Nailed It! Mexico (2019–2021): Season 3, Episode 5 - Superfracaso - full transcript
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
There was once a great hero
who protected us
so everything was like this.
But his archenemy always turned up
and left things looking like this.
It's okay because in Nailed It! Mexico,
it's the thought that counts.
Today we enter the world of superheroes.
Let's meet
our three legendary pastry chefs
who will complete the challenges
to win 200,000 pesos.
Let the adventure begin.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Hi, I'm Ernesto Dianzo.
I'm from Mexico City, and I'm 27.
I'm a professional boxer.
When it comes to baking,
I went to a school
where they taught me the basics of baking.
With those 200,000,
I'd open a small, pizza restaurant.
Just like in the boxing ring,
this is moreno power.
Hi, I'm Claudia.
I'm from Hermosillo,
and I'm a Pilates instructor.
I love baking
but everything I do comes out wrong.
No one can see the burnt part like this.
It would be great if I won
because my husband and I want children.
I'd like it if my children said,
"My mom makes amazing brownies,"
or "incredible cookies," I don't know.
I won't let anyone get in my way.
I came to win.
My name is Mayela Alcántara,
and I'm a teacher.
I've loved baking
since I was six years old.
My grandmother taught me
to make orange bread.
I'm only good at making that.
You know? It's going to be too hard.
I'm not great at decorating
because I am not patient.
I like doing everything fast.
If I win the 200,000 pesos,
I will take my husband
and children on vacation to London.
Are you ready for a hand-to-hand,
dough-to-dough battle?
-That's right.
-Yes.
You already know her secret ID.
Chef Anna Ruiz!
I know you'll save yourselves
in the challenges
with your pastry chef superpowers.
Yes, thanks.
And today we have one of the heroes
that has won the most battles
against bad humor.
It's not a plane, it's not a bird,
it's Alex Fernández.
-Bravo.
-I'm so happy, I want to see
the ugly cakes.
It's time for Sweet Possibilities.
There are several kinds
of heroes in this world.
The superheroes we all know,
the historical heroes,
and the daily heroes
who fight every day
against new challenges.
Like these...
heroic cookies
featuring yourselves.
There's one for each of you.
They're all based on your own faces
and the superpowers you'd like to have.
Like Ernesto and his wings for flying.
Mayela and her super-powerful eyesight.
And Claudia, who would like a mega-brain.
Your personal heroes are made of cookies,
with outlines painted with royal icing.
Each cookie features unique details
such as an animal-print cape,
a cape with colored marbling
made from royal icing,
or wings and boxing gloves
made out of fondant.
When I say,
"Fly!" run for your cookie.
Fly!
-An impressive flight.
-Yes.
Prepare yourselves
to fight against the villains of time
because you'll only have 40 minutes
to recreate these spectacular cookies.
-Run! Time flies.
-Run!
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
Mr. Alex Fernández, please.
Follow me to my island.
Where is it?
"One cup of corn syrup. One of sugar."
Comrade, come!
Can you explain
how to prepare the cookies, Anna?
Yes. In a saucepan,
prepare the cookie dough.
Boil corn syrup, sugar,
melted butter, and vanilla.
In a mixer,
mix the flour with a pinch of salt.
Add the hot syrup slowly
until it's completely mixed.
Roll out the dough while it's still hot.
Cut the cookie out
and bake it until it's ready.
Prepare the royal icing
and separate it into jars.
Add the colors to paint the cookie.
Paint the superhero silhouette,
add the details
using fondant and edible paint.
And your superhero cookie is ready.
I'll start with one cup of corn syrup.
I'm making the cookie.
My mom is great at cooking.
My in-laws are as well.
They make awesome desserts.
I never volunteer to bring dessert,
I always bring a salad.
Claudia seems the most diligent, more...
It's probably her experience
with giant tortillas in Hermosillo.
Wait... I don't understand.
Does this go here?
Let's see.
I read the recipe again
once I was more calm.
What I'm doing is I'm doing it wrong.
-Claudia, everything okay?
-I sort of screwed up
because I was going to add this
to the mixer but it's caramel.
So I did it all wrong.
-Sorry, Super-brain.
-Super-brain.
I don't want to miss anything.
"Mix the flour
and the pinch of salt in the mixer."
My mixer is from 1982.
It's the one I still use.
So I am not familiar
with mixer technology to be honest.
Too much technology for me.
How are you, chefs?
-Terrible!
-Terrible.
Why?
We should say we're fine,
even if we're not.
I think my advantage is
that I've already been in a competition,
so I'm not that nervous.
What am I doing?
The Panther looks a little nervous.
I don't think I felt
this much pressure in the boxing ring.
Okay, "Four cups of flour."
"Four cups of flour."
Seven.
Eight.
Mayela's dough is going to be too dry.
She put too much flour in the dough.
It will be too dry and will crack.
I'd never used anything like it.
My cookie dough was ready,
but I realized it had the texture of sand.
I'll knead it with a little butter.
That way I'll get a dough
so that I can mold it into a cookie.
There's going to be a sort of
cow flavor, right,
-so you'll bite...
-Yes, intense.
This doesn't work.
Measure four cups, brother.
I think this is two.
Ernesto added the flour
to the caramel mixture.
-Is that bad?
-He needs a cookie dough mixture.
That mixture is for the syrup,
but he added flour.
It doesn't go there.
No way!
I need to restart the whole recipe.
I don't think we'll be trying
any good cookies today.
I'm late.
You have 25 minutes to finish that cookie.
The last ones will be the first ones,
brother. My mother said so.
"Empty and roll out the dough
while it's hot." So, now.
"Cut the cookie into the required shape."
I have never used this before. Oh well.
Brain.
And this will be the other elbow.
I'm afraid it'll break when I stand it up.
So I decided
to make the dough a little thicker.
-It's the best I can do.
-Claudia made her cookie
the shape of a gingerbread man.
Too bad this challenge isn't about that.
I have to stick it in the oven already.
Okay, I'm going to cut it.
I need to cut my cookie,
but it's hard
because I don't know the proportions
I need to cut for the superhero's outline.
Okay. Oh well.
We need to give form to that dough.
The wings, my brother!
-Panther.
-Yes?
What type of business
do you want to open, a bakery?
Pizzas. Look, as you can see here...
Oh, it got stuck.
