Nailed It! Germany (2020): Season 1, Episode 1 - Nimm's nicht persönlich - full transcript
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Hi and welcome to Nailed It! Germany.
This show is all about
the mistakes in baking.
Three amateur bakers will try to bake
beautiful creations for us.
And they can win 5,000 euros
in the process.
But how they want it to turn out...
and what the end result
actually looks like, doesn't always match.
Baking is something really personal,
and that's today's theme.
Only one man makes no mistakes,
he's standing right next to me.
It's our top confectioner
Bernd Siefert!
And our honorable guest judge today
is the funniest woman I know.
Here is Tahnee!
Let's welcome the three personalities
who will compete today.
Please welcome our contestants!
Hi, my name is Stefanie.
I'm 30 years old.
I used to sell baked goods,
now I work in social media marketing.
I've never baked a doughnut!
I'm very good at selling the stuff,
but I really suck at baking it.
I've got plenty left over
in case anything goes wrong.
My husband is a confectioner
and he throws his hands up in horror
when I'm in the kitchen making something.
-Just read the whole thing first.
-Let me be.
He is not allowed to watch when I bake
because he will only criticize me.
"Do this, do that, do it differently."
Let them cool first.
-She's not listening.
-Nope.
But when I'm done and it tastes good,
he's happy as well.
My name is Thajo.
I'm 30 years old, I live in Austria,
and work as a graphic and web designer.
My foot is in the frame
So, here I am!
When it comes to baking,
I am your typical "basic bitch."
I like to make bundt cake,
sponge cake and cookies.
All the classics.
No!
I am really nervous,
but I'm itching to get to the oven
and start mixing the batter.
Done.
My name is Kati, I'm 25 years old
and I am from Berlin.
For anyone saying
that baking isn't exhausting,
my hand is really sore
because the mixer is getting heavy
in this batter.
I can skip the gym later.
I am a city girl,
my grandma got me into baking.
I love that smell
when the oven opens.
And I like to taste and eat the batter.
I'm especially good at that!
I wanted to participate and win.
And that's what I'll do.
I will win.
I am glad to see
you colorful little birds here.
Today's theme is personality.
Today is about you. Yay!
But today is also about us. Uh-oh!
And it's about other people
we want to honor today.
Tahnee, how is your relationship
with baking?
Frustration.
When in doubt, put some cheese on it.
That makes it tasty.
That's always my solution.
-You heard it.
-Good thing you only have to taste today.
So, enough with the chitchat.
Let's get started!
Round one, Baker's Choice.
You can choose
if you are fast enough.
Let's open the door.
Your eyes are not deceiving you.
That's us!
Three delicious cookies
that look like the judges.
We expect crispy cookies
with that special something on top.
But fear not. This is my show after all.
Choose me, make me pretty,
and you win.
Alright then...
Let's go! Go!
-Move!
-Wait a second!
I don't know why I have so many wrinkles.
Looks like "grumpy Bernd."
I'll just put some Botox in the icing!
It's all good.
-Make me pretty.
-You chose Bernd. Why?
Saving the best for last, right?
-Ouch!
-Sorry.
Well, you have half an hour.
Thirty minutes?
Time's already ticking. Now.
-It's almost over. Hurry!
-Chop-chop!
Butter, sugar... Butter...
Where is my butter?
Cookies...
Butter...
This should be doable.
It's quite a challenge
to get you to look pretty.
I know that. But what can we say
about the cookies?
You have to make the cookie dough.
Cut out the desired shape.
For the base,
bake another star-shaped cookie.
Make royal icing in different colors
for painting the portraits.
Don't forget the support in the back
or the cookie will fall over.
It's not that difficult.
You lost me at royal icing.
The German term is "squirted icing
made from egg whites"
-Gross.
-That's really...
Let's keep calling it royal icing.
My main objective is to keep the kitchen
from going up in flames.
How do you turn this on? Hello?
I never really stick to the recipe
because it never turns out
like I want it to.
I'm motivated
because I want to show everyone
that you don't have to be good
at baking to bake.
-Very good.
-Thajo is using icing sugar.
That's actually quite clever.
Icing sugar will make the batter denser.
Right.
And what's happening now?
It's lumpy, but that's okay.
Everybody is using whisks. Why?
A dough hook might've been better.
Do we have any? Oh, yes.
Whisks make the shortcrust pastry fluffy.
It will break more easily.
It's "knock" pastry.
You knock it like this
and it becomes dough.
You end up with something,
just not the thing you wanted.
Now I will try to cut out the star.
It's a bit small. Doesn't matter.
Something is missing.
I'm short one spike, aren't I?
Wait. One, two, three, four, five.
Oh, four.
I think I'll go and check on this.
Now it looks more like a star.
-Steffi!
-Yes?
Your star's already done.
Already? I am super stressed.
And your are happy with this?
Hold on, what is this?
-Did you botch it?
-No, I'm being creative.
Do you really want to bake it like that?
Oh, no.
It doesn't take long to make a star.
Maybe you should start again?
No, she's keeping it. Oh, no.
Hot.
Good.
Thajo already made his star.
But he rolled it out too thin.
I'm afraid...
The star won't carry your weight?
Very funny.
I see you two are kindred spirits.
TAHNEE
FUNNY AND PROUD OF IT
Keep calm. Just keep calm.
Don't let yourself be confused,
and stressed out, and hectic.
That doesn't look too good.
Kati is unsure
if the cookie is fully baked.
