Nailed It! Mexico (2019–2021): Season 3, Episode 6 - Episode #3.6 - full transcript
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
There are days
when we feel like we're in tune,
and everything turns out like this.
And other days when we feel off-key,
and things come out like this.
That's okay, because in Nailed it! Mexico,
it's the thought that counts.
Today, we're going to meet
three musical pastry chefs
who will all try to reach the highest note
and win 200,000 pesos.
So, one, two, three, four.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
My name is Alexia Domínguez Reyes.
I'm from Veracruz,
I own a pole dance studio.
I love to bake
because I feel baking
is a safe space where I can be happy.
It looks delicious!
When it comes to decorating cakes,
I get confused
because I can barely decorate
my own home.
I have no idea
how I'm going to decorate a cake.
If I win 200,000 pesos,
to be honest,
I'll use it to pay off my home
and help my mom a bit more.
My name is Héctor Corona.
I'm not a good pastry-chef,
but I'm a good pastry-eater.
They come out good.
Though not exactly the way I want them to.
This consistency is a bit crappy.
The most important thing
to me is my daughters.
I dedicate most of my time to them.
I want to win
because I have a few commitments,
like more flight hours
for my daughter
who's studying to be a pilot.
They're expensive.
I'm Elizabeth Aguirre,
I'm from Mexico City.
I'm a lawyer.
I learned a bit about pastry-making
from my grandma,
but I also watch YouTube tutorials,
classes, that kind of stuff.
Ta-da!
Thanks very much!
I want to win
because my daughter is so excited
and she wants to brag to her friends
about me being on TV
and possibly winning Nailed It!
Are you ready
for this festival of music and cake?
-Ready.
-So ready.
What do you have in your left arm?
I have a six-year-old daughter
that wanted to come
but she couldn't.
She said, "Take my lucky monkey
so it's like I'm with you."
Well, you already know her,
you're seeing her,
the Queen of Fondant, Anna Ruiz.
I know you'll give it your all
in creating a sweet and exciting symphony.
Prepare the applause,
the screams and wolf whistles,
because today's special guest
is from La Ley,
Beto Cuevas.
Bravo!
Thank you.
I almost fainted at that moment.
But I thought,
"Elizabeth, please, behave."
I get inspiration for my songs,
and I think you should do the same.
Get inspired to do something great.
It's time
for musical Sweet Possibilities.
There are many musical genres,
rock, rap, reggae, reggaeton.
To represent different genres
you will have to create these...
Jesus!
...giant cupcakes
representing musical genres.
A different hand for each style.
We have the rocker's hand.
That's Beto Cuevas's.
We have
the hand of an orchestra conductor.
And the microphone representing
all singers, even the karaoke ones.
-Okay.
-Inside the cupcake,
the cake is marbled with different colors.
The hands are made
of modeling chocolate and fondant.
The microphone is made of puffed rice.
When I say, "We want to rock!"...
-run for your cupcake.
-Okay.
We want to rock!
Zacatlán de las Manzanas!
-Without moving the furniture, Héctor.
-That's it?
Please tune your musical instruments
ready for pastry-making,
because you'll only have 45 minutes
-to recreate these musical hands.
-Okay.
The clock is ticking.
To the kitchen, pastry chefs.
Very good.
-Good Lord.
-Okay.
What's this? Butter.
Excuse me.
Could you explain, maestro,
how to make these cake cups?
Firstly, you need to prepare the mixture.
Empty it into different containers
and add different colors to each.
Then, add the different colored mixtures
into a cupcake mold, and bake until ready.
While it's baking,
make the hands from fondant
and add the nails,
clothes, and jewelry, also with fondant.
Put the cupcake on the base
and paint it with metallic coloring
using an airbrush.
Place the hand on top,
and there you have musical cupcakes.
If I had to do that,
I wouldn't even know where to start.
We'd be in the same team
and I'd be your sous-chef.
-My scullery maid.
-Yes.
Eggs.
I always like to add a lot of eggs.
This is very literal.
I love making cute little things,
like me.
How many tablespoons of vanilla?
I'm doing the batter over here,
following instructions to the T, I swear.
Two tablespoons must be about two caps.
Because we should save time, my friends.
It better taste good. Yes.
Alex didn't measure right,
that's not much vanilla.
Each one has their own technique.
Flour container, ready.
One third of a cup of melted butter.
I'll start adding the butter mix.
Let's go.
We can see Héctor whipping it. Look.
-Yes, look. Héctor, how are we doing?
-Let's go.
It's coming along.
I heard you're a tap dancer.
That's right.
If my daughters ask me to dance, I dance.
If they ask me to go ice skating,
I go ice skating.
I tap dance, but I'm a beginner.
Tap dance.
-Tap dance, we want to see you dance.
-Tap dance...
-Tap dance, tap dance.
-Go ahead, buddy!
There you go.
Bravo!
Wow!
We thought you were bluffing
but you're a professional.
A third. How much is a third?
A third of what?
My colleague Elizabeth looks focused.
-Colleague? Are you a lawyer?
-No but my band name means "the law."
-How's it going, Elizabeth?
-Very good, of course.
I'm more nervous than excited.
I've admired Beto Cuevas
since I was young. I love him.
We're adding the butter, eggs...
-Aren't you going to melt it?
-It doesn't say melted.
Yes, it is melted. It says so.
What happens if you don't
melt the butter for the dough?
