By KIRSTEN MURRAY, SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER
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The Great British Bake Off had a blast from the past on Tuesday night as fans went wild for a Mary Berry mention.
The legendary cook, 91, starred as a judge alongside Paul Hollywood on the show from 2010 until 2016.
When the show left the BBC and moved to Channel 4, she left the show and was replaced by Prue Leith – who has been replaced by Nigella Lawson this series.
However her legendary status lived on in the tent during dessert week as baker Yannis revealed he would be using Mary's recipe for his sticky toffee pudding.
Sadly it wasn't enough to save him though as he became the fourth baker to leave the tent.
Yannis failed to impress with his self-saucing puddings in the signature challenge, meanwhile his bread and butter pudding was too 'overwhelmed' with flavours in the technical.
Bake Off fans go wild and say Paul Hollywood looks 'fuming' as Yannis reveals he is using Mary Berry's recipe in dessert showstopper - but it isn't enough to save him
Sadly it wasn't enough to save him though as Yannis became the fourth baker to leave the tent
For his dessert trolley showstopper Yannis's black forest gateau, trifle and sticky toffee pudding all fell short.
It was Connie who was crowned Star Baker after a successful week in the tent which even saw her secure a Hollywood handshake.
Fans were overjoyed at the mention of Mary Berry as they took to Twitter to remark that Paul looked 'fuming' that a baker was using her recipe over his own.
They wrote: 'Using Mary Berry's recipe and Paul is furious. Hahaha! In your face Paul.
'Paul is fuming he’s using Mary Berry’s recipe'; 'MARY BERRYS RECIPE IS HILARIOUS';
' not Yannis using Mary Berry’s recipe instead of Paul or Nigellas'; 'MARY BERRY MENTION'.
After it was revealed Yannis would be leaving the tent another fan joked: 'Despite getting the boot from the tent, a certain someone would be very proud of you for doing their recipe Yannis.'
Dessert Week was arguably much more successful than last week's Bread Week which turbulent Technical challenge saw all of the remaining bakers' attempts fall short.
Even judge Nigella joked they should be forced to eat their creations as a punishment.
The legendary cook, 91, starred as a judge alongside Paul Hollywood on the show from 2010 until 2016
Her legendary status lived on in the tent during dessert week as baker Yannis revealed he would be using Mary's recipe for his sticky toffee pudding
Fans were overjoyed at the mention of Mary Berry as they took to Twitter to remark that Paul looked 'fuming' that a baker was using her recipe over his own
The contestants were tasked with baking eight flatbreads with a grape and blue cheese filling.
However, the tight cooking time, just one hour, would prove tricky, and in most cases, it led to the flatbreads being left raw.
Paul and Nigella were unimpressed by the creations, with the bread expert noting that all of the bakers should have made their bakes 'paper thin'.
He said: 'What we're looking for in the flatbread challenge is… not this.
'[…] Probably the worst technical I think I have ever seen in 17 years.'
After judging the bakes, Nigella quipped that as a 'punishment' the bakers should be made to eat them.
Viewers praised Nigella's quick reaction, and joked she and Paul must have headed 'to the chippy' after their disappointing lunch.
They wrote on X: 'I think Paul and Nigella went to the chippy after that round. Barely had anything to eat;
'Paul and Nigella judging the technical...;'
'Every single baker on Bake Off has just made the WRONG thing for the technical, everything is raw, Nigella Lawson is panicking and just said ''as a punishment we should make them eat it'.