Last night’s Great British Bake Off now has the entire country steaming with rage. After Iain’s baked Alaska was seemingly sabotaged and he became the latest contestant to leave the baking tent, Twitter exploded with pure rage that only the British can muster up.

As it went on TV, it was an extremely hot day and the contestants were asked to make a baked Alaska from scratch. Everyone was running between counter and freezer, desperate to have their ice creams kept frozen. Iain put his already melting ice cream & cake in a freezer to prep his meringue, and then found out someone had taken it out. The pain on his face, and in the hearts of the millions of viewers was real. Very real. My jaw dropped open, and Mama Rihal was in disbelief. Why would you remove a baked Alaska from the freezer in a competition?!

 

So Britain reacted in the way that only the British would react to a ruined pudding – we took to Twitter to vent our frustration. And there were some real cracking tweets on there…

 

How can you take somebody’s ice cream out of the freezer? Not only should she be eliminated for that, she should also be arrested. #gbbo

— Daz Gale (@dazgale) August 27, 2014

 

Holy Baked Alaska Batman! there’s a new Super villain in Gotham City. #greatbritishbakeoff pic.twitter.com/hqz2M8eWcC — THE STUDIO EXEC (@studioexec1) August 27, 2014

 

From the Great Custard Theft of 2013 to the Alaska Sabotage of 2014. NEVER FORGET. #gbbo

— Jess Jewell (@moreowls) August 27, 2014

 

Just finished watching #GBBO. Gutted. It’s okay, @iain_watters, she only screwed you over because she’s jealous of your beard. — Groot (@ItsDov) August 28, 2014

 

Is there anything more English than us all getting annoyed at the fact basic manners and etiquette were disregarded on a baking show #gbbo

— Abigail Reynolds (@AbiReynoldsx) August 27, 2014

And the award for ragiest goes to this Tweet:

BURN HER AT THE STAKE! #GBBO — Sam. (@Sam_Buca_23) August 27, 2014

 

I think the editing of the show played a massive part in this; it always does. Everything changes with the way they edit the show – we saw Diana take it out of the freezer, and not two minutes later we hear Iain asking about where his ice cream had gone. Sue Perkins (presenter) took to Twitter to explain a few things…

 

Iain’s Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That’s it. No sabotage. 40 secs of normal temp would NOT be enough to reduce it to liquid

— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 27, 2014

I can’t actually believe I’m wading into this… (And wading is the operative word…) Big love to @iain_watters anyhow. What a gent x

— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 27, 2014

All getting a little inflamed for my liking. Am off. This is a show about CAKES. Please, let’s save the ire for real stuff. Peace & out x — Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 27, 2014

She has a point. I’m pretty sure the BBC are happy with this though – their views for next weeks episode will be through the roof!