It can change the texture
because the dough needs more moisture.
I'll add a little more vanilla.
A liquid's a liquid.
A little more.
-Can I do this too?
-Yes.
Then she'll save it.
There you go.
It splashed me but it's okay.
I'll add the colors.
Orange, purple, blue, and red.
Regular, black and rose.
I'll get the colors.
But I need to know which colors, right?
The recipe says to add brown coloring...
Color.
...but I can't find it anywhere.
I can't find the brown coloring here.
I guess I'll have to add cocoa.
Cocoa.
I can do what I can with what I have.
Besides, who doesn't like
a little cocoa and chocolate?
Elizabeth added cocoa to the mix.
I like that.
Now I'll put the mixture in the molds.
If you follow the recipe,
it can't go wrong.
I felt like a professional chef.
I don't think Alex is adding
enough dough for the size of the cupcake.
The more liquid,
the longer it takes to bake.
I won't wait for the sleeve.
Go get it, just in case.
You want to win but I won't let you.
I won't put it into the mouthpiece
because I need to save
as much time as possible.
-Blue.
-What's that?
They must dye the batter different colors
and mix them in the mold later,
so that they look marbled.
Marbled.
Perfect.
What now?
What God wants.
Thirty minutes, start the hands.
Thirty minutes. Start the hands already.
Oh, no!
Okay, let me start to sculpt.
This is terrible.
Oh!
The strategy
is to make the fingers separately
because they're difficult to mold.
Let's make the hand.
The texture is incredible,
so I start to form it.
What I didn't consider is it weighs a ton.
No cupcake can hold it.
This weighs 300 tons.
Three hundred.
How would you mold those hands?
I'd start with this part of the hand,
then I'd do the fingers,
sculpting them slowly.
-Finger by finger?
-No, I'd sculpt them from here.
From the batter.
If you do that, you run the risk
-of one falling off.
-Yes.
You have good instincts, dude.
Perhaps, I have a future
in cake decorating.
You have just 17 minutes left!
Let's see how they're doing.
They're not ready!
You can't open the oven
if the cake isn't ready.
-No?
-It will deflate unless it's almost done.
There it goes. How's it going?
Do you like it?
They look great.
-I like it.
-Looks good.
It looks good from afar.
It's great getting good feedback
but even more so from Beto Cuevas.
I made a mistake.
I brought the white modeling chocolate.
I needed the flesh-toned one.
Oh, I think it's here.
Be careful!
-Are you okay?
-Oh, my God! Jesus!
No, I walk like this.
Are you okay?
Héctor, we didn't record it.
Can you fall over again?
Yes, I'm coming.
You're so mean.
Gentlemen, eight minutes...
-No! No way!
-...35 seconds.
-Jesus!
-It needs more batter, but I can fix it.
I think Alex's cupcakes are too short.
They've sunk in the middle.
And Héctor's cupcakes are sunken too.
She's an expert.
I have laser eyes. I'm Turbo Chef.
Pastry chefs, three minutes!
It's time to finish the details.
The color of the nails, the skin.
I started with the hand lines...
...so that if I read its fortune,
the fortune will come to me.
Like this.
The fingers look a little weird.
They're kind of crappy, to be honest.
Let's see. You can do it.
From here I can see the hand of...
It looks like Freddy Krueger's hand.
It's our first try.
What can I do
so that my poor little cupcake
can handle that big hand?
I'm just going to skewer it everywhere.
Skewer and skewer.
One minute left.
It's not the same golden tone
but gold is gold.
I'll leave it like this.
The sticks are showing.
I thought I had talent.
Almost.
-Oh, my...
-Six...
-five, four...
-The little balls.
...three, two,
one...
You're done!
I did what I could, Veracruz.
-Hi, Héctor, how are you?
-Great, Omar.
You worried us when you fell.
What happened?
I wanted to show you my skating.
It was a step I do when I go skating.
-It was a good fall.
-Yes.
-Protected.
-Is your cake okay, though?
Yes, the cake is doing just fine.
First, let's see the hand
you were meant to do.
And now show us your hand.
There!
Héctor!
Is that where you put the finger...?
-No!
-Or has it drooped?
I mean, Beto is the rock star.
See? It's pointing at Beto.
Perhaps it's a victim,
a mafia informer. They broke his fingers.
And he spent a year locked in some room
that's why he has no pigmentation.
Your cupcake is a little deflated.
What happened?
-How many times did you open the oven?
-Once.
It deflated a little. Let's try it.
Sure, go ahead.
The colors are there.
It's tasty.
Héctor, I like the colors. They look nice.
They didn't mix that much.
It has flavor
and even deflated, it has great texture.
I would happily eat that muffin.
It's delicious.
Even though I'm not a fan of sugar,
I liked it a lot.
It wasn't too dry.
Yes, it was delicious. I liked it.
-Thanks.
-This applause is for you.
-Thanks.
-Let's go to the next contestant.
Hi, Elizabeth. Let's see the original hand
you were meant to do.
And now show us your hand.
-Oh, look!
-Wow!
Good.
Elizabeth, to begin with,
your hand is very well done,
the fingers have a great outline.
That Harry Potter wand.
It has all the details.
It has the baton. It's perfectly shaped.
It's very good.
I'd love a shirt with sleeves like that.
It's like a Galliano design.
Very interesting.
Let's try it.
Let's see the marbling.
It has a delicious flavor.
