Twitter reacts to the Great British Bake Off final

Even a horrifically mistimed tweet from Prue couldn’t dampen viewers’ excitement

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Congratulations, Sophie! The former soldier turned trainee stuntwoman ducked, dived and dodged her way through a tricky Bake Off finale to be crowned queen of cake in last night's grand final.

Things got off to a bit of a rocky start before the show had even begun, thanks to an unfortunately timed tweet from Prue Leith revealing the winner hours before the episode aired.

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The judge, who is currently overseas, said she miscalculated the time difference and that she was “mortified” to have tweeted the spoiler, which she swiftly deleted:

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However, once the episode actually got rolling, fans quickly put the drama aside. The last signature challenge of the series was a medley of naan breads - but some viewers were quick to point out that GBBO has already reached bread perfection:

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Similarly, some felt that the showstopper challenge - an entremet layer cake - was also a bit underwhelming for a grand finale:

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Ultimately, it was cool-as-a-cucumber Sophie who took home the trophy - and, for some GBBO fans, her reaction was just a little too cool:

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Not that her victory came as much of a surprise to those who had seen Prue’s inadvertent spoiler hours earlier:

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Never been one to bottle up his feelings, as a tearful Sandi Toksvig announced Sophie’s name, poor Steven couldn’t hide his heartache:

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But of course, the traditional end-of-series summer party was all about one person. No, not Sophie. Obviously, we’re talking about Liam:

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A closing credits montage revealing what the contestants have been up to since the end of filming was the icing on the cake:

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