Is It Cake? (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Fake by the Ocean - full transcript

[opening theme music playing]

[woman] Whoo!

[applause]

Hello, bakers!

[whooping]

It's me again.

And in my hand is the secret ingredient
for today's challenge.

[Hemu] Let us guess.

Fondant!

[whooping]

I found some!



-[Jonny] Yes!
-[laughs]

The sugar paste that hyper-realistic
cake bakers talk about all the time

-is mine!
-[laughing]

It's not a secret ingredient.

You guys use it every week,
so we don't need this.

Shoink!

-[loud thud]
-[laughing]

[Mikey] Oh.

-I dented the fridge.
-[laughing]

Look at all these amazing bakers.

And, Nina, I've got some extra
congratulations for you...

Oh, thank you.

...since you were our winner,
with your incredible clutch cake.

[whooping]



-Nina!
-Go Nina!

You get to pick the bakers you want
to compete against today.

Now, Justin,

the kid...

[laughing]

Andrew, Dessiree, and Steve
have yet to bake.

So, I have to ask, who's it going to be?

My first choice...

Uh,

-Dessiree.
-[gasps]

-Yes!
-[Mikey] Oh!

-That's awesome!
-Welcome!

[Dessiree] Thanks.

Steve, you know I'm afraid of you.

Do you think your other bakers fear you?

Apparently, because I'm, like,
the last one being picked.

-[Mikey] Right.
-We're still here, too.

Yeah, we're right next to you, buddy.

[Mikey] You get one more pick.

-Who else is joining you today?
-Ooh...

I am going to have to go with...

-Andrew.
-[gasps] Whoo!

-[cheering]
-Andrew!

-Yes, I did it! I'm gonna beat you!
-Oh!

Mr. Trash Talk.

[laughing]

Finally!

[Mikey] We have our three bakers,
and I have to say,

I think this is gonna be a good one.

As for the rest of you,
and by "rest," I mean two,

please take your seats in the gallery.

-But...
-[laughs]

...don't worry, Justin and Steve,
you'll be baking next time.

Okay, it's time to play... Find That Cake!

Okay, my friend, the cake wall
is about to spin around.

And today's six items...

It's a beach vacation.

-Ooh!
-Five of those beach items are real,

and one of them is...

-Cake?
-Cake. You're absolutely right.

Okay. Cake Wall, do your thing, friend.

You guys know how the game works.

You have 20 seconds to lock in
your answers on your little keypads there.

And remember, if you find the cake
the fastest, then you get to pick first.

Your time starts... now!

[tense music playing]

[Mikey] Okay.

Ten seconds.

Five, four, three,

-two, one.
-[bell dinging]

[imitates buzzer] Time's up!

Okay. Let's see who
found the cake the fastest.

Huh?

-[laughing]
-[Dessiree] Wait...

Oh shoot.

-Did any of you pick this beach ball?
-[laughing]

I did not. I didn't.

-[Mikey] Hm?
-[Andrew] Not me.

-[Dessiree] Nor me.
-Be honest, or I swear to God!

[laughing]

[Mikey] Okay.

[metallic clanging]

Good!

-[stabbing string music]
-[Andrew] Yeah!

[Nina] Wow!

So, that's not cake.

Dessiree, you picked Number One.

Why is this cake?

Um, I think it's because the texture
is hard to make.

And, from here, in all the light,
makes it look, um, like a cake.

-[laughing, clapping]
-[Hemu] Pretty honest answer!

Okay, Dessiree, let's see if you're right.

[tense music playing]

-[metallic swoosh]
-Knife...

-[groaning]
-[Mikey] Ooh.

-[April] Wow.
-Not cake again,

-just dead towels.
-[laughing]

Nina and Andrew,
you are all in on Number Five.

What about this screams "cake" to you?

[Nina] So, there's a shine kinda
coming off of the top white part.

That shine is normally seen on fondant.

-Not on ice chests.
-Ooh.

[Mikey] Excellent.

Okay. Let's see if you found it.

[tense music playing]

Is it cake?

-[April] It's cake!
-[Andrew] Whoo!

[April] There it is!

-That's cake!
-[applause]

[Andrew] That is a cake.

