The Great British Baking Show Season 8 Episode 1

For the first challenge, the bakers were instructed to make a fruity cake using fresh fruit, with no dried fruit permitted. For the technical challenge, the bakers were instructed to make 12 chocolate mini rolls using Prue's recipe, which contains peppermint cream. The showstoppers challenge the bakers were instructed to make an illusion cake: a cake that appears to be some other object.