Nailed It! (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - I Do ... Hope I Don't Fail - full transcript

Do you, Netflix viewer,
take this Nailed It! show

to love and cherish
until death do you part?

You do? Well, then you may kiss the host.

Welcome to another episode of Nailed It!,

the show that is waiting for the big day,

but it never arrives.

Today, three amateur bakers will make us
the luckiest judges in the world

when they attempt to recreate
some magnificent wedding day treats.

Ooh, cue the wedding music!

-["Wedding March" plays]
-It's about to begin!

My name is Rachel Feldman,
and I'm a middle school science teacher.



I'm not at that point in my life
where I'm dating anybody too much.

Maybe if my baking was better,
I'd go into maybe a second or third date

with, you know, "Come over and bake."

My name is Ronald Jackson,
Dean of Students at a high school.

Bam. Bam. Bom. Bam.
[chuckles]

I am the biggest fan of my baking.

And I think my girlfriend would be
in second place.

We are looking for the next chapter
in our lives,

which, for me,
will ultimately be marriage.

Um, I don't want her
to really know that yet.

I want it to be a surprise, but...
[laughs]

I'm Jay Hanshaw,

retired Army helicopter pilot.

I did some really scary things in my life.



Now I gotta see,
can I really bake a cake on TV?

That is my Easter Bunny pancake.

I have a girlfriend, Marti,

but we haven't set a date
for marriage yet.

But my wedding vow would be,

"Thank you." [chuckles]

Welcome.
Rachel, today is all about weddings.

-Are you excited?
-[Rachel] I am.

I would rather this be my own wedding,
but I'll gladly take it.

Ronald, are you dating someone?

Yes, I am. My girlfriend of 13 years.

Thirteen years!

Jay, are you engaged?

Yes. She knows I'm not leaving.

That's sweet but also terrifying.

"She knows I'm not leaving."

[suspenseful music]

-[Ronald chuckles]
-It's gonna be a white wedding

with the man in the white chef's jacket.

It's Jacques Torres.

Congratulations, bakers.
I'm thrilled to be here with you today.

And joining our wedding party today
is author and chef,

and you own Milk Bar right here
in California.

-I do.
-I like it. There's a lot of cookies.

It makes me so happy.

-Christina Tosi.
-Hi, everyone.

-How you doing?
-Hi.

I'm excited to see
what you got to bring today.

-Absolutely.
-[Nicole] It's time for Baker's Choice.

Two things can make or break
a good wedding,

the cake and the music.

Your first dance will be romantic
and delicious when you make these...

...wedding band mini cakes!

Oh, no.

[Nicole] We got Jimmy 88 on his keytar,

Miss Tanya belting out the love songs,

and center stage is Cymbal Sammy
playing the drums.

Each treat is actually
a mini cake base covered in fondant.

Then each musician and their instruments
is made out of modeling chocolate.

When I say "go," you will run up
and you will grab your mini cake.

Go.

Everyone was so slow.

Okay. The band is about to play
their first set.

And you guys have...

-hmm, 45 minutes.
-[klaxon sounds]

-Yes, do it.
-[chuckling]

[Nicole hums "Bridal Chorus"]
Do I have to go sit down?

All right, let's start it up.

[Jay whistles]

"Make a cake. Make and then assemble."

That's not helpful at all.

Jacques, how would you do it?

The first thing that I will do
as fast as I can is I will make this cake.

While the cake bakes,
make the buttercream.

Next, sculpt the wedding band musician
using modeling chocolate.

Once the cakes are cool,

cut and stack them
with a layer of buttercream.

Next, cover with fondant.

Add details using modeling chocolate.

And finally,
place the musician on top of the cake

for the rocking wedding band cake.

Forty-five minutes, it's short.

-The bakers have to waste no time.
-Mm-hmm.

Okay. I can't get this open.

[laughs]

I've never made anything this extravagant
in my life, ever.

I might be calm on the outside,

but I definitely don't feel calm
right now.

I feel super frazzled.

Rachel makes all of the cake mix,
and now she's adding the butter.