[Mikey] Looks really good, too.

Well done, Nina and Andrew.
You were both right.

But there can only be one first place.

Nina...

It wasn't you. You were second.

-[laughing]
-[Andrew] Oh!

But that means, Andrew,
you were the fastest,

so you get to pick first.

And, Dessiree, you didn't find the cake,
so you will pick last.

Now, because Nina didn't win the bonus
money from Cake or Cash, it rolled over.

So, there's more money
on the line this time.

-Up to $15,000.
-[all] Ooh!

[Andrew] Ooh!

Now, it's time to play

Is It Cake?

[applause, whooping]

Bakers, you know the game.

Each of you are going to have to
choose a beach vacation item

you want to make into a cake.

So, Andrew, what's it going to be?

I'm gonna go with Number Four.

[gallery] Ooh. Wow.

-Why did you pick the conch shell?
-[Andrew] I don't know.

I don't wanna do any of these cakes,

and that one I don't want to do the least.

All right. Nina, you're up next.

Three, the coconut.

-The tropical drink!
-[Nina] Yes.

Interesting.

All right, we have our first two.

Dessiree, what's your pick?

Uh, my pick will be Number Two.

Okay, the sand in the bucket,

-little shovel. Right.
-[Dessiree] Yeah.

Okay, bakers, it's time
to make your cakes.

Head to the kitchen and suit up.

[whooping]

-[April] All right!
-[Sam] Let's go!

[Mikey] You have eight hours
to complete your cakes.

And, Gallery, get comfortable.

[women chuckle]

[echoing] It's time to bake.

-[whooping]
-[upbeat music playing]

-[Jonny] Hey, Andrew?
-Yeah?

I get to sit back and watch now.

I know. It's... It's, uh, karma happening.

Gotta give you a taste
of your own medicine.

I like it.

Slate. Do you want to clap it?

-I'll clap it.
-[clapper] Yeah.

-Take One. Sorry.
-[clapper] Yeah, we got it.

I'm Andrew Fuller.

I'm a cake sculptor and owner
of Sugar Freakshow in Des Moines, Iowa.

[Nina] How's it going, Andrew?

[Andrew] I'm measuring everything first,
so I get that outta the way.

I specialize in hyper-realistic cakes.

People come to me because they want a cake

that is either going to
gross out their guests,

or fool their guests.

When I deliver my cakes,
I have an '80s hearse

that's painted with green flames
down the side of it.

I have four hairless cats,

some Madagascar hissing cockroaches,

a pet leech.

[laughs]

I think the best way
to describe me would be

to say if you don't quite
fit into the cake community,

but you didn't have enough talent
to join the sideshow,

you come together
and you create Andrew Fuller.

[laughs]

[Justin] So what's
your cake flavor, Andrew?

Well, since I'm from Iowa,
we don't have a lot of beaches.

-[laughs]
-When I wanna go to the beach,

the first thing I do
is go grab an iced dirty chai.

-So I'm doing a dirty chai cake...
-[Justin] Uh-huh.

...and then a Saigon cinnamon buttercream.

Here's my biggest concern.

It's not just a shell. It's a conch shell.

So, it's gonna be quite the challenge

to pull off this natural thing
that we find in nature.

So I decided that I'm going to make a mold
but not of the whole entire shell,

because I really wanna show my skill
with actually sculpting.

So, I use a silicone mold mix.

The silicone takes
a good hour or two to mold,

so I gotta get this done right now.

Okay, we gonna set you aside.

I think you both are going to be very...

-Tough competition?
-...tough competition.

[Nina] Glad you noticed.

I like how I'm so cocky now
since I won the last challenge.

Like, yeah!

It feels so good to be up here
on my throne...

[laughs] ...as the queen of the kitchen,

but now the stakes are bigger.

There's $15,000 on the line.

That's quite a big chunk of change.

So, I have to defend my crown.

[Sam] Nina?

-Yes?
-What flavor is your cake?

I'm not as complicated as Andrew,
so I went with something simple.

[Hemu] Good for you!

[Nina] I'm doing a cookies and cream cake...

-[Sam] Okay.
-[Jonny] Brilliant.

...with, um, an American buttercream
with sandwich cookies and ganache.

