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Prison governor Paul Jagger's freestanding choux pastry tower collapses
Nadiya Begum walks away with Star Baker prize for bubblegum effort
She joins Tamal, Flora and Ian for next week's semi final

By Jemma Buckley For Daily Mail and Anucyia Victor for MailOnline

Published: 16:35 EST, 23 September 2015 | Updated: 05:33 EST, 24 September 2015

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Famous for its innuendo-laden links and double entendres, last night’s Bake Off was once again a masterclass in smut

The BBC1 show kicked off with presenter Sue Perkins giggling about creamed horns, followed by Paul Hollywood eyeing up 'attractive fillings' and finishing with a rather solemn Mary Berry urging a contestant to ‘have a banana for lunch’.

The quarter-final saw the remaining five bakers constructing an ambitious religieuse a l’ancienne – a freestanding tower made from choux pastry éclairs – as part of the show-stopper challenge.

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Decision time: Paul, Mary, Sue and Mel take a look at Nadiya's bubblegum flavoured religieuse a l’ancienne

Contestants Ian, Paul, Tamal, Flora and Nadiya waiting to hear what the judges will make of their offerings

Things got off to an eyebrow-raising start with Sue announcing that judges Paul and Mary were expecting 24 perfect creamed horns ‘with a filling that reaches all the way to the bottom.’

The sight of prison governor contestant Paul Jagger pumping cream into his horn accompanied by grunting noises raised viewers’ temperatures even further.

Both Paul Hollywood (left) and Mary Berry (right) are disappointed at some of the show-stopper attempts

Going, going... Paul Jagger's mountain before it collapsed into a mess of pastry and cream. His failure to impress lead to the prison governor leaving the show before next week's semi-final

Paul Jagger's cream-filled choux pastry mess just didn't stand up under pressure

But unfortunately his exertions meant nothing as his carefully constructed cream-filled creation ended up a floppy mess - signalling his exit from the show.

Commentary included ‘Flora has decided not to shape her horns’ followed by Sue announcing ‘Okay Bakers, 15 minutes until you give Paul the horn’.

Paul Hollywood then upped the ante during judging, saying: ‘The filling looks attractive. I can’t wait to taste it really. I think I will try the banana one first.’

Sylvie tweeted: It's meant to stand up for some time'

User Emma Will could not hide her glee, quoting from show: 'We know you had a problem and it didn't hold up

This was then swiftly followed with: ‘The banana is not strong enough.’

But of course the best line had to come from Mary, who with a slight frown said: ‘Better have a banana for lunch.’

Twitter of course responded with glee with users tweeting their own filthy puns.

Laura P could not help herself, saying: 'Something about Tamal's cream horn'

'Ian probably moulded his horn cones of a unicorn he found 'gently bumped' on the side of the road' Phoebe Greggor tweeted, referencing Ian's confession last week that he cooks with roadkill

Twitter user Rachael stated: 'I made 24 cream horns once. Ok, I mean only made 1. Ok, I mean I got really horny eating a cake once'

Last night the remaining bakers spent a painstaking four hours constructing a delicate three-tier choux pastry mountain.

But the task seemed to topple the contestants on the Great British Bake Off.

The showstopper challenge proved disastrous as the unstable creations collapsed in front of the judges.

During the quarter-final, the remaining five contestants were asked to create an ambitious religieuse a l’ancienne – a freestanding tower made from choux pastry éclairs.

They were banned from using doweling to hold up the creations and instead had to support each layer with shortcrust pastry discs.

Success: Tamal Ray pulled off a successful tower with his raspberry and pistachio nun

Unstable: Nadiya Begum managed to win Star Bake despite her leaning tower

But during a two-hour lunch break before the showstoppers were judged, the towers began to collapse.

Student Flora Shedden, 19, was forced to present her centrepiece – flavoured with coconut crème pâtissière and a lime and basil curd – in two pieces.

She told the judges: ‘I saw it was going so I lifted it. I wasn’t confident on it staying any longer.’

But it was prison governor Paul Jagger, 49, who suffered the biggest disaster. The bottom tier of his banana and vanilla choux pastry mountain totally collapsed under the weight of the other layers. He presented a mangled pile of crème and éclairs next to the remaining two layers.

Earlier, as he panicked while assembling the tower, Mr Jagger said: ‘The bigger ones are starting to go soft. It’s not what I wanted. Soft is not good.’

Tamal pushed the boundaries with his orange and pink eclairs (left). Flora's fruit and herb tower (right)

Nadiya Begum, 30, walked up to the judging table with an incredibly unstable stack of bubblegum and peppermint éclairs.

Despite her wobbly offering and flavours which judge Mary Berry said were ‘not quite my favourite’, she managed to walk away with the Star Baker prize.

Photographer Ian Cumming, 41, presented the judges with a much sturdier construction. His efforts were rewarded with a cheeky wink from Mrs Berry, 80. He continued the playful exchange by giving her a quick thumbs up sign.

Mr Jagger was sent home after also facing problems in the technical challenge, where he was unable to make a satisfactory Genoese sponge.

Sturdy: Ian Cumming's much sturdier pastry construction tower received a wink of approval from Mary Berry

He said: ‘As soon as you walk into the tent you get prickles on the back of your neck, and for me it was a very different environment from my prison surroundings in an austere Victorian jail. In contrast being in the tent with its light and airy atmosphere, almost felt like being at a party.

‘I went into work the day after the show and the prisoners were absolutely fantastic, all giving positive comments on how much they enjoyed the show. I have taken in bakes when I was practising for my co-workers, and that goes down well at tea time.

‘I am quite blokish and people find it unusual that I have tackled things like sugar craft. I have been in the army and don’t feel I have to prove myself in any way. My idea of relaxing and to enjoy myself is to create sugar roses, lilies, tropical flowers or anything that takes my fancy.

‘You need great patience, and to be calm and measured, not too dissimilar to what I do at work where I also need a huge understanding.'