[Rachel] So, this doesn't look great.

So, I'm a little concerned that
I probably did things in a different order

than I maybe should have.

I don't think we want it to go lumpy.

Ooh, gonna get my rag.

Don't want any sweat dropping in the food.

I want it to taste good.

I wanna make sure
I mix everything separate,

and then mix it all together.

My mother taught me that

if you set positive energy
around anything that you do,

but especially cooking, you feel better.

Just like that.
Hopefully, it's not too much.

I wanna know if Ronald is gonna keep
those white jeans white.

One more.

Only ingredients are wet, not my face.
All right, here we go.

All right, set it down.

Let's lock it. Start it out slow.

My greatest strength at baking
is probably preparation.

And that's what I learned
from being in the military.

Yeah.

Jay, what's going on over there
with all that banging?

I was leveling the cake batter
in the pans.

-Shake it.
-Yeah, shake it.

Got it.

You guys have 30 minutes left.
I hope them cakes are cooking.

Set it and forget it. Cool.

All right.

Now I'm with some buttercream sauce.

Buttercream. All right, cool.

I'm terrible at frosting.

I've never made a decent buttercream,

so, we'll see how it goes.

But I don't know.

There's a strange range of confidence

between Rachel,
who seems to have very little confidence

to Jay to Ronald.

All right, my cakes are in the oven.
Please do not move.

I don't want them to fall. All right?

Ronald, why are you yelling?

My mother always told me
when your cakes go into the oven,

she doesn't want running around
in the house because the cakes will fall.

Do you wanna know why she told you that?

-Why did she say that?
-'Cause she wanted peace and quiet.

You know what?

-That makes sense. All right.
-[laughter]

Rachel, how's it going?

It's going... okay.

Oh, boy.

You got 20 minutes, so you gotta hustle.

I believe in you, Rachel!

Okay. I wouldn't if I were you.

[Nicole scoffs]

Jay, you also have 20 minutes.

I see the clock.

Look at Ronald.

Supposed to be creamy, it's buttercream.

When your buttercream is too runny,
you need to add more confectioners' sugar.

It's liquid buttercream.

Christina,
you've been doing this a long time.

Do you eyeball or do you measure?

When I'm at home, I never measure.

But in a baking competition,

I'm getting out the measuring cups
and the measuring spoons.

There's $10,000 on the line!

I don't know.

But I'm just gonna put it,
I think, in here, so it's not warm.

Ugh, I can't get it.

[Rachel] It's too hard.

All right.

[Nicole] We broke her.

I'll just put it in here. It's fine.

[Nicole] It looks like Rachel is putting
her mini cake in the fridge to cool,

instead of the blast chiller.

This is about as I expected it to go.

I'm working on some modeling clay.

I've never used it before, as you can see.

Wish me luck.

This is my color that I'm gonna use
for his face.

It's a man, right?

[laughter]

[Ronald] Beautiful black queen.

Got the modeling chocolate.

Okay. So, cover. So, I got this thing.

And a foot.

Rachel actually found some wire

and made her own armature for the figurine
which is pretty good.

That is good. Also, do we have
a bunch of wire laying around?

So, that looks like a uterus.

Look at it.

-[laughter]
-[Christina] Oh, Lord!

[Nicole] 12 minutes left, you guys.

[Ronald] There we go. That's a cake.

-They're burnt. I can see them from here.
-Oh, no.

Although we had burnt cakes one day
and they were pretty good.

Crispy, you remember? Crispy.

Here we go.

Right now,
I'm experimenting with my food colorings.

I think Jay has just forgotten
his cakes are in the oven,

and they're still baking.

[Jay] Probably paint the face.

All right.

Thank you for your service,
not your baking.

All right. So, that wasn't super great.

[Ronald] One cake out.

Let's see what happens with this one. Bom!

[Jay sniffs] All right.

Jay's cakes have come out of the oven.

I do not understand
the way this Army man works.

That one looks the best.
Need to flash-freeze this.

But only one is in the blast chiller.

