Nailed It! Mexico (2019–2021): Season 3, Episode 2 - Baking Cementary - full transcript
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
There are days
when all we notice is the beauty in life,
and everything looks like this.
Other days we're extremely tired,
and everything looks like this.
In Nailed It! Mexico,
everything is beautiful
because it's the thought that counts.
It's time to meet
our pastry chefs from the beyond
who are now that bit closer
to winning 200,000 pesos.
So this is... death by sugar.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Hi, my name is Guillermo Mojica.
I'm 35 years old.
I'm from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
I'm a human resources adviser from home
because I spend
most of my time raising my children.
My experience
with pastry-making is recent.
But I'm not that good at decorating.
If I win the 200,000 pesos,
I'll take my wife and children
on vacation, to make them happy
and to have a nice break.
Hi, I'm Cecy de la Mora. I'm 25,
and I'm from Monterrey, Nuevo León.
I have a problem with pastry-making.
I love receiving cakes as gifts,
but when I try to do them, it's a failure.
When the first season came out,
I tweeted Omar Chaparro,
who, by the way, never answered me,
asking him how to audition.
I feel like I'm winning 100%
just by having this experience.
I'm Liza Macari,
better known as Liza the Organizer.
I'm from Mexico City, and I'm 64.
I'm great at cooking.
You can tell, right? I love food.
But I'm no good at making desserts.
These are raw and burnt
at the same time. I just can't.
My brother died recently.
He was a chef,
but he never went on any game shows.
So I'm doing this for him.
Let's see how I do.
Welcome, pastry chefs.
Are you ready to walk among tombs?
We'll give it a go.
With us, we have the Fondant Lady,
the Turbo Chef, Anna Ruiz.
-Bravo.
-Thanks.
I'm a little scared
about entering this cemetery,
but I know I'm in good company.
Our guest judge
is an artist in every sense of the word.
She's spent her whole life
acting, singing, doing comedy, stand-up.
She's full of talent.
Today we have with us Alejandra Ley.
Thank you. That's so nice of you.
There's no dish I don't like.
Go ahead and feed me. I'll eat it.
-No worries. Let them come.
-Great.
Now it's time for Sweet Possibilities.
Mexican culture has always
taken death with a pinch of hilarity,
and lots of humor,
but also with elegance,
as we can see in these...
Catrina cupcakes.
An extremely classic Catrina,
with flowers and embroidered dress.
The mariachi Catrina.
And the third, more fashionable,
more modern, but still very much Catrina.
The queen of the underworld
is made out of three cupcakes,
placed one on top of the other
and sculpted to form the body.
The head is a cake pop.
The dress details are made from a mixture
of fondant and modeling chocolate,
and the face is painted with gel.
What do you think?
I'm lost for words.
Beautiful.
When I say, "Get the skeleton,"
run and pick your Catrina.
Okay.
-Get the skeleton!
-Run!
Liza, what happened?
I'm slow but I'm coming.
Oh, no!
It's beautiful.
My pastry chefs of the underworld,
you have one hour to finish your Catrina.
-Run, your clock is ticking.
-Let's go!
Where's my fridge?
"Ingredients. A cup of flour, four eggs."
Here.
Okay. One cup of flour for the cake.
Anna, how would I make
these Catrinas at home?
Are they easy to do
or should I pray first?
Each Catrina is made
from three cupcakes and a cake pop.
To make the cupcakes,
prepare the batter
and bake them until they're ready.
Prepare the icing.
When the cupcakes are done,
pile them one on top of the other.
Sculpt the cupcakes
to form Catrina's body,
and seal it with icing.
To make the cake-pop dough
mix icing with cupcake crumbs.
Mold Catrina's head
and dunk it in melted chocolate.
Mount the head on top of the cupcakes,
add details to the dress, the head,
and the body
with fondant and edible coloring.
And your Catrina will be ready.
I'm hungry already.
Hurry up, guys. I'm hungry.
Let's start by making
the cupcakes, the central part.
I'm here on Nailed It!
to teach my children
that we need to try new things
and challenge ourselves.
My children will be laughing at me.
I love organization
but I have none of that now.
We need more organized people like him.
I dropped an eggshell in.
Everything okay, Liza?
Everything okay, my dear.
Don't be scared of trying my cake.
I love that today's theme
is the Day of the Dead.
But I also like the witchcraft theme.
That has me very excited.
Melted butter.
It will be delicious, believe me.
Hope she doesn't add hair of cat.
How much will this be, my God?
-Give it your all!
-That's great!
It's a lot of butter.
Four. I know how to work under pressure,
but I'm always anxious at the start.
And always wanting to...
I enter into panic mode.
Two and a half cups of melted butter.
That's it.
-That's much more than two and a half, no?
-It is.
Her cupcakes could deflate.
Let's go.
I won't use the paper.
I feel like it will get in the way.
I'll add butter to this.
I don't have much time,
so I think this is for the best.
-Do you need to add paper?
-You can use butter instead, right?
God help us all.
This is for Omar.
-She keeps pretending she's a witch.
-I like her.
Five.
There's a wicked witch!
And I'll eat her cupcakes!
Yes!
I'm putting them here. It's faster
and easier. It says, "Bake at 360."
It's already at 360.
Guys, 45 minutes left
to finish your Catrinas.
Thanks for the stress.
Where's the measuring cup?
Four cups. So much powdered sugar.
One...
I hope it's not too liquid.
It has to be thick.
It says, "Three to four." I'll add four.
He's very clean. He keeps his space very...
-He takes care of kids...
-Yes.
I made a mess on the table again.
Yes. The icing is done. Ready.
Do you have a boyfriend?
I hope I get one this season.
Mention your Instagram on air.
"Follow back." I'll follow you.
Great. That's the right attitude.
Guess what? They came out clean.
Making cupcakes is my specialty.
Guillermo's taking
his cakes out of the oven.
-Wow!
-Cakes out the oven!
Hey, Guillermo,
do you cook for your children?
As best as I can.
They love me so much,
they eat whatever I make.
I have to see how my cupcakes are doing.
Oh, no! They spilled over.
They spilled and I didn't open the oven.
They look like donuts.
I don't get it. They've sunk.
Liza and Cecy's cupcakes are deflating.
I think it's the butter.
It said, "One cup,"
but I didn't measure it.
