Halloween isn't for two more weeks, but "The Great British Bake Off" gives time only as much respect as it gives culture, and thus chose to run the skeleton-filled episode a few weeks early. It doesn't really matter since nothing could ever be anywhere near as scary as the tacos created by the bakers during Mexican Week. Except, perhaps, the tattoo that James — the baker eliminated on that episode — has since gotten on his upper back, which depicts a cactus with a bushy mustache and a sombrero just above the word "Mexican't."
The episode included an unintentionally frightful challenge for the technical: the show unleashed its British sensibilities on the all-American campfire treat, but the s'mores involved no campfire, and no Graham crackers. Thankfully, this week's signature challenge returned to the kinds of classic bakes that people watch the show for: simple cakes that each baker can put their own unique spin on. In keeping with the season, the assignment was to make apple cakes, and the results ranged from Ukrainian sharlotka to a spiced version with sour plums.
