It's Cake Week! 12 of Australia's best amateur bakers are back in the Bake Off shed for their first week of challenges, under the watchful eyes of culinary icon Maggie Beer, and esteemed chef Matt Moran. This week, the bakers will tackle a signature sponge, a tricky technical Japanese Cotton Cheesecake, and for their showstopper, create their own Miniature Worlds.

In Bread Week, our remaining amateur bakers wander into the wonderful world of bread. In their signature challenge they must create 12 identical flavoured bread rolls, for their technical they undertake a difficult Swedish cinnamon and cardamom bread, and for showstopper, create luscious gardenscape focaccias.