Can't you make them rise using witchcraft?
-No.
-I'm anxious.
I failed.
This has never happened to me before.
Cakes are like life itself.
You never know what will happen.
You have 31 minutes left, guys.
No. I mean...
Let's go. Everything's in order.
Get out, don't get stuck.
This one is crumbling.
It got stuck.
Oh, it's... No way!
I have never in my life...
...removed a cupcake.
I added butter to prevent sticking.
I guess it wasn't enough.
Turn it round and hit it.
-Exactly. Be patient.
-It's come out!
-There.
-It's out at last.
Save me one of those.
With a cuppa...
No way.
I'll leave the paper on, otherwise...
There it is.
-She's stacking them with the paper on.
-She's putting it on top?
I'm adding Nutella
because it came out terrible.
I don't understand
why my cupcakes deflated but, oh well!
I thought, "What can I do? Nutella."
-She'll put us in a diabetic coma.
-Exactly.
Now I'm going to sculpt the top part.
It's not that great, but, oh well.
-Won't it collapse as it's hollow?
-She'll have to fill it up.
There it is. It should hold up well.
-Look at that.
-Well, look.
That's my Catrina's dress.
I feel desperate
because this is a disaster.
I tried to avoid focusing
on cleaning my work area,
and instead prepared my mind
to work hard and fast.
I'm doing a body sculpture
because mine doesn't have a waist.
That's my Catrina model.
No body shaming.
Pretend she's a plus-sized model.
She's from Yucatán, I think,
because she's going to have a big head.
She's a Yucatán Catrina.
There goes the head.
This is heavy. Darn!
There goes the waist and the head.
Oh, Lord!
It has no neck.
I'm normally okay with handicrafts,
but not under pressure.
This is on another level.
Guys, five minutes left.
Run, time is ticking.
Five minutes, no way!
Time is running out.
Decorating takes a lot of time.
Why is your Catrina's hair
covered in silver?
Her hair is falling out,
so I'm giving it a special treatment.
I have the same problem.
What's the secret?
I'm terrible at handicrafts.
With time almost running out,
it's hard for me
to think about the details.
The Charro of Huentitán says
the most important thing in Mexico
is the charro costume...
Please, never show him this.
Oh, no!
She looks like she left a club
and is crying over her ex.
One eye this way, the other here.
She's leaning over.
I realized that
my Catrina was leaning over,
so I thought, "She's drunk."
She's beautiful, cute.
One minute and thirty seconds.
That's terrible!
I'm desperate.
Don't forget the details.
The face, the dress, the flowers,
all of Catrina's details.
I can make it. I can do it.
My hands are trembling.
The vodka!
I want them to soak
their bit of cake in it before eating it.
Dear God!
-Oh, my God!
-No way.
Five,
four, three, two, one,
you're done!
Ready.
How's the witch doing?
A little nervous.
Liza the Organizer,
this is the Catrina
you were meant to make.
Now, show us yours, please.
She has a whole story.
-Well, tell me, because I don't get it.
-She's drunk.
Is that why she's sideways?
Yes, we need to send her
to rehab right away.
Is that dish there in case she vomits?
No, that's vodka.
-She drinks it from there.
-It's the vodka.
The dress is very pretty.
The fondant is well-placed,
very smooth, very flat.
I like the rustic touch
because the original crown was gold,
but yours looks more wooden, more rustic.
The cake pop, good job. I mean, somehow.
I don't see a body.
The head is too big.
That's why she's leaning over.
Remember, too much weight isn't good.
Can we try your Catrina?
Go ahead.
Let's try the cake pop.
I dropped the vodka.
I just have to say
there's too much fondant,
but both your cake and the cake pop
are spectacular. I like them a lot.
And the vodka was the perfect twist.
-That's cool.
-You added too much butter.
But despite that I liked the cake.
And the cake pop's texture.
It seems consistent, you did a great job.
I really liked the cake.
It was delicious. The icing was...
-Applause for Liza the Organizer.
-Thanks.
Hi, Cecilia.
Cecy, we're looking at
the beautiful Catrina you had to make.
Show us yours now.
Ready?
So pretty!
She's well-balanced.
The head isn't bigger than the body,
nor vice versa.
Aesthetically,
I love what you did to the hair.
I like that she looks about to dance.
Yes, she's doing this,
she's starting with this...
She's bringing the rhythm.
Cecy, I like it a lot. Really.
The body is well-balanced,
the head, the dress. Well done.
What happened to the cupcakes?
They crumbled when I tried
to get them out of the baking molds.
So I decided to leave them in the molds.
You added all the details,
that's no easy feat. She's so pretty.
Let's try it.
-Let's try it.
-Go ahead.
-She should've removed the molds.
-Yes.
Cecilia, I loved the colors.
The texture... Delicious.
Even though you added too much butter,
the cupcake was great.
I would've added more Nutella
to balance out the cake with the filling.
For someone chubby and daft,
the baking cup did bother me.
Like at the office,
when you get cake on a napkin,
and you eat half the napkin.
Thank you and well done, Cecilia.
-Bravo.
-Thanks.
Hi, Memo, how did it go?
I missed a few details,
but I think the cake pop
and the cupcake came out good.
We're looking at
the mariachi Catrina you had to make,
but we're dying to see the one you did.
No!
It looks like antique pottery.
It doesn't look very feminine.
It looks like a mariachi
or a chubby cowboy.
I love the detail on the eyes
and the little hearts you added.
I don't think he made
his Catrina big by mistake,
but to distract us.
She swallowed the violin. Who knows?
She has it here.
That's right.
-Can we try it?
-Let's try it.
My dear Memo, the cake pop tastes great.
It has the best texture. It's firm.
Yes, it definitely has a great texture.
You knew how to balance
the cake with the icing.
I thought the cupcake
was a little too dry.
I don't like that it crumbles,
but it tastes great.
l'd add more icing, but I love food.
-Memo. Congratulations.
-I appreciate it.
Come here, girls.
We're dying to know
who has won Sweet Possibilities.
The winner of Sweet Possibilities is...
You, Cecilia.
I was so excited.
And the golden cap as well.
What did she win, Ale?
Since you're going to be whipping a lot,
your prize is a superb electric mixer.
Bravo!
And the golden cap as well,
which will bring you luck
in the second challenge.