-Shit...
-Something without dough, then.
Sandwiches maybe.
I'll just go back to boxing.
"Two cups of flour, royal icing."
Four tablespoons of water?
One...
Three, four.
More water.
Hey, is it me
or is the royal icing too liquid?
Yes, too liquid.
I think this royal icing is my enemy.
It's very difficult to achieve
the consistency you want.
This isn't ready, but I can add water.
Let's do the wings, my brother.
You know what worries me?
Too much time has gone
and Ernesto
still hasn't put his cookie in the oven.
-Run!
-I don't know. I don't know about this.
How much time?
Let's see if it comes up on time.
Guys, five minutes.
-What?
-Oh my God!
You should already
be adding the details to your cookie.
I don't know if it's raw.
Please, be ready.
I need to do my superhero top
and the crossed arm.
It's melting
because my cookie is boiling hot.
That will happen if the cookie's too hot.
It starts to get sad. Like...
Exactly.
Oh my God!
There's my face.
I'll paint it if I have time.
The royal icing
should be applied with special tools,
but all I have are paint brushes.
My cape looks more like a skunk's tail.
Tremendous!
You sure
you teach communications and not painting?
Tremendous.
Don't forget this, bud.
The feathers, for me...
It's easy to break off fondant pieces
and shape them with my thumb.
The brain.
It has a brain
because they give us superpowers.
If I had that superpower,
I'd know everything that happens
and everything people are thinking.
I'm doing it with some sweets
and I don't even know what they are.
And I need one accentuated eye.
I said I wanted super powerful eyesight,
and my cookie
has an accentuated eye that is incredible.
I don't have time for the eye.
I'll do it with this too.
-What are you doing?
-Mayela!
Adding the gel paint directly.
That should be mixed with the royal icing.
I think it's coming.
-Ernesto, your cookie.
-It needs cooking, chef. Almost.
-It hasn't come out the oven?
-No.
How long's left, chef?
Four minutes.
-No, man.
-A face.
I'll take it out like this.
I like that the cookie
has the shape of an oven mitt.
-It's true.
-Yes.
I don't know how to paint this.
I've never done it before.
I grabbed a brush and started painting
the royal icing onto the cookie.
She's using the thickest brush.
It looks as if...
She is painting a wall. Like this.
Claudia, everything okay?
Everything's perfect!
-Two minutes!
-No!
-So nervous!
-Let's do the face.
Darn.
My glasses.
The arms! I don't have them.
Darn, that was pink, that's crap.
My cape.
So I don't end up bald.
Claudia is using
the entire pantry on that cookie.
-Toilet paper etc.
-Yes.
All the sweets she found in the pantry.
A face.
-There it is.
-Someone finished already.
No way, brother.
-I'm not done.
-Can I help him?
-If you want to, sure.
-What do you need?
Do it here. The wings. Here.
What's more dangerous,
one person that doesn't know, or two?
-Two that don't know together.
-Yes.
The boots.
Please, don't break.
Okay, boots.
Five, four,
three,
two,
one,
you're done!
Ready!
We're here with Claudia.
That's Super Claudia with her super-brain.
Now let's take a look at yours.
Okay then.
-That's...
-Oh no!
She's more than a superhero,
she's a superhero's grandma.
Perhaps that's before becoming a hero.
Or maybe right after the nuclear accident.
It's like a bad Tim Burton character.
I love the details on the dress.
The cookie's shape is a little strange.
And it has no hands.
It's like this.
-Yes, exactly.
-Can we try it?
Yes, please.
The fork's for if the cookie attacks us.
It's a lot better
on the inside than outside.
It tastes great.
When you eat the bit with the gummies,
it's like
every flavor of soda mixed together.
-All of them.
-You invented a flavor.
If the dough had been a little thinner,
it would've baked faster.
It's undercooked.
You decorated it while it was hot.
That makes the royal icing
melt slightly on top of the hot cookie.
The cookie is ugly but very tasty.
Let's give a round of applause
to dear Claudia.
Thank you.
-Hi, Mayela.
-Hi.
We're looking
at the superhero you had to make.
-And now, let's look at your creation.
-Okay.
That's Ayuwoki.
There it is, look.
That's Krusty, the Evil Clown.
You just had to add skin tone to the skin,
now he has a white face and clown grin.
The animal print looks like a beaver tail.
With three flies stuck to it.
The face is awful
but the hair's fine. I like the color.
-Nice texture.
-It's shaped like the state of Nuevo León.
Oh, what...
Could we try your state... I mean, cookie?
Let's see.
Such a dainty nibble.
Jesus!
Did you eat...
What happened?
-What's up?
-It's black.
Black? I'm not normally a diva,
but... Makeup!
Like a child who ate all the ingredients.
The cookie's flavor is good.
Adding the paint directly
to any cookie or cake...
That's gel.
It's used to paint across textures,
not to put on top.
Although you added butter in cubes,
the consistency wasn't that bad.
-Good texture.
-Not too sweet.
I felt it was balanced
as far as sweetness goes.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Ernesto, how did you do?
I left some details out.
We're looking
at the winged superhero you had to make.
And now, show us your superhero.
-Panther, what did you do?
-It broke.
We can tell you needed more time,
my dear Panther.
He's a fallen angel. The wing broke off.
I don't know
if they're wings or if it's snowing.
Yours looks more like a face.
Yes, its easy
to make a face with edible marker.
Are the three marbles
underneath the boots?
Three feet? Why two and one?
What happened there?
Yes, it's true.
-He missed one.
-It probably fell.
-Let's try your cookie.
-Go ahead. Try it.
Ernesto, the ingredients clash,
and it feels harder in the middle.
I think your cookie has a good flavor,
but the pieces of fondant are too big.
-I liked your playdough...
-It's a cookie.
Sorry, your cookie.
If this was a boxing fight,
you'd have three losses and two wins.
-This applause is for you, for the effort.
-Thanks.
If you could please come over this way.
Honestly, you all produced...
very strange work, but there is a winner.
The winner of this round is...
You, Mayela!
I feel so proud of myself
because I think my abilities improved,
and things that I make now
can be even better.
You won't have to use your laser rays
to cut onions or chayotes anymore,
thanks to this...
Set of knives!
And also the famous golden cap,
which will give you
lots of powers for the next challenge.
Come over here quickly.
