Nailed It! (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Marvel Episode! - full transcript

[dramatic music plays]

[Nicole] Have you ever thought
you could bake something like this...

and it turned out like this?

Today, in the Nailed It kitchen,

it's all about Marvel Comics.

[in French] I am a Chocolate Super Hero,

and I will turn you into a chocolate bar.

[screaming]

[Nicole] Someone has to bake these cakes.

And it'll take three amateur bakers
to do it.

-Buckle up, guys.
-Incoming!



[Nicole] When faced
with two demanding challenges,

our dessert superheroes must rise above.

-Maybe I'm gonna end up going to jail.
-Great.

[Nicole] The fate of these baked goods
rests on their incapable shoulders.

Ladies can be superheroes, too.

This is where people start running.

[Nicole] To the victor goes
the $10,000 prize.

It's time to get
our heroes' journey started.

Spoiler alert, really bad.

My name is Cia.

I'm from Livonia, Michigan,
and I am a director of IT.

Look at that.

It's like I planned it, almost.

I have been baking
for the last three or four years.



But I'm getting better at it. I think
my greatest asset is my ingenuity.

I can usually find my way around problems

and solve them in ways
that people aren't expecting.

All-purpose sugar.

I mean, flour.

I never thought in my life I'd be doing
competitive baking, but here I am.

My name is Jordan Smith.

I am from Houston, Texas.

I did recently get married
to the love of my life.

Isn't that beautiful?

-Say yes.
-[man] Yes.

Thank you.

I wanted to show him
that I'm capable of doing this,

so I can bake with him and bake for him.

My name is Ben,

and I'm a novelist
originally from Ithaca, New York.

I write science-fiction.

And it's a cake.

I'm stopping right here because this is
the best baking I've done in years.

Ten thousand dollars
would make a huge difference to me

as a starving artist.

That sounds so dramatic.
"Starving artist."

Are you guys ready
for some cake-clobbering time?

-Oh, yeah.
-Yeah!

Today we're coming at you
with some challenges

based on beloved
Marvel comic book characters.

-[Ben laughs]
-Speaking of characters,

this is Jacques Torres,

our head judge and head of our top-secret

Nailed It Super Hero Squad.

Only you know my real identity.

And I'm gonna tell everybody!

-[laughter]
-Joining our squad today

is Felicia Day!

You've seen her right here on Netflix
on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

I am known for loving and making
a lot of geek and nerd stuff,

so this is, like, perfect for me.

All right, you guys,
it is time for our first round.

We call it Baker's Choice.

Marvel Comics are filled
with triumphant superheroes

and merciless villains,

and they all love baked goods, right?

Any true Marvel fan
is gonna love making these...

[laughter]

Marvel cupcake and cookie toppers!

We have a duo
of Captain America and Iron Man,

we have Black Widow and the Hulk,

and then we have facing off
on the last cupcake,

the Mad Titan Thanos

and the deadly Gamora.

When I say the magic word,

you're gonna run up, carefully grab
the one that you want, okay?

Assemble!

That's the magic word! Assemble!

-Ben, what is happening?
-[Ben] All good.

He's very frightening.

This might be one of the most challenging
first rounds ever.

-Sorry, guys.
-Oh, no.

Because we're on the same side,
we will give you the cookie dough.

But everything else is up to you guys.

Felicia, is there anything you want to say
to our bakers

before they start
their quest for cupcakes?

Well... with great power
comes great responsibility.

So, do these superheroes justice, please.

Don't forget, whoever wins this round
gets an incredible prize.

You ready get to get your comic book on?

-[Cia] Oh, yes.
-[Nicole] 'Cause you have one hour. Go!

Oh, boy.

Ooh.

Caught it.

What would be your strategy?

The first thing that I'd do,

roll out the cookie dough
and cut out the superhero shape.

Then, make and bake the cupcakes.

Next, make colorful buttercream.

Then it's time to create
the superhero design

using edible markers.

Finally, assemble the cupcakes
and cookie topper,

and voilà.

It is a very difficult project.