Whatever, I'll just take it out.
And it's not fully baked.
I can tell from here.
I try to be structured when I bake.
In the end, I figure it all out
and get to the finish line.
I am cracking the egg.
-What's up, Kati? How's it going?
-It's going alright.
Tahnee, you're not allowed to help.
I'm not! You doing great, Kati. Great!
You suffer more when it comes
to your own cookie.
-Yes, that's true.
-Yes.
Let's go. Icing: one egg white,
9oz icing sugar, water, food coloring...
Do you need that?
Well, in my case, you do.
I also need to make a face.
Forget the face. Focus on the hair.
Okay!
If the boss tells you to focus
on the hair, you do that.
Add the red in there.
Kati just went ahead and colored
the entire bowl of icing red.
No, that's for the hair.
-Yes, but...
-She has to start again.
-The royal icing.
-She didn't separated it.
She only made red.
It will be an expressionist work.
I think I'm using the wrong mixer...
Now it's getting better.
My icing was not soft enough.
Yes!
It's very important to me
that it will be somewhat edible.
Does it have to taste good?
We're mixing!
I think my hair won't be black but gray.
Yes, Bernd. It will be gray.
What a mess!
There's no way this is enough.
RECIPE COOKIE JUDGES
3. DECORATE
Sweeties! Personal message:
You only have ten minutes left
Isn't this a beautiful hair?
I think the resemblance to Bernd
is uncanny.
How are we going to look in the end?
Steffi, got everything under control?
-Kinda...
-Kinda?
That doesn't sound good at all.
Steffi, please do it right.
She chose the most elaborate cookie
of the three.
The fine lines in your face,
the black Mickey Mouse hair-bow...
Mickey Mouse?
Oh no, that's red!
Kati is approaching the final stage.
She is squeezing
and pushing as if she's in labor.
I'm making the hair.
Full lips...
-Look, you're getting jelly hair.
-Oh God.
I am so scared.
They are running out of time.
RECIPE COOKIE JUDGES
4. PUT TOGETHER
Oh God!
-Oh no!
-What is she doing?
Steffi lost one of her spikes.
Oh no.
It doesn't stick.
When in doubt, lick it like a stamp.
That should stick.
-You're the one who has to eat it.
-I'd rather not.
It would be very personal.
Oh God, will it hold?
No, it doesn't hold. She breaks it off.
Oh God.
Sweeties, please. Don't make it too bad.
You have two minutes left.
I don't think I'll be able
to prop this up.
It's breaking...
It's still too warm.
Bernd is still too warm.
If I take it out, it'll fall apart.
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
I don't want to say it...
Hands up! Time's up!
Here we go!
Let's hope we didn't lose face.
Dear Kati...
You chose the beautiful Tahnee cookie.
I did!
Please show us your version of Tahnee.
Nailed it!
Tahnee, you're a unicorn.
-Awesome! Cool!
-Right?
I have never seen myself like that before.
-It's definitely...
-Abstract.
Yes, true. And after a long day at work,
the skin can be bit brittle.
You just have to lie down
and whatever breaks through,
breaks through.
The shape really isn't there.
The stands are ice cream cones...
-But it stands!
-It does stand.
Necessity begets creativity.
-Let's give it a taste!
-Alright.
Go ahead and take a big piece.
Kati,
I really like your cookie.
-Thank you!
-Bernd will roll his eyes
and say, "But it's not fully baked!"
But that's exactly how I like it,
crunchy on the outside
and a bit soft on the inside. I like it.
-It's yummy.
-You'd make good contestant.
As far as taste goes, your cookie is dry,
and not fully baked.
I think it tastes awesome!
Really. It's like Angelina said,
crunchy on the outside,
soft on the inside. Just like me.
-Let's move on to me! Hello!
-Hi!
You picked the most beautiful cookie
of them all.
I'm excited to see what I look like
through your eyes,
as a cookie.
-Show us!
-Nailed it!
Awesome!
-Yes...
-It looks great.
I have one red eye.
-It resembles you.
-Do I look like this?
I think you captured her perfectly.
-You revealed her inner self.
-Well...
Unfortunately,
you rolled out your dough too thin.
Which is why you were left
with this pile of cookie crumble.
The hair looks a lot like cheese spread.
Let's see what it tastes like.
It's actually good.
I taste great! Thank you!
Thanks!
The outside is baked
which gives it a bit of a toasted flavor.
I like it.
It's delicious.
Thanks.
It's going to get wild.
Thajo. You picked the Bernd cookie.
Now please show us
what you came up with.
Nailed it!
Up until this moment,
I actually liked you.
My initial plan was to make Bernd
even more handsome.
But as it turn out,
that wasn't really necessary.
You managed to show us
that Bernd has many layers.
-Thank you.
-Crunch isn't everything.
Softness can be nice, too.
Let's give it a try!
Cheers!
-It sticks to the roof of my mouth.
-It lasts longer, right?
It's sweet.
I'll try the star, maybe that's different.
The undercooked part is just dough.
The baked part underneath
definitely has a cookie element to it.
I like it.
I know...
The other part is baked through.
So, we meet in the middle.
The perfect combination, right?
Gather around. We have made a decision.
Bernd will announce it!
Although I am still devastated.
The best-looking cookie is...
Angelina. So Steffi won!
Go, Steffi!
Awesome! Tahnee, tell Steffi what she won.
You won a bread baking machine!
And you also get our legendary
golden baker's hat!
-Wonderful.