The most horrific part
is about to commence.
Please, follow us.
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
In a dark cemetery,
among wilted flowers,
creatures like these emerge
from below the ground.
Hell, no!
Zombie cake.
He wants to know
if someone's got some brain cake for him.
The soil is made from red-velvet cake.
The grass is made
from coconut and chocolate cookies.
The zombie's body
is made of cake, and the head
is puffed rice and modeling chocolate.
The guts and bones are fondant,
and the blood is made from corn syrup.
It looks easy to make, right?
I'm scared.
If the zombie won't co-operate,
press the Help button.
I'll help you for three minutes.
Memo, my pastry chef,
your Catrina
was not the most elegant, right?
So you get an advantage.
When you press
the "Omar-tyrdom zombie" button,
I will become a zombie.
I will bother your opponents
for three whole minutes to help you out.
Excellent.
Get ready to run away from this zombie
because he'll be rising from the grave
in one hour and 15 minutes.
What?
-The clock is ticking.
-Run.
-Let's go! Run for your lives.
-Run.
I need to turn this on. I can't.
Let's start with the cake mix.
-Anna, how do you make this cake?
-I'll tell you...
First, prepare the red-velvet mixture
by mixing the eggs,
red coloring, melted butter,
oil, vanilla extract, milk,
and vinegar, with all-purpose flour.
Add the mixture to the molds
and bake until ready.
Then, prepare the frosting
using black food coloring.
Make the zombie parts using puffed rice.
Make the details with modeling chocolate.
The eye is made of modeling chocolate
and the details are edible paint.
Mount one cake on the base
and seal it with icing.
Sculpt the body of the zombie
from the other cake
and mount it on the base.
Mount the body, the head,
add the hair
and face details with fondant.
Prepare the intestines,
paint the blood using syrup,
-and you have a zombie cake.
-Anna, did you notice?
I've never made red-velvet cake.
I hope it's okay.
Now that my relatives are watching me,
they'll say, "She can't be so bad
if she won one round."
Yes, it looks great,
but I need another one for the body.
Doing it in an hour
and 15 minutes is impossible.
I'll put these in the oven.
I'll try not to focus on the wrong things,
like I did before.
The strategy is simple.
I need to stop focusing on cleaning
and give myself enough time to decorate.
It's all supposed to be done.
Memo moves fast, right?
He runs after his kids.
It'll happen.
I made a mistake.
I should've put the liquids in first,
but I did it all together.
He put everything in at the same time.
Not step by step.
What happens
if he adds everything at the same time?
It may not rise in the oven.
-Oh, God!
-This one will be thicker.
We'll see if it works the same.
I don't know how to calculate the size.
And that little mold
won't help his cake rise.
I hope it's enough for the body.
This is going in the oven.
I think I have all the ingredients now.
I'm going against two strong rivals.
I think it will be
a great contest between the three of us.
Vinegar, two tablespoons.
It's too much vinegar.
Vinegar doesn't belong in a cake, I think.
Is this the secret?
So I decided to add more vanilla.
Magic powders!
That's goat's blood!
This is for you, my brother.
-Oh, honey.
-Oh, her brother.
I have to make another mix for the zombie.
Because this
is just for the cake underneath.
She's just starting on her second cake.
I'm making another mixture.
I'm so behind, but okay.
She won't have time to make it.
-Poor thing.
-Hope I don't ruin it.
One hour, before the zombie
-comes out of his tomb.
-My God!
Don't be mean.
Okay, for the frosting,
four ounces of butter,
eight teaspoons of whipping cream.
I need whipping cream.
Let's add another two.
I need to bake the second cake.
The worst looking one is Liza's.
I'll leave it up to God.
-It won't cook in time, right?
-Who knows? I hope she has time.
Dear God, there she goes.
In a race, there's no time
to do everything, but it'll have to do.
How are you doing?
No one's paying me any attention.
So I better save time
and make them suffer.
Omar-tyrdom!
Omar-tyrdom!
I leave them to you.
I'm hungry.
Oh, my children!
-I'll throw it over your head.
-She's upset.
Sorry.
We have to try to make it more liquid.
Let's start measuring. Three, four.
How's it going, Cecy?
My mission is to make you lose control.
No. What happened? No.
No!
I'll go slow, so the ingredients mix.
Let's see how it's going.
-It looks good.
-How are my girls doing?
-No.
-You'll like this one. It's blood!
Blood!
There it is.
But you have to try it first.
It's done. No more worrying about it.
Of course.
They left a mess for me here.
Everything okay, Liza?
At night, you'll regret
all the dirty tricks you played on me.
-I promise I won't do it again.
-I'm just playing with you.
Four sticks of butter,
eight cups of sugar.
Let's go! You can do it!
One,
two...
That's it. I'll make it with that.
She put two instead of eight.
I hope she makes enough icing.
-No!
-That's terrible.
Cecilia.
Are you going to follow the recipe?
Yes, I'll try my best.
Dear God.
I'll start making
the head out of Rice Krispies.
Come on, Morticia, you can do it.
What do I cover the face with?
With fondant?
I started questioning a few things.
Chocolate.
They said, "chocolate," right?
I think it's time
to ask Chef Anna for help.
Anna, help!
-Help!
-Help!
-Help!
-Help!
-What happened, Liza? Tell me.
-What do I use to cover this?
-What's this?
-The face.
She's a peach.
The nose is sculpted from outside.
Look at the size of the face.
That's huge.
Take it out later. Ask me now.
Don't stress her, please.
-Make it smaller.
-Covered in chocolate?
With modeling chocolate. But the orifices
and whatever you see on the face and mouth
must be sculpted outwards.
Oh, I learned something.
Good luck, Liza. Work hard.
Thanks!
Now the nose.
I have some great ideas.
What a pretty thing!
It's taking shape now.
This is so hard, come on.
Cecilia's looks like the Hulk.
-I know, right?
-He ate his spinach.
I don't mean to scare you
but I checked your Instagram and you got
-500 more followers.
-Great.
Say your account on air again.
Cecydelamors.
This is hard.
I thought it would be easy to use.
The dough is hard to knead.
So I went for the easiest option.
I'm trying to save some time.
This is so incredibly tiring.
Pastry chefs, you have 30 minutes left.
-No.
-My God.
