8.0/1088 votes#1 - Cakes
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2012
Signature Challenge: Upside-down Cake. Showstopper Challenge: A cake, when sliced reveals a hidden design. Technical Challenge: Rum Babas.
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- 8.0/1072 votes
#2 - Bread
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2012
Signature Challenge: 24 Flatbreads. Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Bagels. Technical Challenge: Eight-strand plaited loaf.
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- 7.9/1073 votes
#3 - Tarts
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2012
Things are hotting up in the Bake Off tent as the remaining ten bakers do their best to wow Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tatin.
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- 7.9/1071 votes
#4 - Desserts
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2012
Amateur bakers have their skills tested to the limit. The bakers face three challenges, all designed for a sweet tooth, including a mainstay of French baking - the creme caramel.
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- 7.7/1074 votes
#5 - Pies
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2012
The bakers turn their attention to cooking perfect pies.
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- 8.0/1070 votes
#6 - Puddings
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2012
The bakers are challenged to make two types of sponge puddings, take on a difficult Mary Berry recipe, and deliver a showstopping strudel.
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- 7.8/1066 votes
#7 - Sweet Dough
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2012
The bakers take on three sweet dough challenges.
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- 7.8/1064 votes
#8 - Biscuits
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2012
The remaining bakers face a biscuit based quarter-final.
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- 7.9/1065 votes
#9 - Patisserie
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2012
The bakers seeking a place in the final have to frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards.
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- 7.8/1070 votes
#10 - The Final
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2012
A year after taking part, we catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off. What was it really like to compete in the tent, be judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and comforted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins? And how has their shared love of baking and appearing on the series changed their lives?
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7.2/1024 votes#11 - Masterclass
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/22/2012
Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry show how to tackle treacle tarts and rum babas.
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- 6.7/1021 votes
#12 - Revisited
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/23/2012
A chance to catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off.
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- 7.1/1022 votes
#13 - Masterclass
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/24/2012
Recipes include the queen of puddings, chocolate tea cakes and jam doughnuts.
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- 7.8/1036 votes
#14 - Masterclass
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/25/2012
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood show which signature bakes they would have chosen to make.
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The Best Episodes of The Great British Bake Off Season 3
Every episode of The Great British Bake Off Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Great British Bake Off Season 3!
This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Cakes" is the best rated episode of "The Great British Bake Off" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/14/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bread".