-Congratulations.
Thank you.
Let's head to door number two!
NAILED IT OR FAILED IT
Guys, now you get the chance
to work on a person
known by everyone.
So, do your best!
You can win 5,000 euros in this round!
Watch out, this is door number two!
An Udo Lindenberg cake bust!
-Awesome!
-A cake that will give you panic attacks!
Is this to your liking, Bernd?
Or are you more of a Helene fan?
No, I think Udo Lindenberg is awesome.
He's a cool guy, likes sweets.
And this cake is definitely sweet.
Goes without saying that an Udo cake
needs some eggnog.
Great stuff, guys, awesome!
Thajo, you had a hard time
in the last round.
That's why you get
the S.O.S. joker!
If you activate it,
our star Bernd will come to help
for three minutes.
Use the time wisely!
You have 90 minutes.
And time's already ticking!
I envisioned it this way:
This as a base for the head,
and then another layer.
We'll see how it goes.
I will win. I feel it, I know it.
I will make it.
Since my dad loves Udo Lindenberg,
I am even more motivated
to get this right.
I have no clue.
Bernd, tell us, how can we do this
without panicking?
Stir eggnog into your cake batter
and bake it.
Heat up some jam, spread it on the bases,
and assemble the layers.
Cut Udo's head from the cake
and cover it all in frosting and fondant.
And just like that,
Udo is ready for showtime.
Easy peasy.
-Do you think they will get that?
-No.
-No.
-Nope.
First, I will make the batter.
Eggnog is missing.
I'll get that now.
-Eggnog is really...
-Almost a bit much.
All the great singers drink eggnog
before going on stage.
But why?
I heard it's supposed
to grease the vocal chords.
"Grease". Sure. And then...
You shouldn't chug an entire bottle.
-Yeah. That's just me being ambitious.
-Okay.
Oh, look at that.
Thajo has his first sheet in the oven.
Batter number one is going in.
Hold on.
He has one flat sheet right there.
The base... Right.
BY THE WAY...
THE BASE PLATE IS ALREADY THERE!
I'll just grab the batter from the oven.
I don't need this one.
I have a base plate there already.
I don't think they have a clue
of what they're doing.
"Cut spices finely." What spices?
Kati won't be deterred by this.
She doesn't know what she's doing,
but she is convinced that she will win.
I'll add in some vanilla
because I think that eggnog and vanilla
go well together.
Oh, vanilla was a good idea.
She sounds very confident.
Yeah. That's not always helpful.
Are we also gonna have some eggnog?
Since it's available?
I didn't hear myself saying no.
I don't really like it,
but we should get used to the taste.
Come on. I'm going to steal
some eggnog from Kati.
-Feel right at home.
-Or we take an egg yolk and icing sugar.
Kati, do you need the eggnog right now?
Nope, you can take a sip.
-Just don't drink all of it.
-No, I won't.
-I need another 7oz.
-Okay!
I picked the small glasses.
-But don't fill it all the way up.
-Oh God, please, no.
-Cheers, ladies!
-Cheers!
-This is a great party, guys.
-Cheers!
I am thinking about refining
the second batch of batter.
Change up the taste a bit.
Over there!
It flushes out the stuff
that's stuck between the teeth.
Delicious. I am up for a second round.
Nope, thanks, I'm already getting sick.
Maybe cocoa or something like that.
Exactly.
Bummer, it's cinnamon.
Actually, cinnamon is fine.
Thajo is using cinnamon.
-Cinnamon?
-Where do you see that?
-Can't you tell?
-I can't tell anything anymore.
That's the eggnog.
I see a lot... but not cinnamon.
Where do I get the frosting from?
RECIPE NO PANIC CAKE
2. MAKE FROSTING
Kati definitely has enough butter there.
Let's see if...
Kati, it's going to be
real buttercream, right?
Please, work. Please.
It's so much butter,
the scale can't even weigh it anymore.
It always shows error.
Error always means wrong.
There's no problem.
In this case, it means
you got more than 11oz.
Nonsense, it's not that much.
I have never made frosting.
This butter... ugh.
Gross.
Mamma mia!
Thajo, is everything alright?
Is everything okay?
You seem a bit lost.
My worst case has occurred.
I had a proper blackout.
I wasn't able to do anything
but rolling out fondant.
Rolling out fondant...
Attention, cake lovers,
you have 40 minutes left!
-S.O.S.!
-S.O.S. with Thajo!
S.O.S.!
-S.O.S.!
-S.O.S.!
-What do you want to do?
-I'm completely lost.
-I know nothing.
-What do you want to make?
One cake is in the oven.
We'll leave that there
-until it's fully baked.
-Right.
There's nothing funnier
than funny dialects and voices.
I'm so into that.
What's the craziest voice you can do?
Let the machine run full throttle.
That'll make it fluffier.
Can you teach me?
I want to do the Dutch dialect.
-Jam. Did you do that?
-No.
You heat it up and it sticks more easily.
-Dat - is - echt - goed!
-Dat - is - echt - goed!
Dat is echt goed.
Do you know what these two are for?
That is the mic stand.
-Yes.
-And this is for the hand.
-It's very experimental today.
-That's how it is every time!
Do you know how to make the hand?
I'll make that "learning by doing."
"Learning by doing", awesome.
Five, four, three...
-Let's go!
-...two, one.
I'm here.
A little stick.
Thajo has no idea what he's doing.
-Oh no.
-It's going to be interesting.