Follow me!
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
Our country's history
is full of real stories
that were written by real heroes.
Like this Mexican hero.
A Pancho Villa cake!
The base of this bust of Villa
is made from strawberry cake,
and his uniform is made of fondant.
The head is covered with fondant
and the details are modeling chocolate.
The hat is made of puffed rice
mounted on a structure
and covered in fondant.
-The roses are made of modeling chocolate.
-No, please.
If you find combing his mustache
too difficult,
press the Help button,
I'll help for three minutes.
-Okay.
-One of you,
the one that struggled the most.
-How'd you know it was you, Ernesto?
-Me?
I thought you meant... Claudia.
When you press
the "Villain in the Kitchen" button,
I'll put on a cape and a mask,
and turn into
a terrible villain
who won't let your opponents work,
so that you have an advantage.
You have one hour and 30 minutes
to do this.
To the kitchen, pastry chefs!
Time is ticking.
Come on! Let's go!
Let's start this.
Anna, can you explain
how to bake this difficult cake?
Of course.
Prepare the strawberry dough.
In a bowl, mix an egg, jam, milk,
vanilla, melted butter,
flour, and the pink coloring.
Whip the ingredients for two minutes.
Bake the cake until it's ready.
Mold Pancho's face over the structure
with modeling chocolate.
Mold the eyebrows, hair, and ears
using modeling chocolate and fondant.
Cover the hat netting with puffed rice,
and cover it with brown icing.
Then pile the cakes on top
of the structure using a layer of icing,
and sculpt the cakes to form shoulders.
Seal the cakes with a layer of fondant
in the shape of Pancho's shirt.
Make the floral details,
belts, and hat using fondant.
And your Pancho Villa is ready.
Are they doing
the San Miguel de Allende landscape too?
No, of course not.
I'll do the cake first
so I can bake it and avoid the problem
I had before.
My strategy for this round
is to concentrate
on everything I have within my reach.
I'm missing the coloring.
Pink. Pink, like my hair.
I'll add a lot of pink.
Did you notice that Mayela's cake dough
is the same color as her hair?
Yes, a cute pink.
I'll bake my cakes.
-I should follow the recipe.
-How's it going, Ernesto?
-Learning from your mistakes?
-I will counterattack
so my rivals can't win, in order to win.
Hear the Panther roar. Let's go!
I'm going for it in round two
and I'll define the fight.
I will give it my best
and pay more attention.
Open the gates, Panther is coming!
Come on, Panther!
What?
I forgot to add this. Crap.
-What happened, Panther?
-I forgot...
-to add this.
-He didn't add the pink coloring.
-Darn!
-Does he still have time, chef?
Time? No, it's almost over.
I forgot.
I knew I couldn't be doing this well.
Two cups of strawberry jam.
My strategy for this round is
to make a delicious cake,
because I don't know
how I'll do at decorating.
I'll add coconut,
because I think
those flavors mix together well.
Claudia added a flavor. Coconut.
And strawberry. It's liquid.
And she added her two cups of jam.
It's going to be too moist.
And what if it's too soft? It won't bake?
It won't be raw,
but it will have the wrong consistency.
Let's see how it ends up.
You have an hour and one minute.
Okay. I still have an ace up my sleeve,
I'm going to add a little cream cheese,
so it'll have another flavor.
-That's great!
-Is that the correct technique?
-It's not the recipe.
-But it will give it a great flavor.
I'll add some pink to my frosting as well
because I want everything pink.
It's white icing. Why did she add color?
Maybe everything at home is gray
and she wants everything to be pink.
Yes, everything.
Even that tablet has to be pink.
It's great.
I'm going to make the hat.
I've not worked with puffed rice before,
only eaten it.
I don't know how to glue it.
It won't stick.
How do you make the rice so thin?
If you put it
in the microwave then roll it out
it will fit over the mesh.
I can't.
Just relax.
I feel like I'm a person
that is too patient.
Relax, girl, relax.
I'm good at managing stress.
Look. What is she doing?
-Is that what you do to make jerky?
-Of course.
Sonora style.
He's giving that hat a beating.
Use your creativity, Panther.
Finish it, Panther!
Yes.
He's a young guy, with lots of potential.
This hat is going to be too heavy.
Look. They made hats for all year round.
This is very heavy.
Dear God,
the hat is going to be too thick.
She's making an igloo.
Yes.
There's no brown icing. I'll paint it.
Those hats are too heavy.
It's very funny.
That hat weighs kilos.
That's an old lady's beach hat.
Pass me the hat, I'm getting too much sun.
I'll do it in parts.
Mayela's hat looks like a mountain.
I won't say what kind but a mountain.
That's too heavy. It won't hold.
I'm making the face.
He looks very handsome.
She's doing the Lyn May technique now.
-That's how she made her face.
-Mr. Pancho had Botox.
I'll put your hair on
and then give you a haircut.
-Is she talking to Pancho Villa?
-I'll make you some sexy lips.
-Is she talking to her cake?
-I'll give you a little nose.
Let's see how this cake is doing.
Is your cake ready?
He's missing the rest.
Ernesto still needs the rest of it.
I had to do other things
while the cake baked.
I don't want to lose any time.
I'll have to attack.
Omar-tyrdom!
That's mean, Ernesto.
I helped you when you had a problem.
I'm the Ingrown Toenail Villain.
Come on, Omar, get to it.
-What's up, defender?
-What's up?
-Let me help.
-Some flowers.
You don't know how to do this.
I'll make the facial details.
Look at you, Pancho. You're looking good.
Catch me.
Let's add a little mouth, brother.
And a few wrinkles. There, a few less.
Wasn't it supposed to be
just three minutes?
The face is ready.
This time it looks more advanced, right?
Yes, he's doing his best.
I think the cake is ready now.
Guys, you have 24 minutes.
It can't be.
It's still hot.
It's piping hot.
She should stick it
in the fridge or something.
It's still hot.
Isn't the first thing
we learn at school to let it cool?
Oh no! It's super hot.
Watch your hands!
-It's so hot.
-Ouch!
Wait. Chill out. It's so hot.
The frosting.
She's spreading the frosting on.
It's going to melt.
This doesn't look right,
but it will have to do.
The frosting isn't spreading.
The cake absorbed it, I think.
The icing looks a bit like chewing gum.