I can taste the vanilla.
I think you used an extra spoon.
Actually, more than that,
it needed moisture.
Yes, I tasted it.
To add color to it, you used cocoa.
-Cocoa.
-Perfect.
The flavor of cocoa, not the color.
-Yes.
-The marbling is great.
-The cake's consistency is perfect.
-I liked it.
It reminded me of my childhood.
When I'd watch cartoons
and I'd eat cupcakes.
I feel super honored.
A taste that reminds you
of your childhood? That's no mean feat.
-Thank you.
-That's so flattering.
-I know.
-Good.
Thank you very much.
Now, let's go see Alex. Don't get jealous.
-No, go ahead.
-Let's see. You know that...
The queen of pole dance.
Present.
Alex, we're looking at the hand
with the microphone you chose.
Let's see how you did.
-Of course.
-Can you show us?
Oh!
Alex!
That hand doesn't want to let
the microphone out of its grip.
That's the hand of a rapper.
That's the right moment.
It's hard capturing the right moment.
Drop the mic.
I like the shiny microphone.
You were very creative
adding those edible silver pearls.
Did it collapse?
Just to be safe I missed a bit out.
It's just low, it didn't sink.
-It didn't sink.
-Perfect.
-Let's try it.
-All yours, guys.
I felt something crunchy.
It's held in place by sticks.
I like the colors you used for the inside.
The sponge is spectacular.
Thanks.
The bit of sponge I could try, was good.
You definitely nailed it.
I liked the texture a lot.
The marbling is great visually.
The three colors look great.
I felt that the cupcake
didn't have that much vanilla flavor.
-But a great texture.
-This applause is for you.
Thank you!
And now, my friends,
if you could please get closer together.
We know who the winner
of the first round is.
Our Turbo Chef will tell us.
Excellent work.
I can tell you put a lot of effort in,
but there's only one winner. And that is...
It's you, Elizabeth!
I was so close!
I feel so proud.
I know I'm making my daughter proud.
She wanted to see me win.
So now, Beto, what did Elizabeth win?
I hope you like metal because you just won
a set of knives.
Very good.
And you visualized yourself wearing
the golden cap, and now you are.
It matches your smile,
though it's a little too big.
Ready to keep singing?
-Yes!
-Of course.
In that case, let's sing.
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
There's a musical tradition
that is still alive in many countries
like Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
Though these musicians are famed more for
carrying them than playing them,
it's still an art form,
as you can see here.
-Oh, my God!
-No way!
It's an organ-grinder cake.
We can see this fine gentleman
playing beautiful melodies
from the past in plazas and streets.
The organ-grinder's box is made
of cake covered with black fondant.
The organ-grinder's body
is made of puffed rice,
as is the hat.
The details can be made
out of fondant or modeling chocolate.
The parrot...
is also made of modeling chocolate.
If you think your cake
is going to collapse,
press the "Help" button before it does so.
I'll help for three minutes.
-Okay.
-Okay.
My dear Alex, a few minutes ago
we noticed you missed some notes,
which is why we're helping you now.
When you press the "Omar-tyrdom" button,
me and my friend, Beto Cuevas,
will visit your friends
so they can help us improvise
some new songs,
which will give you an advantage.
-I love it.
-The clock is ticking.
Strike up the band!
Let's go.
Excuse me.
It won't start.
Anna, you haven't told me
how to prepare the cake yet.
Let me tell you how.
To prepare the organ-grinder,
first bake the cake.
While it bakes, prepare the frosting.
Mold the body,
head, and hat out of puffed rice.
Add details using fondant
and modeling chocolate to all three parts.
Stack the cakes with layers of icing
and sculpt them to form the street organ.
Coat the cakes
and cover them with black fondant.
Mold the parrot using modeling chocolate
and apply fondant details
to the street organ.
Your organ-grinder cake is ready to play.
Are there organ-grinders in Chile?
-Yes?
-Yes. In Chile,
it's because of the influence
of the golden era of Mexican cinema.
Incredible!
Mix the dry and wet ingredients.
I hope I won't make the same mistake.
For the second challenge,
I am going to read the whole recipe,
so I don't miss anything.
Melted butter. This time I'll melt it.
My daughter signed me up for Nailed It!
Where should I melt it?
So I came to win!
This blocks my view. I can't see.
"Make this recipe twice."
Which means it's four.
The only thing
that could help me win this challenge
is if my opponents pass out,
because I have no idea what to do.
Two-thirds plus two-thirds...
How can you not know
what two-thirds plus two-thirds is, Alex?
Of course, I know it's four,
but when you convert them to cups...
"When you convert to cups."
Look, this is a cup.
I have that clear. So four-thirds is...
How much? Are you kidding?
I think it's like this.
Excuse me.
You need to add
solids and liquids for the recipe,
so I don't think it's complicated.
The complicated part
is making sure
the cakes don't deflate like my cupcakes.
I would like to be able to guesstimate.
Work with me.
With this, it'll be very short.
Elizabeth and Héctor are using small molds
and overfilling them.
Therefore,
the cakes will take longer to bake,
and they could deflate.
I'm going to put these on top.
Let's hope they bake.
Let's go!
Fifty-three minutes left!
There!
So, for the frosting,
four cups of powdered sugar.
How many did it say? Four.
The frosting is made with butter,
lots of sugar...
...four, five,
six.
Elizabeth is putting
too much sugar in her frosting.
