1 00:00:10,468 --> 00:00:11,970 -I'll get that for you, my doll. -Oh! 2 00:00:12,053 --> 00:00:13,555 -Or maybe not. -[all laughing] 3 00:00:16,391 --> 00:00:18,393 [Georgina] Chocolate croissants. 4 00:00:18,476 --> 00:00:19,436 [Richard] A croissant? 5 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,188 -I have trauma. I have chocolate trauma. -"Croissant". No chocolate. 6 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:25,275 [Richard] That was the hardest thing, learning all that chocolate. 7 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:27,235 -[Georgina] Oh my God. -That was so hard. 8 00:00:27,318 --> 00:00:30,321 There was a moment where a tear was about to leave my eye, but I was like... 9 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:33,033 [sniffing] And I sucked it back in, but gosh! 10 00:00:33,116 --> 00:00:34,951 You know, and Frank is gone. 11 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:36,327 -The middle man. -Frank. 12 00:00:36,411 --> 00:00:39,247 I really can't believe we've made it. I mean, top three. 13 00:00:39,330 --> 00:00:41,666 -Three. -That's unreal to me. 14 00:00:41,750 --> 00:00:42,584 It's crazy. 15 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:46,379 Especially 'cause before coming here, I was not a very prolific baker, per se. 16 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:47,630 I'm a box cakes mix girl. 17 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:50,341 I'm just, like, a street person who ended up here. 18 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:52,093 -[Richard chuckles] -And my very first cake, 19 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:55,096 I couldn't even get a fully baked cake out of the oven. 20 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,766 I can't believe that I almost went home the first challenge, 21 00:00:57,849 --> 00:00:59,976 and now I am the last lady in the competition. 22 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,937 I've definitely grown the most out of every other baker here. 23 00:01:03,021 --> 00:01:05,065 Now that I'm getting closer and closer to that money, 24 00:01:05,148 --> 00:01:08,735 the stakes are definitely very, very high because I have loans I need to pay off. 25 00:01:08,818 --> 00:01:11,237 I am a victim of the American education system. 26 00:01:11,321 --> 00:01:14,407 I really need to get my loans paid off so that I can start something new. 27 00:01:14,491 --> 00:01:18,536 -Cheers to the top three, right? -[both] Cheers to the top three. 28 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:24,584 I made it to the top three, and that makes me feel mighty fine. 29 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:25,668 The key to my success 30 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:29,380 has been applying everything that I'm learning in the Baking 101s 31 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:30,840 into the Big Cake Bake. 32 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,217 My strategy is working, y'all! 33 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:35,011 So let's do, like, a little count. How many wins do we all have? 34 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,097 -Of course Ignoisco would bring this up. -[laughing] 35 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:39,224 -Of course he would. -"How many wins do we have?" 36 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:47,524 Bakers, we are so proud of you. Can you believe it? 37 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:50,443 You're standing here right now, just the three of you. 38 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:52,487 -I know. Mind-blowing. -Oh my God. 39 00:01:52,570 --> 00:01:56,950 It's been a pleasure to see you rising from the first cake to today. 40 00:01:57,033 --> 00:01:59,786 You know how to work with chocolate, you know decor. 41 00:01:59,869 --> 00:02:02,956 [Richard] I'm trying to learn everything that they teach me. 42 00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:07,001 I mean, there's things that I've created that I never thought I could create. 43 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:11,422 I'm very proud of myself, and my family and the girls are gonna be proud of me. 44 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:14,884 We finally have good cake on Nailed It! 45 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:18,304 Finally. All we had to do was teach people how to do it. 46 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:19,222 [laughing] 47 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:21,933 Today is the last hurdle. 48 00:02:22,016 --> 00:02:25,145 Two of you are going to move on to the last Cake Bake 49 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:28,273 to compete for $100,000. 50 00:02:28,356 --> 00:02:31,067 So it's only fitting that in order to get there 51 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:34,237 you'll have to do something that has never been done before 52 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,613 in Nailed It!history. 53 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:40,118 -Prepare for a little déjà vu because... -[suspenseful music building] 54 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:41,578 [dramatic sting] 55 00:02:42,579 --> 00:02:44,706 {\an8}-[Georgina laughing] Oh! -[Richard] Hey! 56 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:48,251 {\an8}You're going from "failed it" to "nailed it." 57 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:54,424 Bakers, one of the most important lessons in life is learning from your mistakes. 58 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:57,635 -Yes. -[Nicole] Well, today you get a do-over. 59 00:02:57,719 --> 00:03:00,555 [Jacques] To make the "business in the front and party in the back" cake, 60 00:03:00,638 --> 00:03:04,142 you need impeccable construction, a surprise in the middle, 61 00:03:04,225 --> 00:03:07,020 clean fondant work, beautiful piping, 62 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:10,565 and most importantly, well-done figure for the party. 63 00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:13,193 I am really excited to recreate this first cake 64 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:14,652 that I struggled with so, so much. 65 00:03:15,153 --> 00:03:17,614 Ew! [gasps] Did I forget something? 66 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:19,073 [hosts] Oh... 67 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:20,909 -It's a struggle. -[hosts] Oh... 68 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:24,162 Since then, I've learned a lot, I've paid attention, put in the work, 69 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:26,998 so I am absolutely gonna redeem myself with this cake. 70 00:03:27,081 --> 00:03:31,336 But don't worry, you won't have to figure it out on your own. 71 00:03:31,419 --> 00:03:34,589 It's time for our very last Baking 101. 72 00:03:34,672 --> 00:03:35,715 -Ooh! -All right. 73 00:03:35,798 --> 00:03:38,718 -[splats] -[enchanting music plays] 74 00:03:38,801 --> 00:03:41,387 To prepare for your success in the Big Cake Bake, 75 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:43,473 Erin and Robert will teach you 76 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:46,684 how to sculpt detailed figurines using armature. 77 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:51,773 They already taught you all of the other skills you didn't know on this first cake. 78 00:03:51,856 --> 00:03:54,025 This is the final piece you need. 79 00:03:54,108 --> 00:03:57,487 [Nicole] So for this Baking 101, you'll be making a figure of yourself 80 00:03:57,570 --> 00:04:00,240 pushing a sweet little donut boulder up a hill 81 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:03,743 to symbolize what it's been like for you in this competition. 82 00:04:03,826 --> 00:04:06,746 Once your coaches are done, you'll have one minute on the clock 83 00:04:06,829 --> 00:04:09,290 to finish your figures and your donut boulder. 84 00:04:09,374 --> 00:04:12,627 I've never pushed a boulder up a hill because I live in modern-day times 85 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:14,504 and boulders just don't exist. 86 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:17,507 The baker with the best sculpting work and tastiest donut 87 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:20,093 will win an advantage in the Big Cake Bake. 88 00:04:20,176 --> 00:04:23,179 All right, bakers, sculpt your way to greatness. 89 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:25,556 {\an8}-[bakers] Whoo. -[exciting music playing] 90 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,393 {\an8}[Erin] We're going to start by making your donut boulder. 91 00:04:28,476 --> 00:04:32,855 So we are going to go ahead and whisk some of our wet ingredients together. 92 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,524 I have my milk... 93 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:36,025 {\an8}Okay, milk. 94 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,736 {\an8}...the melted butter, and the eggs. 95 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:41,364 {\an8}We just are trying to whisk this to combine, okay? 96 00:04:43,658 --> 00:04:49,414 {\an8}I'm gonna add my flour, baking powder, salt, and our nutmeg. 97 00:04:49,497 --> 00:04:51,416 {\an8}Pour those wet ingredients in there. 98 00:04:51,499 --> 00:04:54,252 Now, we're just gonna start mixing it until it starts to come together 99 00:04:54,335 --> 00:04:56,045 around the dough hook. 100 00:04:58,464 --> 00:05:00,550 Ignoisco, have you ever made donuts before? 101 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,678 I've never made donuts before, so this is actually pretty cool. 102 00:05:03,761 --> 00:05:06,889 I really like eating donuts. I'm a basic donut eater. 103 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:09,142 Like, just give me a glazed donut, and I'm happy. 104 00:05:09,225 --> 00:05:11,894 The dough hook. It's doughy. 105 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:15,565 {\an8}So we're ready to roll this out to about a half an inch thick. 106 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:19,569 {\an8}-If you want to cut out a donut boulder... -[Georgina blows raspberry] 107 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:23,072 {\an8}...our fryer should be set around 350 degrees. 108 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:25,158 I'm gonna go ahead and drop them in. 109 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:30,413 [Jacques] Keep a close eye on your donuts. 110 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:33,750 You want them to turn golden brown, and it happens quickly. 111 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:36,127 Oh, they already floated up. That's good. 112 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:38,755 [Nicole] Ooh! 113 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:41,716 It's for you to taste. Careful, it's hot. 114 00:05:41,799 --> 00:05:44,052 -[Nicole sputters] -[laughs] 115 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:48,556 I'm a little bit nervous because deep-frying is a great fear of mine, but... 116 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:50,516 -[oil sizzling] -[whimpers] 117 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,769 I just don't like hot oil 'cause hot oil is so hot. 118 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:54,687 Ideally, if I could go throughout my whole life 119 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:56,731 without ever having to deep-fry a thing after this... 120 00:05:56,814 --> 00:05:58,483 Oh my God, it's, like, bubbling. 121 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:01,569 I want to stay as far away from this as possible. 122 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:04,906 [Richard] I think mine are done. 123 00:06:06,115 --> 00:06:08,117 [whimsical music playing] 124 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:11,412 -Ooh. -What do you think, Nicole? 125 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:13,790 [Robert and Erin laughing] 126 00:06:13,873 --> 00:06:14,874 It's really good. 127 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:20,671 Okay, bakers, I'm gonna go ahead and prepare my filling. 