The detail is very important, no question.

Half a kilo of pure, Colombian,
uncut cookie dough.

I don't know what I'm looking for.

I am kind of hungry, though.

[crunching]

I'm starting with the cookie dough,

and I'm trying to warm it up with my hands
'cause it's been in the fridge.

I am so excited to be here on Nailed It.

I get to be creative and have fun.

I am not afraid of color.

I change my hair color probably
once every two to three weeks.

It's my way of expressing myself.

[laughing] Oh, my God.

Oh, here it is.

[laughs]

It's right next to the cookies.

[crunching]

Cia, what are you eating?

Nothing.

-[laughs]
-[Nicole] What is happening?

[Cia] Um...

I have no idea...

how thick my cookie is supposed to be.

Close enough.

Everything just got screwy.

As I'm cutting out my cookies,

I start to feel a little bit
like I'm back in school,

but I almost dropped out of art school
the first time

because of not being able to draw.

I've totally screwed up my dynamic
perspective here. This is awful.

God, this is gonna be massive.

So, I need to cut...

Why is it so thick?

Her cookies are only going
to get bigger in the oven.

[laughs]

[laughing] This looks like a uterus.

Oh, man, this is gonna be beautiful.

I'm gonna make the general shape first,

which will help me with...

getting the details in later.

I'm shaking my dang head.

Cia is making circular cookies.

And then after they're done baking,
he's gonna cut out the character.

[Jacques] You cannot cut cookies
after they're baked,

especially intricate shapes
like hands and feet,

so that's going to be very hard.

Am I the only one that's lost?

Pop those in.

I'm...

My cookies are in the oven. All right.

Everything's going great.

-Okay.
-[Nicole] Jordan...

what would your superpower be
if you had one?

Man... I wish I could stop time.

-That would be super helpful right now.
-[laughter]

-That's a good answer.
-Yeah.

Cia, how's it going over there?

I'm hungry, actually.

Well, you've been snacking.
So how are you still hungry?

You know, I'm a big fella.

I need, like, 8,000 calories a day.

You eat 8,000 calories a day?

-That's how I keep my body in great shape.
-[laughs]

All right.

I just need one of these suckers
to come out.

-Felicia.
-Yes.

What are some of your favorite
Marvel characters?

Oh, good question. I love Dark Phoenix.

And then my other favorite character
lately is Ms. Marvel.

She's the first Muslim superhero
to really anchor a comic.

Oh, so you're like a real comic book nerd.

-Yeah.
-Like a... I don't know.

You know, sometimes ladies will be like,
"I'm a nerd.

But guess what?
I just wear glasses and just giggle."

"I have cred, you guys."

This, and we're doing buttercream,
so four cups of powdered sugar.

Why is he mixing by hand?

[Nicole] Cia, why not use your mixer?

-Oh, yeah.
-[laughs]

You're not using your mixer?

[Nicole] I've never met
a person like this.

I definitely don't know
what I'm doing right now.

I like to take my time.

[crunch]

I can do this.

Oh, man.

That's not pink! That's red.

This would be a nice color for my hair.

[Ben] Perfect and holy in all ways.

I'm starting to get anxious.

[Jacques] Oh, yes. They have a lot to do
and not a lot of time.

[Jordan] Come on, little cupcakes.

I mean, this is like a real superhero
movie right now.

-We're in the second act.
-Yes.

-It doesn't look good for our heroes.
-It doesn't look good for our heroes.

[Cia] They smelled ready.
I am, um, adept at smelling good food.

You guys have ten minutes left.
You should be decorating.

[Jordan] My strange
female reproductive system,

and isn't that really a superhero?

Abso-freaking-lutely.

[Nicole] What else are you eating?

Cia, are you doing anything but eating?

I didn't do anything, I promise.

-Why're you touching other people's stuff?
-[Cia] What?

Oh, my goodness.

[Cia] You know what?
I don't know what I'm doing there.

I'm just gonna call that good.

Probably should get to the cupcake part
at some point.

[Ben] We're about to start drawing.

