Co Antrim Nice British Bake Off contestant Rebecca Lightbody has been saved from elimination for a second week.
The Masters scholar was one among 11 bakers competing for a spot on the present throughout biscuit week.
For the signature problem, bakers had been tasked to make a batch of 18 equivalent macarons and ‘Rebs’ modelled her batch off her 15-year-old beloved pet cat Branston.
The black and purple “Wee Branstons” had been full of chocolate ganache and raspberry coulis however regardless of the interesting style of her French candy deal with, judges Dame Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood stated that they appeared “a multitude”.
Prue stated: “I feel the design is ideal it’s simply the center that doesn’t look nice.”
Paul Hollywood added: “I fairly like them I simply suppose they’re a multitude.”
For the technical problem the contestants made 12 Garibaldi or “squashed fly” biscuits which Rebecca stated that she had heard off however had by no means baked earlier than.
On this problem she got here in first place after Prue known as her feathering “excellent”.
For the final problem of the episode, often called the showstopper, Rebecca made a Venetian type 3D gingerbread biscuit masks to attempt to impress the judges with whiskey snap decorations and complex royal icing.
She used an “unconventional” type mould and by taking a hammer to her canine’s bowl to be able to form her masks, which sadly she needed to make once more midway by means of the allotted time for the problem.
When it got here to displaying off her edible headgear to the judges, Prue complimented her by telling her she could possibly be a milliner as a result of, whereas the floral biscuit fascinator was a bit on the small aspect, it was “charming”.
Paul, nevertheless, was extra important and known as her gingerbread spicing “too sizzling” and likened her biscuit masks to “extra like a cookie” as a result of it was “too comfortable”.
“I feel you would have carried out extra. It’s too small,” he stated.
Due to this criticism, Paul stated it landed Rebs within the backside three bakers susceptible to going residence, however the NI lady was saved from elimination as soon as once more when fellow contestant Mason was voted out by the judges.