Watch it, hot!
We want cake.
I'll come back in three minutes.
-I'll remove it.
-Go, Liza, you can do it.
And for the body... Oh, no.
It's not ready.
My cake is almost ready.
-There's not much time left.
-Poor cake.
-It's still raw.
-The cake.
Well, this is ready.
Cecy is about to remove her cake,
and it hasn't cooled yet.
Come on. Give it your all.
-No!
-Watch out!
-What happened?
-It's still very hot.
-One part got stuck.
-Oh, no.
It's awful if it's too hot.
But I hope the frosting helps me a bit.
It's not good.
This is turning into a disaster.
It needed a little bit more.
It's done with icing,
but I haven't enough.
No. What is she adding to it?
I added Nutella again.
-There's not enough sugar or icing.
-Oh, my God!
It's stressful!
But she'll fix it, no?
-Yes.
-We'll see how it tastes.
Very sweet.
That mixture looked too thick.
I didn't think it would come out right.
No! It's sunken in the middle.
-Come on.
-It didn't rise enough.
The cake hasn't risen
because I didn't follow
the recipe to the letter.
-I feel under pressure.
-The mold was too small.
-Of course.
-I don't know how much
it will affect him
when it's time to decide.
We need to add something here.
Let's add this.
This will help me adjust the height.
That's the base there.
It definitely looks green.
But I'm missing the body,
and mine is still in the oven.
-That's terrible.
-No!
Yes, I'm stressed.
I can't give up.
-It's not ready.
-Not ready.
Can she save the cake?
No, she started baking it too late.
I'll make it from this
as my cake isn't ready.
What is she going to do?
So I decided
to make the body out of Rice Krispies.
I'll add the body.
Look at that.
It's coming.
-Sixteen minutes left.
-No.
-No.
-The last few touches.
Remember all the details.
I still need a lot.
I added the head
but it fell backwards due to the weight.
So it looks like he's lying down.
I'm making the eye.
I won't have time
to make the small figures.
I only have one pair of hands.
I have lots to do and no time.
-Run.
-I'm doing this for my kids.
Trying new things is worth it.
There was no time. I had to hurry,
so there were some details
that I wasn't able to smooth out.
They'll look like tiger paws.
So pretty.
Okay, one hand and the eyes are ready.
There.
What's hanging from the zombie? The eye.
The head is too big for the body.
This man has spent
too much time underground.
I gave it my best effort.
I had a lot of fun.
-One minute left.
-No!
No, please.
I still need the red marshmallows.
The intestines.
I'll add more body.
I'm so nervous and excited.
I was trying to do the finishing touches.
Ready. We need blood.
Like soil. I'm so nervous.
Five, four,
three, two,
one, you're done!
You're done!
Hi, Liza.
We're looking at the zombie you had to do,
now show us yours, please.
Oh, Liza!
It's amazing.
The eye is popping out.
It looks more like a small intestine.
Yes, right?
I like that one eye is looking at Guaymas
and the other at Mérida.
It looks like a hammerhead shark.
I like it.
-Liza, is the body made of cake?
-No.
-Puffed rice.
-Puffed rice.
-Like the head.
-Like the head.
It was fun to work with.
-It's my first time.
-He thinks so too.
Is that white thing Parmesan cheese?
That's dirt
because he was coming out of the dirt.
I like it, very pretty.
Liza, well done.
Miss Cecilia,
could you show us yours, please?
Sure.
Good heavens!
The base crumbled a little,
but that's because
he's rising from the earth.
Well, of course, dirt isn't perfect.
I like the detail of the red-velvet stone.
It's not like the original,
but I like the bloody detail.
I like that jet propulsion eye.
Like it was shot out.
He wanted to kill someone
with that eye. Like...
I see that the zombie's lying down.
Unlike the other zombie
that's crawling to the front...
-He's resting.
-...this one is going backwards.
I see he has no hands.
It has an intense green hue,
like a Hulk piñata.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Mr. Memo, how did you do on this round?
I feel much better than in the first one.
Show us yours.
That's an interesting zombie.
It has a fat hand, like me. Fat hand.
The left eye looks like a boiled egg.
The kind we don't like, with blood in it.
And you say, "Gross!", and don't eat it.
It has almost no nose
and it's missing the holes.
It had rhinoplasty
because the nose is very pointy.
-The body is another color.
-It looks like a sports jacket.
-Made of two colors.
-A varsity jacket.
-Yes.
-Exactly. I think it's pretty.
This applause is for you,
and for you two as well.
Now you have to serve us
a good slice of your cake
so we can decide who is the winner of
Nailed It! Mexico.
Let's start by trying Liza's cake.
Liza, I must say,
your cake has a great consistency.
-Very nice color.
-I would've liked it more spongy.
The weight of so many things
on top flattened it a bit.
The color is pretty. It also tastes great.
It's nicely painted. Congratulations.
Okay, we'll try Cecilia's now.
Cecilia,
you used Nutella again instead of...
I didn't do enough icing,
so I had to grab the Nutella again.
But I liked it. It tastes good.
I liked the touch of Nutella.
The combination of Nutella
with chocolate icing and red velvet
-is perfect. Well done.
-Thanks.
If it lacked sweetness,
the Nutella compensated,
but yes, the sponge did lack sweetness,
but it's tasty. I'd gladly eat it.
Let's go see Guillermo's.
Did you see her eyes widen?
Guillermo...
It's a bit dense.
It feels a little too dense.
It's heavy when you eat it,
but it's very tasty,
I think you did great.
It gathers in your mouth
when you eat it, you know?
It didn't rise enough but it tastes great,
-it's not bad.
-Thanks.
It's time to pick
the winner of the 200,000 pesos
and the coveted Nailed It! Mexico trophy.
Production, bring in the trophy.
It'll get here eventually.
Thanks.
It'd be great
if he got caught on the door.
-Oh, God!
-We have the trophy,
-the gun with the bills.
-We do now.
And now it's Turbo Chef's turn to speak.
Great job. You all did great.
The winner of Nailed It! Mexico is...
It's you, Liza!
Liza!
I can't believe this!
It's for your brother.
Yes!
I think my brother Felipe helped me.
Winning has given me a sense of comfort.
I made it today.
This won't stop, this continues
because this is Nailed It! Mexico.
See you next time.