Now...

I was a sculpture major,
I didn't do studio art.

So this is gonna be bad.

It looks like Ben
has some edible rice paper.

I didn't even know that people
used rice paper on a cookie.

It's a nice tool.

Man, we're just gonna wing this thing.

I have never seen...

edible paper before.

I have no idea how it works.

Why are my hands shaking so much?

One of the first things I realize is
I'm drawing on the wrong side.

I'm drawing on the sugar backing.

So, I flip it over and find that,
suddenly, the ink is holding a lot better.

Some of my favorite comic books
are when they hire, like, a funky artist

and they have him, like, paint the panels
in, like, weird, abstract styles.

And that's what I'm going for here.

[Cia] Oh, no.

Oh, no!

My cupcakes are underdone.

I am so screwed.

Cia, what's going on?

-Nothing.
-[Jacques] I think it's not baked.

[Nicole] Oh, no!

What is happening? What is happening?

I got it.

One minute left.

[Cia] I need to come up...

with an ingenious plan.

I give up. This cupcake thing's
not gonna work.

The apple will work.

You got another snack?

I did not think
that I would be here right now.

This is very disappointing.

This'll have to do.

[laughs]

This is definitely pink.

Oh, God, this is all gonna fall.

[Nicole] Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...

[judges] Five, four, three, two, one.

-You're done!
-[alarm sounds]

[crunching]

All right, Jordan!

This is the Marvel cupcake
and cookie topper you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did.

[drumroll, fanfare]

[laughter]

[Jordan] Nailed it.

Those cookies are huge!

-Gamora and Thanos.
-[Felicia] Yeah, there we go.

-[Nicole] Okay.
-[Jordan] Yep, larger than life.

-[Nicole] No one has a defined face.
-[Felicia] No.

-Uh...
-It's shaped kind of like a uterus.

-Truly.
-And one ovary.

-Thank you. That's what I was going for.
-[laughter]

[Nicole] Let's taste it.

Hey!

Still warm.

-The fallopian tube.
-[Felicia] Thank you.

And the cookie was not bad. I love...
The icings weren't too sweet.

I liked your cupcake.
I thought it was really baked well,

and it looked...

good?

-Question mark?
-[Jacques] About your cupcake,

you baked it, I want to say,
to perfection.

-Yay!
-What a wonderful start!

-Thank you, Jordan.
-No, thank you.

[Nicole] But we must move on!

All right, Cia, it is your turn.

This is what you were trying to make.

Now, let's see what you did.

[drumroll]

-[fanfare]
-[laughter]

[Cia] Nailed it!

[laughter]

-Why did you include the trash?
-[Felicia] Whoa!

-I don't get it. I just don't get it.
-Is there an apple in there?

I, uh... I think it looks great.

It's thematic.

-[Felicia] What?
-[Nicole] It's thematic? Okay.

-It's the Battle of New York.
-Really, Cia?

I'd eat it.

Okay, yeah, I mean, you have two cookies.

[Cia]They're in the right shape.

-They're in the right shape?
-[Cia] Yeah.

[Nicole] What happened to your cupcake?

I estimated by smell...

Mmm.

But I probably should have checked first
to see if the insides were cooked.

Well, I appreciate you not serving us
an uncooked cupcake. That's great.

-All right, let's taste this.
-You sure you want to do that?

I feel like we're gonna eat garbage.

[Jacques] The buttercream
is way too heavy.

-There's literal garbage!
-[Jacques] Is that the edible paper?

I don't know.

Probably, yes.

It's more like a paste.

[groans]

What a bad choice it was to eat that apple
with the grout on it.

[Felicia] Cookie tasted
like a cookie... ish.

And I'm sorry that we couldn't see
more of your talents.

I concur.

I will say, never serve that
to a human again.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Hey, Ben.

Let's take a look
at what you were hoping to make,

and now let's see what you did.

[drumroll]

-[fanfare]
-[Ben] Nailed it.

Hey!

That's Iron Man, Captain America...

If I saw that at a party, I would be like,
okay, someone really tried.