128 00:06:20,755 --> 00:06:22,423 I have some ganache here. 129 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:25,426 We've given you a lemon curd and a pastry cream as well. 130 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:28,179 I'm going to stick the skewer into it, 131 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:30,306 {\an8}and then I'm gonna move it around a little bit, 132 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:34,310 {\an8}so that there is a little bit of room when I put the pastry tip in. 133 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:39,524 {\an8}I'm going to stick the tip as deeply into the donut as I can 134 00:06:39,607 --> 00:06:43,694 {\an8}and pipe until I start to feel this donut getting heavy. 135 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:46,114 {\an8}[Richard] My curd just doesn't go in. 136 00:06:46,197 --> 00:06:49,492 [Erin] I'll teach you how to decorate the donuts a bit later. 137 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:52,453 I'm gonna turn it over to Robert so we can start making our figures. 138 00:06:52,537 --> 00:06:54,455 [Robert] So we have our armature here. 139 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:56,457 He's going to be pushing our donut up the hill. 140 00:06:56,541 --> 00:06:59,544 You always want to use armature shaped into your figure, 141 00:06:59,627 --> 00:07:02,171 in order to give your modeling chocolate something to hold on to. 142 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,800 So I'm going to start off with the legs for our armature, his pants. 143 00:07:05,883 --> 00:07:07,885 And I'm going to roll it into a log. 144 00:07:07,969 --> 00:07:09,971 I'm now going to take my knife, 145 00:07:10,054 --> 00:07:13,516 and I'm just cutting a slit into the back of the log, 146 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:14,976 and then we can wrap it around. 147 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:18,271 -Who are you going to make, Nicole? -I'm making myself. 148 00:07:18,354 --> 00:07:20,690 You... Oh! Ni... Nicole. 149 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:22,817 Hey, bakers, how are you doing? 150 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:24,193 -[bakers] Good. -Georgina? 151 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:27,447 Uh, my hands are very hot, so the modeling chocolate's very shiny. 152 00:07:27,530 --> 00:07:28,739 But I'm letting it... [blows] 153 00:07:28,823 --> 00:07:31,742 When I first got here, modeling chocolate and fondant was really scary. 154 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:33,911 I didn't understand how modeling chocolate worked. 155 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:35,246 So it'd get too hot in my hands. 156 00:07:35,329 --> 00:07:37,957 But I'd keep working with it so it'd droop and drip off everywhere. 157 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,375 Okay, with the red pants. 158 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:42,086 Yeah, I'm making some red pants, some red skinny jeans. 159 00:07:42,170 --> 00:07:44,881 It is so hard to work on little figurines like this. 160 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:46,966 I mean, it definitely still looks better than... 161 00:07:47,049 --> 00:07:49,510 [laughs] ...the very first time I did this. 162 00:07:49,594 --> 00:07:52,972 Remember, with these figures, we wanna make sure they're proportioned well. 163 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:57,894 Richard, I feel like yours has some very nice, lean legs. 164 00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:59,187 [chuckles] 165 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:02,064 Oh, you gave a butt to your little, uh, figure here. 166 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:04,484 -[Nicole and Robert laughing] -Ooh! Nicole! 167 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,695 I'm now going to start working on the shirt. 168 00:08:07,778 --> 00:08:10,990 Slightly flatten this out, and I'm going to cut a rectangle. 169 00:08:11,073 --> 00:08:13,910 Make sure that one end is more narrow than the other. 170 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:17,747 This figurine's having a hot girl summer. Do you know what that is, Jacques? 171 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:18,748 [Jacques] No. 172 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:20,833 I'm going to start working on the hands and head. 173 00:08:20,917 --> 00:08:23,211 And I'm just going to form a ball right now, 174 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:26,130 and I'm going to cut that in half. 175 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:27,340 [suspenseful music playing] 176 00:08:27,423 --> 00:08:30,051 [Richard groans] I'm telling you, my hands are too hot. 177 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:32,678 How are your little guy's hands, Georgina? 178 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:36,098 They look more like seashells. Ignoisco, how are your hands looking? 179 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:38,184 [chuckles] My hands are looking kind of big. 180 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:40,102 Hello. 181 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:41,854 All right. 182 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:43,814 So now we can finish working on the details 183 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:46,025 like the pupils, the eyebrows, and the hair. 184 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:48,319 [dramatic music playing] 185 00:08:48,986 --> 00:08:52,907 {\an8}Carefully place the eyebrows. They're so tiny. 186 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:57,537 My past figurines were oversized, un-proportioned, didn't have eyeballs. 187 00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:58,788 Where this one, you know, 188 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:01,749 it actually has fingers, it has a nose, a mouth. 189 00:09:01,832 --> 00:09:03,251 I just gave it a mustache. 190 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:04,210 [both laugh] 191 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:06,671 I gotta give this figurine the... the 'stache. 192 00:09:06,754 --> 00:09:08,923 You know, that's, like, that signature thing of me. 193 00:09:09,006 --> 00:09:11,842 I've had a mustache since, probably, the eighth grade. 194 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:14,428 So the last thing now to do is to add the hair. 195 00:09:14,512 --> 00:09:16,055 {\an8}My guy doesn't have hair. 196 00:09:16,138 --> 00:09:17,932 {\an8}[suspenseful music playing] 197 00:09:18,015 --> 00:09:19,016 [Georgina] All right. 198 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:20,643 Okay, look. 199 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:22,687 -[Jacques] I love her! -[Nicole giggles] 200 00:09:22,770 --> 00:09:25,439 [Erin] Now, let's decorate your donut boulder. 201 00:09:25,523 --> 00:09:29,402 I'm going to go ahead and dunk my donut into my icing. 202 00:09:29,485 --> 00:09:30,611 There we go. 203 00:09:30,695 --> 00:09:33,573 I'm just gonna go ahead and apply sprinkles to my donut. 204 00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:36,576 [Georgina] It's looking really good. I'm just gonna let it rest here. 205 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:37,827 -Wes? -Wes! 206 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:42,498 -[Wes] Thank you, Jacques. -You're welcome, Wes. 207 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:45,209 [Nicole] And Nicole. I didn't do anything. 208 00:09:45,293 --> 00:09:46,460 I'm just going to go ahead 209 00:09:46,544 --> 00:09:50,172 {\an8}and place it through the two dowels on the middle of the road. 210 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:52,925 {\an8}-[whimpers nervously] -Now I'm going to place our figure, 211 00:09:53,009 --> 00:09:55,845 {\an8}and then I'm going to work on adjusting the arms. 212 00:09:56,887 --> 00:10:00,182 {\an8}Because his hands should be pressing up against the donut. 213 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:01,559 Okay. I'm done. 214 00:10:02,143 --> 00:10:06,063 All right, bakers, you have one minute to finish. 215 00:10:06,147 --> 00:10:07,982 [Ignoisco] Wait, and how did this... 216 00:10:08,065 --> 00:10:08,941 [chuckles] 217 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:10,568 Terrible. Whatever. 218 00:10:10,651 --> 00:10:11,736 [sighs] 219 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:12,987 Oh my God. 220 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:14,405 Twenty seconds! 221 00:10:14,488 --> 00:10:17,116 {\an8}-[Ignoisco] It supposed to look like that? -[Georgina whimpers] 222 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,702 [Richard] More sprinkles. 223 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:24,498 The donut, it's looking really good now. I'm thinking I might add an extra donut. 224 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:28,085 He's a strong man, he's got to show his strength by holding two boulders up. 225 00:10:28,169 --> 00:10:29,670 Ten seconds! 226 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:32,006 [Georgina chuckling] 227 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:35,968 Five, four, three, two, one. 228 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:37,887 -You're done! -[Richard exclaims] 229 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,640 Oh boy. Two donuts? 230 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:42,183 [Georgina] Richard! 231 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:44,602 [imitates explosion] You've outdone yourself. 232 00:10:44,685 --> 00:10:46,062 -Richard! -Hello. 233 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:48,481 {\an8}-Ooh! -[Richard chuckles] 234 00:10:48,564 --> 00:10:51,484 [Nicole] This is so cute. I love that his mouth is open. 235 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:53,319 -[Richard] Because he's breathing. -[groans] 236 00:10:53,402 --> 00:10:54,779 -You know, he's like... -[laughs] 237 00:10:54,862 --> 00:10:55,863 [groaning] 238 00:10:55,946 --> 00:10:57,365 [Nicole] I think he's really cute. 239 00:10:57,448 --> 00:11:00,451 You can give a little bit more legs, a little bit more arms, 240 00:11:00,534 --> 00:11:02,870 but two donuts and he's pushing them up the hill. 241 00:11:02,953 --> 00:11:05,164 -Showing that strength. -[Jacques] Congratulations, yes? 242 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,334 It's definitely baked 243 00:11:08,417 --> 00:11:10,419 and maybe a little bit over. Yes. 244 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:13,047 -[both] Thank you, Richard. -Awesome, guys. Thank you. 245 00:11:13,547 --> 00:11:15,257 -Georgina. -Hi. 246 00:11:15,966 --> 00:11:16,926 [Nicole] Ooh! 247 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:18,803 -This is fun. -[giggles] 248 00:11:18,886 --> 00:11:20,346 [Nicole] I like your person. 249 00:11:20,429 --> 00:11:22,056 The face is a lil' trippy. 250 00:11:22,139 --> 00:11:24,517 -Bug eyes. Yeah. [chuckles] -Bug eyes. 251 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,103 -Making faces, it's always very difficult. -Mm-hmm. 252 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,605 You know, I did sculpt a little bit of a booty, 253 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:30,856 because I do a lot of squats... 254 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:33,651 -[laughs] -...and I've got some strong shoulders 255 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:36,237 because I recently learned to do one push-up, so... 256 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,280 -Ooh! Congratulations. -Yeah! 257 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:39,990 -Thank you. -[Nicole] All right. 258 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:41,867 -Well, let's taste your donut. -Yeah. 259 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:43,703 [hosts] Ooh! 260 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:45,287 [Jacques] Nice and chocolatey. 261 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:47,289 [suspenseful music playing] 262 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:50,793 [Nicole] Um, I think your donut's a little overcooked. 263 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:52,420 But it's fairly good. 264 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:53,462 Thank you. 265 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:56,340 [comedic stings] 266 00:11:56,424 --> 00:11:57,466 [Ignoisco] Uh-huh! 267 00:11:58,092 --> 00:12:00,052 -Ignoisco, these legs. -[in high voice] Oh, hello! 