But the critics have had a chance to see Channel 4's eagerly anticipated cake-over and have already given their verdicts.
We thought of serving up their reviews in full but decided instead to give you a slice of each - just to give you a taste.
We'll let them make the puns from now on, so knead on at your own whisk (sorry).
According to The Guardian's Mark Lawson, both Channel 4 and programme maker Love Productions are "having their cake and eating it".
"The eighth series of the extreme patisserie challenge manages to seem exactly the same but also just different enough," he writes.
Mel and Sue's replacements, comedian Noel Fielding and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, "set their own distinctive flavour in the kitchen," Lawson goes on.
"To me the first episode for Channel 4 is as strong - in terms of both bakers and the cakes they attempt - as any previously made."
Writing in the Daily Mail, reviewer Sarah Rainey says that the show "hasn't changed a bit" in its move from the BBC to Channel 4.
"Sure, the people - with the exception of steely-eyed Paul Hollywood - are different," she writes.
"But if you squint a little, they could be the same old familiar faces, making the same innuendo-laden jokes."
While expressing admiration for Fielding's "ridiculous bird-print shirt", though, Rainey suggests his "dippy comedy act" may "quickly start to grate".
According to The Telegraph's Michael Hogan, the first instalment of the Channel 4 series gives viewers "the same flavoursome confection" - with "extra spice".
"There was tension, there were tears and one nervous hopeful forgot to turn her oven on," he goes on.
"Mary, Mel and Sue might be gone, but the show's recipe remains as winning as ever."
"The moment that Mary, Mel and Sue requested their P45s, we knew that Bake Off would never be what it was," writes Frances Taylor of the Radio Times.
According to her online review, however, Channel 4 "have done the best they can with the ingredients they were given".
"We'll always mourn the BBC era of the baking behemoth, but this is what we've got now," Taylor concludes.
"It's a bit rough around the edges, a little burnt on the outside. But it's still our Bake Off."
The Great British Bake Off begins on Channel 4 at 20:00 BST on 29 August.
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British Divers Marine Life Rescue said 18 of the animals were floated back out to sea at about 04:00 on Tuesday. Two more were later floated.
However, several of the whales then stranded on the shores of nearby Staffin Island.
It was understood that eight of the whales have died and nine remain stranded on the small island.
The coastguard said it could be high tide at 19:00 before those animals could be pushed back into open water.
It was believed the stranding was caused by a female whale getting into difficulty while calving. The calf died.
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust raised the alarm after seeing whales in distress on Monday afternoon.
Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said the Scottish government was offering assistance to the effort to save the whales.
He said: "I am very concerned to hear about this stranding of pilot whales on Skye.
"Marine Scotland and British Divers Marine Life Rescue are currently working hard to alleviate the situation.
"We have a patrol vessel and other staff on-site and I am being kept informed of the situation.
"Sadly it appears that some of the whales have already died and the situation is becoming increasingly difficult as the outgoing tide is leaving the stranded animals out of the water."
Viewers still have a week to wait before The Great British Bake Off returns to our screens, on a different channel with a 75% new line-up of judges and presenters.
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Rescuers have gone to the aid of 21 long-finned pilot whales which stranded on the shore at Staffin on Skye.