-Someone's six-year-old did a great job.
-[Nicole] Jacques, what do you think?

I think that composition
is defying gravity.

-I'm impressed.
-I'm as surprised as you are.

It looks great. I can't wait to eat it.

-[Nicole] Let's do it, let's taste this.
-[Ben] Thanks, y'all. So...

-[grunts]
-There's...

-one... thing...
-[Felicia] You eat the paper?

-...that I realized.
-[Jacques] Yeah, you can.

-[Felicia] Okay.
-No, you can't.

You can't eat the paper.

[laughter]

-Oh, not...
-Oh, no.

Not this paper.

-You put the backing.
-I know, I put the whole backing on.

-Oh, no.
-Yeah, you forgot to peel it off.

I thought that was like a sugar layer
or something, somehow.

The cupcake, it was a little dry.

-Okay.
-The buttercream was a little tiny heavy,

but together, it actually was
pleasant to eat.

-Nice.
-[Jacques] The cookie is,

to me, well-baked,

-and not too thick.
-[Nicole] This was great.

-You should be proud.
-Thank you.

All three of you...

should be very proud...

-Uh-uh.
-[laughter]

All right, bakers, please step down here.

You all worked very hard.

However, one was the most impressive.

And it is...

-Ben!
-Whoo!

[Nicole] Yay! [laughs]

Your cupcake and cookies both taste great,

and your Marvel character actually looked
what it's supposed to look like.

Yes, Felicia, tell Ben what he's won.

Well, you will be the super-human
super-baker

of any kitchen when you're mixing it up

with this hyperspeed
and batter-defying stand mixer.

-[Ben] Yes.
-[Nicole] Yes!

Oh, my God, and it's Iron Man colored,
too. This is wonderful.

Don't forget the golden baker's cap.

With great power
comes great responsibility.

[Jacques] Okay, let's move on.

-[Nicole] This way?
-No, that way.

-What way?
-That way.

No, we gotta go to door number two.

-Are you sure?
-Jacques!

Ah!

Bakers, it's here.

Door number two.

This is the big round
that can win you ten grand.

Now, if you think you had to summon
all your superpowers

to make a couple of cookies,

then you need to hear my evil laugh,
because it's about to get much harder.

[big evil laugh]

Oh, boy.

That took a lot out of me.
Felicia, can you please...

-I got your back.
-Thank you.

Bakers, this next challenge is sure
to send you to the nation of Wakanda,

because you have to make... this.

Oh, my God.

[Nicole] 3-D Black Panther cake!

[laughter]

Holy insurmountable task.

[Nicole] That's right, it's Black Panther,
a.k.a. T'Challa,

clawing his way through the Warrior Falls

and the Wakandan jungle.

[laughter]

[Jacques] This cake features a handcrafted
Black Panther mask

made from modeling chocolate
over Rice Krispies.

He's bursting through the jungle foliage

and over a beautiful crafted
waterfall scene

all made of fondant detailing.

Now, I can tell by your look
that you're pretty worried.

And you should be, but...

you each have a panic button
on your station,

so when you get into trouble, hit it.

[button sounds]

And I will fly to the rescue.

Cia, you weren't as mighty as the other
ones during that first challenge.

So, we're gonna give you a helping hand.

At your station,

you have the Trivia Time button.

Tap that, and Felicia and I will stop
your opponents for three minutes

and ask them Marvel Comics trivia.

Oh, man.

All right, super bakers.

If you ever needed the power of Odin,
now is the time to ask,

-because you only have two hours.
-[buzzer sounds]

[clock ticks]

So, go!

[laughs] They never go.

No.

Okay.

Let's do this thing.

Jacques, how would you go about
making that cake?

So basically,

first mix dry and wet ingredients
to make the batter.

While the cakes are in the oven,

carve and shape the Black Panther mask
out of rice cereal treats

and modeling chocolate.

Next, assemble the cake

and cover the cake in fondant.

Finally, they create the Wakanda foliage
and ice on the waterfall detailing.