Remember, Beto Cuevas
doesn't like it that sweet.
If Beto doesn't like sweet things,
-why am I on this show?
-I don't know.
One more. What could go wrong?
Very good.
RECIPE
3. MOLD THE BODY.
-What's Héctor doing?
-He is building the body.
I had never molded puffed rice before.
It was coming out.
Press it hard
but not too much, or it'll soften.
This thing is falling. It's falling!
Could you compose
a song for our chef Anna?
Extreme...
That's Anna
She runs like a Turbo Chef
And today she's going to evaluate...
Héctor,
Elizabeth and Alex
-I love him!
-Bravo!
Bravo!
Who invented this?
Making the body is really difficult
because it has to come out right.
I don't know if this is normal
or if I'm doing something very bad.
And that's when I thought,
"This is it! Omar-tyrdom!"
Omar!
Omar-tyrdom, The Musical.
No, please.
Héctor, three minutes.
You have to sing with us.
Let's go.
How's the cake?
It smells burnt
I haven't checked it
The cake looks great
Héctor!
What a nice song, bud!
Lawyer...
Lawyer...
At that moment,
there was no Omar Chaparro.
It was Beto and me.
I see a lawyer in love
-In love
-Stop singing. I'm so distracted!
Lawyer in love, lawyer in love
Very good.
What can I say?
That was like winning to me.
It has lips that never touched me.
Let's make a crest right here.
I just covered the head.
Now I have to add the hair
and bushy eyebrows, like an old man.
And... the mouth.
I need help,
so I can ask how to make the mouth.
What do I use for the mouth?
Help!
Help!
-No, Turbo Chef.
-Help!
Help!
-Okay, Eli, tell me.
-How do I do the mouth?
You need to create the mouth
using the tools.
-Yes.
-Make it out of the batter. Look.
-No, I mean...
-It's not the same.
Make the line and pull it out.
If you want the top one,
take it from here.
Understood.
-Like this, right?
-Now what?
This is falling apart
because it's too heavy.
You need to take this out
or it will collapse.
-Okay.
-Great, Eli.
-Thanks.
-Yes, good luck.
Let's restructure this.
I'd start all over again,
but I don't think I'll have time.
Let me tell you.
Tell us!
Nothing, Eli's doing great.
I explained the puffed rice to her.
If you use too much puffed rice,
it'll fall over from the weight.
You need to squeeze.
Héctor's looks like Popeye.
Remember Popeye?
-Yes.
-Hers is going great,
but with lots of pieces.
That won't help. She needs to cover it.
Come on, old man,
don't bug me with the hand.
Guys, you have 34 minutes left.
Jesus!
These are sinking again.
They just started to sink.
I think it has deflated a little
after he used those rectangular molds.
Héctor, no!
My God!
The sponge deflated a bit.
That's because you used a mold
that's too small. Eli's deflated too.
But she's small,
she needs to use small molds.
Unbelievable! Incredible!
Alex's sponges are great.
I'm making a syrup
to add to the mixture to soften it.
I used fig jam.
It's a very Mexican flavor...
...and it's perfect for this type of cake.
I love fig jam.
Yes, it's delicious.
My cakes were ready. I took them out.
Now I'm going to give them shape.
Oh, he dropped it.
No way! I dropped it.
He dropped it.
At the same spot where he fell,
-his cake fell.
-We'll fix it right away.
They will have to try
the sponge I have on the top layer.
So I'll use the rice
to substitute the sponge I dropped.
Now I'll give it shape.
It's still hot.
It's crumbling.
We'll get it fixed, don't worry.
So I'll mount one and add cream.
Since it's hot, it'll melt a little.
We'll cover it however we can.
We'll have to improvise with what we have.
Not good.
That's great.
I'm stretching the fondant
to cover the box.
Is that cap too big?
We'll cover it now.
Ten minutes. Those organ-grinders
should already be playing music.
I don't even know what I need.
What am I missing? The organ.
Hold it. You're good.
I feel I won't have time
to cover the whole body.
So I decided
to cover the box and paint the body.
Elizabeth isn't covering
her organ-grinder with fondant.
She's airbrushing it.
That's so cool.
I need one of those at home.
I'll mix the golden dust with the icing.
I feel like it looks like coffee,
mud, a puddle, a ranch, incredible.
This looks like a monkey.
Héctor's looks so cheeky.
-It has no neck.
-True.
Awful.
Raise your screens, please.
One minute left.
The damn parrot.
I want to fix it all with sticks.
Awful.
Let's start the countdown.
I'm missing the ears.
Ear.
Five, four,
three, two,
one, you're done!
Hands up, pastry chefs!
Héctor, we're looking at
the original organ-grinder,
-let's see yours now.
-Of course.
It has the body of Popeye.
That's Popeye. Look at those huge arms.
"Well blow me down!"
That's a relative of Little Lulu.
Especially the left cheek. It has mumps
on one side and not the other.
Cheeky on one side.
Must have had a tooth out.
That's why he's like...
I really liked the eyes
with the silver touches.
-But it has no neck.
-I made it. I don't know where it went.
And your "Mexico,"
you did it with a marker.
The parrot has its actual shape,
and the buttons too. Very good, Héctor.
-Congratulations.
-Well done.
Thanks.
-Lawyer.
-Hello.
-Show us yours.
-Ready?
Wow! He has, like, a skin suit.