[they laugh]

You guys have nine minutes left.

[Ronald chuckles]

So, Ronald didn't bring his cakes
to the blast chiller,

so, they're gonna be hot.

[Nicole] Oh, my God. Why?

All right, bom. Here we go.

[Rachel] This is not good.

You think people would know
after multiple seasons of this show

that you gotta cool your cake
before putting buttercream on it.

It's just gonna melt.

Just gonna push it together
and hope that they don't really notice.

-Three minutes left, you guys.
-Oh, my God.

It's crunchy, but it has flavor.

Bom. Let's cover that back.

We don't need any peep shows.

Use the knife, dude!

I had to try the flavors.

I didn't expect it to be this hard,
and it's hard.

[Ronald] Sink her in.

Ronald's lady kind of looks like a tree
from here.

[Ronald] All right.

All right, all right, all right.

God, that's garbage.

I think my students would be embarrassed
for me.

This is a hard bummer.

Thirty seconds!

[Jay] Right. Coming.

This is embarrassing.
But he looks happy, at least.

Her hair fell off. It's a wig.

It's gonna be a balancing act.

Oh, la, la, la.

All right. Oh, almost fell.

Five, four,

three, two, one!

-You're done!
-[klaxon]

Ooh, baby, I can't wait to see
these little mini cakes.

I can.

All right, Rachel.

Let's remember the wedding band mini cake
you were trying to make

and let's see what you made.

[Rachel] Nailed it!

Yes, you did!

[Nicole laughs]

I like this strange version of Prince.

I like that his arms are a heart.

-Thank you.
-It's kind of... It's a happy cake.

The spirit of a wedding is like joy
and celebration.

It does make you smile.

All right, Rachel.

-We're gonna taste your cake.
-All right.

I'm so nervous for you to taste this.

I think it's very interesting
because the buttercream melted.

The cake is very wet with the butter.

It tastes like a buttery pound cake.

It's a different sponge
that you normally get with a wedding cake,

but I'm not mad at it.

We got a fun, mushy cake
that I really liked.

All right, Rachel, we enjoyed your cake,
but we must move on.

[she hums "Bridal Chorus"]

[Nicole] Hello, Ronald.

Let's remember the wedding band mini-cake
you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did.

-[Ronald] Nailed it!
-[Nicole] Ooh!

-Ronald! [laughs]
-[Ronald] Bom.

[Nicole laughs heartily]

[Ronald] That's what I'm talking about.

-"That's what I'm talking about"?
-That's it, right there.

-You know those mini doughnuts you buy?
-Yeah.

-That's what her hair looks like.
-That's what it is.

-That is one of the doughnuts?
-It is a doughnut, yeah.

It's the natural look.

[she laughs]

And then your cake looks like a doughnut
with cheese draped over it.

Your buttercream was very liquid,

but then I see you adding some milk to it.

Liquid and fat doesn't mix,

so it's important to not use
too much milk.

It's definitely one of a kind.

I'm curious
where your confidence comes from.

-[Ronald] Um...
-[laughter]

I believe if you're gonna commit to
something, you have to go all out.

-You're a fan of commitment?
-Yes.

Okay.

-Let's taste it.
-Let's do it.

[Nicole] Ooh.

[Jacques]
Your cake is a little bit overbaked.

Thank God that buttercream melted
and made it a little bit more moist.

Okay.

Your cake is really dense.

And because
your buttercream didn't come together,

you didn't have a mixture of textures.

I did miss the buttercream,

but didn't mind
that there was no buttercream

'cause it was hot,
and I love me a hot cake.

Bye, Ronald. Get my train.

Yes, Nicole. Go ahead.

[Jacques hums "Bridal Chorus"]

Okay, Jay.
Let's remember the wedding band mini cake

you were trying to make,
and let's see what you made.

[Jay] Nailed it!

Hey! He's fun to look at.

He also looks like
he's giving me the evil eye.

This looks great.
He's busting out of the drum.

He's got drumsticks,
which I think are broken.

Could we see the back of him?