Now you have a beautiful
Black Panther-inspired cake.

What I think Cia's gonna do is go outside,
get some leaves,

and just put his head through
and go like this.

[laughs]

[Jordan] Whoa!

I am making my cake mix,

and I'm gonna do two
of the eight-inch rounds.

Um, so I don't have too much to bake.

I'm feeling really great.

I am so excited
that it's a Black Panther cake,

'cause I'm just a fan of Wakanda.

It's a magical kingdom, it's beautiful.

I gotta focus on my time and make sure
that I'm making the most of it.

How much vanilla?

Let's try that out.

I figure,
get the right foundation in play.

Round one, buried.

I think I ate enough candy earlier,

and, uh, I'm just gonna focus
on baking this cake right now.

Cia looks like he's doing well.

-Cia.
-Did you read the directions?

-I'm reading the instructions right now.
-Oh, great.

And it's time to make a lot of cake.

That cake is huge.

It could be anything
from five to 15 layers.

I have no idea here,

but most of the things in life
that you need,

it's better to have 'em and not need 'em
than need 'em and not have 'em.

Cool.

[Jordan] Okay, I need these to bake fast,
so I'm gonna put them on the top.

Ninety minutes, you guys.

Ninety minutes!

I'm just gonna try to make a base
and then put modeling chocolate around it.

I've never sculpted
with Rice Krispie Treats, but...

-Coming 'round.
-There's a first time for everything,

so... let's see how this goes.

It's not just sculpting, it's carving.

It's everything.

I'm just hoping, like,
my creative side will take over,

and I just, like,
black out for a little bit,

and then I come back,
and it's this mask.

This might be way too big,
but it's gonna be fine.

We're doing Black Panther
by way of the Punisher here.

I am making T'Challa's mask right now.

He looks like a Cro-Magnon.

Jacques, who is your favorite
Marvel character?

I like Iron Man, because he's funny
when he's not Iron Man.

-Do your Iron Man pose.
-He's the rich guy,

-and he's fun, he's funny, he's smart.
-Go do your Iron Man pose.

Iron Man pose?

So, if I remember...

Let me remember now.

I think one hand is up,

-one hand is down, and one leg is up.
-Uh-uh.

-Ready? Three, two, one.
-Yes.

And here we go.

And it worked.

Thank you.

I think the biggest challenge right now

is making the form
work the way I want it to.

Look at that!

-It's almost like I planned it.
-Cia has an actual hand.

Cia has a hand that looks
like Hamburger Helper. I love it.

-He's really trying.
-I mean, he really is.

Crossing.

Thank you.

This is... I'm very interested
to see how this goes, so...

Fondant is my villain.

Come on, fondant, don't let me down now.

[Cia] Passing through.

Or maybe I'm the villain,
and fondant is the super...

No. Fondant is the villain.

Mm-hmm.

It's fine.

Everything is fine.

Crossing!

[Jordan] Thank you.

You guys have less than an hour.

[Ben] The modeling chocolate
has spent too much time inside

and it can't adjust
to life on the outside anymore.

So, it looks like Ben is the only one
using modeling chocolates.

I can't say that...

this is gonna be the prettiest hand.

[Jacques] The difference between that
and rolling fondant

is that modeling chocolate
is a little bit stronger.

So, when it cools down,
it's actually hard.

So, the claw will hold
with modeling chocolate.

-With fondant, they will fall.
-Got you.

I'm sorry, King.

Pressed for time.

Get in there, hands!

You know what? I need a... I need a break.

[voice] Trivia!

Ooh!

♪ It's trivia time! ♪

Ben, stop!

Jordan, stop!

Each of you get to test
your Marvel knowledge

for three minutes.

Cia, you can keep working.

All right, bring it on. Test my nerd.

-[Nicole] Jordan.
-Yeah.

Which superhero clocks in at six feet,
two inches and weighs 240 pounds?

A, Black Widow, B, The Hulk,
C, Captain America?

C, Captain America.

You are correct!

Yes!

-Ben?
-Yo.