-Selfie.
-Selfie.
One, two, three.
There are days
when all we notice is the beauty in life,
and everything looks like this.
Other days we're extremely tired,
and everything looks like this.
In Nailed It! Mexico,
everything is beautiful
because it's the thought that counts.
It's time to meet
our pastry chefs from the beyond
who are now that bit closer
to winning 200,000 pesos.
So this is... death by sugar.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Hi, my name is Guillermo Mojica.
I'm 35 years old.
I'm from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
I'm a human resources adviser from home
because I spend
most of my time raising my children.
My experience
with pastry-making is recent.
But I'm not that good at decorating.
If I win the 200,000 pesos,
I'll take my wife and children
on vacation, to make them happy
and to have a nice break.
Hi, I'm Cecy de la Mora. I'm 25,
and I'm from Monterrey, Nuevo León.
I have a problem with pastry-making.
I love receiving cakes as gifts,
but when I try to do them, it's a failure.
When the first season came out,
I tweeted Omar Chaparro,
who, by the way, never answered me,
asking him how to audition.
I feel like I'm winning 100%
just by having this experience.
I'm Liza Macari,
better known as Liza the Organizer.
I'm from Mexico City, and I'm 64.
I'm great at cooking.
You can tell, right? I love food.
But I'm no good at making desserts.
These are raw and burnt
at the same time. I just can't.
My brother died recently.
He was a chef,
but he never went on any game shows.
So I'm doing this for him.
Let's see how I do.
Welcome, pastry chefs.
Are you ready to walk among tombs?
We'll give it a go.
With us, we have the Fondant Lady,
the Turbo Chef, Anna Ruiz.
-Bravo.
-Thanks.
I'm a little scared
about entering this cemetery,
but I know I'm in good company.
Our guest judge
is an artist in every sense of the word.
She's spent her whole life
acting, singing, doing comedy, stand-up.
She's full of talent.
Today we have with us Alejandra Ley.
Thank you. That's so nice of you.
There's no dish I don't like.
Go ahead and feed me. I'll eat it.
-No worries. Let them come.
-Great.
Now it's time for Sweet Possibilities.
Mexican culture has always
taken death with a pinch of hilarity,
and lots of humor,
but also with elegance,
as we can see in these...
Catrina cupcakes.
An extremely classic Catrina,
with flowers and embroidered dress.
The mariachi Catrina.
And the third, more fashionable,
more modern, but still very much Catrina.
The queen of the underworld
is made out of three cupcakes,
placed one on top of the other
and sculpted to form the body.
The head is a cake pop.
The dress details are made from a mixture
of fondant and modeling chocolate,
and the face is painted with gel.
What do you think?
I'm lost for words.
Beautiful.
When I say, "Get the skeleton,"
run and pick your Catrina.
Okay.
-Get the skeleton!
-Run!
Liza, what happened?
I'm slow but I'm coming.
Oh, no!
It's beautiful.
My pastry chefs of the underworld,
you have one hour to finish your Catrina.
-Run, your clock is ticking.
-Let's go!
Where's my fridge?
"Ingredients. A cup of flour, four eggs."
Here.
Okay. One cup of flour for the cake.
Anna, how would I make
these Catrinas at home?
Are they easy to do
or should I pray first?
Each Catrina is made
from three cupcakes and a cake pop.
To make the cupcakes,
prepare the batter
and bake them until they're ready.
Prepare the icing.
When the cupcakes are done,
pile them one on top of the other.
Sculpt the cupcakes
to form Catrina's body,
and seal it with icing.
To make the cake-pop dough
mix icing with cupcake crumbs.
Mold Catrina's head
and dunk it in melted chocolate.
Mount the head on top of the cupcakes,
add details to the dress, the head,
and the body
with fondant and edible coloring.
And your Catrina will be ready.
I'm hungry already.
Hurry up, guys. I'm hungry.
Let's start by making
the cupcakes, the central part.
I'm here on Nailed It!
to teach my children
that we need to try new things
and challenge ourselves.
My children will be laughing at me.
I love organization
but I have none of that now.
We need more organized people like him.
I dropped an eggshell in.
Everything okay, Liza?
Everything okay, my dear.
Don't be scared of trying my cake.
I love that today's theme
is the Day of the Dead.
But I also like the witchcraft theme.
That has me very excited.
Melted butter.
It will be delicious, believe me.
Hope she doesn't add hair of cat.
How much will this be, my God?
-Give it your all!
-That's great!
It's a lot of butter.
Four. I know how to work under pressure,
but I'm always anxious at the start.
And always wanting to...
I enter into panic mode.
Two and a half cups of melted butter.
That's it.
-That's much more than two and a half, no?
-It is.
Her cupcakes could deflate.
Let's go.
I won't use the paper.
I feel like it will get in the way.
I'll add butter to this.
I don't have much time,
so I think this is for the best.
-Do you need to add paper?
-You can use butter instead, right?
God help us all.
This is for Omar.
-She keeps pretending she's a witch.
-I like her.
Five.
There's a wicked witch!
And I'll eat her cupcakes!
Yes!
I'm putting them here. It's faster
and easier. It says, "Bake at 360."
It's already at 360.
Guys, 45 minutes left
to finish your Catrinas.
Thanks for the stress.
Where's the measuring cup?
Four cups. So much powdered sugar.
One...
I hope it's not too liquid.
It has to be thick.
It says, "Three to four." I'll add four.
He's very clean. He keeps his space very...
-He takes care of kids...
-Yes.
I made a mess on the table again.
Yes. The icing is done. Ready.
Do you have a boyfriend?
I hope I get one this season.
Mention your Instagram on air.
"Follow back." I'll follow you.
Great. That's the right attitude.
Guess what? They came out clean.
Making cupcakes is my specialty.
Guillermo's taking
his cakes out of the oven.
-Wow!
-Cakes out the oven!
Hey, Guillermo,
do you cook for your children?
As best as I can.
They love me so much,
they eat whatever I make.
I have to see how my cupcakes are doing.
Oh, no! They spilled over.
They spilled and I didn't open the oven.
They look like donuts.
I don't get it. They've sunk.
Liza and Cecy's cupcakes are deflating.
I think it's the butter.
It said, "One cup,"
but I didn't measure it.
Can't you make them rise using witchcraft?