-[Sam] Ooh, yum!
-Wow.

I love ganache.

Good, I'm doing ganache next,
and I'm learning from you.

-[Nina] Ugh! I'm so happy I can help.
-[Andrew giggles] I thought you would be.

[upbeat music playing]

Dessiree, what's your flavors?

I'm making the rum coconut cake.

-[gallery] Ooh.
-[Steve] Oh, that's nice.

I'm gonna do brigadeiro
with passion fruit.

-[Andrew] Nice.
-Ooh, nice!

Your flavors sound good.

-Yes, it's Latino flavor, so...
-[Nina] Oh!

So are you bringing a little bit
of your culture to the challenge?

-A bit of Venezuela to the cake.
-[Nina] I love it.

I'm from Venezuela.

And I'm the owner of Sugar Dreams,
located in Palm Bay, Florida.

I was a Zumba instructor,
that was my passion.

And I used to be
a really good Zumba instructor.

I can take the cake like
doing samba to them.

-Can you teach me samba?
-Yeah.

[Andrew] Okay. Maybe later when I'm chill.

One day, I was doing,
like, the merengue step,

I hear a click on my knee,
and that was the end of my career.

But because of the problem
that I have with my knee,

now I find out the gift
that I have with my hands,

and that's why I'm sitting here right now.

There you go.

I think the biggest issue
that Dessiree's gonna have,

it's not with the bucket and handle,
it's with the shovel.

If she replicates the size,
that's a really big cake.

My cake doesn't have a lot of details,

so I focus on three elements,

sand, the bucket and the shovel,

and the bottom is small,
and the top is bigger,

so this is gonna be hard.

[whirring]

[upbeat music playing]

Oh, bakers!

I brought some items
to help you guys deceive the judges.

I think that the best strategy here
is to find shells

that have a variance
of size, color and shape.

I wanna have some that are all similar
and then one that's, like, off.

-It's tough, huh, Dessiree?
-Yeah.

[Dessiree] I'm gonna go with
the same size that I have.

Okay, you have
about six hours left, bakers.

[upbeat music playing]

Even though it's very organic, it still
has to look exactly like a conch shell.

The best way to make
a realistic-looking conch shell

is to use the conch shell itself
as a mold.

-[Andrew] Nina?
-Uh-huh?

[Andrew] The mold... Oh, it totally worked.

Oh, that looks good.

-It looks so good.
-[Nina] That looks good.

I'm not sure how this is gonna come out.

[Andrew] Are you gonna be doing
the umbrella too on your thing?

Yeah. I need to get on that right away,

'cause I'm going to take my decoy
and wrap some wafer paper on the umbrella,

paint the wafer paper on there
and see if I can replicate it.

So, wafer paper
basically tastes like paper. [laughs]

It's really just a design element.

Totally messed this up.

And once it dries, it takes on the shape
of the actual thing that it's attached to.

But I hope it works,

because that'll
totally impress the judges.

They look pretty similar.

Do they?

Yeah. Oh, I wanna do an umbrella.

Yeah. That's really dope.

[Nina] Yes! Hey, Dessiree,
what you working on?

-I'm making my mold for the cake.
-Mm-hmm.

-[Dessiree] So...
-So, the bucket you're using for a mold?

The bucket is gonna be my mold,

and I'm gonna do like... Cha-cha-cha!

And magic coming.

Magic? [laughs]

Nice.

The point of a realistic cake
is they look the same.

And if I carve the cake,
I don't think that will be the same.

It's messy, but I think it's working.

I take my melted chocolate
and just pour it on the bucket

and turn it around so all the chocolate
goes around the bucket.

As soon as I get the cake right
on the bucket,

then I grab a piping bag and pour
all the chocolate coating around

so it can firm
and get everything together.

Put it in the fridge and then pray.

[laughs]

[funky music playing]

One of the most important things
that I'm noticing with this conch shell

is I really have to spend
a good amount of time color matching it.

So one of my favorite techniques
is to use powdered pigments,

because I can take a little bit
from each one and blend them together

till I get exactly the shade that I want.

Now, it's time for me to really get into
those nooks and crannies

and just manually going in there
and just getting every little part

that I feel like the ocean would've hit

or that the sand
would've hit and carved away at.