What year was Marvel Comics
number one released?

-A, 1880...
-1939.

-Correct.
-Dang.

Look at that. It's like I planned it.

Surprisingly round.

-[Nicole] Jordan!
-Yes.

In what year did Black Panther
make his first appearance?

A, 1966, B, 1986, or C, 1967?

Uh...

1967.

You are wrong. It's '66.

Ben, who created the super-soldier serum
that would create Captain America?

A, Abraham Erskine,
B, Professor Reinstein,

C, Sergeant Steinberg?

-Oh, Erskine.
-You're right.

I'm just a nerd, darlin'.

-[buzzer sounds]
-You're back in.

[Cia laughs]

Saved.

Oh, no!

I'm learning a lesson here
about cake sticking.

Oh, no.

I am holding my frustration at bay
at the cakes not popping out of the pan.

But as long as I have enough buttercream,
I can shellac everything together.

My only hope here
is to make a really tasty cake.

Buttercream is the duct tape of baking.

It's a multi-purpose, multifaceted,
every-use tool.

Waterfall frosting may be, uh,
taking some of the aesthetic burden here.

Definitely should have...

made more frosting.

[Jordan] That looks like Wakanda.

My God, she forgot the buttercream.

[whispers] What's going on?

[Nicole] She forgot buttercream.

So we're gonna have just cake and fondant.

I did not put any buttercream under this
because I'm a freaking idiot.

[Felicia] Ben's using a cut-out,
which seems smart.

-[Jacques] It seems smart.
-[Felicia] It's gonna be more uniform.

[Nicole] Working smarter, not harder.

I hate to interrupt the conversation,
but Wes is just on his phone.

Look at him.

-[Felicia] What's he looking at? Twitter?
-[Nicole] He's not doing his job.

I don't know. Wes!

Wes! What are you doing?

[laughter]

Don't text there, Wes.
I will call you out.

Three minutes remain
until you unveil your Black Panthers.

It's like the size of the cake.

[Cia] His head is too big.
I've already committed.

-[Ben] This is gonna get messy.
-[Nicole] Look, it's covered in waves.

Oh, that's fancy.

Very fancy.

[Jordan] "Nailed" it, get it?

Because the... yeah.

This is probably the thickest hand
you'll ever see on a cake.

Let's see if I have anything
that can add detail.

[Cia] Something quick and shiny.

[Ben] Oh, my God,
these are incredibly challenging.

All these details.

[Nicole] Thirty seconds, you guys.

[Ben] We're working on it!

[Cia] Not what I planned.

[Jordan] Just trying to make the rocks.

This is the worst thing I've ever made.

Ten, nine...

[judges] Eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

You're done!

[alarm sounds]

-[Nicole] I can't wait to see...
-[sighs]

your Black Panther cakes of Wakanda.

Okay, Jordan,

let's remind everyone

of the 3-D Black Panther cake
you were trying to make,

and let's see what you made!

[drumroll]

-[fanfare]
-Nailed it!

-Oh, boy.
-[laughter]

[Nicole] I like him.

He looks like
he's pondering his mortality...

-Mm-hmm.
-...as he sinks into a bed of leaves.

-[Jordan] Uh-huh.
-[Felicia] Oh, look at his hand!

-[Jacques laughs]
-He's got some serious claws going on.

It's like some osteoporosis or something
on the hand.

What are those little...
They look like little teeth.

They're rocks. Um, they're gold
'cause it's a kingdom,

-so I was trying to add a little flair.
-Jacques, what do you think?

The hand is not holding the claw outside,
but on the side, resting,

which is, you know,
another way of doing it.

[Felicia] I think it looks really cool.

I think the claw is terrifying.

It looks like something
out of a Japanese anime horror film.

I'm excited to taste it, even though
there ain't no buttercream in it.

Bye, Jordan.

Bye, guys.

Okay, Cia, how did this work out for you?

-Let's take a look.
-[drumroll]

[fanfare]

[Cia] Nailed it!

Ooh, that hand!

[laughter]

You got your waterfall,
you got your rocks.