-No.
-I'm anxious.
I failed.
This has never happened to me before.
Cakes are like life itself.
You never know what will happen.
You have 31 minutes left, guys.
No. I mean...
Let's go. Everything's in order.
Get out, don't get stuck.
This one is crumbling.
It got stuck.
Oh, it's... No way!
I have never in my life...
...removed a cupcake.
I added butter to prevent sticking.
I guess it wasn't enough.
Turn it round and hit it.
-Exactly. Be patient.
-It's come out!
-There.
-It's out at last.
Save me one of those.
With a cuppa...
No way.
I'll leave the paper on, otherwise...
There it is.
-She's stacking them with the paper on.
-She's putting it on top?
I'm adding Nutella
because it came out terrible.
I don't understand
why my cupcakes deflated but, oh well!
I thought, "What can I do? Nutella."
-She'll put us in a diabetic coma.
-Exactly.
Now I'm going to sculpt the top part.
It's not that great, but, oh well.
-Won't it collapse as it's hollow?
-She'll have to fill it up.
There it is. It should hold up well.
-Look at that.
-Well, look.
That's my Catrina's dress.
I feel desperate
because this is a disaster.
I tried to avoid focusing
on cleaning my work area,
and instead prepared my mind
to work hard and fast.
I'm doing a body sculpture
because mine doesn't have a waist.
That's my Catrina model.
No body shaming.
Pretend she's a plus-sized model.
She's from Yucatán, I think,
because she's going to have a big head.
She's a Yucatán Catrina.
There goes the head.
This is heavy. Darn!
There goes the waist and the head.
Oh, Lord!
It has no neck.
I'm normally okay with handicrafts,
but not under pressure.
This is on another level.
Guys, five minutes left.
Run, time is ticking.
Five minutes, no way!
Time is running out.
Decorating takes a lot of time.
Why is your Catrina's hair
covered in silver?
Her hair is falling out,
so I'm giving it a special treatment.
I have the same problem.
What's the secret?
I'm terrible at handicrafts.
With time almost running out,
it's hard for me
to think about the details.
The Charro of Huentitán says
the most important thing in Mexico
is the charro costume...
Please, never show him this.
Oh, no!
She looks like she left a club
and is crying over her ex.
One eye this way, the other here.
She's leaning over.
I realized that
my Catrina was leaning over,
so I thought, "She's drunk."
She's beautiful, cute.
One minute and thirty seconds.
That's terrible!
I'm desperate.
Don't forget the details.
The face, the dress, the flowers,
all of Catrina's details.
I can make it. I can do it.
My hands are trembling.
The vodka!
I want them to soak
their bit of cake in it before eating it.
Dear God!
-Oh, my God!
-No way.
Five,
four, three, two, one,
you're done!
Ready.
How's the witch doing?
A little nervous.
Liza the Organizer,
this is the Catrina
you were meant to make.
Now, show us yours, please.
She has a whole story.
-Well, tell me, because I don't get it.
-She's drunk.
Is that why she's sideways?
Yes, we need to send her
to rehab right away.
Is that dish there in case she vomits?
No, that's vodka.
-She drinks it from there.
-It's the vodka.
The dress is very pretty.
The fondant is well-placed,
very smooth, very flat.
I like the rustic touch
because the original crown was gold,
but yours looks more wooden, more rustic.
The cake pop, good job. I mean, somehow.
I don't see a body.
The head is too big.
That's why she's leaning over.
Remember, too much weight isn't good.
Can we try your Catrina?
Go ahead.
Let's try the cake pop.
I dropped the vodka.
I just have to say
there's too much fondant,
but both your cake and the cake pop
are spectacular. I like them a lot.
And the vodka was the perfect twist.
-That's cool.
-You added too much butter.
But despite that I liked the cake.
And the cake pop's texture.
It seems consistent, you did a great job.
I really liked the cake.
It was delicious. The icing was...
-Applause for Liza the Organizer.
-Thanks.
Hi, Cecilia.
Cecy, we're looking at
the beautiful Catrina you had to make.
Show us yours now.
Ready?
So pretty!
She's well-balanced.
The head isn't bigger than the body,
nor vice versa.
Aesthetically,
I love what you did to the hair.
I like that she looks about to dance.
Yes, she's doing this,
she's starting with this...
She's bringing the rhythm.
Cecy, I like it a lot. Really.
The body is well-balanced,
the head, the dress. Well done.
What happened to the cupcakes?
They crumbled when I tried
to get them out of the baking molds.
So I decided to leave them in the molds.
You added all the details,
that's no easy feat. She's so pretty.
Let's try it.
-Let's try it.
-Go ahead.
-She should've removed the molds.
-Yes.
Cecilia, I loved the colors.
The texture... Delicious.
Even though you added too much butter,
the cupcake was great.
I would've added more Nutella
to balance out the cake with the filling.
For someone chubby and daft,
the baking cup did bother me.
Like at the office,
when you get cake on a napkin,
and you eat half the napkin.
Thank you and well done, Cecilia.
-Bravo.
-Thanks.
Hi, Memo, how did it go?
I missed a few details,
but I think the cake pop
and the cupcake came out good.
We're looking at
the mariachi Catrina you had to make,
but we're dying to see the one you did.
No!
It looks like antique pottery.
It doesn't look very feminine.
It looks like a mariachi
or a chubby cowboy.
I love the detail on the eyes
and the little hearts you added.
I don't think he made
his Catrina big by mistake,
but to distract us.
She swallowed the violin. Who knows?
She has it here.
That's right.
-Can we try it?
-Let's try it.
My dear Memo, the cake pop tastes great.
It has the best texture. It's firm.
Yes, it definitely has a great texture.
You knew how to balance
the cake with the icing.
I thought the cupcake
was a little too dry.
I don't like that it crumbles,
but it tastes great.
l'd add more icing, but I love food.
-Memo. Congratulations.
-I appreciate it.
Come here, girls.
We're dying to know
who has won Sweet Possibilities.
The winner of Sweet Possibilities is...
You, Cecilia.
I was so excited.
And the golden cap as well.
What did she win, Ale?
Since you're going to be whipping a lot,
your prize is a superb electric mixer.
Bravo!
And the golden cap as well,
which will bring you luck
in the second challenge.
The most horrific part
is about to commence.
