Coleraine’s very own star baker is continuing to impress the judges in Ch4’s series Junior Bake Off.

12-year-old Lyla took on ‘bread day’ in the latest episode which was screened on Wednesday, January 14.

A testing technical challenge asked the bakers to create six pumpkin spice rolls topped with maple glaze and served with a cream cheese dip.

Coleraine’s talented young baker declared it the “hardest technical ever” before realising that she had, in fact, forgotten to add her butter.

Coleraine's Lyla has been impressing viewers with her bakes, her sense of humour and her kindness in the Junior Bake Off tent.

placeholder image — Coleraine's Lyla has been impressing viewers with her bakes, her sense of humour and her kindness in the Junior Bake Off tent.

Despite being placed seventh, judge Liam declared Lyla’s dip to be “really good” and Lyla steeled herself for the showstopper challenge ‘My Inner Animal in Bread’.

Creating a ‘foc-CAT-cia’ bread feline, Lyla presented the judges Liam and Ravneet with a three-flavoured bread foccacia with two dips of pizza sauce and garlic mayo.

"I think I’ve pulled it back,” said Lyla – and indeed she had!

Judge Ravneet declared the bread to be “triumphant...my favourite bread of the day!” while Liam described Lyla’s ‘foc-CAT-cia’ as “stunning”.

The high praise earned Lyla a place in the next episode of the show – dessert day.

Asked if being on Bake Off was better than being at school, Lyla said: “Bake Off and school were very similar in a way that, you have teachers (Rav and Liam) and you have a classroom assistant, (Harry Hill).

"In both you are striving to do your best and get better at what you are learning. Being in the tent was way more exciting than school!”

Tune in to Ch4 at 5pm tonight (Thursday) to see Lyla take on dessert day...