Maybe it's because the cake is hot.
-Piping hot.
-But there's no time, chef.
Let's start adding...
Jam.
-The jam was supposed to go in the dough.
-It looks good.
I want to eat it.
I'm making a mix of fondant
to create the coat's color.
Look at the Panther's strength.
Keep watching the Panther's left hand.
-You can do this, Panther.
-This is done.
I'll use the flower technique
for the crepe paper,
that technique never fails.
I can't make flowers.
Hell, no!
I can't work with this fondant.
I started working on the flowers,
but the fondant was like gum.
Help!
Help!
-Help!
-Help!
Clau, what happened?
I tried to use fondant for the flowers,
but it's too watery.
-I can't...
-Try modeling chocolate.
First, make it into a ball.
The center,
then you make it petal by petal.
Press.
And then you cover it. And you keep at it.
-Good luck!
-Thank you!
Guys, you have seven minutes left.
-What happened?
-No.
Careful with the stick.
She'll impale it and...
Yes. Let her be.
But maybe she'll impale her hand like...
Yes.
Comrade.
He'll impale it for sure.
-There it goes.
-Right.
I'm missing the hat.
Won't that weigh too much?
Yes, that hat is very heavy.
Who can help me?
No, poor thing.
It won't fit. This sucks!
Can we leave it like this? No.
Use some sticks, Clau.
Or a spatula, so it won't fall.
A collar or something.
I can't, it will fall.
Hold on. Maybe it will fit.
It looks
as if Pancho Villa had an accident.
He crashed his carriage...
Pancho Villa looks like a hunter.
Dear God.
I still need everything.
She's doing the flowers.
I don't have any flowers,
so I'll add some red fondant balls.
It has to have something red. Period.
It's so hard.
The hat is too heavy
that if I let it go it will break.
Look.
-Watch out!
-Watch out!
-It will fall.
-So nerve-wracking!
My hands are so sticky.
You can. Just do it!
-Don't think about it.
-No fear.
-Look how she's carrying it.
-Mayela, please, come on.
The arms are falling off.
No, she dropped it!
-No!
-No, so nerve-wracking!
What do I do? It'll fall.
It broke.
No.
No way! It's going sideways.
Did the pole fall over?
What am I going to do?
The pole came unglued from the base.
Can I put this one in?
-It won't fit.
-You only have two minutes left.
Relax, girl, relax.
I don't know how to make it stick.
How do I hold it in?
I need a stick, something to hold it.
We're doing great! Come on!
Five,
four, three,
two, one,
you're done!
Hands up, this is a stickup, brother.
Hi, how are you? Sorry!
The fondant got stuck.
This is the Pancho Villa
you had to recreate.
And now, show us yours.
One, two...
He's had rhinoplasty.
The nose is too small.
That looks like a beach hat.
Pancho Villa on a beach in Chihuahua.
The mouth is...
He has big lips, he wants kisses.
It has about 17 skewers
to hold it in place.
I thought he was resting.
The puffed rice goes between the netting
so it's not too heavy
and it doesn't collapse when you mount it.
You used the freeze-dried strawberries
for your roses.
You said, "It has to have something red."
It looks like Pancho Villa
was a victim of a fire.
Maybe this was after
the attempt on his life in Chihuahua.
-Congratulations!
-Thanks.
-Nice, Claudia! Very good!
-Thanks.
-Hi, Mayela.
-Here I am.
Show us yours.
But this Pancho Villa is behind bars.
What happened?
The thing that got really ruined
was the hat.
He said, "I don't want to be here,"
and fell forward.
-It has too much puffed rice.
-No, sorry.
Can you give Alex five minutes
to make fun of it? I mean, laugh.
You'll see once you try it.
That hat contains
a two-year supply of puffed rice.
The suit fell off along with all the skin.
That's a naked Pancho Villa.
Naked Pancho Villa.
I can't. Sorry.
The flowers are fine and even have stems.
I also like that it could be a store.
-They sell things in there.
-Very good.
And now it's Panther's turn.
If you could be so kind,
show us yours now.
He's exhausted.
To begin with,
I don't see flowers, I see chili.
-Right? Serrano chilies.
-From a tree.
Spicy chiles de árbol.
I like that the hat looks about to erupt.
Like he had an idea and his head blew up.
I love that you mixed the fondant
with another color to make that tone.
I love the mouth.
More than Pancho Villa,
that's Vicente Fernández,
but after eight hours of singing.
Congratulations!
-Very good, Panther.
-Congratulations.
Thanks.
Please cut a nice moist slice of cake,
and bring it to us.
Let's start with Claudia's cake.
It's a little too dense...
-And moist.
-You added too much liquid,
so this is the result of that dough.
It needed to be sweeter.
I would've liked icing.
In the middle, yes, I added icing,
but perhaps it wasn't that cold
-and it absorbed it.
-Yes.
-Well done, Clau.
-Thanks.
Let's try the one with cotton candy.
Mayela's.
I like the color.
Deep pink like your personality.
I don't know what you put in the filling,
but it's very good.
I added cream cheese.
I think the frosting had a sugary texture.
Because it was hot, it melted,
and now it also tastes like cheese.
-It's tasty.
-Being Ernesto must be nerve-wracking now.
-Thanks.
-Let's see if the Panther can roar.
Ernesto, you really turned it around
on this second challenge.
Your cake is delicious.
The sweet mixed with the jam you added,
-I loved it.
-Thanks.
It's still a little warm. You took it out
when it was too hot, but it's tasty.
-I'd have liked to see the color.
-I think that...
Thank you, honey. I liked it a lot.
The flavor,
sweetness, and the jam are great.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
It's time to determine
who will be
the winner of the 200,000 pesos,
and, obviously,
the much sought after trophy.
Production!
The trophy!
Here it is.
It's Super Nando!
Now, Alex Fernández, do we have the bills?
Of course we have the bills.
Now I just need to give this trophy
to the Queen of Fondant,
so she can disclose the winner.
The winner of Nailed it! Mexico is...
You, Ernesto!
-Ernesto!
-So exciting!
I can't believe it. I won!
I feel so proud of myself.
A victory outside of the ring.
I'm proving to myself
that I can win in other fields.
Thanks for being our pastry chef heroes.
This story is over,
but the story of Nailed It! Mexico
will continue, so stay with us.
