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I have finished watching this season's bakeoff. So I'm so at Iagar plant. All right. I have finished watching this season's bake-off. So I'm so excited. No, no, no. No, no. Don't worry. I mean, come on. Like, who's, it's pretty obvious. I know. Yeah, whatever. No spoilers. All right. They eat baked-off. Anyway, bake-off. Bake-off. Your favorite bakeoff challenge?

So I just watched the episode on desserts, and I think it's my favorite bakeoff challenge

because you're like, wait, aren't the rest of them also desserts? It's a very, like, it's a very good,

like insight into the British meaning of dessert as opposed to, you know, biscuit day. I'm like, well, isn't a

cookie a dessert? No. Like in all the other like sort of things. So I like the, and then they're

also kind of over the top and require a lot of like baking technique, like a balmerie and like all

of these things. So dessert week is a very good bake off challenge. Yeah, I'm really torn. I really love anything that involves exciting adventures in Fondent, because I did not know that that was a thing prior to the show's existence. I mean, I understood the concept of it, but I didn't, I did not appreciate the... Yeah, it's not with Fondent, as I discovered when we, like, did this with my nieces one time.

They're like, this is gross.

And like, it's only here for decorative purposes.

Yes.

Only do your children not watch, is it cake?

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