'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 4 Recap "Dessert Week"

Now that The Great British Baking Show has finished its traditional openers, it's time to get into the wilder middle rounds. Once the series hits round four, just about anything goes. But if there's one week that's been closest to a traditional opener for the leveling up, it's Dessert Week. The series usually treats Dessert Week as the final round before the Quarter Finals, or the challenge comes early in the season as Week 4.

This is the fifth time the show had put Dessert Week early, it's been the Week 4 challenge, and hilariously it's been there every three seasons, in Series 3, 6, and 9, and now 12. (That's GBBO: The Beginnings and Collections 3 and 6, for those playing along on Netflix.) It also came early in Series 4 (Collection 2), replacing Biscuit Week as part of the opening rounds.

But coming early doesn't mean coming easy, and Dessert Week can sometimes be one of the most challenging rounds of the entire season. This week won't be a walk in the park for the bakers, which is just how GBBO seems to like it.