-[Christina] Mm-hmm.
-[Nicole] Oh, no.

Shirtless. Shirtless on the back.

Was that a choice to make him nasty,
a little freak?

He's different.

Because his whole back is out.

I kind of like it.
He has all the features.

Everything is there.

I'm impressed by your fondant work.

I'm impressed that you have
a nice cylindrical base of cake.

Thank you.

-Is that a two-tier cake?
-One tier.

Well, let's try that one-tier cake.

This cake was very thick,
so, the top was a little bit overbaked.

But for some reason, that caramelization
and the buttercream tasted good to me.

You have a great balance of ingredients
in that cake.

I'm actually impressed by the technique.

It's just crunchy on the top.

I like crunch. I guess I like cake weird.

Okay, bakers, please line up.

It's time to announce the winner.

This was a difficult challenge.

We based our decision on the visual,

so, the winner is...

Jay.

Congratulations, Jay.

Christina, tell Jay what he's won.

You can keep
the rented hotel banquet hall

a-rocking and a-rolling
with your very own...

-...keytar!
-[laughter]

[Christina] It's real, Jay,
and it's all yours!

And now, the placement
of the Nailed It! Golden Baker's Cap.

It's very hard to walk in this.

Give me some love.

And for those
who didn't catch the bouquet, don't cry.

There is always more fish in the sea.

Yes. It's time to find those fish
at Door Number Two.

Come on, let's walk slow.

Oh, boy. Door Two, Round Two.

Christina, tell them
what they have to look forward to.

Bakers, everyone has their dream wedding.

The altar, the flowers,
a scene right out of a fairy-tale.

Well, we say, forget the fairy-tale.

You'll be rolling the dice
with your marriage when you make...

[Nicole] It's a Vegas wedding cake!

[Ronald laughs]

[Nicole] Where else can you gamble away
your savings and your future

all in one night?

It's got dice, it's got neon.

And this multi-tiered cake
has a special twist in the middle.

[Jacques] First, the base and top tier
are made of cake wrapped in fondant

with fondant details.

There is a pair of rice-cereal-treats dice
covered in fondant, crowning the cake.

But, just like in Vegas,
not everything you see is real.

The centerpiece of this wedding cake
is a Styrofoam structure

covered in fondant

and made to hold the spinning cake topper

with a pair of modeling chocolate figures.

I've baked two cakes in my life,
and you want me to bake that?

You're right. It is a tricky one.

But if you find yourself sweating
in the aisle,

hit the panic button,

and we'll come help you for three minutes.

You have one hour and 45 minutes,

which, about, is as long as it takes
to get registered and married in Vegas.

So, go!

Oh, boy. Let's sit down.

[singsongy] This dress is too big,
and I hate it.

What's Vegas without
a little bit of fun time?

That doesn't look great.

I'm so confused.

Jacques, please explain this cake to me.
How would you go about doing it?

The first thing is baking the cake.

First, mix the wet and dry ingredients.

Add flavoring and color of love
to the cake batter.

Pour it into a greased cake pan, and bake.

Next, make the buttercream
and royal icing.

Stack the cake,
and layer with buttercream.

Cover with fondant
and add Vegas-themed decorations.

Next, use modeling chocolate
to sculpt the newlyweds.

Then hang the happy couple
for their first dance.

And, voila,

you have a romantic Vegas wedding cake.

They don't have much time to waste.

I think these bakers
will pull it out their butt.

[he laughs]

All right, here we go. Gotta whip it.
Look at the flick of the wrist, man.

It's all in the flick of the wrist.

Going into Round Two,

I feel excited.

My plan is to start with my cake batter.
I know I need a lot of it.

I do have this dream of making
my own wedding cake.

I believe the wedding cake
is the trophy of the wedding.

It's the thing everyone sees.

One tablespoon pineapple,
and a little extra.

Secret recipe.

Ooh, Ronald is putting
a lot of the pineapple flavor in his cake.

He has to be careful with that.
That's extract.

Oh, no. It's gonna knock my wig back,

and I want it to stay on my head.