It's a sheepskin jacket inside out.
-More or less.
-It should've been square
so that it looks like an organ.
It didn't cool down enough,
so when I started building it,
it collapsed.
He looks Russian, not Mexican.
A Russian spy,
but I like that it has a personality.
The ears down, arrogant,
he knows what he wants.
I love the face,
the eyebrows, the mouth and the eyes.
I would like it better
if you'd covered the cake in fondant,
but from afar, it looks fine.
Thank you.
Let's go see Alex.
Let's see yours.
Come on.
-There!
-Yes!
It's the one that looks most
like an organ.
The front is spectacular.
It even looks like it has a handle here.
The parrot looks more like a duck.
It's one of those caged parakeets.
-A lovebird.
-Yes, you know it.
Is the body connected correctly?
Where's the join? The head?
It looks dirty,
like it's covered in mud or something.
He's playing in a street
just after it rained,
the buses came and splashed him,
but he hasn't given up.
I tried to help and look what happened.
-But it has something the others don't.
-What?
-A neck.
-Look at that.
I loved that. I was about to say.
The neck is perfect.
And if it tastes good, even better.
-You have no idea.
-I think it's time to try them,
so cut a nice moist slice,
and bring it to the table, please
Let's start
by trying the cake from Héctor.
Your cake is really tasty.
It has the flavor
of a father that loves his kids.
The only thing lacking is the icing.
The icing was there
but it melted into the rice.
That detail got missed because I used rice
instead of the other sponge.
The fondant...
The covering isn't too thick, very good.
-Okay.
-Texture is good. Flavor, good.
-Thanks.
-I liked the texture. It's spongy.
-Well done.
-Thanks.
Let's try the lawyer's cake now.
I... ate too much sugar.
The flavor is good,
but it was so sweet that...
it made my throat itch.
Elizabeth, it's very good.
The consistency is moist.
The filling is delicious.
I loved it.
-Thank you.
-The texture's good.
However,
the icing tasted a little too sweet.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Let's try your cake, Alex.
I loved it when you took
the initiative to add the...
Fig and coconut jam.
I liked it.
Did you add anything to the sponge?
I made a special syrup
with a little bit of vanilla
and sugar, so that the sponge
would be a little warmer.
-Very good. Well done, Alex.
-Thanks.
And I really liked the jam detail.
That's where your cake stands out.
And I think you'll be the reason
for me to start eating sugar again.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
But it's time to announce
the winner of the 200,000 pesos,
-and more importantly, the trophy...
-Exactly.
...which is worth more than a Grammy.
Production, the trophy!
Here. We have the trophy.
So, Beto Cuevas,
do we have the gun with the bills?
It's cocked and loaded.
The winner of Nailed It! is...
It's you, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth wins the trophy,
the Nailed It! Mexico prize.
Congratulations.
I'm so proud.
This was my daughter's dream.
For me to win.
And I'm making her dream come true.
The symphony of flavors has ended,
but please, stay with us,
because Nailed It! Mexico
is still making noise here at Netflix.
Come here for a selfie.
And thank you, Beto Cuevas!
There are days
when we feel like we're in tune,
and everything turns out like this.
And other days when we feel off-key,
and things come out like this.
That's okay, because in Nailed it! Mexico,
it's the thought that counts.
Today, we're going to meet
three musical pastry chefs
who will all try to reach the highest note
and win 200,000 pesos.
So, one, two, three, four.
IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
My name is Alexia Domínguez Reyes.
I'm from Veracruz,
I own a pole dance studio.
I love to bake
because I feel baking
is a safe space where I can be happy.
It looks delicious!
When it comes to decorating cakes,
I get confused
because I can barely decorate
my own home.
I have no idea
how I'm going to decorate a cake.
If I win 200,000 pesos,
to be honest,
I'll use it to pay off my home
and help my mom a bit more.
My name is Héctor Corona.
I'm not a good pastry-chef,
but I'm a good pastry-eater.
They come out good.
Though not exactly the way I want them to.
This consistency is a bit crappy.
The most important thing
to me is my daughters.
I dedicate most of my time to them.
I want to win
because I have a few commitments,
like more flight hours
for my daughter
who's studying to be a pilot.
They're expensive.
I'm Elizabeth Aguirre,
I'm from Mexico City.
I'm a lawyer.
I learned a bit about pastry-making
from my grandma,
but I also watch YouTube tutorials,
classes, that kind of stuff.
Ta-da!
Thanks very much!
I want to win
because my daughter is so excited
and she wants to brag to her friends
about me being on TV
and possibly winning Nailed It!
Are you ready
for this festival of music and cake?
-Ready.
-So ready.
What do you have in your left arm?
I have a six-year-old daughter
that wanted to come
but she couldn't.
She said, "Take my lucky monkey
so it's like I'm with you."
Well, you already know her,
you're seeing her,
the Queen of Fondant, Anna Ruiz.
I know you'll give it your all
in creating a sweet and exciting symphony.
Prepare the applause,
the screams and wolf whistles,
because today's special guest
is from La Ley,
Beto Cuevas.
Bravo!
Thank you.
I almost fainted at that moment.
But I thought,
"Elizabeth, please, behave."
I get inspiration for my songs,
and I think you should do the same.
Get inspired to do something great.
It's time
for musical Sweet Possibilities.
There are many musical genres,
rock, rap, reggae, reggaeton.
To represent different genres
you will have to create these...