268 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:03,681 Yes! I mean, when you're pushing things, you gotta twerk, right? 269 00:12:03,764 --> 00:12:05,182 -Yes. -[both laugh] 270 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:08,894 When you are pushing things, you gotta twerk. 271 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:10,938 -All right, Ignoisco, it's you? -Uh-huh. 272 00:12:11,021 --> 00:12:11,856 Yes. 273 00:12:11,939 --> 00:12:14,859 [Jacques] The front arms are bigger than the biceps or triceps. 274 00:12:14,942 --> 00:12:16,610 -And the twerk. -[Ignoisco] I agree. 275 00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:18,446 -You know, it's interesting. -[laughing] 276 00:12:18,529 --> 00:12:20,698 It's interesting! 277 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:23,617 -He hit you with an "interesting." -[Jacques] Interesting. 278 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:25,327 [intriguing music playing] 279 00:12:26,495 --> 00:12:29,248 Again, I do think it's a little overcooked. 280 00:12:29,331 --> 00:12:32,752 -Um, that being said, I like the flavor. -Yes, I agree with you, Nicole. 281 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:37,173 -We now need to decide who won Baking 101. -[Jacques] Yeah. 282 00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:43,637 Bakers, your figures really made us smile. 283 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:44,555 Aw. 284 00:12:44,638 --> 00:12:48,100 Donuts can be difficult, but it was a great first try. 285 00:12:48,184 --> 00:12:50,060 And we really enjoyed it. 286 00:12:50,144 --> 00:12:52,480 And the winner is... 287 00:12:52,563 --> 00:12:54,565 [suspenseful music building] 288 00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:57,401 -Richard! -Hey! 289 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:58,319 Finally! 290 00:12:58,402 --> 00:12:59,737 -[laughing] -Congrats. 291 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,698 I haven't won a Baking 101 yet. 292 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,325 Better late than never. 293 00:13:04,408 --> 00:13:05,242 Exactly. 294 00:13:05,326 --> 00:13:08,287 The strong man wins the last Baking 101. 295 00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:09,914 I'm on cloud nine. 296 00:13:09,997 --> 00:13:12,333 I just gotta keep this momentum going. 297 00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:15,002 I'm feeling like, finally, luck is on my side. 298 00:13:15,085 --> 00:13:17,713 You just won yourself an advantage in the Big Cake Bake. 299 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:18,631 Yay! 300 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:20,716 -[splats] -[enchanting music plays] 301 00:13:21,717 --> 00:13:25,513 You're gonna get prepared piping bags and all the colors you need 302 00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:27,807 for the "business in the front" side of your cake. 303 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:29,892 -Yay! -Congratulations! 304 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,561 -That's good. -[Richard] That's a come-up. 305 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,815 That's a huge advantage. I don't have to worry about matching the colors. 306 00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,399 I'll have all the tips I need. 307 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,902 {\an8}Easily saves me lots of time. 308 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:42,196 -Ignoisco... -[laughs] 309 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:45,199 ...sculpting was a little bit difficult for you. 310 00:13:45,282 --> 00:13:47,868 -Uh, yes, it was. -We're gonna give you the panic button. 311 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:51,038 When you feel the need to slow down your rivals, hit it. 312 00:13:51,121 --> 00:13:54,875 And then they must separate 25 sprinkles with tweezers 313 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:56,877 before they can continue baking. 314 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:59,255 Okay, bakers, you'll have six hours to complete 315 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:03,676 your Failed It to Nailed It Cake and claim your spot in the last Cake Bake. 316 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:04,844 With so much at stake, 317 00:14:04,927 --> 00:14:08,138 we've invited someone who knows her sweet and savory stuff 318 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:10,057 to help judge your big cakes. 319 00:14:10,140 --> 00:14:14,228 Food writer, editor, and recipe developer Alyse Whitney. 320 00:14:14,311 --> 00:14:15,354 -Yay! -[Georgina] Ooh! 321 00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:19,358 All right, bakers, your time starts now! 322 00:14:19,441 --> 00:14:20,818 [Erin chuckles] 323 00:14:20,901 --> 00:14:21,861 [panting] 324 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,779 [Richard] What do I want? Pans. 325 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,823 -Wow. So this it. This... -[pans clattering] 326 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:27,449 [Georgina groans] 327 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:29,451 Excuse me. 328 00:14:30,077 --> 00:14:32,663 -Wait, Georgina! Oh my goodness! -I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 329 00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:35,875 They learned so much, and we see so much improvement, 330 00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:39,879 that redoing the first cake, in fact, I think that's a great idea. 331 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:42,590 Yeah. Richard, even though he's been in the middle, 332 00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:44,592 to win your first Baking 101, 333 00:14:44,675 --> 00:14:45,968 -that's pretty exciting. -Yeah. 334 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:48,512 Georgina, I think is, you know, kind of up and down. 335 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:51,515 I was pretty convinced she will not hold her space. 336 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:53,767 And look at her, she's there, we have only three bakers. 337 00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:54,685 And she's earned it. 338 00:14:54,768 --> 00:14:58,397 And Ignoisco surprises me every time he shows me something 339 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,734 because either it's spectacular or it's like, "Well, what went wrong?" 340 00:15:01,817 --> 00:15:03,736 -[laughs] -[Jacques] And today he surprised me. 341 00:15:03,819 --> 00:15:07,031 Because I was expecting a nicer figure than what he did. 342 00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:10,242 -That'll be a challenge for them for this. -Who knows who's going to win. 343 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:12,077 -So true. -Okay, toodle-oo! 344 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:13,579 -[Erin] See you later. -Toodle-oo? 345 00:15:13,662 --> 00:15:15,831 -Toodle-oo! -[coaches chuckling] Toodle-oo. 346 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,416 [dramatic house music playing] 347 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:23,631 {\an8}Richard, what flavor are you thinking of this time around? 348 00:15:23,714 --> 00:15:26,675 {\an8}-[sighs] I'm gonna do a red velvet cake. -[Georgina] Red velvet. 349 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,761 {\an8}It's the one cake I haven't done yet. 350 00:15:28,844 --> 00:15:32,222 The last Cake Bake is just almost there. I can almost taste it. 351 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:34,391 {\an8}I know that I need to take risks 352 00:15:34,475 --> 00:15:37,436 {\an8}because Georgina's cakes look amazing all the time. 353 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:41,273 And Ignoisco's really great with his piping skills. 354 00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:43,108 This guy pulls flavors out of nowhere. 355 00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:46,820 [chuckling] So, Georgina, does this bring back any traumas for you? 356 00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:50,491 It is. I'm trying to keep it simple and not bite off more than I can chew. 357 00:15:50,574 --> 00:15:54,328 This is my first time with food coloring, which is why I'm sticking with vanilla. 358 00:15:54,411 --> 00:15:56,288 [exciting music playing] 359 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:57,373 Right. 360 00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:59,124 -Hey, Richard. -Hey, guys. 361 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:00,751 What flavor do you have going on here? 362 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:03,504 I am actually going with a red velvet cake. 363 00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:06,006 -Awesome. -Something I've never done. 364 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:08,801 -You're using cream cheese as the filling. -As the filling. 365 00:16:08,884 --> 00:16:11,470 I remember, during your first surprise cake, 366 00:16:11,553 --> 00:16:13,555 -you used gummy bears on the inside. -[laughs] 367 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,391 Oh my... Oh! 368 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:17,559 That hole is stuffed. 369 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,103 I'm going all in on sprinkles. 370 00:16:19,186 --> 00:16:21,188 You have to make sure your cavity is large enough... 371 00:16:21,271 --> 00:16:23,524 -Yes. Yes. -...and tall enough that you have enough. 372 00:16:23,607 --> 00:16:26,193 -Don't fall too short on the cake itself. -No, no, no. 373 00:16:26,276 --> 00:16:28,821 -Like I said, I'm planning this one out. -[all chuckling] 374 00:16:28,904 --> 00:16:31,365 First time I made this cake, it was tiny. 375 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:34,159 This time, I need to make this cake the exact height. 376 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:35,285 So it has to be perfect. 377 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:36,578 There we go. 378 00:16:37,705 --> 00:16:40,040 -[coaches] Hey, Georgina. -Hi. 379 00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:43,377 -What flavors are we working with? -I'm doing a rainbow vanilla cake... 380 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:45,379 -Okay. -...with some buttercream in the middle. 381 00:16:45,462 --> 00:16:47,715 I'm still playing with what I want to put on top of it. 382 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,591 You know, one thing I've seen in the pantry, 383 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,802 if you want to add another layer of flavor, 384 00:16:51,885 --> 00:16:53,721 are the crispy chocolate pearls. 385 00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:56,432 {\an8}-So they're like crisp on the inside... -I'll use those. Shh. 386 00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:58,017 ...and then chocolate on the outside. 387 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,310 -Okay, yes, I'll probably do that. -[Erin] Yeah. 388 00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:04,023 We want everyone to see you nail it. So make it as close as possible. 389 00:17:04,106 --> 00:17:06,734 -Make sure the height is there as well. -Thank you, guys, so much. 390 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:09,194 Hey, Ignoisco. 391 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:10,696 -Below and belie. -Hey! What's... 392 00:17:10,779 --> 00:17:12,239 -Below and belie! -[coaches laughing] 393 00:17:12,322 --> 00:17:13,991 -Been waiting to say it. -Yes! 394 00:17:14,074 --> 00:17:17,202 -[chuckles] -Come on, that just gave me life, child. 395 00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,496 -[chuckles] -What flavors are you working with? 396 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:22,833 So, the goal is to do an ap... uh, apple pie cake, actually. 397 00:17:22,916 --> 00:17:26,545 -Ooh! Did you see how excited I just got? -So I'm going to do a... 398 00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:27,671 {\an8}I'm gonna do a vanilla cake 399 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:30,007 {\an8}and a vanilla... and just, kind of, a vanilla buttercream 400 00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:32,092 {\an8}-to keep it... some of the flavors simple. -Yeah. 401 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:33,469 But I'm doing apple pie filling, 402 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:37,139 and then I'm actually also gonna put some salted roasted pecans in there as well. 403 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,475 -Awesome. I love this plan. -Yeah, no, that sounds great. 