You got that big hand. [laughs]

I think you did a really great job.

This is a huge improvement
from the first round.

[Jacques] I do think
that you had a strategy.

You worked way harder on the cake
than on the decoration,

and we can see that.

Uh, a little more work
on those decorations

would be maybe more presentable.

The cake aside,
I'm just really proud of you.

Compared to round one,
you seem like you cared.

I appreciate that.
Thank you for your insight.

[Nicole] Cia, thank you so much.

Oh, hello, Ben.

Oh, hello.

Let's see what you did!

[drumroll]

-Nailed it!
-[fanfare]

[Nicole] Ah.

I think you did a great job.

Like, I think this is great.

The hand is a little wild.

-I like the beading on the mask.
-[Ben] Thank you.

Your cake is actually
pretty much the same height

as the cake that we asked you to do.

So, congratulations for that.

It reminds me of Hawaii a little bit.

You have this very, like, dynamic wave
going on, and sand.

I really enjoy the fact
that you got a lot of the elements

and you really paid attention
to the detail.

All right, you guys are gonna cut off

your best piece of Black Panther cake,

and we're going to eat it.

And I'm taking these shoes off.
I hate them.

[Felicia laughs]

[Cia] This is gonna come down to flavor,

so, I think I might be in the running.

Is this happening?

[African accent] Thank you.
Cake of a warrior. Go away!

[laughter]

[normal voice] All right, Jordan,
you're up first. Let's taste your cake.

[Jacques] The cake is fairly good,

but the problem is,
it's just a piece of cake.

It's fairly moist,

but it's nothing else.

But you have such a great flavor
to your cakes,

and I would love to eat more,

especially if there was frosting.

I just really miss it between the layers
of the sponges.

Wow.

I'm learning how to talk like a baker.

-Thank you so much.
-Yeah, thank you.

Cia?

You're next.

Let's get into that cake.

You put a lot of attention into the cake.

I also like that you layered it
with buttercream,

so, when you have a piece of cake,

you have all those flavors
mixing together.

Yeah, I really like your construction,
and it is a very good cake.

I could eat a lot more of this.

[Felicia laughs]

I do wish it was, like,
a little bit more moist,

a little bit more fluffy,

but overall, what a wonderful job.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Ben, it is your turn.

We are now going to taste your cake.

[Jacques] You put buttercream
in between all those layers,

and you taste that
when you take a piece of the cake,

you have even more flavor coming together.

So, congratulations.

Thank you.

Um, I think the cake itself, the texture
is a little tougher than the others.

Yeah, I wish it was, like, a little bit
more moist, and airy, and lighter,

but I do love that there's buttercream
between each layer.

Overall, I think the three of you
did an outstanding job.

[African accent] And everyone in Wakanda
will say, "Oh, babe, it is good."

[normal voice] Or not, I don't know. But...

[laughs]

Okay, judges,
three bakers stand before us.

Not only is the winner
walking away with $10,000,

but also...

the Nailed It trophy.

Wes, get out here!

[Wes] I'd really rather not.

Uh, excuse me?

Wes, get your little butt out here!

[thundering]

[laughter]

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, Wes.

[laughter continues]

[Nicole] Oh.

This is the best day ever!

What a dream!

Thank you, Thor.

-Thank you.
-[Jacques] Oh, my God.

-Felicia, you got your web shooter ready?
-Let's do this.

-All right.
-[Jacques] Oh!

Jacques?

And the winner of the $10,000 is...

-Ben!
-Whoo!

Yeah!

You also win this trophy!

[laughter]

[Ben] Oh, boy!

-Congratulations!
-[Jacques] Congratulations!

[Ben] I am completely taken aback.

I hope that I've made Stan Lee proud.

This is the first time the comic books
have ever helped me nail something.

Well, that's all for Nailed It.

'Nuff said.

-[Nicole] Uh-huh.
-[Ben] Uh-huh.

-[Jacques] Bravo!
-[Nicole] What a treat.

[Nicole and Felicia] Yay!