Come here, guys!
Where?
-Here.
-One, two, three.
There was once a great hero
who protected us
so everything was like this.
But his archenemy always turned up
and left things looking like this.
It's okay because in Nailed It! Mexico,
it's the thought that counts.
Today we enter the world of superheroes.
Let's meet
our three legendary pastry chefs
who will complete the challenges
to win 200,000 pesos.
Let the adventure begin.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
Hi, I'm Ernesto Dianzo.
I'm from Mexico City, and I'm 27.
I'm a professional boxer.
When it comes to baking,
I went to a school
where they taught me the basics of baking.
With those 200,000,
I'd open a small, pizza restaurant.
Just like in the boxing ring,
this is moreno power.
Hi, I'm Claudia.
I'm from Hermosillo,
and I'm a Pilates instructor.
I love baking
but everything I do comes out wrong.
No one can see the burnt part like this.
It would be great if I won
because my husband and I want children.
I'd like it if my children said,
"My mom makes amazing brownies,"
or "incredible cookies," I don't know.
I won't let anyone get in my way.
I came to win.
My name is Mayela Alcántara,
and I'm a teacher.
I've loved baking
since I was six years old.
My grandmother taught me
to make orange bread.
I'm only good at making that.
You know? It's going to be too hard.
I'm not great at decorating
because I am not patient.
I like doing everything fast.
If I win the 200,000 pesos,
I will take my husband
and children on vacation to London.
Are you ready for a hand-to-hand,
dough-to-dough battle?
-That's right.
-Yes.
You already know her secret ID.
Chef Anna Ruiz!
I know you'll save yourselves
in the challenges
with your pastry chef superpowers.
Yes, thanks.
And today we have one of the heroes
that has won the most battles
against bad humor.
It's not a plane, it's not a bird,
it's Alex Fernández.
-Bravo.
-I'm so happy, I want to see
the ugly cakes.
It's time for Sweet Possibilities.
There are several kinds
of heroes in this world.
The superheroes we all know,
the historical heroes,
and the daily heroes
who fight every day
against new challenges.
Like these...
heroic cookies
featuring yourselves.
There's one for each of you.
They're all based on your own faces
and the superpowers you'd like to have.
Like Ernesto and his wings for flying.
Mayela and her super-powerful eyesight.
And Claudia, who would like a mega-brain.
Your personal heroes are made of cookies,
with outlines painted with royal icing.
Each cookie features unique details
such as an animal-print cape,
a cape with colored marbling
made from royal icing,
or wings and boxing gloves
made out of fondant.
When I say,
"Fly!" run for your cookie.
Fly!
-An impressive flight.
-Yes.
Prepare yourselves
to fight against the villains of time
because you'll only have 40 minutes
to recreate these spectacular cookies.
-Run! Time flies.
-Run!
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
Mr. Alex Fernández, please.
Follow me to my island.
Where is it?
"One cup of corn syrup. One of sugar."
Comrade, come!
Can you explain
how to prepare the cookies, Anna?
Yes. In a saucepan,
prepare the cookie dough.
Boil corn syrup, sugar,
melted butter, and vanilla.
In a mixer,
mix the flour with a pinch of salt.
Add the hot syrup slowly
until it's completely mixed.
Roll out the dough while it's still hot.
Cut the cookie out
and bake it until it's ready.
Prepare the royal icing
and separate it into jars.
Add the colors to paint the cookie.
Paint the superhero silhouette,
add the details
using fondant and edible paint.
And your superhero cookie is ready.
I'll start with one cup of corn syrup.
I'm making the cookie.
My mom is great at cooking.
My in-laws are as well.
They make awesome desserts.
I never volunteer to bring dessert,
I always bring a salad.
Claudia seems the most diligent, more...
It's probably her experience
with giant tortillas in Hermosillo.
Wait... I don't understand.
Does this go here?
Let's see.
I read the recipe again
once I was more calm.
What I'm doing is I'm doing it wrong.
-Claudia, everything okay?
-I sort of screwed up
because I was going to add this
to the mixer but it's caramel.
So I did it all wrong.
-Sorry, Super-brain.
-Super-brain.
I don't want to miss anything.
"Mix the flour
and the pinch of salt in the mixer."
My mixer is from 1982.
It's the one I still use.
So I am not familiar
with mixer technology to be honest.
Too much technology for me.
How are you, chefs?
-Terrible!
-Terrible.
Why?
We should say we're fine,
even if we're not.
I think my advantage is
that I've already been in a competition,
so I'm not that nervous.
What am I doing?
The Panther looks a little nervous.
I don't think I felt
this much pressure in the boxing ring.
Okay, "Four cups of flour."
"Four cups of flour."
Seven.
Eight.
Mayela's dough is going to be too dry.
She put too much flour in the dough.
It will be too dry and will crack.
I'd never used anything like it.
My cookie dough was ready,
but I realized it had the texture of sand.
I'll knead it with a little butter.
That way I'll get a dough
so that I can mold it into a cookie.
There's going to be a sort of
cow flavor, right,
-so you'll bite...
-Yes, intense.
This doesn't work.
Measure four cups, brother.
I think this is two.
Ernesto added the flour
to the caramel mixture.
-Is that bad?
-He needs a cookie dough mixture.
That mixture is for the syrup,
but he added flour.
It doesn't go there.
No way!
I need to restart the whole recipe.
I don't think we'll be trying
any good cookies today.
I'm late.
You have 25 minutes to finish that cookie.
The last ones will be the first ones,
brother. My mother said so.
"Empty and roll out the dough
while it's hot." So, now.
"Cut the cookie into the required shape."
I have never used this before. Oh well.
Brain.
And this will be the other elbow.
I'm afraid it'll break when I stand it up.
So I decided
to make the dough a little thicker.
-It's the best I can do.
-Claudia made her cookie
the shape of a gingerbread man.
Too bad this challenge isn't about that.
I have to stick it in the oven already.
Okay, I'm going to cut it.
I need to cut my cookie,
but it's hard
because I don't know the proportions
I need to cut for the superhero's outline.
Okay. Oh well.
We need to give form to that dough.
The wings, my brother!
-Panther.
-Yes?
What type of business
do you want to open, a bakery?
Pizzas. Look, as you can see here...
Oh, it got stuck.
-Shit...
-Something without dough, then.