404 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,269 Yeah, you know, 'cause I want to wow them with some new textures. 405 00:17:42,352 --> 00:17:45,689 The cakes that I'm making now don't look like that first cake I made. 406 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:48,901 I'm really trying to make sure that I take in everything 407 00:17:48,984 --> 00:17:51,028 the judges have been looking for. 408 00:17:51,111 --> 00:17:53,906 Add textures on top of different flavors. 409 00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:55,783 {\an8}And that's why I decided on doing the pecans, 410 00:17:55,866 --> 00:17:57,993 {\an8}because it's going to add a great crunch. 411 00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,996 What do you plan to put in your cavity? Because last time you used M&Ms. 412 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,457 -And that didn't really work. -I'm using all sprinkles, child. 413 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:06,502 -[chuckling] All sprinkles? -All sprinkles, okay? 414 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:08,253 We ain't gonna add none of that other stuff. 415 00:18:08,337 --> 00:18:09,254 Go with what works. 416 00:18:09,338 --> 00:18:11,882 Alright, Ignoisco, best of luck. We'll be here for you. 417 00:18:11,965 --> 00:18:13,050 [Ignoisco] Thank you. 418 00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:15,761 [dramatic synth music playing] 419 00:18:18,722 --> 00:18:21,517 Richard, what was the flavor of your first cake? 420 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,018 -[Richard] It was vanilla. -Ignoisco? 421 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:26,438 [Ignoisco] I did vanilla and vanilla. So we're being a bit more adventurous. 422 00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:27,731 What was yours, Georgina? 423 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:29,358 -Rice Krispie taste? -[all laughing] 424 00:18:30,818 --> 00:18:32,903 -Whoo! [imitates sizzle] -[Ignoisco] The shade is real. 425 00:18:34,071 --> 00:18:36,156 [Georgina] Oh, it's looking quite lovely, actually. 426 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,576 Seeing lots happening out here. Lots of color. 427 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:45,040 All right, let's get started on all this buttercream. 428 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,546 {\an8}I know how to make buttercream now. I used to put it all in at once. 429 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,756 -[Ignoisco] We just didn't know much. -Yeah. 430 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,259 [Ignoisco] So now, like, knowing so much more... 431 00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:57,010 -Live and learn. -[Ignoisco chuckles] 432 00:18:57,094 --> 00:18:59,388 ...hopefully we know how to avoid certain mistakes. 433 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:01,473 -Hopefully. -[laughs] 434 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,809 [Richard] Oh yeah. Light and fluffy. 435 00:19:03,892 --> 00:19:06,478 I've made cream cheese frosting in the past, 436 00:19:06,562 --> 00:19:09,314 but never really a filling for the inside of a cake. 437 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:12,568 It's kind of like making buttercream, but you don't want to add too much sugar. 438 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:14,570 You really want that cream cheese flavor. 439 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:16,280 That tastes like cream cheese. 440 00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:17,447 [Ignoisco] All right. 441 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:19,867 Whoo! What are you doing there, Ignoisco? 442 00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:23,912 I am gonna do some salted pecans 443 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:26,790 and I'mma pop it in the oven so that they can roast. 444 00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:29,543 -Hey, Richard. -Yes? 445 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,879 Want an apple? I didn't poison it. 446 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:33,964 [Georgina] Oh, get out of here! 447 00:19:34,047 --> 00:19:35,632 [bakers laughing] 448 00:19:37,217 --> 00:19:38,468 For my apple filling, 449 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:41,513 I'm gonna be frying those, and then I'm gonna season it 450 00:19:41,597 --> 00:19:43,515 with some sweetened condensed milk, 451 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:46,435 some brown sugar, and a bunch of different spices 452 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:50,022 so that the apple pie flavors really pop through. 453 00:19:50,105 --> 00:19:52,065 The only thing that makes me just a little nervous 454 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:53,942 is that there's a lot of sweetness goin' on. 455 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:57,279 I put too much on my plate for today, to be honest. 456 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,488 All right. 457 00:19:59,823 --> 00:20:01,658 [exhales] Let's get started on the people. 458 00:20:01,742 --> 00:20:03,619 -You working on your figures? -[Georgina] Yup. 459 00:20:03,702 --> 00:20:05,454 [Richard] Look at you! 460 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:08,040 [Georgina] Last time, my figurines looked very rough. 461 00:20:08,123 --> 00:20:11,960 This time, I wanna make sure I start on my modeling chocolate figurines earlier. 462 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,046 I see Georgina, she's already working on her figures. 463 00:20:14,129 --> 00:20:17,007 -I kinda want to get a little closer look. -[Erin] Yeah. Go for it. 464 00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:19,635 I want to maximize every second of this cake for my decorations. 465 00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:21,678 -Georgina. -Hi, Robert. 466 00:20:21,762 --> 00:20:24,389 -So you're working on your figures? -I am, I am. 467 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:26,725 -It looks really great. -Look good? 468 00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:28,227 It does. And just remember, 469 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,103 handling it so much, it'll start to get soft. 470 00:20:30,187 --> 00:20:32,898 So if you ever get to that point, just let it rest. 471 00:20:32,981 --> 00:20:34,566 -Maybe move to one of the others. -Yeah. 472 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:37,569 -Yeah. But that looks great. Good job. -Aw, thank you, Robert. 473 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:38,528 [both chuckle] 474 00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:40,906 {\an8}-[Jacques] Nicole! -Oh yeah! Oh yeah! 475 00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:42,866 {\an8}-Ah! Nicole, you shoot me! -Oh, what? Yeah. Yeah. 476 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:45,827 -[Jacques] You got me. -[shouting] Mom! I'm hungry! 477 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,037 Pizza roll me! 478 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,413 -[munching] -[Jacques grunts] 479 00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:49,915 [Nicole] Mom, put it in my mouth! 480 00:20:49,998 --> 00:20:51,166 [video game music playing] 481 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:55,212 [groans, chokes] Mom! 482 00:20:55,295 --> 00:20:56,296 -You got... Mom! -[laughing] 483 00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:58,173 Mom, it was too hot! 484 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,300 Four hours left, you guys. 485 00:21:00,384 --> 00:21:01,551 [Richard] Oh yeah. 486 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:04,513 Ooh! This one's hot. 487 00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:11,979 [Ignoisco] So, we are going to pop this, now, in the fridge. 488 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:17,067 Richard baked those ten-inch cakes. And that's not enough. 489 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:20,279 Once he levels those, it's gonna get so much lower. 490 00:21:20,362 --> 00:21:21,905 -I wanna say something. -We should. 491 00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,448 -Got only one rack... -[Robert] Richard? 492 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:25,325 -What happened now? -Do you have enough cake? 493 00:21:26,743 --> 00:21:30,122 I would suggest, maybe, taking a ruler and measuring that cake, 494 00:21:30,205 --> 00:21:32,499 then measuring each of your cake layers. 495 00:21:32,582 --> 00:21:34,543 [Richard] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. 496 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:35,919 This thing is tall. 497 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:37,921 -That's a six. Yeah. -[Robert] That's six. 498 00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:40,716 -And you have four, so... -[Richard] Jesus. All right. 499 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:44,011 You may be running the risk that it's a little short. Keep it in mind. 500 00:21:44,094 --> 00:21:46,263 -Alright. -Okay. Cool, thank you, Robert. 501 00:21:46,346 --> 00:21:47,472 I'm feeling pressure. 502 00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:49,850 -Did y'all measure your cakes? -I just made four of each. 503 00:21:49,933 --> 00:21:53,061 So I think, boom, that messed me up right there. 504 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,604 I don't want to take any risks. 505 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:57,649 I need to make some cakes real quick to bring the height up another notch. 506 00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:59,234 Five and three-quarters. 507 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:00,485 It just takes time, you know, 508 00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:02,904 and I feel like time is always a problem for me here. 509 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,532 More cake. It's the story of my life. 510 00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:08,327 -[chuckles] -It's okay, Richard, I have faith in you. 511 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:11,621 [Ignoisco] We're gonna work on these figurines 512 00:22:11,705 --> 00:22:15,584 {\an8}because that is the main part of this challenge. 513 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,711 Slowly but surely, my figurines are getting better. 514 00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:21,340 The people on my first one literally had, like, no detail at all. 515 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:24,968 Them figurines was trash. But now they look so good. 516 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:27,137 I'm getting all of the finer details, 517 00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:29,306 all their facial features, all their body parts. 518 00:22:29,389 --> 00:22:31,808 Oh my goodness. Look at this! 519 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:34,519 My first one didn't look nothing like this, child. 520 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:36,313 One figurine down. 521 00:22:36,396 --> 00:22:37,522 Ooh! 522 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,733 [Richard] More cake. All right. 523 00:22:39,816 --> 00:22:41,902 Cake is easy. That's the easy part. 524 00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:45,113 It is exciting to see them using their downtime so wisely, 525 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,240 'cause a lot of them are waiting for cakes to cool, 526 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:50,160 and Richard is waiting for more cakes to bake. 527 00:22:50,243 --> 00:22:52,496 The best thing to do is get the main component. 528 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:55,457 So get the color of the pants and the shirts on of each one. 529 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:58,168 Then go back individually and add the details. 530 00:22:58,251 --> 00:23:00,587 I hope to see such improvements on those figures. 