I think I can really fool the judge

if I figure out how to get
those little hairs on the coconut.

-And there's a...
-The stringy?

Yeah. So, there's this sugar technique
where I can get these strings of sugar...

[Andrew] I don't want
that to collapse on you.

I wanna beat you because
I did a better realistic cake than you,

not because your realistic cake was bad.

[laughs]

All right, bakers. Three hours remain.

I may have bit off
a little more than I can chew

trying to make these coconut hairs.

But I came across this technique
where you use isomalt and a whisk

to create this type of hair-like texture.

And it's looking good.

It's like, whoo! Yes!

So, let's see. I win or I lose?

I have to take the cake out of the bucket.

I don't know if it's going to work.

[tense music playing]

Ta-da!

-[Andrew] Good job.
-Jesus, thank you! I love you!

[Andrew chuckles]

I did it. I made the bucket.

Just looks like a bucket.

I knew it was gonna work!

[chuckles]

Beautiful!

Two hours remain, bakers!

-Two hours.
-[Nina] I feel stressed.

[Mikey] That looks incredible.

It's interesting. Some of them have that
shine to them, and some of them don't.

[Andrew] Some don't. I'm trying to
decide if I want to shine mine or not.

And you have something that'll do that?

-Yeah, yeah.
-Is there a shine spray?

There's an edible lacquer.

Edible lacquer is the new fondant.

-[laughing, chatting]
-That's how good she is.

[Steve] Mikey can't say "fondant."
Nobody's using it.

Wait, guys, it would be fun if we just
made up a phrase and all went with it

and got him using it.

-Flumbe or something.
-[Jonny] Flumbe!

-Tiltscape?
-[Justin] Till what?

-Tiltscape.
-Tiltscape! "The tiltscape is off."

[April] "The tiltscape is off."
That's good.

Mikey's having a crash course
in cake baking,

so I actually think
he's probably learning a lot.

And when somebody is an eager learner,
what do you do?

Take advantage of them.

-You like to learn new terms, right?
-Well, today I learned "edible lacquer."

[Steve] Yeah?

-So, we'll teach you another one.
-And... Okay.

With fondant you don't have to,

but with chocolate,
you have to worry about tiltscape.

[bell dinging]

-Tiltscape.
-Tiltscape?

-[Hemu] Everyone worries about tiltscape.
-Love it.

-[Hemu] Especially Andrew.
-What is tiltscape?

When you finally mount your piece
on a piece of cardboard for presentation,

if your tiltscape's off,
if there's not enough of an air gap,

then you have a horrible tiltscape.

Interesting.

It's not a word.
It doesn't exist. We made it up.

-And tiltscape is something you utilize?
-[Hemu] In every cake. Yes.

It's like negative space.

You're trying to create the illusion
of a hole or something.

-You've got to learn so many new words.
-There's so many new terms.

Oh my God. I'm gonna see cakes
and be like, "That's..."

"That's bad tiltscape."

-[Hemu] Are you dreaming about fondant?
-[Jonny snorts]

-In the middle of the night, "Fondant!"
-"Tiltscape!"

[laughing]

[Mikey] One hour left, bakers.

Finish up those tiltscapes.

[laughing]

[Mikey] Spray some
edible lacquer on there.

We're getting down to it.

I have less than half of one hour
to figure it out.

Sand and the shovel.

So for my sand, I'm gonna
take my coconut cake and vanilla cookies,

because it's really light
and then blend all that together,

and when they blend,
they're gonna be just like the sand.

Bakers, 15 minutes left.

[energetic music playing]

Do you guys know where cake boards are?
Cake boards?

[Nina] Down there.

-[Dessiree] Cake boards.
-Oh, sorry.

It looks epic.

-[Andrew] Does it?
-[Sam] Yeah.

-[Andrew] I can't tell.
-I know.

[Sam] You've been staring too long.
It looks cool.

[Dessiree groans]

Oh, it's broke.

[tuts] It's broke.

This is not fair!

The bucket looks amazing,

but I just got one minute to finish,

and the shovel broke.

-You okay, Dessiree?
-[Dessiree] No.

