**WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS**

Week two of the return of The Great British Bake Off saw the bakers tackle biscuits.

Among the remaining 11 bakers was 51-year-old Marc Elliott from St Eval near Padstow, who took up baking bread as a form of therapy after losing his leg in a motorcycle accident in 2016 and never looked back.

This week saw biscuit week in the tent, with the signature challenge being to whip up their own take on a florentines.

Marc chose a dried cherry and ginger version, with a ruby chocolate topping - and, unusually, presented a square biscuit to the judges.

Judge Prue Leith was enamoured, describing the delicate pink chocolate as "very pretty" and the florentines "neat as anything", while fellow judge Paul Hollywood declared them "unique."

Despite not having the desired snap, Paul praised the blend of the tart chocolate with the ginger, with Prue adding: "Very surprising, very original, very delicious."

So far so promising, following a slight flop in the first week that led to Marc fearing for his place in the tent.

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The dreaded technical challenge saw the bakers having to make 12 coconut macaroons - half filled with the chocolate and the remaining six filled with homemade mango curd.

While judged to be a "bit untidy", not all uniform in size and not quite baked enough, Marc was a little unlucky to be ranked only ninth out of 11 when many of the offerings suffered similar criticisms.

Heading into the showstopper, Marc and the other bakers were set one of Bake Off's more random challenges: a 3D biscuit table sculpture from a memorable meal.

It at least gave Marc a chance to employ some of his skills as a sculptor - and he even acknowledged: "I've worked with wood and metal for most of my life; it's a bit different making stuff out of biscuit!"

His 'Morning Coffee 'n' Toast' creation from gingerbread - which he somewhat touchingly described as a "basic breakfast tea set for one" - was a delight.

"It's got a bit of a Roger Hargreaves vibe," declared co-host Noel Fielding, with a nod to Marc's colourful pink and flowery design resembling something out of a Mr Men book.

The judges were equally pleased. "The toast, the rack, the way you've done the butter knife - it's just brilliant," gushed Paul.

Prue looked as though she was going to bring a bit of a downer to the breakfast party when she said: "Because it's thick, which it needs to be for the toast, it's a bit squishy" before turning it around with the old: "But I rather like that." The tease.

His showstopper success even led to him being singled out as one of the high flyers in that round, although ultimately it was Hampshire security guard David left looking like the cat with the (custard) cream as he was crowned this week's star baker, thanks to a pretty much perfect week.

Meanwhile, accountant Makbul from Greater Manchester saw his Bake Off dreams crumble as jammy dodger Rowan narrowly avoided an early departure.

So Marc survived to bake another day - and with bread week coming up next week, will he be able to rise through the ranks with the food item that inspired his love of baking? We'll let you know next Wednesday.