531 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:02,464 This boom box got lots 532 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:04,716 -of little details in it. -Lot of details, huh? 533 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,802 [Ignoisco] Oh, that is so sloppy. 534 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:08,011 [oven timer beeping] 535 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:09,346 [Richard groans] 536 00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:13,975 [pleasant music playing] 537 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,486 [Richard] This is hard. [sighs] 538 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,696 Hi. 539 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,281 -Oh, hello. -[Jacques] Hi, coaches. 540 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:32,202 -Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. -Hello. Hello there. 541 00:23:32,285 --> 00:23:35,038 -How are you, Richard? -I'm feeling like I'm about to rush. 542 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:38,500 -You're okay with the height of your cake? -Definitely. I'm 100%. 543 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,043 What about the balloon? 544 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:41,169 -[chuckles] -[pops] 545 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,921 -Oh! -Whoa! 546 00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:45,882 -I know, but you can't eat the balloon. -[chuckling] 547 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,009 -I'm not gonna do it this time. -Oh, all right. 548 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:50,262 You got your little guys made. Oh, they look great. 549 00:23:50,345 --> 00:23:52,556 -[Richard] Yeah. -[Nicole] Do you feel more confident? 550 00:23:52,639 --> 00:23:54,808 [Richard] Definitely, that's why I'm gonna dedicate 551 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:57,769 the last 30 to maybe 35 minutes to just piping. 552 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,604 I've always struggled with piping. 553 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,065 I don't have a steady enough hand to hit them swings 554 00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:03,775 without getting a shake in there. 555 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:04,693 [groans] Damn it. 556 00:24:06,027 --> 00:24:07,195 [exhales] 557 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,865 -Hi, Georgina. -Hi, guys. 558 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:11,116 -How's it going? -Going well. 559 00:24:11,199 --> 00:24:13,243 I'm just mixing up my different colored buttercreams 560 00:24:13,326 --> 00:24:15,495 to start doing the piping on the business side. 561 00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:16,705 [Nicole] I love this. 562 00:24:16,788 --> 00:24:19,958 So you're confident for your piping? The color going to be pretty close? 563 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,711 Yeah, "confident" is, like, a very strong word, but I feel like, "Mm." 564 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:23,628 [Nicole] Okay. 565 00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:25,922 -[Georgina] It's all cake, too. [chuckles] -It is? 566 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:27,507 Where is the Rice Krispies? 567 00:24:27,591 --> 00:24:30,760 -No, not even a speck of Rice Krispies. -Not nary a Rice Krispie? 568 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:33,138 -[Georgina] Nary a Rice Krispie, no. -I love that. 569 00:24:33,221 --> 00:24:35,599 We're seeing a huge improvement already. What a treat. 570 00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:37,642 -I know! -[hosts] Thank you, Georgina. 571 00:24:38,602 --> 00:24:40,770 -Whoo! Working that fondant. -Yellow. 572 00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:43,648 -[Nicole] How are you, Ignoisco? -[in sing-song] I am grand. 573 00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:45,650 What about your little figurine? 574 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,944 My figurines have feet, and faces, 575 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,822 -and hats, and detail on the clothes. -Oh! 576 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:53,366 -[Jacques] You did better, yes. -[Nicole] That's great. 577 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:55,368 Are your cakes tall this time? 578 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:57,913 -Yes. -I feel they were short the first time. 579 00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,748 They were so short the first time. 580 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:03,877 [Jacques] The height gives you enough space for you to pipe all the details. 581 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,588 -[Ignoisco] Yes. -That's why, also, we want the height. 582 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:08,131 This is a redemption. 583 00:25:08,215 --> 00:25:09,799 You look like you're in good shape, so... 584 00:25:09,883 --> 00:25:12,219 -Thank you, Ignoisco. -I'm excited to see it. 585 00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:15,388 All right, Jacques, I guess we go somewhere else now. 586 00:25:15,972 --> 00:25:17,891 [both speaking French] 587 00:25:17,974 --> 00:25:18,975 Let's see. 588 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:21,811 Okay, so we were out there in the trenches. 589 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:25,148 We were looking at our bakers. I think they're doing good. I'm excited. 590 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:26,775 [Erin] There's a lot of improvement. 591 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:28,568 [Jacques] So definitively they have height. 592 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,696 The figurines have faces, they have detail, they have shoes. 593 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:33,323 -I'm excited! -I mean... 594 00:25:33,406 --> 00:25:34,699 Look at their original figures. 595 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,244 -[Nicole] I know. -[Jacques] Oh my God, yes. [laughs] 596 00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:38,620 [Nicole] Okay, bye. 597 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:39,538 -Bye. -See you. 598 00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:41,039 [Nicole] Come on, Jacques. 599 00:25:41,122 --> 00:25:43,875 ♪ We gotta go to downtown Burbank ♪ 600 00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:45,001 [upbeat music playing] 601 00:25:45,585 --> 00:25:47,587 [Richard] Three hours left, everyone! 602 00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:48,964 {\an8}Oof. 603 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:50,465 {\an8}[exhales] 604 00:25:53,051 --> 00:25:54,928 {\an8}[Richard] How are you on cake sizes? 605 00:25:55,011 --> 00:25:58,181 {\an8}Um, I'm okay. Each of mine is one and a half inches and I have four, 606 00:25:58,265 --> 00:26:01,226 {\an8}so it should just be just right, but I'm gonna go heavy on the filling 607 00:26:01,309 --> 00:26:02,978 {\an8}to make sure I get that height. 608 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:06,273 And I'm already at three and a half. That's great. 609 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,024 [Georgina] Mm! 610 00:26:08,108 --> 00:26:10,318 -What was that for? What'd you do? -[Georgina] So good. 611 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:11,486 You'll have to find out. 612 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:12,988 [grunts, chuckles] 613 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:14,823 [Georgina] They're crispy chocolate pearls. 614 00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:18,535 Oh, these pecans smell so good. 615 00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:21,997 [Richard] What is your surprise, Ignoisco? 616 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,540 [Ignoisco] It's just sprinkles. 617 00:26:23,623 --> 00:26:25,917 [Georgina] What about you, Richard? What's your surprise? 618 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:28,086 [Richard] Sprinkles. Last time it was gummy bears. 619 00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:30,755 Get in there. All of you. 620 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:35,635 [Ignoisco] I want to make sure that they fall out and that it's exciting. 621 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:39,347 [Georgina] Really, I just need one straight edge. 622 00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:41,766 [Richard] What are you doing, Ignoisco? 623 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:43,893 [Ignoisco] Mixing my buttercream for my pink side. 624 00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:46,688 [Erin] Look at that straight line, Georgina. It looks so good! 625 00:26:46,771 --> 00:26:49,190 -[Robert] Good job, so much better. -[Erin] It looks so good. 626 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:50,650 I do want to point out something. 627 00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:54,988 You may patch in some on the sides of your cake because there are holes. 628 00:26:55,071 --> 00:26:57,157 -There are holes? -[Robert] It's not completely smooth. 629 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,243 You think that's smooth? If you think it's smooth then it's smooth. 630 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,455 -Now I know it's not smooth. -[Erin] Hold on. Show her what you mean. 631 00:27:03,538 --> 00:27:06,082 Yeah, see. You have a hole here. 632 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,835 -That counts as a hole? -Yes. It's not smooth. 633 00:27:08,918 --> 00:27:11,338 Picky, picky, picky. Okay. 634 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:14,007 -You see how that cake looks up there. -[laughs] I know. I know. 635 00:27:14,090 --> 00:27:18,303 Just take an offset spatula, just fill in the hole a little bit, 636 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,972 -then take a scraper and wipe it off. -Okay, cool. 637 00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:24,893 Bakers, only two hours left. 638 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,186 [whimpering] 639 00:27:26,269 --> 00:27:30,523 This pink is interesting, trying to get it exact. 640 00:27:31,024 --> 00:27:33,568 If that gets me sent home, this frickin' color... 641 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:34,694 Yeah, I'm struggling. 642 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:38,156 {\an8}-[Ignoisco cackling] -No! 643 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,158 {\an8}-[continues cackling] -[laughs] 644 00:27:40,241 --> 00:27:42,702 Get to picking those sprinkles! 645 00:27:42,786 --> 00:27:45,246 [Erin] Georgina and Richard, you can't get back to work 646 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:48,875 until you've each separated 25 sprinkles by color. 647 00:27:48,958 --> 00:27:50,919 [Georgina] One, two... 648 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:52,587 So many sprinkles. 649 00:27:53,171 --> 00:27:56,132 And now I feel like this is too loose. 650 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:57,801 [Georgina] Five. Boom. 651 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:02,514 -[Richard] How are you doing, Georgina? -I'm on my fourth set of five. 652 00:28:02,597 --> 00:28:04,557 -Jesus. -[Ignoisco] Already? 653 00:28:04,641 --> 00:28:06,309 Tweezers and sprinkles won't stop me. 654 00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:08,645 Everyone loves to underestimate me. 655 00:28:08,728 --> 00:28:10,355 Like you, Ignoisco. 656 00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:12,107 -[Ignoisco laughs] -[Georgina giggles] 657 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:13,358 Okay, I'm done. 658 00:28:13,441 --> 00:28:15,819 I'm still young enough that I have those fine motor skills. 659 00:28:15,902 --> 00:28:18,488 -[laughs] I need my glasses. -[laughs] That was an age dig. 660 00:28:18,571 --> 00:28:20,782 -[Ignoisco] Are you saying Richard is old? -I know, right? 