[Ronald] That hit the spot.

This looks better than it did last time.

At the start of Round Two,

I'm trying to be a little bit
more confident from Round One.

Rachel, how's it going?

I think it's going better
this round already.

I'm feeling a little bit more confident.

[Nicole] Good,
I'm glad you're feeling confident.

I don't think it's gonna last
for that long.

-At least it's here for now.
-No! Keep it! Fake it till you make it!

There we go.

So, Rachel went with pink
for the color of her cake.

I wonder
if it's gonna be strawberry flavored?

-Or raspberry.
-What if it's just a pink cake,

-vanilla flavored?
-That I don't like.

I'm gonna try almond this time
'cause I did vanilla last time.

I'm gonna switch it up a little bit.

My plan for all my flavors today,

I think I'll just use, uh...

um, the classic vanilla.

How am I gonna nail it?

-Purpose...
-All right.

-Direction...
-Keep it simple.

And motivation.

I'm gonna have the right attitude,
and I'm gonna bake the perfect cake.

[he hums]

It's looking decent.

Okay. So, I think this one
is supposed to be two layers,

and I think
I'm probably just gonna make one.

Okay.

All right. So, I am freestyling
a little bit with the recipe.

So, I'm still making my mix.

I don't know how to make confetti cake,
but that will be a confetti cake.

Ronald and Jay have been mixing
their cake batter for 15 minutes.

[Nicole] What is the optimal
amount of time to mix...?

[Jacques] As less as possible.

The more you mix,
the more your batter will start to behave

-like you're kneading bread dough.
-Dang.

All right.

So, this is the buttercream.

Need to start adding in some milk,

'cause it's getting a little heavy.

The judges liked my buttercream
in Round One,

so I kind of am trying to figure out
how do I keep that consistent.

But I think it definitely needs
more sugar.

But for whatever reason, it's not as soft.

This is not good. Whatever.

Right. Eight cups of powdered sugar.

Well, it's, uh... All right.

I've lost track of all my buttercream.
Huh?

[Jacques] He put too much sugar
in his buttercream.

That's going to be very sweet.

Oh, boy.

So, I wanna make sure I really
take my time with this buttercream

and mix the ingredients the correct way.

I'm happy with that.

Vegas is a party,
so this has to be a party cake.

And I'm gonna make this cake
a confetti cake.

Sprinkles everywhere. It's a party.

Ronald just put sprinkle
on top of a cake in the oven.

Don't put it on the top of a cake

-that's been baking for 20 minutes.
-[Jacques] No! In the batter.

Um, I don't know
what the royal icing mix is.

I'm not sure if that's like
a different container of something.

Let's look up here.

-[bell dings]
-A-ha! I found it.

[he hums]

All right.

[he continues humming]

So, it doesn't look like
Jay's colored his cakes at all,

but he's made a royal icing
this sort of blue-gray color.

That does not scream "wedding" to me.

-Why...?
-It doesn't scream "Vegas wedding."

[Jacques] I don't know why.

Maybe the flavor.
Maybe he wanted to do blueberry.

[Nicole] I'm excited to see it.

[she laughs]

All right. That looks fine.

Oh, hell, no.

Way off.

I'll tell you who I'm concerned about:
Sweet Jay.

He has got cakes that need come out.
Definitely looks overbaked.

[Jacques] Ronald's cakes were left
in the oven too long.

We're going to have overbaked cake.

[Ronald] I think I left them in too long.

One hour left.

This was a bad choice. Damn it.

Okay. That's not terrible.

So Jay's cakes look pretty good.
When they come out, they look good.

[Ronald] It's definitely thicker
than last time.

I have to say the difference
in the consistency of Ronald's buttercream

-now in Round Two is night and day.
-Yes, completely different. You're right.

[he grunts]

I'm gonna start to roll out this fondant,
because I know it's a lot of it.

'Cause me and fondant do not get along.

[Christina] Jacques, you'll be speechless,

but Jay just put down cornstarch
to roll out his fondant.