Sandwiches maybe.
I'll just go back to boxing.
"Two cups of flour, royal icing."
Four tablespoons of water?
One...
Three, four.
More water.
Hey, is it me
or is the royal icing too liquid?
Yes, too liquid.
I think this royal icing is my enemy.
It's very difficult to achieve
the consistency you want.
This isn't ready, but I can add water.
Let's do the wings, my brother.
You know what worries me?
Too much time has gone
and Ernesto
still hasn't put his cookie in the oven.
-Run!
-I don't know. I don't know about this.
How much time?
Let's see if it comes up on time.
Guys, five minutes.
-What?
-Oh my God!
You should already
be adding the details to your cookie.
I don't know if it's raw.
Please, be ready.
I need to do my superhero top
and the crossed arm.
It's melting
because my cookie is boiling hot.
That will happen if the cookie's too hot.
It starts to get sad. Like...
Exactly.
Oh my God!
There's my face.
I'll paint it if I have time.
The royal icing
should be applied with special tools,
but all I have are paint brushes.
My cape looks more like a skunk's tail.
Tremendous!
You sure
you teach communications and not painting?
Tremendous.
Don't forget this, bud.
The feathers, for me...
It's easy to break off fondant pieces
and shape them with my thumb.
The brain.
It has a brain
because they give us superpowers.
If I had that superpower,
I'd know everything that happens
and everything people are thinking.
I'm doing it with some sweets
and I don't even know what they are.
And I need one accentuated eye.
I said I wanted super powerful eyesight,
and my cookie
has an accentuated eye that is incredible.
I don't have time for the eye.
I'll do it with this too.
-What are you doing?
-Mayela!
Adding the gel paint directly.
That should be mixed with the royal icing.
I think it's coming.
-Ernesto, your cookie.
-It needs cooking, chef. Almost.
-It hasn't come out the oven?
-No.
How long's left, chef?
Four minutes.
-No, man.
-A face.
I'll take it out like this.
I like that the cookie
has the shape of an oven mitt.
-It's true.
-Yes.
I don't know how to paint this.
I've never done it before.
I grabbed a brush and started painting
the royal icing onto the cookie.
She's using the thickest brush.
It looks as if...
She is painting a wall. Like this.
Claudia, everything okay?
Everything's perfect!
-Two minutes!
-No!
-So nervous!
-Let's do the face.
Darn.
My glasses.
The arms! I don't have them.
Darn, that was pink, that's crap.
My cape.
So I don't end up bald.
Claudia is using
the entire pantry on that cookie.
-Toilet paper etc.
-Yes.
All the sweets she found in the pantry.
A face.
-There it is.
-Someone finished already.
No way, brother.
-I'm not done.
-Can I help him?
-If you want to, sure.
-What do you need?
Do it here. The wings. Here.
What's more dangerous,
one person that doesn't know, or two?
-Two that don't know together.
-Yes.
The boots.
Please, don't break.
Okay, boots.
Five, four,
three,
two,
one,
you're done!
Ready!
We're here with Claudia.
That's Super Claudia with her super-brain.
Now let's take a look at yours.
Okay then.
-That's...
-Oh no!
She's more than a superhero,
she's a superhero's grandma.
Perhaps that's before becoming a hero.
Or maybe right after the nuclear accident.
It's like a bad Tim Burton character.
I love the details on the dress.
The cookie's shape is a little strange.
And it has no hands.
It's like this.
-Yes, exactly.
-Can we try it?
Yes, please.
The fork's for if the cookie attacks us.
It's a lot better
on the inside than outside.
It tastes great.
When you eat the bit with the gummies,
it's like
every flavor of soda mixed together.
-All of them.
-You invented a flavor.
If the dough had been a little thinner,
it would've baked faster.
It's undercooked.
You decorated it while it was hot.
That makes the royal icing
melt slightly on top of the hot cookie.
The cookie is ugly but very tasty.
Let's give a round of applause
to dear Claudia.
Thank you.
-Hi, Mayela.
-Hi.
We're looking
at the superhero you had to make.
-And now, let's look at your creation.
-Okay.
That's Ayuwoki.
There it is, look.
That's Krusty, the Evil Clown.
You just had to add skin tone to the skin,
now he has a white face and clown grin.
The animal print looks like a beaver tail.
With three flies stuck to it.
The face is awful
but the hair's fine. I like the color.
-Nice texture.
-It's shaped like the state of Nuevo León.
Oh, what...
Could we try your state... I mean, cookie?
Let's see.
Such a dainty nibble.
Jesus!
Did you eat...
What happened?
-What's up?
-It's black.
Black? I'm not normally a diva,
but... Makeup!
Like a child who ate all the ingredients.
The cookie's flavor is good.
Adding the paint directly
to any cookie or cake...
That's gel.
It's used to paint across textures,
not to put on top.
Although you added butter in cubes,
the consistency wasn't that bad.
-Good texture.
-Not too sweet.
I felt it was balanced
as far as sweetness goes.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Ernesto, how did you do?
I left some details out.
We're looking
at the winged superhero you had to make.
And now, show us your superhero.
-Panther, what did you do?
-It broke.
We can tell you needed more time,
my dear Panther.
He's a fallen angel. The wing broke off.
I don't know
if they're wings or if it's snowing.
Yours looks more like a face.
Yes, its easy
to make a face with edible marker.
Are the three marbles
underneath the boots?
Three feet? Why two and one?
What happened there?
Yes, it's true.
-He missed one.
-It probably fell.
-Let's try your cookie.
-Go ahead. Try it.
Ernesto, the ingredients clash,
and it feels harder in the middle.
I think your cookie has a good flavor,
but the pieces of fondant are too big.
-I liked your playdough...
-It's a cookie.
Sorry, your cookie.
If this was a boxing fight,
you'd have three losses and two wins.
-This applause is for you, for the effort.
-Thanks.
If you could please come over this way.
Honestly, you all produced...
very strange work, but there is a winner.
The winner of this round is...
You, Mayela!
I feel so proud of myself
because I think my abilities improved,
and things that I make now
can be even better.
You won't have to use your laser rays
to cut onions or chayotes anymore,
thanks to this...
Set of knives!
And also the famous golden cap,
which will give you
lots of powers for the next challenge.
Come over here quickly.
Follow me!
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
Our country's history
is full of real stories
that were written by real heroes.