The S.O.S. button was great
because Bernd got me motivated again.
This is going to be the ashtray's rim.
Now I'll check if the cake is fully baked.
RECIPE NO PANIC CAKE
4. BUILD UDO
We'll just say it is.
I'm adding this now, but it doesn't stick.
It doesn't work. This idea was rubbish.
But that's okay. This is rubbish.
Please, stay like this.
Please be baked.
No, it's actually good!
If she does that while it's still warm...
-She should let it cool.
-Uh-oh.
I just need to stick it on there, right?
That's a mistake. It could break.
That's not good.
But what else should I do?
Maybe make a hole first.
Yes, good idea.
Usually, everything works out for me.
As long as I believe that I can do it.
Well this actually looks good. I like it.
You have 15 minutes left.
Oh no!
Faster!
Great.
It's so annoying
that the others are further ahead.
But I can do it.
Look at that. Thajo...
What the heck is he doing?
By now, I have something
on my plate at least.
At some point,
I was able to flick the switch.
The fondant was rolled out.
I was able to cover the cake with it.
It was decent.
Liquorice? That could be the hair.
Uh-oh!
He gave Udo just five hairs.
That's an insult.
He really does have more.
And Kati...
Sorry, Udo.
We've reached the point
where nobody gives a damn anymore.
Obviously.
It's gonna be hilarious!
I really need some filling for my hat.
It looks like a bonnet from the 1900s.
-No, it's a... it's a...
-A hairnet.
Guys, two minutes! Two minutes!
Let's see if I can improve the hair.
Everything is falling apart.
So sorry.
Hurry up!
I am giving him some more hair.
Now it's down to the wire!
I'll try to fix it with these sticks.
I could draw him some eyes.
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
Hands up! Time's up!
I think my cake can win!
Bakers, this is the VIP area!
At least I hope so.
Remember, this is the original Udo cake.
And now show us your creation.
Drum roll, please.
-Oh God!
-Nailed it!
It turned out great!
I really gave my best.
We have the hand and the mic.
We have the cigar and even some ash.
I thought...
when Udo is quite tipsy
he might look like that.
It looks a grumpy mother-in-law
with an updo and a sleeping mask.
She forgot her cigarette in the ash tray
on the sofa.
-Bernd?
-I really tried my best.
-Really...
-First, something positive.
It reminds me of something
vaguely human.
There you go!
You can see ears, a nose and a mouth.
It looks like he had some work
done on his lips.
It's a bit Buddha, a bit Calli Calmund.
I kinda like it.
Kati, we are impressed.
Moving on!
-To Steffi!
-Hi!
Let's see!
Nailed it!
Do you know who that is? Werner.
It's Werner!
Yeah, sure, that's Werner.
Udo, I'm so sorry.
I met Udo in 2008.
That's how I remember him.
He was in a good mood
and a bit tipsy.
So I think it's quite fitting.
I'll say this...
Yeah, awesome.
Half orc, half creature.
What would Udo say?
I think it's super awesome.
Eggnog is dripping out my nose.
It's gonna be great!
And on to the next one.
-Thajo!
-Hello!
Thajo, show us your Austrian version.
Nailed it!
-Now that's some bust.
-Indeed.
Something in between Harry Potter
and Sherlock Holmes.
Is that a compliment?
I really like the apricots for ears.
So, he's sitting
at a Viennese coffee house.
-With a cigarette.
-Right.
We see that here. With a real...
And the chicken leg
right in front...
When he gets hungry,
he just takes a bite.
And if that's too meaty,
he'll eat the ear.
That's fine as well, right?
It's a real...
Interesting mix.
Awesome.
We are heading back to the chill lounge
to wait for pieces of your crazy cakes.
Let's go!
Guys, you shouldn't have made
such an effort.
-It's...
-No, it's fine.
We'll start with Kati's cake.
Oh God. Is it that terrible?
Your cream is a real...
buttery buttercream.
-All the way.
-I like that.
Kati.
It's not over yet.
Maybe I need some more alcohol.
Even more alcohol?
There's already a lot in it.
I taste next to nothing of it.
-Okay.
-But I want to say one thing.
You used real vanilla.
You can see and taste that.
That's right.
The cake is really firm.
If you have false teeth,
this might be a good adhesive cream.
Good! Let's move on to Steffi!
-There's a lot happening on the plate.
-Go big or go home.
Yeah.
It's a decent cake.
I taste a hint of eggnog
in your buttercream.
It could've been a bit more.
The cream...
Let's just refer to it as that.
It has a lot of icing sugar.
It has a crunch.
But the flavor is very nice.
It's really tasty! So...
-Awesome!
-Thank you.
And on to Thajo's creation.
I want to get underneath it.
There's something hidden there.
You are looking for inner values.
The texture remind me a little
of insulation foam.
-A bit.
-The decoration is like modern art.
It's like, "Let's see what happens."
Thajo, I taste cinnamon!
-And I like cinnamon!
-Me too.
I love cinnamon. Bernd?
Your mouth is glued shut.
I think the touch of cinnamon
is very interesting.
It gives the whole cake a different drive.
It distracts from the dry cake
on the bottom.
The cream and the jam compensate for it.
I must say, you did rather well.
We are going to deliberate
and come back with a decision!
You fearless bakers,
we have come to a decision.
Bernd, please tell us,
which personality was the most convincing?
Today's winner is the cake
with the most personal touch.
And it is...
Thajo!
Congratulations!