I have to hide part of the shovel
inside the sand.

-[Justin] I like what she's doing.
-[Sam] Yeah.

That's smart.

How do you think I feel?

[tense music playing]

Okay. Time's up, bakers.

[whooping]

[Steve] Good job!

Let's get our final displays ready.
And best of luck to all of you.

Bakers, you have been working
for hours now perfecting your cakes

for a chance to win up to $15,000.

[whooping]

But in order to do that,
you need to face our judges.

[clapping, whooping]

First, model, host and swimsuit designer,
Camille Kostek.

[clapping, whooping]

Camille,

I've had one bathing suit for,
I wanna say, eight years.

Oh, wow!

If I show you a picture,
will you evaluate my bathing suit?

-I will judge your bathing suit.
-[Mikey] Be honest.

-How bad is that bathing suit?
-No.

-No. One through ten, ten being the best?
-Yeah?

Those are a one point five.

[gasping, groaning]

I'm a hard judge, guys.

Well, I appreciate your honesty.

-Yes, yes.
-She's gonna be tough.

Yeah, I'm a little... Okay.

Actor and co-creator of the Netflix
animated series Chicago Party Aunt,

Chris Witaske!

[clapping, whooping]

You're... You're a Chicago guy?

I am, yes.

-Do you miss Chicago?
-[Chris] I do, everyday.

I have lots of friends from Chicago,
and they're like,

"You haven't had pizza
until you've had Chicago pizza."

-[laughing]
-I mean, it's worth the trip.

-Maybe we can go together some time?
-Aw!

And award-winning travel expert and host,
Kellee Edwards.

[clapping, whooping]

Any clip I see of you,

you are in a temple
next to skulls, diving.

You're the closest thing we have
to Indiana Jones in real life.

Indiana Jones, Lara Croft,
they have nothing on me.

[Mikey] I know, right?

[cheering]

So, judges, this is how it will work.

The cake wall is going to spin around
to reveal five cake stands,

each with something
you'd see on a beach vacation.

But only one of those stands
is holding a cake.

So, you guys need to work together,
and try and get along, okay?

Okay.

All right, our first baker up is Andrew.

Andrew made a conch shell.

Cake Wall, spin around!

[tense music playing]

Okay, judges, on the other side
are five conch shells, but one of them...

Oh ho ho ho!

-...is a cake, and it's your job to find it.
-Ah!

And your time starts now!

-[Chris] What?!
-[Kellee] Oh, man!

-[Kellee] Oh...
-One of these is cake?

-I think I know already.
-[Chris] I have no idea. What?

-[Camille] I'm going with Number Two.
-[Chris] Two?

I'm gonna go with Number Three.

-[Camille] Confident?
-[Kellee] This is tough.

-[Mikey] Ten seconds, judges.
-We got ten seconds!

[Chris] It doesn't look
like a conch lived in that.

-[Camille groans]
-[Mikey] Lock in your answer.

-[beeping]
-[Camille] I feel like Two's melting.

-[Chris] Yeah, it does look kinda cakey.
-Five, four...

[Chris] Two looks cakey!
Looks like it's melting.

-[Mikey] ...one.
-[bell dinging]

Time's up.

-You guys locked in Two?
-[Chris, Kellee] We did Two.

I regret my decision already.

[laughing]

This show is insane.

-Wait. Are the other ones actual shells?
-Yes.

So, four of these had a crab living in it?

-[Kellee] They had a conch in.
-At some point?

-What are they called?
-Conch.

-A conch?
-[Kellee] Yes.

Were you guys all in agreement there?

No, señor.

-No.
-I'm outnumbered right now.

-Didn't you say Two at one point?
-I said Two at one point...

So you locked in Two,
but you kind of picked all of them.

-[Chris] Yeah!
-You can't lose!

Okay, judges, you guys chose Number Two.

Let's find out if you're right.

-Ooh-hoo.
-Oh, you're gonna cut it?

-[Camille] Oh!
-Oh, this show's awesome!

[imitates screeching violin]

The suspense! Cut it.

-[Mikey] Is it cake?
-[tense music plays]

[sighs] Just seeing
where I wanna slice this here.

-[Kellee] No!
-Are you kidding?