Like this Mexican hero.
A Pancho Villa cake!
The base of this bust of Villa
is made from strawberry cake,
and his uniform is made of fondant.
The head is covered with fondant
and the details are modeling chocolate.
The hat is made of puffed rice
mounted on a structure
and covered in fondant.
-The roses are made of modeling chocolate.
-No, please.
If you find combing his mustache
too difficult,
press the Help button,
I'll help for three minutes.
-Okay.
-One of you,
the one that struggled the most.
-How'd you know it was you, Ernesto?
-Me?
I thought you meant... Claudia.
When you press
the "Villain in the Kitchen" button,
I'll put on a cape and a mask,
and turn into
a terrible villain
who won't let your opponents work,
so that you have an advantage.
You have one hour and 30 minutes
to do this.
To the kitchen, pastry chefs!
Time is ticking.
Come on! Let's go!
Let's start this.
Anna, can you explain
how to bake this difficult cake?
Of course.
Prepare the strawberry dough.
In a bowl, mix an egg, jam, milk,
vanilla, melted butter,
flour, and the pink coloring.
Whip the ingredients for two minutes.
Bake the cake until it's ready.
Mold Pancho's face over the structure
with modeling chocolate.
Mold the eyebrows, hair, and ears
using modeling chocolate and fondant.
Cover the hat netting with puffed rice,
and cover it with brown icing.
Then pile the cakes on top
of the structure using a layer of icing,
and sculpt the cakes to form shoulders.
Seal the cakes with a layer of fondant
in the shape of Pancho's shirt.
Make the floral details,
belts, and hat using fondant.
And your Pancho Villa is ready.
Are they doing
the San Miguel de Allende landscape too?
No, of course not.
I'll do the cake first
so I can bake it and avoid the problem
I had before.
My strategy for this round
is to concentrate
on everything I have within my reach.
I'm missing the coloring.
Pink. Pink, like my hair.
I'll add a lot of pink.
Did you notice that Mayela's cake dough
is the same color as her hair?
Yes, a cute pink.
I'll bake my cakes.
-I should follow the recipe.
-How's it going, Ernesto?
-Learning from your mistakes?
-I will counterattack
so my rivals can't win, in order to win.
Hear the Panther roar. Let's go!
I'm going for it in round two
and I'll define the fight.
I will give it my best
and pay more attention.
Open the gates, Panther is coming!
Come on, Panther!
What?
I forgot to add this. Crap.
-What happened, Panther?
-I forgot...
-to add this.
-He didn't add the pink coloring.
-Darn!
-Does he still have time, chef?
Time? No, it's almost over.
I forgot.
I knew I couldn't be doing this well.
Two cups of strawberry jam.
My strategy for this round is
to make a delicious cake,
because I don't know
how I'll do at decorating.
I'll add coconut,
because I think
those flavors mix together well.
Claudia added a flavor. Coconut.
And strawberry. It's liquid.
And she added her two cups of jam.
It's going to be too moist.
And what if it's too soft? It won't bake?
It won't be raw,
but it will have the wrong consistency.
Let's see how it ends up.
You have an hour and one minute.
Okay. I still have an ace up my sleeve,
I'm going to add a little cream cheese,
so it'll have another flavor.
-That's great!
-Is that the correct technique?
-It's not the recipe.
-But it will give it a great flavor.
I'll add some pink to my frosting as well
because I want everything pink.
It's white icing. Why did she add color?
Maybe everything at home is gray
and she wants everything to be pink.
Yes, everything.
Even that tablet has to be pink.
It's great.
I'm going to make the hat.
I've not worked with puffed rice before,
only eaten it.
I don't know how to glue it.
It won't stick.
How do you make the rice so thin?
If you put it
in the microwave then roll it out
it will fit over the mesh.
I can't.
Just relax.
I feel like I'm a person
that is too patient.
Relax, girl, relax.
I'm good at managing stress.
Look. What is she doing?
-Is that what you do to make jerky?
-Of course.
Sonora style.
He's giving that hat a beating.
Use your creativity, Panther.
Finish it, Panther!
Yes.
He's a young guy, with lots of potential.
This hat is going to be too heavy.
Look. They made hats for all year round.
This is very heavy.
Dear God,
the hat is going to be too thick.
She's making an igloo.
Yes.
There's no brown icing. I'll paint it.
Those hats are too heavy.
It's very funny.
That hat weighs kilos.
That's an old lady's beach hat.
Pass me the hat, I'm getting too much sun.
I'll do it in parts.
Mayela's hat looks like a mountain.
I won't say what kind but a mountain.
That's too heavy. It won't hold.
I'm making the face.
He looks very handsome.
She's doing the Lyn May technique now.
-That's how she made her face.
-Mr. Pancho had Botox.
I'll put your hair on
and then give you a haircut.
-Is she talking to Pancho Villa?
-I'll make you some sexy lips.
-Is she talking to her cake?
-I'll give you a little nose.
Let's see how this cake is doing.
Is your cake ready?
He's missing the rest.
Ernesto still needs the rest of it.
I had to do other things
while the cake baked.
I don't want to lose any time.
I'll have to attack.
Omar-tyrdom!
That's mean, Ernesto.
I helped you when you had a problem.
I'm the Ingrown Toenail Villain.
Come on, Omar, get to it.
-What's up, defender?
-What's up?
-Let me help.
-Some flowers.
You don't know how to do this.
I'll make the facial details.
Look at you, Pancho. You're looking good.
Catch me.
Let's add a little mouth, brother.
And a few wrinkles. There, a few less.
Wasn't it supposed to be
just three minutes?
The face is ready.
This time it looks more advanced, right?
Yes, he's doing his best.
I think the cake is ready now.
Guys, you have 24 minutes.
It can't be.
It's still hot.
It's piping hot.
She should stick it
in the fridge or something.
It's still hot.
Isn't the first thing
we learn at school to let it cool?
Oh no! It's super hot.
Watch your hands!
-It's so hot.
-Ouch!
Wait. Chill out. It's so hot.
The frosting.
She's spreading the frosting on.
It's going to melt.
This doesn't look right,
but it will have to do.
The frosting isn't spreading.
The cake absorbed it, I think.
The icing looks a bit like chewing gum.
Maybe it's because the cake is hot.
-Piping hot.
