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A social media quarter-final recap!

In week nine, the final five tackled advanced dough recipes

Paul and Mary got tough during the Signature Challenge...

Nancy's risky use of a microwave to prove her dough was scary in more ways than one...

Meanwhile, a cheeky Mel got more than she bargained for with Nancy's 'wine'...

The Bake Off Innuendo of the Week award battle was won by Sue - again!

Richard and Chetna impressed with their enriched sweet fruit loaves...

The @BritishBakeOff team seemed delighted by Paul's trickier than tricky Technical Challenge...

The bakers attempted to get a grip on the lengthy Technical Challenge...

@BBCFood got in a bit of shameless self promotion for their Technical Challenge recipe...

Mary appeared resistant to Luis' attempts to turn the Showstopper Challenge into a party

Paul crowned himself king of dougnuts... and Nancy paid homage in the sweetest way possible!

Richard was crowned Star Baker for a whopping fourth time!

But Martha said a fond farewell after she failed to make the semi-finals

But what did we really learn this week? Something about Mary, of course!

Series 5 gets social