Please, follow us.
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
In a dark cemetery,
among wilted flowers,
creatures like these emerge
from below the ground.
Hell, no!
Zombie cake.
He wants to know
if someone's got some brain cake for him.
The soil is made from red-velvet cake.
The grass is made
from coconut and chocolate cookies.
The zombie's body
is made of cake, and the head
is puffed rice and modeling chocolate.
The guts and bones are fondant,
and the blood is made from corn syrup.
It looks easy to make, right?
I'm scared.
If the zombie won't co-operate,
press the Help button.
I'll help you for three minutes.
Memo, my pastry chef,
your Catrina
was not the most elegant, right?
So you get an advantage.
When you press
the "Omar-tyrdom zombie" button,
I will become a zombie.
I will bother your opponents
for three whole minutes to help you out.
Excellent.
Get ready to run away from this zombie
because he'll be rising from the grave
in one hour and 15 minutes.
What?
-The clock is ticking.
-Run.
-Let's go! Run for your lives.
-Run.
I need to turn this on. I can't.
Let's start with the cake mix.
-Anna, how do you make this cake?
-I'll tell you...
First, prepare the red-velvet mixture
by mixing the eggs,
red coloring, melted butter,
oil, vanilla extract, milk,
and vinegar, with all-purpose flour.
Add the mixture to the molds
and bake until ready.
Then, prepare the frosting
using black food coloring.
Make the zombie parts using puffed rice.
Make the details with modeling chocolate.
The eye is made of modeling chocolate
and the details are edible paint.
Mount one cake on the base
and seal it with icing.
Sculpt the body of the zombie
from the other cake
and mount it on the base.
Mount the body, the head,
add the hair
and face details with fondant.
Prepare the intestines,
paint the blood using syrup,
-and you have a zombie cake.
-Anna, did you notice?
I've never made red-velvet cake.
I hope it's okay.
Now that my relatives are watching me,
they'll say, "She can't be so bad
if she won one round."
Yes, it looks great,
but I need another one for the body.
Doing it in an hour
and 15 minutes is impossible.
I'll put these in the oven.
I'll try not to focus on the wrong things,
like I did before.
The strategy is simple.
I need to stop focusing on cleaning
and give myself enough time to decorate.
It's all supposed to be done.
Memo moves fast, right?
He runs after his kids.
It'll happen.
I made a mistake.
I should've put the liquids in first,
but I did it all together.
He put everything in at the same time.
Not step by step.
What happens
if he adds everything at the same time?
It may not rise in the oven.
-Oh, God!
-This one will be thicker.
We'll see if it works the same.
I don't know how to calculate the size.
And that little mold
won't help his cake rise.
I hope it's enough for the body.
This is going in the oven.
I think I have all the ingredients now.
I'm going against two strong rivals.
I think it will be
a great contest between the three of us.
Vinegar, two tablespoons.
It's too much vinegar.
Vinegar doesn't belong in a cake, I think.
Is this the secret?
So I decided to add more vanilla.
Magic powders!
That's goat's blood!
This is for you, my brother.
-Oh, honey.
-Oh, her brother.
I have to make another mix for the zombie.
Because this
is just for the cake underneath.
She's just starting on her second cake.
I'm making another mixture.
I'm so behind, but okay.
She won't have time to make it.
-Poor thing.
-Hope I don't ruin it.
One hour, before the zombie
-comes out of his tomb.
-My God!
Don't be mean.
Okay, for the frosting,
four ounces of butter,
eight teaspoons of whipping cream.
I need whipping cream.
Let's add another two.
I need to bake the second cake.
The worst looking one is Liza's.
I'll leave it up to God.
-It won't cook in time, right?
-Who knows? I hope she has time.
Dear God, there she goes.
In a race, there's no time
to do everything, but it'll have to do.
How are you doing?
No one's paying me any attention.
So I better save time
and make them suffer.
Omar-tyrdom!
Omar-tyrdom!
I leave them to you.
I'm hungry.
Oh, my children!
-I'll throw it over your head.
-She's upset.
Sorry.
We have to try to make it more liquid.
Let's start measuring. Three, four.
How's it going, Cecy?
My mission is to make you lose control.
No. What happened? No.
No!
I'll go slow, so the ingredients mix.
Let's see how it's going.
-It looks good.
-How are my girls doing?
-No.
-You'll like this one. It's blood!
Blood!
There it is.
But you have to try it first.
It's done. No more worrying about it.
Of course.
They left a mess for me here.
Everything okay, Liza?
At night, you'll regret
all the dirty tricks you played on me.
-I promise I won't do it again.
-I'm just playing with you.
Four sticks of butter,
eight cups of sugar.
Let's go! You can do it!
One,
two...
That's it. I'll make it with that.
She put two instead of eight.
I hope she makes enough icing.
-No!
-That's terrible.
Cecilia.
Are you going to follow the recipe?
Yes, I'll try my best.
Dear God.
I'll start making
the head out of Rice Krispies.
Come on, Morticia, you can do it.
What do I cover the face with?
With fondant?
I started questioning a few things.
Chocolate.
They said, "chocolate," right?
I think it's time
to ask Chef Anna for help.
Anna, help!
-Help!
-Help!
-Help!
-Help!
-What happened, Liza? Tell me.
-What do I use to cover this?
-What's this?
-The face.
She's a peach.
The nose is sculpted from outside.
Look at the size of the face.
That's huge.
Take it out later. Ask me now.
Don't stress her, please.
-Make it smaller.
-Covered in chocolate?
With modeling chocolate. But the orifices
and whatever you see on the face and mouth
must be sculpted outwards.
Oh, I learned something.
Good luck, Liza. Work hard.
Thanks!
Now the nose.
I have some great ideas.
What a pretty thing!
It's taking shape now.
This is so hard, come on.
Cecilia's looks like the Hulk.
-I know, right?
-He ate his spinach.
I don't mean to scare you
but I checked your Instagram and you got
-500 more followers.
-Great.
Say your account on air again.
Cecydelamors.
This is hard.
I thought it would be easy to use.
The dough is hard to knead.
So I went for the easiest option.
I'm trying to save some time.
This is so incredibly tiring.
Pastry chefs, you have 30 minutes left.
-No.
-My God.
Watch it, hot!
We want cake.
I'll come back in three minutes.