I'm happy someone is listening.

He's handling his fondant pretty well.

Hmm.

Keep going. No time to focus on that.

I feel like some of my students
would definitely be better at this

than what I'm doing right now.

[Jay] How do you do this?

[Rachel] It's just not big enough.

Twenty-five minutes left, guys.

Ah, my arms are getting tired now
from doing this.

[Jacques laughs]

Okay. I don't wanna do this anymore.

I found some spray,
so I'm gonna try to do that.

This is terrible. Completely terrible.

[Jacques] I would actually put
a little bit of vodka

on the side of the Styrofoam
to be sure that that fondant sticks.

I mean, vodka...
Vodka's going to melt the sugar,

and that's going to be enough
to adhere the fondant to the Styrofoam.

-Oh.
-That's so smart.

[Jay] Stay on now.

-Look at Ronald.
-I mean...

His square Rice Krispie treats
looks a mess.

[Ronald] The wedding cake...

This is horrible, compared to
the wedding cake I hoped to make.

So, I know that I have a lot of...

practicing to do.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

See if these will stick.

Oh, maybe. I don't know.

[Nicole] It's down to the wire.

Almost five minutes...

Six minutes remain.

There should be dice on your cakes.

There should be people swinging.

-Ooh, that sounded bad.
-[Ronald] This is my girlfriend.

Aisha has the most perfect-est backside
you ever seen.

[Jay] You know, she gotta look better.

Your wife or your girlfriend
has to be better looking than you, right?

Four minutes and 46 seconds.

[Ronald] Red, green. Red, green.

When you know they're not going to finish,
the candies start to come out. You see?

Stay. Stay.

I might try to put like an animal cracker
for my dog.

You know, I mean,
we're gonna die alone together, so...

One minute left!

[Jay] It says J.M.

We abbreviate everything in the military.

[Rachel] I'm not feeling great about this.

Just...

[Jay chuckles]

It's terrible.

You could win on every side of my dice.

[judges] Five, four, three,

two, one!

-You're done!
-[klaxon]

Bom! [chuckles]

-Hi, Rachel.
-Hi.

Let's remember your Vegas wedding cake

you were trying to make.

And let's see what you made.

-Nailed it.
-Oh, boy.

I love it. What happened to the people
that are supposed to be swinging?

Um, so I improvised the people
a little bit.

The popsicle stick represents me.

And then the little animal cracker
represents my dog

because he, I think, probably is
the love of my life so I put him in there.

How come you didn't cover
the Styrofoam in fondant?

My arms were tired,
and this seemed like a big job to do,

so I just figured I would spray paint it

with something a little bit sparkly
and shimmery, and then just call it a day.

That cake has the flair
of what we asked to do,

but only the flair.

You didn't have more cakes

to make the bottom layer
a little bit thicker?

I probably should have made
a couple more layers for the bottom,

not realizing how thin
they were actually gonna be.

Even though there are certainly elements
that are missing,

there's more of everything else
than there is cake.

But I love that you're honest about it.

And I get a lot of your creativity

when I see the embellishments
that you chose.

-Thank you.
-All right, Rachel. Thank you so much.

We have other cakes to see.

You're welcome. Thank you.

Hello, Ronald. Let's see what you've done.

Nailed it.

Oh, boy, I love this so much.

I do think you had the most trouble
with the people.

Do you think Aisha
will like the way you've depicted her?

I think she knows it's true,

-how she looks...
-[Nicole] What's true?

This part right... here.

-[Nicole] Is that a hip or a butt?
-That's a butt. Aisha has...

-[Nicole laughs]
-Yes.

The top is definitely giving me
like soccer-cake vibes...

-[Nicole] Mm-hmm.
-...the green fields, the soccer balls.

One of the things that you don't do
very well is rolling that fondant.

You have to put
a little bit of cornstarch,

and actually, you just roll it a tiny bit,

turn it around, roll it a little bit more

until the fondant is thin enough.

With a little technique,
it will be a lot more pleasant to look at.

Ronald, this has been a real treat.