-But there's no time, chef.
Let's start adding...
Jam.
-The jam was supposed to go in the dough.
-It looks good.
I want to eat it.
I'm making a mix of fondant
to create the coat's color.
Look at the Panther's strength.
Keep watching the Panther's left hand.
-You can do this, Panther.
-This is done.
I'll use the flower technique
for the crepe paper,
that technique never fails.
I can't make flowers.
Hell, no!
I can't work with this fondant.
I started working on the flowers,
but the fondant was like gum.
Help!
Help!
-Help!
-Help!
Clau, what happened?
I tried to use fondant for the flowers,
but it's too watery.
-I can't...
-Try modeling chocolate.
First, make it into a ball.
The center,
then you make it petal by petal.
Press.
And then you cover it. And you keep at it.
-Good luck!
-Thank you!
Guys, you have seven minutes left.
-What happened?
-No.
Careful with the stick.
She'll impale it and...
Yes. Let her be.
But maybe she'll impale her hand like...
Yes.
Comrade.
He'll impale it for sure.
-There it goes.
-Right.
I'm missing the hat.
Won't that weigh too much?
Yes, that hat is very heavy.
Who can help me?
No, poor thing.
It won't fit. This sucks!
Can we leave it like this? No.
Use some sticks, Clau.
Or a spatula, so it won't fall.
A collar or something.
I can't, it will fall.
Hold on. Maybe it will fit.
It looks
as if Pancho Villa had an accident.
He crashed his carriage...
Pancho Villa looks like a hunter.
Dear God.
I still need everything.
She's doing the flowers.
I don't have any flowers,
so I'll add some red fondant balls.
It has to have something red. Period.
It's so hard.
The hat is too heavy
that if I let it go it will break.
Look.
-Watch out!
-Watch out!
-It will fall.
-So nerve-wracking!
My hands are so sticky.
You can. Just do it!
-Don't think about it.
-No fear.
-Look how she's carrying it.
-Mayela, please, come on.
The arms are falling off.
No, she dropped it!
-No!
-No, so nerve-wracking!
What do I do? It'll fall.
It broke.
No.
No way! It's going sideways.
Did the pole fall over?
What am I going to do?
The pole came unglued from the base.
Can I put this one in?
-It won't fit.
-You only have two minutes left.
Relax, girl, relax.
I don't know how to make it stick.
How do I hold it in?
I need a stick, something to hold it.
We're doing great! Come on!
Five,
four, three,
two, one,
you're done!
Hands up, this is a stickup, brother.
Hi, how are you? Sorry!
The fondant got stuck.
This is the Pancho Villa
you had to recreate.
And now, show us yours.
One, two...
He's had rhinoplasty.
The nose is too small.
That looks like a beach hat.
Pancho Villa on a beach in Chihuahua.
The mouth is...
He has big lips, he wants kisses.
It has about 17 skewers
to hold it in place.
I thought he was resting.
The puffed rice goes between the netting
so it's not too heavy
and it doesn't collapse when you mount it.
You used the freeze-dried strawberries
for your roses.
You said, "It has to have something red."
It looks like Pancho Villa
was a victim of a fire.
Maybe this was after
the attempt on his life in Chihuahua.
-Congratulations!
-Thanks.
-Nice, Claudia! Very good!
-Thanks.
-Hi, Mayela.
-Here I am.
Show us yours.
But this Pancho Villa is behind bars.
What happened?
The thing that got really ruined
was the hat.
He said, "I don't want to be here,"
and fell forward.
-It has too much puffed rice.
-No, sorry.
Can you give Alex five minutes
to make fun of it? I mean, laugh.
You'll see once you try it.
That hat contains
a two-year supply of puffed rice.
The suit fell off along with all the skin.
That's a naked Pancho Villa.
Naked Pancho Villa.
I can't. Sorry.
The flowers are fine and even have stems.
I also like that it could be a store.
-They sell things in there.
-Very good.
And now it's Panther's turn.
If you could be so kind,
show us yours now.
He's exhausted.
To begin with,
I don't see flowers, I see chili.
-Right? Serrano chilies.
-From a tree.
Spicy chiles de árbol.
I like that the hat looks about to erupt.
Like he had an idea and his head blew up.
I love that you mixed the fondant
with another color to make that tone.
I love the mouth.
More than Pancho Villa,
that's Vicente Fernández,
but after eight hours of singing.
Congratulations!
-Very good, Panther.
-Congratulations.
Thanks.
Please cut a nice moist slice of cake,
and bring it to us.
Let's start with Claudia's cake.
It's a little too dense...
-And moist.
-You added too much liquid,
so this is the result of that dough.
It needed to be sweeter.
I would've liked icing.
In the middle, yes, I added icing,
but perhaps it wasn't that cold
-and it absorbed it.
-Yes.
-Well done, Clau.
-Thanks.
Let's try the one with cotton candy.
Mayela's.
I like the color.
Deep pink like your personality.
I don't know what you put in the filling,
but it's very good.
I added cream cheese.
I think the frosting had a sugary texture.
Because it was hot, it melted,
and now it also tastes like cheese.
-It's tasty.
-Being Ernesto must be nerve-wracking now.
-Thanks.
-Let's see if the Panther can roar.
Ernesto, you really turned it around
on this second challenge.
Your cake is delicious.
The sweet mixed with the jam you added,
-I loved it.
-Thanks.
It's still a little warm. You took it out
when it was too hot, but it's tasty.
-I'd have liked to see the color.
-I think that...
Thank you, honey. I liked it a lot.
The flavor,
sweetness, and the jam are great.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
It's time to determine
who will be
the winner of the 200,000 pesos,
and, obviously,
the much sought after trophy.
Production!
The trophy!
Here it is.
It's Super Nando!
Now, Alex Fernández, do we have the bills?
Of course we have the bills.
Now I just need to give this trophy
to the Queen of Fondant,
so she can disclose the winner.
The winner of Nailed it! Mexico is...
You, Ernesto!
-Ernesto!
-So exciting!
I can't believe it. I won!
I feel so proud of myself.
A victory outside of the ring.
I'm proving to myself
that I can win in other fields.
Thanks for being our pastry chef heroes.
This story is over,
but the story of Nailed It! Mexico
will continue, so stay with us.
Come here, guys!
Where?
-Here.
-One, two, three.