661 00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:23,201 -Ooh. You did it. That was quick. -[cheers] Okay. 662 00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:25,328 There you go, Robert. Now you can count mine. 663 00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:28,998 -You got it. Get back to work. Good job. -Yay! 664 00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:30,875 That's fine. That'll work. 665 00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:33,962 [Georgina] Just over one hour, you guys. 666 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:36,589 [Ignoisco] Time is winding down. 667 00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:38,925 [suspenseful music playing] 668 00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:43,471 {\an8}[Erin] Ooh, I love to see some dowels going in some cakes. 669 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,557 [Georgina] Whoop! All right. 670 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:49,561 [Ignoisco groans] 671 00:28:49,644 --> 00:28:52,897 When I stack my cakes, I realized that one of the dowels 672 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:55,191 was a little longer than the other dowels. 673 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,069 So there's, like, this big gap between my tiers. 674 00:28:58,153 --> 00:29:00,029 But I'm like, "Phew." 675 00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:02,699 At least there's no cake board sticking out of the cake. 676 00:29:02,782 --> 00:29:06,411 Oh, your slip is showing. Your slip is showing! 677 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:07,704 [laughs] 678 00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:09,581 [Robert] Bakers, you have 30 minutes left. 679 00:29:09,664 --> 00:29:10,957 [Richard] Oh my God. 680 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,584 Ooh! 681 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,461 Uh, that just got so sloppy. 682 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:19,048 I fell so far behind since I went ahead and made two more cakes. 683 00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:21,176 I'm the last one to start assembling my cake. 684 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,969 I want to use my advantage. 685 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:24,095 [Georgina] Wow. 686 00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:27,182 -Ooh, exciting, special delivery. -[chuckles] 687 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:29,184 Thank you. 688 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:31,728 Pre-made piping bags. What more can I ask for? 689 00:29:31,811 --> 00:29:33,938 That saves me lots of time. 690 00:29:34,022 --> 00:29:36,274 Not only do I not have to worry about the color, 691 00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:38,276 I have everything I need for the piping. 692 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:42,989 First time I've won a Baking 101. Now I know how you guys feel. 693 00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:44,574 Oh God. 694 00:29:44,657 --> 00:29:46,284 So many details. 695 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:54,542 -[Richard] Oh no. -Bakers, you have ten minutes left. 696 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,503 [suspenseful music playing] 697 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:06,221 They really are pulling it off in these final minutes, and it's kind of amazing. 698 00:30:07,013 --> 00:30:08,431 Still gotta get these streamers on. 699 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:10,683 [Georgina] Ooh! 700 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:15,104 My cake, it looks so much better than it did the first time, 701 00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:16,439 but the pressure is on. 702 00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:19,692 I'm trying to get as much done as possible on this cake 703 00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:23,279 because only two of us can go to the last Cake Bake. 704 00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:26,950 -Two minutes, guys! -[groans uncertainly] 705 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,957 Hope you made good use of your time, bakers, 706 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,543 because three, two, one, you're done. 707 00:30:36,626 --> 00:30:38,503 [bakers] Whoo! 708 00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:40,338 [bakers] Yes! 709 00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:42,257 -We pulled it off. -We did it! 710 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,968 -Chip, chip, cherry-ho! -[Ignoisco] Chip, chip, cherry-ho! 711 00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:48,555 {\an8}Bakers, let me introduce you all to the marvelous Alyse Whitney. 712 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,390 {\an8}-Hello. -[bakers cheering] 713 00:30:50,473 --> 00:30:53,226 Nice to be here. Can't wait to see what you all bake up. 714 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:56,020 Can we get some judging lights? 715 00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:58,439 [hosts] Ooh! 716 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:01,067 -Fabulous. Okay, bakers. -[chuckles] 717 00:31:01,150 --> 00:31:03,027 Come. Surprise us. 718 00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:04,612 [hopeful music playing] 719 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:06,155 Don't move. 720 00:31:06,239 --> 00:31:09,325 Compared to my first cake, this is a thousand times better. 721 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,661 I improved on everything. 722 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:14,664 This moment right now, this is a life-changing moment for me. 723 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:17,041 I definitely see myself in the last Cake Bake. 724 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:18,293 [Nicole] All right, Richard. 725 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:23,423 Let's remember the "business in the front, party in the back" cake you already made, 726 00:31:23,506 --> 00:31:26,259 and let's see the cake that you remade. 727 00:31:26,342 --> 00:31:29,762 -Yay! [chuckling] -Come on, Richard! Show it! Show it! 728 00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:33,057 -And by the way, you two look lovely. -Who cares? Let's see that cake! 729 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:35,476 -[all laughing] -[drumroll] 730 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:36,603 Nailed it! 731 00:31:36,686 --> 00:31:38,062 -Wow. -Richard! 732 00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:41,608 {\an8}This is such a huge improvement from the first time you made this cake. 733 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:44,652 Spin it around, let's see the piping on the other side. 734 00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:47,530 -Party in the back! Oh. Oh, oh. -[Alyse and Nicole] Wow! 735 00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:50,491 {\an8}[Nicole] This is delightful. This looks great. 736 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,702 Your figurines are people and I know it. 737 00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:54,996 -[laughs] -What would the soundtrack to this be? 738 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:57,081 -It'd be... [imitates scratching turntable] -Oh. 739 00:31:57,665 --> 00:31:59,292 Just the record scratching. 740 00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,544 The DJ's like, "I will not play a full song." 741 00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:04,589 -They're break dancing. [chuckles] -[Alyse] Okay, a cake dance. 742 00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:07,550 Richard, you did so much better. 743 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:08,509 Yes. 744 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,346 The height of your cake is there. 745 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:13,681 {\an8}Before, you gave us a very short cake, 746 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:17,769 {\an8}and also the ribbon and figurine are much better this time. 747 00:32:17,852 --> 00:32:19,687 {\an8}It really looks like a party. 748 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:22,440 -It's really nice. -Can you turn it one more time for me? 749 00:32:22,523 --> 00:32:23,691 -Of course. -[Jacques] Okay. 750 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:28,363 So, there is a geometry component to piping on a cake. 751 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:30,990 I don't think you looked at your height when you did it. 752 00:32:31,074 --> 00:32:33,034 If it's not geometric, then we can see it. 753 00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:33,993 Yeah. 754 00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:36,621 But, look, I think you did a beautiful cake. 755 00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:38,289 Thanks to you guys and the coaches. 756 00:32:38,373 --> 00:32:41,084 We're so proud of you, Richard. It really looks amazing. 757 00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:44,253 And you have come so far from that first cake. 758 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:45,755 -[laughs] -[Nicole] Okay. 759 00:32:45,838 --> 00:32:48,383 I would love to see the surprise in the middle of the cake. 760 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:50,093 [Richard] Let's go down. 761 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,346 -Whoa! -[Nicole exclaims] Oh! 762 00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:55,223 -It's coming down. -Fun! 763 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:57,517 -So remember, you used gummy bear. -Yes. 764 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,353 {\an8}[Jacques] And they stick together. Here, we have a nice look. 765 00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:04,065 I think it's a lot of fun to look at, and hopefully it's fun to eat. 766 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:06,109 -[Jacques] Thank you, Richard. -Thank you. 767 00:33:06,192 --> 00:33:07,944 -Hi. -Hello. 768 00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:09,570 All right, let's remember 769 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:12,657 the "business in the front, party in the back" cake you made, 770 00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:17,078 and let's see what you... 771 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:18,538 -[squeaking] ...did. -[drumroll] 772 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:21,082 -Nailed it! -[hosts exclaim happily] 773 00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:22,875 This is delightful, Georgina. 774 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:25,962 {\an8}I like the details on the piping. And then the roses on top. 775 00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:28,673 It is absolutely stunning. 776 00:33:28,756 --> 00:33:31,467 The colors are screaming to me, and it's matching your eye shadow, 777 00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:34,095 -which I appreciate the coordination. -Oh. Thank you. [giggles] 778 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:36,556 -Can you spin it around for us? -Whoo! 779 00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:38,099 -Oh! -Ooh! 780 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:40,935 {\an8}[Nicole] I love all the details. The music notes look really nice. 781 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:44,564 Compared to what you did the first day, it's amazing. 782 00:33:44,647 --> 00:33:48,901 {\an8}I love your little figure. The piping is really geometric. 783 00:33:48,985 --> 00:33:51,362 {\an8}And so much closer to our original. 784 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:54,073 {\an8}It's 100% cake. 785 00:33:54,157 --> 00:33:56,034 -Congratulations. -Thank you. 786 00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:58,619 We all would like to see the surprise in the middle. 787 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:01,497 Wow, the way you picked up that knife was terrifying. 788 00:34:01,581 --> 00:34:02,707 [laughing] 789 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,753 I'm a little bit nervous, since I helped her with the surprise. 790 00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:09,213 -[Georgina] Watch out. -[Alyse and Nicole exclaiming] 791 00:34:10,339 --> 00:34:12,008 -That's a surprise. -[Nicole] Wow! 792 00:34:12,091 --> 00:34:13,801 I gotta say, how fun. 793 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,178 The colors of the cake, 794 00:34:15,261 --> 00:34:18,181 the voracity of the chocolate little nuggets. 