Here is your trophy!
My Udo was the best Udo
of them all, right?
Hi and welcome to Nailed It! Germany.
This show is all about
the mistakes in baking.
Three amateur bakers will try to bake
beautiful creations for us.
And they can win 5,000 euros
in the process.
But how they want it to turn out...
and what the end result
actually looks like, doesn't always match.
Baking is something really personal,
and that's today's theme.
Only one man makes no mistakes,
he's standing right next to me.
It's our top confectioner
Bernd Siefert!
And our honorable guest judge today
is the funniest woman I know.
Here is Tahnee!
Let's welcome the three personalities
who will compete today.
Please welcome our contestants!
Hi, my name is Stefanie.
I'm 30 years old.
I used to sell baked goods,
now I work in social media marketing.
I've never baked a doughnut!
I'm very good at selling the stuff,
but I really suck at baking it.
I've got plenty left over
in case anything goes wrong.
My husband is a confectioner
and he throws his hands up in horror
when I'm in the kitchen making something.
-Just read the whole thing first.
-Let me be.
He is not allowed to watch when I bake
because he will only criticize me.
"Do this, do that, do it differently."
Let them cool first.
-She's not listening.
-Nope.
But when I'm done and it tastes good,
he's happy as well.
My name is Thajo.
I'm 30 years old, I live in Austria,
and work as a graphic and web designer.
My foot is in the frame
So, here I am!
When it comes to baking,
I am your typical "basic bitch."
I like to make bundt cake,
sponge cake and cookies.
All the classics.
No!
I am really nervous,
but I'm itching to get to the oven
and start mixing the batter.
Done.
My name is Kati, I'm 25 years old
and I am from Berlin.
For anyone saying
that baking isn't exhausting,
my hand is really sore
because the mixer is getting heavy
in this batter.
I can skip the gym later.
I am a city girl,
my grandma got me into baking.
I love that smell
when the oven opens.
And I like to taste and eat the batter.
I'm especially good at that!
I wanted to participate and win.
And that's what I'll do.
I will win.
I am glad to see
you colorful little birds here.
Today's theme is personality.
Today is about you. Yay!
But today is also about us. Uh-oh!
And it's about other people
we want to honor today.
Tahnee, how is your relationship
with baking?
Frustration.
When in doubt, put some cheese on it.
That makes it tasty.
That's always my solution.
-You heard it.
-Good thing you only have to taste today.
So, enough with the chitchat.
Let's get started!
Round one, Baker's Choice.
You can choose
if you are fast enough.
Let's open the door.
Your eyes are not deceiving you.
That's us!
Three delicious cookies
that look like the judges.
We expect crispy cookies
with that special something on top.
But fear not. This is my show after all.
Choose me, make me pretty,
and you win.
Alright then...
Let's go! Go!
-Move!
-Wait a second!
I don't know why I have so many wrinkles.
Looks like "grumpy Bernd."
I'll just put some Botox in the icing!
It's all good.
-Make me pretty.
-You chose Bernd. Why?
Saving the best for last, right?
-Ouch!
-Sorry.
Well, you have half an hour.
Thirty minutes?
Time's already ticking. Now.
-It's almost over. Hurry!
-Chop-chop!
Butter, sugar... Butter...
Where is my butter?
Cookies...
Butter...
This should be doable.
It's quite a challenge
to get you to look pretty.
I know that. But what can we say
about the cookies?
You have to make the cookie dough.
Cut out the desired shape.
For the base,
bake another star-shaped cookie.
Make royal icing in different colors
for painting the portraits.
Don't forget the support in the back
or the cookie will fall over.
It's not that difficult.
You lost me at royal icing.
The German term is "squirted icing
made from egg whites"
-Gross.
-That's really...
Let's keep calling it royal icing.
My main objective is to keep the kitchen
from going up in flames.
How do you turn this on? Hello?
I never really stick to the recipe
because it never turns out
like I want it to.
I'm motivated
because I want to show everyone
that you don't have to be good
at baking to bake.
-Very good.
-Thajo is using icing sugar.
That's actually quite clever.
Icing sugar will make the batter denser.
Right.
And what's happening now?
It's lumpy, but that's okay.
Everybody is using whisks. Why?
A dough hook might've been better.
Do we have any? Oh, yes.
Whisks make the shortcrust pastry fluffy.
It will break more easily.
It's "knock" pastry.
You knock it like this
and it becomes dough.
You end up with something,
just not the thing you wanted.
Now I will try to cut out the star.
It's a bit small. Doesn't matter.
Something is missing.
I'm short one spike, aren't I?
Wait. One, two, three, four, five.
Oh, four.
I think I'll go and check on this.
Now it looks more like a star.
-Steffi!
-Yes?
Your star's already done.
Already? I am super stressed.
And your are happy with this?
Hold on, what is this?
-Did you botch it?
-No, I'm being creative.
Do you really want to bake it like that?
Oh, no.
It doesn't take long to make a star.
Maybe you should start again?
No, she's keeping it. Oh, no.
Hot.
Good.
Thajo already made his star.
But he rolled it out too thin.
I'm afraid...
The star won't carry your weight?
Very funny.
I see you two are kindred spirits.
TAHNEE
FUNNY AND PROUD OF IT
Keep calm. Just keep calm.
Don't let yourself be confused,
and stressed out, and hectic.
That doesn't look too good.
Kati is unsure
if the cookie is fully baked.
Whatever, I'll just take it out.
And it's not fully baked.
