The Great British Bake Off: The best tweets from its fantastic opening episode

It's that time of year again when a dozen amateur bakers don their baking hats and compete to be crowned The Great British Bake Off champ. Last night's opening episode had the highest ratings yet with over ten million tuning in to get their first look at what will inevitably be a drama-filled, innuendo driven, cake-breaking few weeks. As usual, some of the best craic in watching was in following the reaction of viewers unfold on the old Twitter machine.

You're a funny bunch, you lot.

Here's your best tweets!

Me: struggles to make toast

Me when GBBO is on: that genoise sponge is over cooked. She should be so disappointed #GBBO

— Lyndsay Vines (@LyndsayVines) August 24, 2016

I wish I was chilled about ANYTHING the way Selasi is chilled about cakes #GBBO

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) August 24, 2016

#Selasi the jelly isn't setting. The dough isn't rising. The icing bag has burst. The kitchen is on fire! #GBBO 😍🍰 pic.twitter.com/Cc0L9MvZk0

— MaryB (@MaryBHand) August 24, 2016

U vs the guy she told u not to worry about #GBBO pic.twitter.com/4oRkrXDNPC

— Sarah Walker (@saarahwaalker) August 24, 2016

Fav line from #gbbo. Mel: "Where did you get the orange from". Candice: "An orange". @MelGiedroyc #britishbakeoff pic.twitter.com/1OK6cR7G0m

— Andrew Yee (@andrewyee) August 24, 2016

Get yourself a man that looks at you the way Paul looks at a delicious bake #GBBO pic.twitter.com/K1C7NxrbKU

— bryony (@dennisbryony) August 24, 2016

I don't want to know where that cream cheese came from.. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/V4yNBm8gAb

— Amy-Martine (@amymartine) August 24, 2016

When you’ve had one drink too many on a night out… #GBBO pic.twitter.com/ECpRK3KuCR

— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) August 24, 2016

THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH FREEZERS. HAVE THEY LEARNT NOTHING? #GBBO

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) August 24, 2016

"classic Jaffa cake" is what you say to a Jaffa cake when it has good bantz#GBBO

— Niki Albon (@NikiAlbon) August 24, 2016

I already care about some of the #GBBO contestants than some of my actual family members 😂

— Scarlett Moffatt (@ScarlettMoffatt) August 24, 2016

Oh dear.... poor man-with-the-lovely-accent. And Val stays to bake another day!

— Marian Keyes (@MarianKeyes) August 24, 2016

I hope each week Candice debuts a new edgy lip colour and gets a makeup line out after the show #GBBO

— Conor Behan (@platinumjones) August 24, 2016

JANE YOU DARK, MIRROR-GLAZED HORSE #GBBO

— innocent drinks (@innocent) August 24, 2016

Swallow. Moist. Penetrate. What an episode! #GBBO @BritishBakeOff pic.twitter.com/iex1BP3Uru

— Michael Pattinson (@MikePattinson) August 24, 2016

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