Mary-Anne Boermans has baked her way to success as her Dutch-inspired festive treats won her the first episode of The Great British Bake Off Christmas specials. Making it through to the final in series two, Boermans just missed out on the top spot to Jo Wheatly, but this time her Christmas pudding and pecan-praline cookies earned her a coveted Paul Hollywood handshake, while he described her show-stopper cake as a “knock-out.”