It's a conch!

[laughs]

It's a conch!

Andrew, it's not cake. You did it, buddy.

You fooled the judges.
You're up for the win.

Thank you, guys.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

-[Mikey] Kellee thought it was Five.
-I don't wanna hear any noise.

Let's find out if this is cake.

[suspenseful music playing]

-[gasping]
-[Kellee] Yes!

[clapping, whooping]

-[Kellee] Come on now!
-Oh man!

-[Kellee] Come on now!
-[whooping]

That's cake.

[Camille] The satisfaction right now.

I mean, come on.
I spend a lot of time under water.

-I know what shells look like.
-Wow.

Andrew, congrats.

You're up for the win.

Batting those eyelashes
behind those skeleton glasses.

Well done, my friend.

All right, judges.
Time for our next baker,

Nina, our defending champion.

-[whooping]
-Yeah!

Cake Wall, spin, please.

Okay, judges, you're about to see
five tropical drinks.

One of them is, believe it or not, cake.

Your time starts now!

-[Kellee] Man! This is tough.
-[Chris] There's a cake?

-Oh man. This is so hard.
-This is hard.

-[Kellee] I'm looking at One.
-[Chris] Okay.

-[Camille] Oh. You guys, this is hard.
-[Kellee] This is tough.

-Okay, one of those is a cake.
-Okay.

-[Mikey] Ten seconds.
-[Camille] Why do I think Four?

-[Kellee] I have an answer, I think.
-[Chris] I don't think it's Five.

Go with Kellee. Chris, what do you think?

-[Chris] You say One?
-[Mikey] Lock in that answer. Five...

-[squeals] Lock it in!
-[rapid beeping]

[Mikey] Zero.

-Are you okay with One? It's too late.
-It doesn't matter. [laughs]

[Mikey] All right, judges,
you chose Number One.

[bell dings]

I thought you guys
were gonna fight for a second.

-It doesn't seem like there's dissension.
-I see, like, three cakes up there.

-[Mikey] Really?
-Yeah.

The way they fall
and the way they're round and stuff,

that one looks a little oddballish,

so I'm thinking it's Number One.

It's too late now.

[laughing]

So, let's find out if it's cake.

[tense music playing]

-Come on.
-[Camille] All right. Let's see.

[tense music continues]

-[Camille groans]
-Dang!

-[Mikey] No.
-No!

[slowly] It's not cake!

-[whooping]
-Nina, you did it again.

It's a shaved coconut.

[Mikey] You're up for the win today.
Okay, judges.

Time to show you where the cake is.

Let's see if this is cake.

No, it's a coconut.

-[Mikey] Ohh.
-Wait. That's a cake!

[clapping, cheering]

-It's a cake?!
-[Mikey] It's cake!

Wow!

-[Chris] We didn't pick it, but wow!
-[Kellee] That is awesome.

-[Mikey] Well done.
-Thank you.

[Mikey] You're up for the win today,
and there's a chance you could get back

all that money you lost
in the Cake or Cash round last time.

So...

[whooping]

It's time for our final baker, Dessiree.

Cake Wall, spin around.

Judges, you're going to see
five beach buckets with shovels.

One of them is cake.

And your time starts... [claps] ...now!

-[Kellee] Oh man!
-[Chris] Come on!

[Chris] One... One or Three have
kind of a matte finish.

-That'd be hard.
-[Camille] She'd do a handle.

-Okay. Look at the handle.
-[Mikey] Ten seconds.

-The handle looks...
-[Chris] You think Three?

[Camille] I feel it's Four.

-[Kellee] The sand is...
-[Chris] Four?

[Kellee] It better not be Five.

-I like Three. What do you like?
-[Mikey] Five seconds. Lock in the answer.

[Chris] Three? Three okay?

It's too late, I have to!

[Mikey imitates buzzer] Time's up.

You chose Number Three.

That got heated. Are you guys all right?

Sounds like there's
some disagreement, judges.

-What's going on? Talk to me.
-Two is shiny. That'd be hard to do.

One is matte and looks popcornish,
the sand.

[Chris] And no handle? The baker's like,
"No, I'm doing a handle."

-Gonna put a handle.
-The pros, they're going details.