-I'll remove it.
-Go, Liza, you can do it.
And for the body... Oh, no.
It's not ready.
My cake is almost ready.
-There's not much time left.
-Poor cake.
-It's still raw.
-The cake.
Well, this is ready.
Cecy is about to remove her cake,
and it hasn't cooled yet.
Come on. Give it your all.
-No!
-Watch out!
-What happened?
-It's still very hot.
-One part got stuck.
-Oh, no.
It's awful if it's too hot.
But I hope the frosting helps me a bit.
It's not good.
This is turning into a disaster.
It needed a little bit more.
It's done with icing,
but I haven't enough.
No. What is she adding to it?
I added Nutella again.
-There's not enough sugar or icing.
-Oh, my God!
It's stressful!
But she'll fix it, no?
-Yes.
-We'll see how it tastes.
Very sweet.
That mixture looked too thick.
I didn't think it would come out right.
No! It's sunken in the middle.
-Come on.
-It didn't rise enough.
The cake hasn't risen
because I didn't follow
the recipe to the letter.
-I feel under pressure.
-The mold was too small.
-Of course.
-I don't know how much
it will affect him
when it's time to decide.
We need to add something here.
Let's add this.
This will help me adjust the height.
That's the base there.
It definitely looks green.
But I'm missing the body,
and mine is still in the oven.
-That's terrible.
-No!
Yes, I'm stressed.
I can't give up.
-It's not ready.
-Not ready.
Can she save the cake?
No, she started baking it too late.
I'll make it from this
as my cake isn't ready.
What is she going to do?
So I decided
to make the body out of Rice Krispies.
I'll add the body.
Look at that.
It's coming.
-Sixteen minutes left.
-No.
-No.
-The last few touches.
Remember all the details.
I still need a lot.
I added the head
but it fell backwards due to the weight.
So it looks like he's lying down.
I'm making the eye.
I won't have time
to make the small figures.
I only have one pair of hands.
I have lots to do and no time.
-Run.
-I'm doing this for my kids.
Trying new things is worth it.
There was no time. I had to hurry,
so there were some details
that I wasn't able to smooth out.
They'll look like tiger paws.
So pretty.
Okay, one hand and the eyes are ready.
There.
What's hanging from the zombie? The eye.
The head is too big for the body.
This man has spent
too much time underground.
I gave it my best effort.
I had a lot of fun.
-One minute left.
-No!
No, please.
I still need the red marshmallows.
The intestines.
I'll add more body.
I'm so nervous and excited.
I was trying to do the finishing touches.
Ready. We need blood.
Like soil. I'm so nervous.
Five, four,
three, two,
one, you're done!
You're done!
Hi, Liza.
We're looking at the zombie you had to do,
now show us yours, please.
Oh, Liza!
It's amazing.
The eye is popping out.
It looks more like a small intestine.
Yes, right?
I like that one eye is looking at Guaymas
and the other at Mérida.
It looks like a hammerhead shark.
I like it.
-Liza, is the body made of cake?
-No.
-Puffed rice.
-Puffed rice.
-Like the head.
-Like the head.
It was fun to work with.
-It's my first time.
-He thinks so too.
Is that white thing Parmesan cheese?
That's dirt
because he was coming out of the dirt.
I like it, very pretty.
Liza, well done.
Miss Cecilia,
could you show us yours, please?
Sure.
Good heavens!
The base crumbled a little,
but that's because
he's rising from the earth.
Well, of course, dirt isn't perfect.
I like the detail of the red-velvet stone.
It's not like the original,
but I like the bloody detail.
I like that jet propulsion eye.
Like it was shot out.
He wanted to kill someone
with that eye. Like...
I see that the zombie's lying down.
Unlike the other zombie
that's crawling to the front...
-He's resting.
-...this one is going backwards.
I see he has no hands.
It has an intense green hue,
like a Hulk piñata.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Mr. Memo, how did you do on this round?
I feel much better than in the first one.
Show us yours.
That's an interesting zombie.
It has a fat hand, like me. Fat hand.
The left eye looks like a boiled egg.
The kind we don't like, with blood in it.
And you say, "Gross!", and don't eat it.
It has almost no nose
and it's missing the holes.
It had rhinoplasty
because the nose is very pointy.
-The body is another color.
-It looks like a sports jacket.
-Made of two colors.
-A varsity jacket.
-Yes.
-Exactly. I think it's pretty.
This applause is for you,
and for you two as well.
Now you have to serve us
a good slice of your cake
so we can decide who is the winner of
Nailed It! Mexico.
Let's start by trying Liza's cake.
Liza, I must say,
your cake has a great consistency.
-Very nice color.
-I would've liked it more spongy.
The weight of so many things
on top flattened it a bit.
The color is pretty. It also tastes great.
It's nicely painted. Congratulations.
Okay, we'll try Cecilia's now.
Cecilia,
you used Nutella again instead of...
I didn't do enough icing,
so I had to grab the Nutella again.
But I liked it. It tastes good.
I liked the touch of Nutella.
The combination of Nutella
with chocolate icing and red velvet
-is perfect. Well done.
-Thanks.
If it lacked sweetness,
the Nutella compensated,
but yes, the sponge did lack sweetness,
but it's tasty. I'd gladly eat it.
Let's go see Guillermo's.
Did you see her eyes widen?
Guillermo...
It's a bit dense.
It feels a little too dense.
It's heavy when you eat it,
but it's very tasty,
I think you did great.
It gathers in your mouth
when you eat it, you know?
It didn't rise enough but it tastes great,
-it's not bad.
-Thanks.
It's time to pick
the winner of the 200,000 pesos
and the coveted Nailed It! Mexico trophy.
Production, bring in the trophy.
It'll get here eventually.
Thanks.
It'd be great
if he got caught on the door.
-Oh, God!
-We have the trophy,
-the gun with the bills.
-We do now.
And now it's Turbo Chef's turn to speak.
Great job. You all did great.
The winner of Nailed It! Mexico is...
It's you, Liza!
Liza!
I can't believe this!
It's for your brother.
Yes!
I think my brother Felipe helped me.
Winning has given me a sense of comfort.
I made it today.
This won't stop, this continues
because this is Nailed It! Mexico.
See you next time.
-Selfie.
-Selfie.
One, two, three.