795 00:34:18,264 --> 00:34:21,559 I have been transformed into a chocolate ball lover. 796 00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:24,729 -[all laughing] -I mean, I'm a chocolate ball lover. 797 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:28,691 {\an8}But seriously, Georgina, great improvement on your surprise. 798 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:32,445 All right, I'm excited to taste it, but I do have one more cake to see. 799 00:34:32,528 --> 00:34:34,405 -Let's go. -[Jacques] Thank you, Georgina. 800 00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:35,573 Cake boogie. 801 00:34:35,656 --> 00:34:39,494 All right, Ignoisco. No pleasantries. We're getting right down to business. 802 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:42,955 Let's remember the "business in the front, party in the back" cake you made, 803 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,917 and, Ignoisco... [imitates fanfare] ...let's see what you did. 804 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,460 -[Ignoisco] Yes. -[drumroll] 805 00:34:47,543 --> 00:34:48,503 [drumroll stops] 806 00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:50,880 We're almost at the last episode, Ignoisco. 807 00:34:50,963 --> 00:34:52,256 -[laughter] -[drumroll resumes] 808 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:54,050 [Ignoisco] It's not doing nothing. 809 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:56,135 Oh. There she blows! Nailed it! 810 00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:58,221 [all laughing] 811 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:01,307 There she blows! Nailed it! 812 00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:04,185 -[Alyse] Whaley good one. -[Nicole] Okay. 813 00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:07,230 {\an8}[Alyse] The piping is delightful on your business side. 814 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:11,442 I feel like I really am, like, going with the curves of the cake. 815 00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:13,653 It's beautiful, and the flowers, stunning. 816 00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:16,114 Ignoisco, spin this cake around. Let me see it. 817 00:35:16,697 --> 00:35:17,657 [imitates fanfare] 818 00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:21,452 {\an8}-This is great. That boom box, oh boy. -[laughing] 819 00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,914 I think I miss a little bit more ribbons, maybe a little bit more music notes, 820 00:35:24,997 --> 00:35:28,459 but I think your figurines are super well-made, so fun to look at. 821 00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:30,920 The worm is looking right at us. 822 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:33,923 [both laughing] 823 00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:36,801 {\an8}I love the improvement into the little figure. 824 00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:39,470 {\an8}The other side, your piping is beautiful. 825 00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:41,597 {\an8}Big improvement into the height. 826 00:35:41,681 --> 00:35:46,394 I have to say that the bottom cake is not, uh, completely level. 827 00:35:46,477 --> 00:35:48,896 [Ignoisco] It's the dowels. When I put them in, I was like, 828 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:51,524 "Dang it, a couple of these are just a little too high." 829 00:35:51,607 --> 00:35:53,151 [Nicole] Ooh, I can't wait to see 830 00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:54,443 -something tumble out. -[laughs] 831 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,821 [Nicole] Ooh! 832 00:35:56,904 --> 00:35:58,573 [both] Oh! 833 00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:00,408 {\an8}[Jacques] I like that we have different color. 834 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:03,452 {\an8}The cavity is big enough to have this flow coming out. 835 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,246 -It's a nice surprise. -Thank you. 836 00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:08,124 The layers of the cake, it appears there's a chunk in between? 837 00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:11,169 There are other surprises in between all of the layers. 838 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:12,920 -Oh my God, Ignoisco! -[laughing] 839 00:36:14,630 --> 00:36:18,843 Okay, well, we saw three amazing cakes, three amazing improvements. 840 00:36:18,926 --> 00:36:23,389 I can't wait to taste these cakes. So slice them up and bring 'em! [chuckles] 841 00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:30,730 [Ignoisco] I definitely think that my flavors could help me to stand out, 842 00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:32,607 but we all are neck and neck. 843 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:36,569 My biggest fear is to get to the top three and then not making it. 844 00:36:36,652 --> 00:36:40,198 All right, Richard, you're up first. Tell us about your cake. 845 00:36:40,281 --> 00:36:43,618 It's a red velvet cake with a cream cheese filling. 846 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:46,787 The red velvet is a really nice texture, 847 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:50,166 but the cream cheese frosting is a little sweeter than I'm used to 848 00:36:50,249 --> 00:36:51,417 in a cream cheese frosting. 849 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,086 [Jacques] I agree. The filling was a little sweet, 850 00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,464 but the cake is well baked and has a good flavor. 851 00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:57,506 Enough layers? 852 00:36:57,590 --> 00:36:59,008 [all laughing] 853 00:36:59,091 --> 00:37:01,844 -I agree with Jacques. You nailed it. Um... -[all laugh] 854 00:37:02,762 --> 00:37:04,639 [Nicole] This cake is really moist. 855 00:37:04,722 --> 00:37:08,768 Overall, the improvement from week one to now is truly astronomical. 856 00:37:08,851 --> 00:37:11,437 -Thank you. -All right. Georgina, you're up next. 857 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:15,024 Yeah, so this is a rainbow vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream 858 00:37:15,107 --> 00:37:18,110 and some, like, crispy chocolate bits in between the filling. 859 00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,154 -It's like a monster slice. -[Georgina laughs] 860 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:21,239 I'm going for it, though. 861 00:37:21,822 --> 00:37:24,367 The cake is probably one of the most moist cakes I've ever had. 862 00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:26,118 And it is so fun. 863 00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:28,829 I know we're talking about taste here, but your eyes eat first. 864 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,456 -So I'm really impressed. -[chuckles] 865 00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:34,543 I agree that the cake is very good. It's moist, it's baked to perfection. 866 00:37:34,627 --> 00:37:38,881 The visual, we have a lot of contrast, but we don't have the contrast in flavor. 867 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:41,550 I know that sometimes, like, color and flavor, if they clash, 868 00:37:41,634 --> 00:37:42,843 that could be a bad experience. 869 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:46,514 So I just wanted to keep it fun, sweet, straightforward and, like, just good. 870 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:49,433 Yeah, I love the colors. I love the little crispies. 871 00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:51,477 I do think it adds a little bit of dimension. 872 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,980 You did a lovely job. I'll probably eat more of it, 873 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:57,400 which is something I've truly uttered very rarely on this show. 874 00:37:57,483 --> 00:37:59,235 -[chuckles] -All right, Ignoisco, 875 00:37:59,318 --> 00:38:00,528 tell us about your cake. 876 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:04,156 We have a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. 877 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,450 And the inside, which is the other surprise, 878 00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:10,037 we have spiced apples and salted pecans. 879 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:14,709 Mm! When I bit into it, I immediately got a chunk of apple, 880 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:16,877 a piece of pecan that was super crunchy. 881 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:19,672 -More of a surprise than the sprinkles. -Yes. 882 00:38:19,755 --> 00:38:22,174 Tell you the truth, I was very scared of the sweetness. 883 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:25,177 And you did a pretty good job to balance those flavors. 884 00:38:25,261 --> 00:38:27,305 -You take a pretty big risk. -Yes. 885 00:38:27,388 --> 00:38:29,724 -It tasted like an apple pie cake. -Okay! 886 00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,434 All three of these were so good. 887 00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:33,811 -Like, just look at where you came from. -[Georgina laughs] 888 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:36,856 -[Ignoisco laughing] I know. -[Nicole] Look at those sad cakes. 889 00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:39,150 -[Georgina] Wasn't even cake. -[Richard] It does look sad. 890 00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:41,527 [Nicole laughs dramatically] But I'm so proud of all of you, 891 00:38:41,610 --> 00:38:44,530 which is going to make this decision even more difficult. 892 00:38:45,072 --> 00:38:47,742 All right, bakers, thank you so much. 893 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:49,243 [suspenseful music playing] 894 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,710 That one's good. I think yours is really good. 895 00:38:57,793 --> 00:39:00,463 -Hey, bakers. Congratulations. -[Richard] Hi. 896 00:39:00,546 --> 00:39:03,549 -We saw three pretty incredible cakes. -Yeah. 897 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:07,136 We have to remember that the challenge is about the cake. 898 00:39:07,219 --> 00:39:08,888 -[both] Yes. -But it's also 899 00:39:08,971 --> 00:39:12,933 -about how much did they improve... -Mm-hmm. 900 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,686 ...from the first Big Cake Bake. 901 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:18,314 When I think about Ignoisco's first Cake Bake, 902 00:39:18,397 --> 00:39:19,899 it was a very little cake. 903 00:39:19,982 --> 00:39:22,526 {\an8}-Very small. -[Nicole] Little, small. This cake, huge. 904 00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:26,906 {\an8}[Jacques] The improvement is amazing, but his cake wasn't completely level. 905 00:39:26,989 --> 00:39:28,407 {\an8}[Nicole] Yeah, and then the piping, 906 00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:31,994 {\an8}from looking at the example cake to his cake, very little differences. 907 00:39:32,078 --> 00:39:33,996 He really stood out between the three. 908 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,458 And his first cake, also, the flavor was not... was very simple. 909 00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:39,835 -[Nicole] Yeah. -Vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream. 910 00:39:39,919 --> 00:39:43,089 -Now, he's improved a lot on it. -Yeah, we have toasted nuts. 911 00:39:43,172 --> 00:39:46,801 I know we all feared it'd be too sweet after we heard what was in it, 912 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,302 but he somehow managed to reel it in 913 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:51,347 and make sure that it was nuanced flavor and interesting. 914 00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:53,432 Any worries, any concerns? 915 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:56,143 You know, of course, there are things that we still have to work on, 916 00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:58,104 but in the short amount of time we've been here, 917 00:39:58,187 --> 00:40:01,273 to see what we did the first week and to see what we're doing now. 918 00:40:01,357 --> 00:40:03,484 Like, these are two completely different... 