[Mikey] You chose Number Three,
so let's find out if you were right.

And to do that,
we're gonna need some extra help,

because we're dealing with size here,
so I'm gonna heat the knife.

You're a dangerous man.

Oh ho ho ho ho!

I feel like in a movie
where the hero's captured,

and they're about to be tortured...

-Oh, my...
-"You won't say where the cake is."

"Perhaps you need more... motivation."

[Kellee] Oh, my goodness.

This show's awesome.
Is this gonna be on Netflix?

[laughing]

Is it cake?! [groans]

Mikey, cut it!

-[slowly] Is it cake?
-[Chris] Cake?

I'm not looking.

That's... He's cutting it, right?

-[Kellee] We did good!
-Yep! You got it! That's cake.

-[Camille] Yeah!
-[clapping]

[Jonny groans]

It's not the easiest to cut.

[laughing]

-So impressive!
-Those are pretty hard.

-[Mikey] It is cake, and it looks good.
-[clapping]

Dessiree, I'm sorry.
Our judges found the cake.

That means you're not up
for the win today,

but you will still get another
chance to compete.

And I'll tell you what,
this is a really well-made,

very realistic-looking bucket.

-So, well done.
-Thank you.

-[whooping]
-Good job, Dessiree.

[Mikey] So, please bring them a slice,
and tell us all about it.

I'm a Latina,
so I used a brown coconut cake,

and in the middle
you have a brigadeiro passion fruit.

-Mm!
-[Dessiree] Yes.

That is delicious.

[Chris] That's a big bite, okay.

-Wow.
-This is really good.

-Really moist.
-Wow. This looks exactly like sand.

[Mikey] Chris is just having a great time.

You have the vibe like
you're walking down the street,

and they're like,
"Hey, man, you wanna come do a show?"

And you're like, "Sure! It's my first time
in L.A. Really?! This is fantastic!"

[laughs]

It's a very joyous energy,
and it's so much fun.

Andrew and Nina, you fooled our judges.

Congrats.

[cheering]

But only one of you can win.

All right, judges. We have a tie,

it's up to you to break it.

Take a closer look before determining
who will win up to $15,000.

So, it all comes down
to taste and the details.

Cake Wall, spin!

Judges, come on up here.

All right, Andrew,
tell us all about your cake.

So, this is a dirty chai cake
with a Saigon cinnamon buttercream

-and a spicy ganache on the exterior.
-Mm. Mm!

-[Camille] Like a gingerbread man.
-[Mikey] Yummy?

It's so good!

-Delicious.
-Really good.

[Chris] The detail is unbelievable.

-Up close it looks more realistic.
-[Chris] Yeah, it does.

I want to listen to the ocean,
but it's cake in the middle.

Oh, well, thank you so much.

Okay, judges,
time to take a closer look at Nina's.

Nina, please tell us about your cake.

[Nina] So, this is
a cookies and cream cake

with a light and fluffy buttercream
and chocolate ganache.

[Chris] Wow. That's really good.

This is very moist.

-Yeah.
-It's really good.

-[Kellee] Let me get a little sand.
-[Camille] I want sand.

I've never been so excited
to eat dirt in my life!

-I love the way this tastes.
-Oh, it's so good.

[Kellee] Oh, and look at the straw!
That does look like it's a straw.

[Chris] Amazing.

-The umbrella.
-I see the hairs.

Oh, the umbrella!
What's that made out of again?

Wafer paper.

Feel free to eat the umbrella if you want.

-[Chris] Wafer paper edible?
-Yeah. It's not the best tasting thing.

-It's not that bad!
-[Camille] Really?

It kinda, like, melts.

[Chris] Do you guys
have, like, to-go boxes?

[laughing]

Okay, judges, you've had a closer look,
you've tasted both cakes.

Now it's time to talk amongst yourselves...

-[suspenseful music playing]
-...and find our winner.

I don't know.

One is the winner,
and I don't know how to pick.

-They both fooled us.
-That's true.

-I say, that's my favorite detail.
-That was amazing.

-Yeah.
-But my favorite taste.

Holy smokes.

-Taste or detail? Taste or detail?
-Mm-hmm.

I'm nervous for you guys.