I can tell from here.
I try to be structured when I bake.
In the end, I figure it all out
and get to the finish line.
I am cracking the egg.
-What's up, Kati? How's it going?
-It's going alright.
Tahnee, you're not allowed to help.
I'm not! You doing great, Kati. Great!
You suffer more when it comes
to your own cookie.
-Yes, that's true.
-Yes.
Let's go. Icing: one egg white,
9oz icing sugar, water, food coloring...
Do you need that?
Well, in my case, you do.
I also need to make a face.
Forget the face. Focus on the hair.
Okay!
If the boss tells you to focus
on the hair, you do that.
Add the red in there.
Kati just went ahead and colored
the entire bowl of icing red.
No, that's for the hair.
-Yes, but...
-She has to start again.
-The royal icing.
-She didn't separated it.
She only made red.
It will be an expressionist work.
I think I'm using the wrong mixer...
Now it's getting better.
My icing was not soft enough.
Yes!
It's very important to me
that it will be somewhat edible.
Does it have to taste good?
We're mixing!
I think my hair won't be black but gray.
Yes, Bernd. It will be gray.
What a mess!
There's no way this is enough.
RECIPE COOKIE JUDGES
3. DECORATE
Sweeties! Personal message:
You only have ten minutes left
Isn't this a beautiful hair?
I think the resemblance to Bernd
is uncanny.
How are we going to look in the end?
Steffi, got everything under control?
-Kinda...
-Kinda?
That doesn't sound good at all.
Steffi, please do it right.
She chose the most elaborate cookie
of the three.
The fine lines in your face,
the black Mickey Mouse hair-bow...
Mickey Mouse?
Oh no, that's red!
Kati is approaching the final stage.
She is squeezing
and pushing as if she's in labor.
I'm making the hair.
Full lips...
-Look, you're getting jelly hair.
-Oh God.
I am so scared.
They are running out of time.
RECIPE COOKIE JUDGES
4. PUT TOGETHER
Oh God!
-Oh no!
-What is she doing?
Steffi lost one of her spikes.
Oh no.
It doesn't stick.
When in doubt, lick it like a stamp.
That should stick.
-You're the one who has to eat it.
-I'd rather not.
It would be very personal.
Oh God, will it hold?
No, it doesn't hold. She breaks it off.
Oh God.
Sweeties, please. Don't make it too bad.
You have two minutes left.
I don't think I'll be able
to prop this up.
It's breaking...
It's still too warm.
Bernd is still too warm.
If I take it out, it'll fall apart.
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
I don't want to say it...
Hands up! Time's up!
Here we go!
Let's hope we didn't lose face.
Dear Kati...
You chose the beautiful Tahnee cookie.
I did!
Please show us your version of Tahnee.
Nailed it!
Tahnee, you're a unicorn.
-Awesome! Cool!
-Right?
I have never seen myself like that before.
-It's definitely...
-Abstract.
Yes, true. And after a long day at work,
the skin can be bit brittle.
You just have to lie down
and whatever breaks through,
breaks through.
The shape really isn't there.
The stands are ice cream cones...
-But it stands!
-It does stand.
Necessity begets creativity.
-Let's give it a taste!
-Alright.
Go ahead and take a big piece.
Kati,
I really like your cookie.
-Thank you!
-Bernd will roll his eyes
and say, "But it's not fully baked!"
But that's exactly how I like it,
crunchy on the outside
and a bit soft on the inside. I like it.
-It's yummy.
-You'd make good contestant.
As far as taste goes, your cookie is dry,
and not fully baked.
I think it tastes awesome!
Really. It's like Angelina said,
crunchy on the outside,
soft on the inside. Just like me.
-Let's move on to me! Hello!
-Hi!
You picked the most beautiful cookie
of them all.
I'm excited to see what I look like
through your eyes,
as a cookie.
-Show us!
-Nailed it!
Awesome!
-Yes...
-It looks great.
I have one red eye.
-It resembles you.
-Do I look like this?
I think you captured her perfectly.
-You revealed her inner self.
-Well...
Unfortunately,
you rolled out your dough too thin.
Which is why you were left
with this pile of cookie crumble.
The hair looks a lot like cheese spread.
Let's see what it tastes like.
It's actually good.
I taste great! Thank you!
Thanks!
The outside is baked
which gives it a bit of a toasted flavor.
I like it.
It's delicious.
Thanks.
It's going to get wild.
Thajo. You picked the Bernd cookie.
Now please show us
what you came up with.
Nailed it!
Up until this moment,
I actually liked you.
My initial plan was to make Bernd
even more handsome.
But as it turn out,
that wasn't really necessary.
You managed to show us
that Bernd has many layers.
-Thank you.
-Crunch isn't everything.
Softness can be nice, too.
Let's give it a try!
Cheers!
-It sticks to the roof of my mouth.
-It lasts longer, right?
It's sweet.
I'll try the star, maybe that's different.
The undercooked part is just dough.
The baked part underneath
definitely has a cookie element to it.
I like it.
I know...
The other part is baked through.
So, we meet in the middle.
The perfect combination, right?
Gather around. We have made a decision.
Bernd will announce it!
Although I am still devastated.
The best-looking cookie is...
Angelina. So Steffi won!
Go, Steffi!
Awesome! Tahnee, tell Steffi what she won.
You won a bread baking machine!
And you also get our legendary
golden baker's hat!
-Wonderful.
-Congratulations.
Thank you.