Thank you so much.
We've seen two wonderful cakes.

Now we must see a third.

Love the soccer ball.

Hello, Jay. Let's see
the Vegas wedding cake you made.

Nailed it!

Yeah! Whoa, those people.

[Nicole laughs]

You do beady scary eyes well.

These two people are fully nude.
And they're dirty.

I love them so much.

There's something about your couple
that's giving me, like,

a serious
"If E.T. were a Siamese twin" vibe.

Again, you know,
a little bit of lack of technique

for the black fondant for the cake.

You did cover it, but we can see,
you know, that it's not perfect.

But you know what?
You did a complete job.

You did the red strips,
so, that's pretty good.

Excited to try it. Thank you.

Please slice us the nicest,
biggest piece of your Vegas wedding cakes

for me and my two friends to taste.

[Ronald] I'm pleased with my effort
that I put into this cake,

because my buttercream was a win.

So, that gets a "bom."

My stacking of the cake, that was a win.
So, that gets a "bom."

The modeling of Aisha, that gets two boms.
Right?

I'm just pleased. I'm pleased
with what I presented to the judges.

Oh, boy.
Rachel, is pink your color of love?

I mean, it's a color that I love,
so I think it fits.

Buttercream has a little grade to it.

It's not complete...
The sugar might not completely melt.

But flavor-wise, it's actually pretty good
and pretty light.

-Thank you.
-I love when I saw you grab the color red

because I thought you were, like,
gonna go for it.

Strawberry, raspberry, rose.

There are so many
different possible flavors.

And that's the one place
where I think you fell short.

[Nicole] The plating is a little wild.

It's not really a piece of cake.
It's more like a slop of cake.

But, I like a slop of cake.
I think you did really nicely.

-Thank you.
-All right.

Ronald! It's time to taste your cake.

[Jacques] I can feel the pineapple.

Ooh. It's actually pretty strong.

[Nicole laughs]

That pineapple terrified me. It was wild.

Truly. I'm awake now

-because of that pineapple.
-There we go.

Where did you put the pineapple?

-On the cake or buttercream?
-[Ronald] The cake.

-[Jacques] The cake?
-Yes.

And we saw that
when you were making your cake,

your cake spins for a long time.

And, unfortunately, when you do that,

you make your cake a little bit
more rubbery, a little bit more elastic.

An ideal wedding cake
is more light and more fluffy.

I wish I had a different balance of cake
to frosting.

I feel shortchanged on the frosting.

And I think that could have helped save
a little bit of the overmixing

that comes across.

All right. Jay, you're up.

[Jacques] Your batter ran too long.

I think the cake can be baked
a little bit less.

I think that's another extra five minutes
certainly in the oven.

[Christina] Your frosting,

I thought that was the place where
you were gonna take the opportunity

to do something
that told us more about you.

That is just kind of vanilla on vanilla.
I wanted more than that.

[Nicole] l did think the flavor was good.

I thought your buttercream
had a lovely texture.

-I think you did a really nice job.
-Thank you.

It's too late for cold feet.

Are we ready to announce the winner?

Wes!

[Nicole laughs]

Oh!

[Nicole] That was the saddest face
I've ever seen.

Christina, are you ready
to shake your money maker?

-[Christina] Oh, yeah.
-[Nicole] All right.

Jacques, please do the honors.

Bakers, this was a pretty big challenge.

We based our decision
on the look of the cake.

So, the winner is...

Jay.

-[Nicole] Congratulations! Oh, boy.
-[Christina cheers]

Hey, I won Nailed It!

-Congratulations!
-Congratulations, sir!

[Jay] I wanted to prove
that we can step out of our norm.

We can challenge anything,
and we can do anything.

-Hug!
-[Jay] Don't give up.

It's too easy to give up.

Keep moving forward.

That makes you who you are.
That builds your character.

That's right, high rollers.
That's it for this episode of Nailed It!,

the show that's always a bridesmaid
but never a bride.

[Jacques] Nicole, where are you?

-I need to see everyone!
-I'm here!