[chuckles nervously]

Thank you.

I love the way they both taste.

[Chris] They both did fool us.
They were both really good.

Okay, judges, I know it's hard.
I have to push you for an answer.

You guys got a decision?

-We do.
-Yes.

Let's hear it. Please name our winner.

So, after much deliberation...

We love the taste of both of these cakes.
We wanna take them home.

But at the end of the day,
this show is all about visual aesthetic,

and so that's why we have chosen...

[tense music playing]

Three, two, one...

[together] Andrew!

-Andrew!
-[whooping]

[Andrew] Thank you.

Thank you guys so much.

A new champion!

You just won $5,000.

Judges, what gave Andrew the edge?

If this was at the bottom of the sea,
I would think it was a conch shell.

The detail is insane.

It's fantastic.

I've been in the ocean a lot, too.

Uh, I usually don't have goggles,
so I don't know what's going on below me,

but I feel like
you could find this in the ocean.

-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

-Whoo!
-[Nina] Thank you.

Bakers, let's give it up for our judges.

[clapping, cheering]

Cake Wall...

-[judges squealing, laughing]
-[game show music playing]

-Bye!
-[Camille] That is not fair.

-You don't even send us off gracefully?
-Thanks, everyone!

-[Chris] Thank you.
-[Mikey groans]

It's gonna be very dark.
Find your way out.

[laughing]

Dessiree and Nina, I'm sorry, but you
will both get a chance to compete again.

So please join the other bakers
in the gallery. Well done.

Well done.

[Sam] Great job, y'all.

Andrew!

Well done, my friend.

This is my favorite part of the show.

It's time to play Cake or Cash.

All right. Since Nina didn't win
the $5,000 last time we played this,

that money rolls over,
and you're now playing for $10,000.

On the other side of the cake wall
are two beach bags.

Wow.

[Mikey] One of these beach bags
is filled with cash,

and the other one,
this is gonna blow your mind,

is cake.

If you guess the cake,
you get all that cash.

You have 15 seconds
to decide which one is cake.

And your time starts now.

[tense music playing]

[Mikey] Ten seconds.

[timer beeping]

I don't know what I'd pick.

[timer beeping faster]

[Mikey] Five seconds.
Gotta lock in that answer.

[rapid beeping]

-[bell dinging]
-Time's up!

Ooh.

You picked One.

[Andrew] I did.

-Why did you go with One?
-[sadly] I don't know.

-[Mikey chuckles softly]
-[chuckles]

Let's see if you're right.

[tense music playing]

[groans]

[Mikey] Feeling okay?

No.

[chuckles]

Okay, Andrew, you've already won $5,000.

If this is a cake,
you win an additional ten.

Okay.

[exhales] Let's find out.

Okay.

[tense music playing]

[groaning]

I'm sorry, Andrew,
you didn't find the cake.

Andrew! You did so good!

[Mikey] I get so mad when it's not cake!

That's what you get for fooling my friend!

[laughing]

-Let's cut this cake.
-Okay.

[Mikey] Oh, yeah.

[chuckles]

[gallery] Ooh!

[Mikey] Andrew, since you didn't win
Cake or Cash, that money rolls over again.

So, next time,
this round will be worth $15,000, bakers.

That means one of you could
win a grand total of $20,000.

Wow!

It's heatin' up, folks! It's heatin' up!

[Steve] But, Mikey,
before we move forward,

I have to tell you something.

The term "tiltscape"

is a lie.

What?!

-I made it up.
-No, you didn't.

I did.

-[Steve] There's no such...
-I've been Steved.

-Yes.
-[laughing]

Wow. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Is fondant real?

Fondant is real.

Now I'm gonna Google
everything Steve tells me.

Actually, I don't trust any of you.
Any of you!

And, April.

Sorry, Mikey.

You were in on it too?

You started talking about negative space.

I'm getting better at lying.

I don't know what this show
is doing to me.

Shame on you.

I'm Mikey Day,

and don't forget to check your tiltscape.

-Goodbye.
-[laughing]

Steve, I'm keeping my eye on you.

Next time, the age-old match up.

Youth versus experience versus... Halloween?

[laughing]

[closing theme music playing]