Let's head to door number two!
NAILED IT OR FAILED IT
Guys, now you get the chance
to work on a person
known by everyone.
So, do your best!
You can win 5,000 euros in this round!
Watch out, this is door number two!
An Udo Lindenberg cake bust!
-Awesome!
-A cake that will give you panic attacks!
Is this to your liking, Bernd?
Or are you more of a Helene fan?
No, I think Udo Lindenberg is awesome.
He's a cool guy, likes sweets.
And this cake is definitely sweet.
Goes without saying that an Udo cake
needs some eggnog.
Great stuff, guys, awesome!
Thajo, you had a hard time
in the last round.
That's why you get
the S.O.S. joker!
If you activate it,
our star Bernd will come to help
for three minutes.
Use the time wisely!
You have 90 minutes.
And time's already ticking!
I envisioned it this way:
This as a base for the head,
and then another layer.
We'll see how it goes.
I will win. I feel it, I know it.
I will make it.
Since my dad loves Udo Lindenberg,
I am even more motivated
to get this right.
I have no clue.
Bernd, tell us, how can we do this
without panicking?
Stir eggnog into your cake batter
and bake it.
Heat up some jam, spread it on the bases,
and assemble the layers.
Cut Udo's head from the cake
and cover it all in frosting and fondant.
And just like that,
Udo is ready for showtime.
Easy peasy.
-Do you think they will get that?
-No.
-No.
-Nope.
First, I will make the batter.
Eggnog is missing.
I'll get that now.
-Eggnog is really...
-Almost a bit much.
All the great singers drink eggnog
before going on stage.
But why?
I heard it's supposed
to grease the vocal chords.
"Grease". Sure. And then...
You shouldn't chug an entire bottle.
-Yeah. That's just me being ambitious.
-Okay.
Oh, look at that.
Thajo has his first sheet in the oven.
Batter number one is going in.
Hold on.
He has one flat sheet right there.
The base... Right.
BY THE WAY...
THE BASE PLATE IS ALREADY THERE!
I'll just grab the batter from the oven.
I don't need this one.
I have a base plate there already.
I don't think they have a clue
of what they're doing.
"Cut spices finely." What spices?
Kati won't be deterred by this.
She doesn't know what she's doing,
but she is convinced that she will win.
I'll add in some vanilla
because I think that eggnog and vanilla
go well together.
Oh, vanilla was a good idea.
She sounds very confident.
Yeah. That's not always helpful.
Are we also gonna have some eggnog?
Since it's available?
I didn't hear myself saying no.
I don't really like it,
but we should get used to the taste.
Come on. I'm going to steal
some eggnog from Kati.
-Feel right at home.
-Or we take an egg yolk and icing sugar.
Kati, do you need the eggnog right now?
Nope, you can take a sip.
-Just don't drink all of it.
-No, I won't.
-I need another 7oz.
-Okay!
I picked the small glasses.
-But don't fill it all the way up.
-Oh God, please, no.
-Cheers, ladies!
-Cheers!
-This is a great party, guys.
-Cheers!
I am thinking about refining
the second batch of batter.
Change up the taste a bit.
Over there!
It flushes out the stuff
that's stuck between the teeth.
Delicious. I am up for a second round.
Nope, thanks, I'm already getting sick.
Maybe cocoa or something like that.
Exactly.
Bummer, it's cinnamon.
Actually, cinnamon is fine.
Thajo is using cinnamon.
-Cinnamon?
-Where do you see that?
-Can't you tell?
-I can't tell anything anymore.
That's the eggnog.
I see a lot... but not cinnamon.
Where do I get the frosting from?
RECIPE NO PANIC CAKE
2. MAKE FROSTING
Kati definitely has enough butter there.
Let's see if...
Kati, it's going to be
real buttercream, right?
Please, work. Please.
It's so much butter,
the scale can't even weigh it anymore.
It always shows error.
Error always means wrong.
There's no problem.
In this case, it means
you got more than 11oz.
Nonsense, it's not that much.
I have never made frosting.
This butter... ugh.
Gross.
Mamma mia!
Thajo, is everything alright?
Is everything okay?
You seem a bit lost.
My worst case has occurred.
I had a proper blackout.
I wasn't able to do anything
but rolling out fondant.
Rolling out fondant...
Attention, cake lovers,
you have 40 minutes left!
-S.O.S.!
-S.O.S. with Thajo!
S.O.S.!
-S.O.S.!
-S.O.S.!
-What do you want to do?
-I'm completely lost.
-I know nothing.
-What do you want to make?
One cake is in the oven.
We'll leave that there
-until it's fully baked.
-Right.
There's nothing funnier
than funny dialects and voices.
I'm so into that.
What's the craziest voice you can do?
Let the machine run full throttle.
That'll make it fluffier.
Can you teach me?
I want to do the Dutch dialect.
-Jam. Did you do that?
-No.
You heat it up and it sticks more easily.
-Dat - is - echt - goed!
-Dat - is - echt - goed!
Dat is echt goed.
Do you know what these two are for?
That is the mic stand.
-Yes.
-And this is for the hand.
-It's very experimental today.
-That's how it is every time!
Do you know how to make the hand?
I'll make that "learning by doing."
"Learning by doing", awesome.
Five, four, three...
-Let's go!
-...two, one.
I'm here.
A little stick.
Thajo has no idea what he's doing.
-Oh no.
-It's going to be interesting.
The S.O.S. button was great
because Bernd got me motivated again.
