The Great British Bake Off: The 5 ugliest bakes in its history

The Great British Bake Off returns, with 12 bakers heading to the tent to impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with their kitchen skills.

Last year's winner, Nadiya Hussein, became a national treasure with her baking, sense of humour and those facial expressions.

But it doesn't always go so well.

Bake Off is littered with kitchen disasters - from soggy bottoms and runny middles to cakes that have found themselves in the bin.

We've had a look for the five ugliest moments from #GBBO (but you'll still probably want to taste them all).

Iain's Baked Alaska Disaster (Series five)

The most infamous baked alaska in the UK.

Who could forget the Baked Alaska scandal in series five - not least Iain Watters, who was responsible for this sloppy mess.

After trying to make the ice cream dessert on the hottest day of the year, fellow contestant Diana Beard was blamed for removing Iain's from the fridge.

He found the perfect home for it, ditching the whole thing into the bin.

His actions cost him his place on the show.

James's botched barn (Series three)

Kirsty and Phil would be urging no-one to move here.

Anyone who has ever seen the back of a barn will recognise this accurate depiction.

As a cake though, it doesn't work so much.

Amazingly, this won James Norton the title of star baker on the third series in 2012, telling judges it was a haunted barn.

They swallowed it, in more ways than one.

Edd's "big pile of ****" (Series one)

He came, he suetted, he didn't conquer.

Edd Kimber said his rhubarb and strawberry suet layer was "beyond repair" as he scraped the pudding out of its dish in the first series.

He sprinkled it with icing sugar and hoped for the best.

It paid off, he eventually won the show but no thanks to this dish.

Dorret's disaster (Series six)

This Black Forest gateau deserved a sympathy card.

An emotional Dorret Conway served up this (delicious looking) 'mudslide' of a dessert on week one of the show in 2015.

Miraculously she clung on until week three when she then went after failing to produce a satisfactory Showstopper bread.

She may not have won, but her Black Forest gateau has earned her a place in Bake Off history.

Fondants bidding for freedom (Series three)

This fondant's short lived career ended in failure on the floor.

In series three, four of Danny's chocolate fondants ended up on the judging table, but two leapt to their death while the baker removed her desserts from the oven.

She still won over the judges and nearly made it to the 2012 final, being voted off in week nine.

Even if the contestants can deliver a perfect bake, they still need to be wary of the show's hosts, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

Mel has history with biscuit stacks after toppling a contestant's tower, while Sue once made herself comfortable on a baker's range of egg custard tarts.

Don't let Mel near your biscuits.

Sue can't be trusted around tarts.

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