Jesus!
...giant cupcakes
representing musical genres.
A different hand for each style.
We have the rocker's hand.
That's Beto Cuevas's.
We have
the hand of an orchestra conductor.
And the microphone representing
all singers, even the karaoke ones.
-Okay.
-Inside the cupcake,
the cake is marbled with different colors.
The hands are made
of modeling chocolate and fondant.
The microphone is made of puffed rice.
When I say, "We want to rock!"...
-run for your cupcake.
-Okay.
We want to rock!
Zacatlán de las Manzanas!
-Without moving the furniture, Héctor.
-That's it?
Please tune your musical instruments
ready for pastry-making,
because you'll only have 45 minutes
-to recreate these musical hands.
-Okay.
The clock is ticking.
To the kitchen, pastry chefs.
Very good.
-Good Lord.
-Okay.
What's this? Butter.
Excuse me.
Could you explain, maestro,
how to make these cake cups?
Firstly, you need to prepare the mixture.
Empty it into different containers
and add different colors to each.
Then, add the different colored mixtures
into a cupcake mold, and bake until ready.
While it's baking,
make the hands from fondant
and add the nails,
clothes, and jewelry, also with fondant.
Put the cupcake on the base
and paint it with metallic coloring
using an airbrush.
Place the hand on top,
and there you have musical cupcakes.
If I had to do that,
I wouldn't even know where to start.
We'd be in the same team
and I'd be your sous-chef.
-My scullery maid.
-Yes.
Eggs.
I always like to add a lot of eggs.
This is very literal.
I love making cute little things,
like me.
How many tablespoons of vanilla?
I'm doing the batter over here,
following instructions to the T, I swear.
Two tablespoons must be about two caps.
Because we should save time, my friends.
It better taste good. Yes.
Alex didn't measure right,
that's not much vanilla.
Each one has their own technique.
Flour container, ready.
One third of a cup of melted butter.
I'll start adding the butter mix.
Let's go.
We can see Héctor whipping it. Look.
-Yes, look. Héctor, how are we doing?
-Let's go.
It's coming along.
I heard you're a tap dancer.
That's right.
If my daughters ask me to dance, I dance.
If they ask me to go ice skating,
I go ice skating.
I tap dance, but I'm a beginner.
Tap dance.
-Tap dance, we want to see you dance.
-Tap dance...
-Tap dance, tap dance.
-Go ahead, buddy!
There you go.
Bravo!
Wow!
We thought you were bluffing
but you're a professional.
A third. How much is a third?
A third of what?
My colleague Elizabeth looks focused.
-Colleague? Are you a lawyer?
-No but my band name means "the law."
-How's it going, Elizabeth?
-Very good, of course.
I'm more nervous than excited.
I've admired Beto Cuevas
since I was young. I love him.
We're adding the butter, eggs...
-Aren't you going to melt it?
-It doesn't say melted.
Yes, it is melted. It says so.
What happens if you don't
melt the butter for the dough?
It can change the texture
because the dough needs more moisture.
I'll add a little more vanilla.
A liquid's a liquid.
A little more.
-Can I do this too?
-Yes.
Then she'll save it.
There you go.
It splashed me but it's okay.
I'll add the colors.
Orange, purple, blue, and red.
Regular, black and rose.
I'll get the colors.
But I need to know which colors, right?
The recipe says to add brown coloring...
Color.
...but I can't find it anywhere.
I can't find the brown coloring here.
I guess I'll have to add cocoa.
Cocoa.
I can do what I can with what I have.
Besides, who doesn't like
a little cocoa and chocolate?
Elizabeth added cocoa to the mix.
I like that.
Now I'll put the mixture in the molds.
If you follow the recipe,
it can't go wrong.
I felt like a professional chef.
I don't think Alex is adding
enough dough for the size of the cupcake.
The more liquid,
the longer it takes to bake.
I won't wait for the sleeve.
Go get it, just in case.
You want to win but I won't let you.
I won't put it into the mouthpiece
because I need to save
as much time as possible.
-Blue.
-What's that?
They must dye the batter different colors
and mix them in the mold later,
so that they look marbled.
Marbled.
Perfect.
What now?
What God wants.
Thirty minutes, start the hands.
Thirty minutes. Start the hands already.
Oh, no!
Okay, let me start to sculpt.
This is terrible.
Oh!
The strategy
is to make the fingers separately
because they're difficult to mold.
Let's make the hand.
The texture is incredible,
so I start to form it.
What I didn't consider is it weighs a ton.
No cupcake can hold it.
This weighs 300 tons.
Three hundred.
How would you mold those hands?
I'd start with this part of the hand,
then I'd do the fingers,
sculpting them slowly.
-Finger by finger?
-No, I'd sculpt them from here.
From the batter.
If you do that, you run the risk
-of one falling off.
-Yes.
You have good instincts, dude.
Perhaps, I have a future
in cake decorating.
You have just 17 minutes left!
Let's see how they're doing.
They're not ready!
You can't open the oven
if the cake isn't ready.
-No?
-It will deflate unless it's almost done.
There it goes. How's it going?
Do you like it?
They look great.
-I like it.
-Looks good.
It looks good from afar.
It's great getting good feedback
but even more so from Beto Cuevas.
I made a mistake.
I brought the white modeling chocolate.
I needed the flesh-toned one.
Oh, I think it's here.
Be careful!
-Are you okay?
