Host: "For your signature challenge, the judges would like you each to bake an exquisitely decorated apple cake. You can use any type of sponge you like, but your hero ingredient must be fresh apple."

Paul Hollywood: "Ithink the bakers have to be careful because we want the dominant flavor to be apple. Ultimately, we want an apple cake not, and I stress not, an apple pudding trifle or an apple dessert. I really want to see at the end of this challenge an apple cake that a, looks amazing and b, tastes of apples."