiece

      Turn vegetables and pastry into an edible piece of tart art, with a deliberate picture or design and a fully baked pastry base.

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  6. Episode 6 · Milkshake illusion cake and a treasured-object cake

    Cake Day - Heat 2

    The second heat begins with a cake illusion inspired by a milkshake and then turns an indispensable personal item into cake.

    • Technical

      Milkshake Cake

      Make Liam's Milkshake Cake, presenting cake as a convincing milkshake-themed illusion; Channel 4 does not publish its exact components.

    • Showstopper

      One Item I Can't Live Without cake

      Immortalise one personally essential object in cake form, making the subject recognisable through shape and decoration.

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  7. Episode 7 · Fruity biscuits and an invention jigsaw

    Biscuit Day - Heat 2

    A fruit-based biscuit Technical is followed by a large jigsaw that depicts a deliberately terrible invention.

    • Technical

      Squashed Fly Biscuits

      Make Rav's fruity Squashed Fly Biscuits, keeping the fruit element and baked biscuit finish even; no count is stated in the direct sources.

    • Showstopper

      The World's Worst Invention biscuit jigsaw

      Create a decorated biscuit jigsaw illustrating the world's worst imagined invention, with pieces that assemble into one readable design.

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  8. Episode 8 · Vampire iced fingers and hybrid-animal bread

    Bread Day - Heat 2

    The bakers give iced finger buns a monstrous identity before merging favourite animals into sculpted bread pets.

    • Technical

      Vampire Iced Fingers

      Make Liam's vampire-themed iced finger buns, combining a properly risen bread base with the required character finish.

    • Showstopper

      Bread Franken-pets

      Merge favourite animals into an original Franken-pet and model it in bread, preserving both the hybrid design and bread quality.

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  9. Episode 9 · Floating-island swans and dream desserts

    Dessert Day - Heat 2

    Swan-shaped floating islands demand delicate dessert work before each baker reimagines a favourite dessert through a dreamlike theme.

    • Technical

      Ile Flottante Floating Swans

      Make Rav's floating-island dessert with a swan presentation, handling the poached meringue and sauce carefully; exact quantities are not published.

    • Showstopper

      Dessert of Dreams

      Create a favourite dessert as a showstopper that reflects the baker's wildest dreams through its flavours, form, or decoration.

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  10. Episode 10 · A musical eclair and a choux stage scene

    Pastry Day - Heat 2

    Pastry Day takes a musical turn with Liam's Eclair-inet before the bakers create complete performance scenes from choux pastry.

    • Technical

      Eclair-inet

      Make Liam's Eclair-inet, an eclair with a musical visual theme; the official descriptions do not disclose its filling, finish, or required count.

    • Showstopper

      The Choux Must Go On

      Build a musical scene from choux pastry, arranging filled and decorated pastry elements into a coherent performance-themed display.

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  11. Episode 11 · Plant-based pies and future-world terrariums

    Earth Day

    Finals Week begins with plant-based avocado and lime pies, followed by edible terrariums imagining Earth a century in the future.

    • Technical

      Avo Lime Pies

      Make Rav's plant-based avocado and lime pies, balancing the named flavours and producing neat individual pies; the source gives no count.

    • Showstopper

      Earth 2124 edible terrariums

      Create edible terrariums depicting Earth 100 years in the future, using edible elements to build a self-contained imagined landscape.

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  12. Episode 12 · Stone-Age rock cakes and history in biscuits

    History Day

    The series' first History Day begins with a Stone-Age play on rock cakes and moves to biscuit depictions of significant moments from the past.

    • Technical

      Stone-Age Rock Cakes

      Make Liam's Stone-Age Rock Cakes, delivering the themed finish and the craggy character associated with rock cakes.

    • Showstopper

      Most Magnificent Moment in History biscuits

      Depict a chosen magnificent moment from history in biscuit form, using a composed display to make the event recognisable.

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  13. Episode 13 · Tennis-ball bakes and favourite-sport cakes

    Sports Day

    A tennis-themed Technical tests a round sporting finish before the bakers turn their favourite sports into showstopper cakes.

    • Technical

      Tennis Balls

      Make Rav's tennis-ball-themed bake, maintaining the round shape and recognisable finish; Channel 4 does not identify the underlying recipe or quantity.

    • Showstopper

      Favourite Sports cake

      Create a cake depicting a favourite sport, combining an individual flavour choice with clear sporting decoration.

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  14. Episode 14 · A Prue tribute and sophisticated pies

    Grown-Ups Day - Semi-Final

    The semi-final pays tribute to an adult Bake Off icon with tiramisu, then asks the bakers to imagine one day of grown-up life through luxurious pies.

    • Technical

      I Love Prue Tiramisu

      Make Liam's tiramisu tribute to Prue; the direct sources name the bake but do not publish its formula, size, or presentation details.

    • Showstopper

      Grown-Up for the Day pies

      Bake luxurious pies inspired by what the baker would do as a grown-up for one day, expressing the idea through filling and decoration.

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  15. Episode 15 · Sausage-roll wreath and birthday-party cake

    The Final - Party Day

    The finalists make a playful savoury pastry centerpiece before presenting the best birthday-party cake they can imagine.

    • Technical

      Piggy Sausage Roll Wreath

      Make Rav's pig-themed sausage-roll wreath, shaping savoury filled pastry into a connected celebratory centerpiece.

    • Showstopper

      My Best Ever Birthday Party Cake

      Create an ultimate birthday-party cake with an original personal theme, developed flavours, and a celebratory finish.

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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.

Home-Kitchen Cat Cupcakes

Inspired by Episode 1

Home-Kitchen Cat Cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes with softly whipped buttercream, chocolate-button ears, and simple piped cat faces.

Time
55 min
Makes
12 cupcakes
Level
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 150 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 150 g self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
  • 150 g unsalted butter, softened, for the buttercream
  • 300 g icing sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, for the buttercream
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons whole milk, for the buttercream
  • 24 milk-chocolate buttons
  • 40 g dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan, and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
  2. Beat 150 g butter and the caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of flour with the last egg if the mixture begins to split.
  3. Fold in the remaining flour, then fold in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 tablespoons milk. Divide the batter evenly among the cases.
  4. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until the cupcakes are risen and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
  5. For the buttercream, beat the remaining 150 g butter until smooth. Add the icing sugar in three additions, beating slowly at first, then beat in the remaining vanilla and enough milk to make a soft, spreadable frosting.
  6. Spread a rounded layer of buttercream over each cooled cupcake. Press two chocolate buttons upright near the top edge to form ears.
  7. Spoon the melted dark chocolate into a small piping bag, snip a very fine opening, and pipe eyes, a nose, a mouth, and whiskers onto each cupcake. Let the chocolate set before serving.

This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show, Ravneet Gill, or contestant recipe.

The decoration is intentionally simple and does not attempt to reproduce the programme's undisclosed Technical design.

Make sure the cupcakes are fully cool before adding buttercream so the cat faces hold their shape.

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Episode guide sources

Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. channel4.com, channel4.com.

Season result

The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.

Reveal the Season 10 winner

Austin

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Full cast

Everyone recorded for Season 10, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.

Junior Bake Off Season 10 cast
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Season fact sources

en.wikipedia.org, channel4.com.