-Oh, my God! Jesus!
No, I walk like this.
Are you okay?
Héctor, we didn't record it.
Can you fall over again?
Yes, I'm coming.
You're so mean.
Gentlemen, eight minutes...
-No! No way!
-...35 seconds.
-Jesus!
-It needs more batter, but I can fix it.
I think Alex's cupcakes are too short.
They've sunk in the middle.
And Héctor's cupcakes are sunken too.
She's an expert.
I have laser eyes. I'm Turbo Chef.
Pastry chefs, three minutes!
It's time to finish the details.
The color of the nails, the skin.
I started with the hand lines...
...so that if I read its fortune,
the fortune will come to me.
Like this.
The fingers look a little weird.
They're kind of crappy, to be honest.
Let's see. You can do it.
From here I can see the hand of...
It looks like Freddy Krueger's hand.
It's our first try.
What can I do
so that my poor little cupcake
can handle that big hand?
I'm just going to skewer it everywhere.
Skewer and skewer.
One minute left.
It's not the same golden tone
but gold is gold.
I'll leave it like this.
The sticks are showing.
I thought I had talent.
Almost.
-Oh, my...
-Six...
-five, four...
-The little balls.
...three, two,
one...
You're done!
I did what I could, Veracruz.
-Hi, Héctor, how are you?
-Great, Omar.
You worried us when you fell.
What happened?
I wanted to show you my skating.
It was a step I do when I go skating.
-It was a good fall.
-Yes.
-Protected.
-Is your cake okay, though?
Yes, the cake is doing just fine.
First, let's see the hand
you were meant to do.
And now show us your hand.
There!
Héctor!
Is that where you put the finger...?
-No!
-Or has it drooped?
I mean, Beto is the rock star.
See? It's pointing at Beto.
Perhaps it's a victim,
a mafia informer. They broke his fingers.
And he spent a year locked in some room
that's why he has no pigmentation.
Your cupcake is a little deflated.
What happened?
-How many times did you open the oven?
-Once.
It deflated a little. Let's try it.
Sure, go ahead.
The colors are there.
It's tasty.
Héctor, I like the colors. They look nice.
They didn't mix that much.
It has flavor
and even deflated, it has great texture.
I would happily eat that muffin.
It's delicious.
Even though I'm not a fan of sugar,
I liked it a lot.
It wasn't too dry.
Yes, it was delicious. I liked it.
-Thanks.
-This applause is for you.
-Thanks.
-Let's go to the next contestant.
Hi, Elizabeth. Let's see the original hand
you were meant to do.
And now show us your hand.
-Oh, look!
-Wow!
Good.
Elizabeth, to begin with,
your hand is very well done,
the fingers have a great outline.
That Harry Potter wand.
It has all the details.
It has the baton. It's perfectly shaped.
It's very good.
I'd love a shirt with sleeves like that.
It's like a Galliano design.
Very interesting.
Let's try it.
Let's see the marbling.
It has a delicious flavor.
I can taste the vanilla.
I think you used an extra spoon.
Actually, more than that,
it needed moisture.
Yes, I tasted it.
To add color to it, you used cocoa.
-Cocoa.
-Perfect.
The flavor of cocoa, not the color.
-Yes.
-The marbling is great.
-The cake's consistency is perfect.
-I liked it.
It reminded me of my childhood.
When I'd watch cartoons
and I'd eat cupcakes.
I feel super honored.
A taste that reminds you
of your childhood? That's no mean feat.
-Thank you.
-That's so flattering.
-I know.
-Good.
Thank you very much.
Now, let's go see Alex. Don't get jealous.
-No, go ahead.
-Let's see. You know that...
The queen of pole dance.
Present.
Alex, we're looking at the hand
with the microphone you chose.
Let's see how you did.
-Of course.
-Can you show us?
Oh!
Alex!
That hand doesn't want to let
the microphone out of its grip.
That's the hand of a rapper.
That's the right moment.
It's hard capturing the right moment.
Drop the mic.
I like the shiny microphone.
You were very creative
adding those edible silver pearls.
Did it collapse?
Just to be safe I missed a bit out.
It's just low, it didn't sink.
-It didn't sink.
-Perfect.
-Let's try it.
-All yours, guys.
I felt something crunchy.
It's held in place by sticks.
I like the colors you used for the inside.
The sponge is spectacular.
Thanks.
The bit of sponge I could try, was good.
You definitely nailed it.
I liked the texture a lot.
The marbling is great visually.
The three colors look great.
I felt that the cupcake
didn't have that much vanilla flavor.
-But a great texture.
-This applause is for you.
Thank you!
And now, my friends,
if you could please get closer together.
We know who the winner
of the first round is.
Our Turbo Chef will tell us.
Excellent work.
I can tell you put a lot of effort in,
but there's only one winner. And that is...
It's you, Elizabeth!
I was so close!
I feel so proud.
I know I'm making my daughter proud.
She wanted to see me win.
So now, Beto, what did Elizabeth win?
I hope you like metal because you just won
a set of knives.
Very good.
And you visualized yourself wearing
the golden cap, and now you are.
It matches your smile,
though it's a little too big.
Ready to keep singing?
-Yes!
-Of course.
In that case, let's sing.
NAIL IT OR FAIL IT
There's a musical tradition
that is still alive in many countries
like Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
Though these musicians are famed more for
carrying them than playing them,
it's still an art form,
as you can see here.