This is going to be the ashtray's rim.
Now I'll check if the cake is fully baked.
RECIPE NO PANIC CAKE
4. BUILD UDO
We'll just say it is.
I'm adding this now, but it doesn't stick.
It doesn't work. This idea was rubbish.
But that's okay. This is rubbish.
Please, stay like this.
Please be baked.
No, it's actually good!
If she does that while it's still warm...
-She should let it cool.
-Uh-oh.
I just need to stick it on there, right?
That's a mistake. It could break.
That's not good.
But what else should I do?
Maybe make a hole first.
Yes, good idea.
Usually, everything works out for me.
As long as I believe that I can do it.
Well this actually looks good. I like it.
You have 15 minutes left.
Oh no!
Faster!
Great.
It's so annoying
that the others are further ahead.
But I can do it.
Look at that. Thajo...
What the heck is he doing?
By now, I have something
on my plate at least.
At some point,
I was able to flick the switch.
The fondant was rolled out.
I was able to cover the cake with it.
It was decent.
Liquorice? That could be the hair.
Uh-oh!
He gave Udo just five hairs.
That's an insult.
He really does have more.
And Kati...
Sorry, Udo.
We've reached the point
where nobody gives a damn anymore.
Obviously.
It's gonna be hilarious!
I really need some filling for my hat.
It looks like a bonnet from the 1900s.
-No, it's a... it's a...
-A hairnet.
Guys, two minutes! Two minutes!
Let's see if I can improve the hair.
Everything is falling apart.
So sorry.
Hurry up!
I am giving him some more hair.
Now it's down to the wire!
I'll try to fix it with these sticks.
I could draw him some eyes.
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
Hands up! Time's up!
I think my cake can win!
Bakers, this is the VIP area!
At least I hope so.
Remember, this is the original Udo cake.
And now show us your creation.
Drum roll, please.
-Oh God!
-Nailed it!
It turned out great!
I really gave my best.
We have the hand and the mic.
We have the cigar and even some ash.
I thought...
when Udo is quite tipsy
he might look like that.
It looks a grumpy mother-in-law
with an updo and a sleeping mask.
She forgot her cigarette in the ash tray
on the sofa.
-Bernd?
-I really tried my best.
-Really...
-First, something positive.
It reminds me of something
vaguely human.
There you go!
You can see ears, a nose and a mouth.
It looks like he had some work
done on his lips.
It's a bit Buddha, a bit Calli Calmund.
I kinda like it.
Kati, we are impressed.
Moving on!
-To Steffi!
-Hi!
Let's see!
Nailed it!
Do you know who that is? Werner.
It's Werner!
Yeah, sure, that's Werner.
Udo, I'm so sorry.
I met Udo in 2008.
That's how I remember him.
He was in a good mood
and a bit tipsy.
So I think it's quite fitting.
I'll say this...
Yeah, awesome.
Half orc, half creature.
What would Udo say?
I think it's super awesome.
Eggnog is dripping out my nose.
It's gonna be great!
And on to the next one.
-Thajo!
-Hello!
Thajo, show us your Austrian version.
Nailed it!
-Now that's some bust.
-Indeed.
Something in between Harry Potter
and Sherlock Holmes.
Is that a compliment?
I really like the apricots for ears.
So, he's sitting
at a Viennese coffee house.
-With a cigarette.
-Right.
We see that here. With a real...
And the chicken leg
right in front...
When he gets hungry,
he just takes a bite.
And if that's too meaty,
he'll eat the ear.
That's fine as well, right?
It's a real...
Interesting mix.
Awesome.
We are heading back to the chill lounge
to wait for pieces of your crazy cakes.
Let's go!
Guys, you shouldn't have made
such an effort.
-It's...
-No, it's fine.
We'll start with Kati's cake.
Oh God. Is it that terrible?
Your cream is a real...
buttery buttercream.
-All the way.
-I like that.
Kati.
It's not over yet.
Maybe I need some more alcohol.
Even more alcohol?
There's already a lot in it.
I taste next to nothing of it.
-Okay.
-But I want to say one thing.
You used real vanilla.
You can see and taste that.
That's right.
The cake is really firm.
If you have false teeth,
this might be a good adhesive cream.
Good! Let's move on to Steffi!
-There's a lot happening on the plate.
-Go big or go home.
Yeah.
It's a decent cake.
I taste a hint of eggnog
in your buttercream.
It could've been a bit more.
The cream...
Let's just refer to it as that.
It has a lot of icing sugar.
It has a crunch.
But the flavor is very nice.
It's really tasty! So...
-Awesome!
-Thank you.
And on to Thajo's creation.
I want to get underneath it.
There's something hidden there.
You are looking for inner values.
The texture remind me a little
of insulation foam.
-A bit.
-The decoration is like modern art.
It's like, "Let's see what happens."
Thajo, I taste cinnamon!
-And I like cinnamon!
-Me too.
I love cinnamon. Bernd?
Your mouth is glued shut.
I think the touch of cinnamon
is very interesting.
It gives the whole cake a different drive.
It distracts from the dry cake
on the bottom.
The cream and the jam compensate for it.
I must say, you did rather well.
We are going to deliberate
and come back with a decision!
You fearless bakers,
we have come to a decision.
Bernd, please tell us,
which personality was the most convincing?
Today's winner is the cake
with the most personal touch.
And it is...
Thajo!
Congratulations!
Here is your trophy!
My Udo was the best Udo
of them all, right?