The Great British Baking Show (TV Series)
Cake (2013)
Sue Perkins: Self - Presenter
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Quotes
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Paul Hollywood, Judge : [notorious for his hard criticism, to contestant Beca Lyne-Pirkis] Annoyingly, I really like it.
Sue Perkins, Presenter : Oh, how painful to give a compliment. Oh, that hurts on such a deep genetic level.
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Sue Perkins, Presenter : [making excuses for a contestant's poor performance] Toby's managed to slice both of his thumbs.
Paul Hollywood, Judge : It doesn't affect how long a cake stays in an oven for. If it's dry, it's dry.
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Sue Perkins, Presenter : At the risk of sparking a barrage of angry letters from biologists - boy, can those guys kick off - when it comes to baking, the heart truly is connected to the stomach.
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Toby Waterworth, contestant : I'm, uh, behind.
Sue Perkins, Presenter : Yup
Toby Waterworth, contestant : Stressed
Sue Perkins, Presenter : Yup
Toby Waterworth, contestant : Slightly doolally
Sue Perkins, Presenter : These are optimal conditions for Bake Off.
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Sue Perkins, Presenter : [about the tradition of a young woman baking a courting cake to woo a young man] It puts my teenage years in Croydon to shame. It certainly beats sitting in a car park drinking cider.
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Sue Perkins, Presenter : [to Howard, sitting with both hands raised above his head] Are you hailing a cab, Howard? What's going on?
Howard Middleton, contestant : I cut my thumb on a sharp knife.
Sue Perkins, Presenter : You're not the only one. You got Lucy's done it, Ruby, Christina. It's basically like a sort of hybrid reality show now. It's "Bake Off" meets "Casualty".
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[In history, a courting cake showed a young woman's baking skills to a potential husband]
Sue Perkins, Presenter : [applying cream to courting cake] Does the amount of cream say anything about me?... I think what this is saying to my beloved is... I'd make a really good plasterer.