919 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:04,610 -[laughs] -Oh! 920 00:40:04,693 --> 00:40:05,528 ...cakes. 921 00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:08,030 I think Richard really improved with his decoration. 922 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:11,242 {\an8}We didn't have any blown-up balloons tacked on to the side, 923 00:40:11,325 --> 00:40:13,452 {\an8}we had all our figurines, the music notes. 924 00:40:13,536 --> 00:40:16,455 {\an8}Like, all the components were there. It was also a massive cake. 925 00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:17,623 {\an8}[Alyse] Eight layers. 926 00:40:17,706 --> 00:40:20,501 The party side of the cake, he did it very well. 927 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:22,461 -The piping lacked a lot. -Not so great. 928 00:40:22,545 --> 00:40:23,504 Not as consistent. 929 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:25,506 Yeah, I feel like we all came a long way. 930 00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:28,551 I mean, especially when you actually look at the cake, 931 00:40:28,634 --> 00:40:31,679 you're like, "Oh my God, that's what I started off with week one?" 932 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:36,058 Georgina, I think she had, what, Rice Krispie for most of that first cake. 933 00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:38,477 {\an8}-She... She improved maybe the most... -[Nicole] Mm-hmm. 934 00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:40,229 {\an8}...because she had no cake on the bottom. 935 00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,690 {\an8}So she may be the one who improved the most. 936 00:40:42,773 --> 00:40:45,985 {\an8}[Alyse] Her rosettes were just perfect. They looked like flowers. 937 00:40:46,068 --> 00:40:47,736 The others kinda looked like asterisks 938 00:40:47,820 --> 00:40:50,698 or something just not quite the... the flower shape. 939 00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:54,034 I couldn't even get a single fully baked cake out of the oven, 940 00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:55,953 and now I have eight of them. 941 00:40:56,036 --> 00:41:00,666 Because we have to remember what they did before... 942 00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:03,335 -[Nicole] Mm-hmm. -...their whole journey to today, 943 00:41:04,086 --> 00:41:08,716 maybe that Richard will be the one who lacked the most success today. 944 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:12,178 But I did... I preferred his flavor over Georgina's flavor. 945 00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:16,140 I thought Georgina's flavor was a little... elementary, darling. 946 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,851 It's very difficult. It's splitting hair. 947 00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:21,061 [tense music playing] 948 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:22,688 Okay. 949 00:41:31,197 --> 00:41:35,201 All of you have nailed it today. This has been a very tough decision. 950 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:36,535 -Jacques. -Richard. 951 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:38,704 I loved the red velvet cake. 952 00:41:38,787 --> 00:41:41,999 The filling was nice. That cake was standing very well. 953 00:41:42,082 --> 00:41:45,544 That was a lot of cake compared to your first cake. 954 00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:48,923 Georgina, you had a cake today. 955 00:41:49,006 --> 00:41:51,550 Last time, there was no cake on the bottom. 956 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:56,055 And the cake was well baked, delicious, light, fluffy. 957 00:41:56,138 --> 00:41:57,848 That was really a good cake. 958 00:41:57,932 --> 00:42:01,435 And the chocolate pearls, that was a nice surprise, thank you. 959 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:05,022 Ignoisco, the piping was beautiful. 960 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,774 You did a very good job. 961 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:10,903 We loved the surprise to your cake, and you take a big risk with that filling. 962 00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:13,447 Alyse, please tell us who won. 963 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:16,992 The baker who won today not only impressed us 964 00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:19,745 with their improvement and their design, 965 00:42:20,246 --> 00:42:24,166 but their taste of their cake really meant business. 966 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:27,211 That baker is... 967 00:42:30,589 --> 00:42:32,675 Ignoisco. Congratulations. 968 00:42:32,758 --> 00:42:34,593 [chuckling] Really? Oh my goodness! 969 00:42:34,677 --> 00:42:36,679 -You took your cake to new heights. -Thank you. 970 00:42:36,762 --> 00:42:42,935 Congratulations, Ignoisco. You're going to the last Cake Bake! 971 00:42:43,018 --> 00:42:43,894 [squeals happily] 972 00:42:43,978 --> 00:42:47,731 I just went from failed it to nailed it! 973 00:42:47,815 --> 00:42:49,066 I nailed it, y'all. 974 00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:50,484 [Nicole] Hey, Wes! 975 00:42:51,277 --> 00:42:52,903 Ignoisco! 976 00:42:52,987 --> 00:42:54,863 [laughs] I'm so happy! 977 00:42:55,447 --> 00:42:56,657 Thanks, Wes. 978 00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:57,658 The last Cake Bake. 979 00:42:57,741 --> 00:43:01,328 It is right there, and I'm gonna take a bite out of it! 980 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:05,207 Ignoisco, we are so proud of you. You now can return back to your station. 981 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:06,584 -Thank you. -Aw, congrats. 982 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:10,337 -[Ignoisco] Love you guys. -[Georgina] Love you. 983 00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:15,134 Georgina, Richard, you both have made incredible strides. 984 00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:17,928 This decision truly was not easy. 985 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:21,473 Richard, you come so far with your construction, 986 00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:23,309 and we love your cake. 987 00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:25,519 The filling was a little bit sweet. 988 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:29,356 And the piping was, as you know, not perfect. 989 00:43:30,149 --> 00:43:33,819 Georgina, you show us so much improvement on the visual of your cake, 990 00:43:33,902 --> 00:43:37,281 but we did expect a little bit more than vanilla. 991 00:43:37,364 --> 00:43:39,950 Especially so far into the competition. 992 00:43:41,368 --> 00:43:44,830 The second baker who will be competing in the last Cake Bake is... 993 00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:47,625 [suspenseful music playing] 994 00:43:51,378 --> 00:43:52,755 Georgina. 995 00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:56,216 [Georgina] Thank you. Oh... Thank you. 996 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:59,011 I made it to the last Cake Bake. Whoo! 997 00:43:59,094 --> 00:44:01,347 Coming into this competition, I wasn't, like, a baker. 998 00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:05,184 Like, I really only used box cake mix and, like, not very experienced. 999 00:44:05,267 --> 00:44:07,519 So this is like so crazy to me. 1000 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:08,729 I'm so proud of myself. 1001 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:09,730 In the last Cake Bake, 1002 00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:11,857 I'm definitely gonna give Ignoisco my best shot. 1003 00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:13,901 I mean, I'm not gonna be holding back at all. 1004 00:44:13,984 --> 00:44:14,943 This is it. 1005 00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:19,281 Richard, that means that you will be leaving our Nailed It!experiment. 1006 00:44:19,365 --> 00:44:21,784 But I'm so happy you were here. 1007 00:44:21,867 --> 00:44:26,038 Oh, I had a great time. I learned so much, and I have no regrets. 1008 00:44:26,121 --> 00:44:29,792 Your last cake was truly incredible. It came down to just nitpicking things. 1009 00:44:29,875 --> 00:44:33,128 -[Richard] Of course. Thank you. -Thank you. A pleasure to work with you. 1010 00:44:33,212 --> 00:44:35,422 You know what? I'm not sad to be saying goodbye. 1011 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:38,467 I'm proud to lose to Georgina and Ignoisco 1012 00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:41,553 because those two made phenomenal cakes, 1013 00:44:41,637 --> 00:44:44,223 and I'm proud of how far they've gone as well. 1014 00:44:44,306 --> 00:44:46,266 I'm just ready for this pantry raid now. 1015 00:44:46,350 --> 00:44:49,395 Richard, to help you continue being the best baker that you can be, 1016 00:44:49,478 --> 00:44:51,230 it's time for what? 1017 00:44:51,313 --> 00:44:53,440 Another pantry raid! 1018 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:55,693 [bakers] Whoo! 1019 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:58,946 Wes! Roll that beautiful cart. 1020 00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:01,365 All right, you have one minute to raid our pantry. 1021 00:45:01,448 --> 00:45:03,450 Your time starts now! 1022 00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:05,035 [bakers] Whoo! 1023 00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:06,912 [upbeat music playing] 1024 00:45:06,995 --> 00:45:08,372 Go for your name. Your name! 1025 00:45:08,455 --> 00:45:12,000 I proved to myself and to my family that I am a baker. 1026 00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:14,837 I mean, there's things that I never thought I could create. 1027 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:19,049 Structure, and building, and carving, and flavor. 1028 00:45:19,633 --> 00:45:21,719 Wes! Move faster! 1029 00:45:21,802 --> 00:45:24,388 [Richard] Yeah, blender. Let's grab the mixer. 1030 00:45:25,973 --> 00:45:27,182 Two KitchenAids. 1031 00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:28,934 Rob them dry, Richard! 1032 00:45:29,017 --> 00:45:30,144 [Nicole] Thirty seconds! 1033 00:45:30,644 --> 00:45:33,564 [Richard] I feel like I came a long way, and no matter what, 1034 00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:35,607 everyone's gonna be proud of me when I come home. 1035 00:45:35,691 --> 00:45:38,402 -[Nicole] Move faster, Wes! -[Georgina cheering] 1036 00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:40,571 [Richard] Pans, pans! 1037 00:45:41,488 --> 00:45:44,408 My message to my daughters is that if I could do it, you can do it. 1038 00:45:44,491 --> 00:45:46,660 I'm gonna bring home as much as I can for them. 1039 00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:49,246 I mean, I need five mixers, one for each one of them. 1040 00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:54,334 [all] Five, four, three, two, one! 1041 00:45:54,418 --> 00:45:55,627 -You're done! -[all cheering] 1042 00:45:55,711 --> 00:45:57,004 [Richard] Right on, Wes. 1043 00:45:57,087 --> 00:45:58,756 So long, farewell. 1044 00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:02,092 Will you still get a tattoo of my face even though you didn't win? 1045 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:03,427 -Yeah. Yep. -[Nicole] Really? 1046 00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:05,596 Well, get to the tattoo shop! 1047 00:46:05,679 --> 00:46:07,139 -Bye, Richard! -[laughing] 1048 00:46:07,222 --> 00:46:10,309 -Hey! Cheerio! -[Georgina] Bye, Richard. [laughs] 1049 00:46:10,392 --> 00:46:11,226 [Richard] Whoo! 1050 00:46:11,310 --> 00:46:12,895 Bye, Richard. 1051 00:46:12,978 --> 00:46:14,396 And then there was two. 1052 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,357 -[intriguing music playing] -All right, Ignoisco, Georgina. 1053 00:46:17,441 --> 00:46:19,193 You'd better get some rest, 1054 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:24,031 because tomorrow it's not just Jacques and I that you need to impress. 1055 00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:28,494 Let me tell you, the guest list is just like your cake. 1056 00:46:28,577 --> 00:46:30,370 -Stacked! -[music ends] 1057 00:46:30,454 --> 00:46:32,372 [closing theme music playing]