-Oh, my God!
-No way!
It's an organ-grinder cake.
We can see this fine gentleman
playing beautiful melodies
from the past in plazas and streets.
The organ-grinder's box is made
of cake covered with black fondant.
The organ-grinder's body
is made of puffed rice,
as is the hat.
The details can be made
out of fondant or modeling chocolate.
The parrot...
is also made of modeling chocolate.
If you think your cake
is going to collapse,
press the "Help" button before it does so.
I'll help for three minutes.
-Okay.
-Okay.
My dear Alex, a few minutes ago
we noticed you missed some notes,
which is why we're helping you now.
When you press the "Omar-tyrdom" button,
me and my friend, Beto Cuevas,
will visit your friends
so they can help us improvise
some new songs,
which will give you an advantage.
-I love it.
-The clock is ticking.
Strike up the band!
Let's go.
Excuse me.
It won't start.
Anna, you haven't told me
how to prepare the cake yet.
Let me tell you how.
To prepare the organ-grinder,
first bake the cake.
While it bakes, prepare the frosting.
Mold the body,
head, and hat out of puffed rice.
Add details using fondant
and modeling chocolate to all three parts.
Stack the cakes with layers of icing
and sculpt them to form the street organ.
Coat the cakes
and cover them with black fondant.
Mold the parrot using modeling chocolate
and apply fondant details
to the street organ.
Your organ-grinder cake is ready to play.
Are there organ-grinders in Chile?
-Yes?
-Yes. In Chile,
it's because of the influence
of the golden era of Mexican cinema.
Incredible!
Mix the dry and wet ingredients.
I hope I won't make the same mistake.
For the second challenge,
I am going to read the whole recipe,
so I don't miss anything.
Melted butter. This time I'll melt it.
My daughter signed me up for Nailed It!
Where should I melt it?
So I came to win!
This blocks my view. I can't see.
"Make this recipe twice."
Which means it's four.
The only thing
that could help me win this challenge
is if my opponents pass out,
because I have no idea what to do.
Two-thirds plus two-thirds...
How can you not know
what two-thirds plus two-thirds is, Alex?
Of course, I know it's four,
but when you convert them to cups...
"When you convert to cups."
Look, this is a cup.
I have that clear. So four-thirds is...
How much? Are you kidding?
I think it's like this.
Excuse me.
You need to add
solids and liquids for the recipe,
so I don't think it's complicated.
The complicated part
is making sure
the cakes don't deflate like my cupcakes.
I would like to be able to guesstimate.
Work with me.
With this, it'll be very short.
Elizabeth and Héctor are using small molds
and overfilling them.
Therefore,
the cakes will take longer to bake,
and they could deflate.
I'm going to put these on top.
Let's hope they bake.
Let's go!
Fifty-three minutes left!
There!
So, for the frosting,
four cups of powdered sugar.
How many did it say? Four.
The frosting is made with butter,
lots of sugar...
...four, five,
six.
Elizabeth is putting
too much sugar in her frosting.
Remember, Beto Cuevas
doesn't like it that sweet.
If Beto doesn't like sweet things,
-why am I on this show?
-I don't know.
One more. What could go wrong?
Very good.
RECIPE
3. MOLD THE BODY.
-What's Héctor doing?
-He is building the body.
I had never molded puffed rice before.
It was coming out.
Press it hard
but not too much, or it'll soften.
This thing is falling. It's falling!
Could you compose
a song for our chef Anna?
Extreme...
That's Anna
She runs like a Turbo Chef
And today she's going to evaluate...
Héctor,
Elizabeth and Alex
-I love him!
-Bravo!
Bravo!
Who invented this?
Making the body is really difficult
because it has to come out right.
I don't know if this is normal
or if I'm doing something very bad.
And that's when I thought,
"This is it! Omar-tyrdom!"
Omar!
Omar-tyrdom, The Musical.
No, please.
Héctor, three minutes.
You have to sing with us.
Let's go.
How's the cake?
It smells burnt
I haven't checked it
The cake looks great
Héctor!
What a nice song, bud!
Lawyer...
Lawyer...
At that moment,
there was no Omar Chaparro.
It was Beto and me.
I see a lawyer in love
-In love
-Stop singing. I'm so distracted!
Lawyer in love, lawyer in love
Very good.
What can I say?
That was like winning to me.
It has lips that never touched me.
Let's make a crest right here.
I just covered the head.
Now I have to add the hair
and bushy eyebrows, like an old man.
And... the mouth.
I need help,
so I can ask how to make the mouth.
What do I use for the mouth?
Help!
Help!
-No, Turbo Chef.
-Help!
Help!
-Okay, Eli, tell me.
-How do I do the mouth?
You need to create the mouth
using the tools.
-Yes.
-Make it out of the batter. Look.
-No, I mean...
-It's not the same.
Make the line and pull it out.
If you want the top one,
take it from here.
Understood.
-Like this, right?
-Now what?
This is falling apart
because it's too heavy.
You need to take this out
or it will collapse.
-Okay.
-Great, Eli.
-Thanks.
-Yes, good luck.
Let's restructure this.
I'd start all over again,
but I don't think I'll have time.
Let me tell you.
Tell us!
Nothing, Eli's doing great.
I explained the puffed rice to her.
If you use too much puffed rice,
it'll fall over from the weight.
You need to squeeze.
Héctor's looks like Popeye.
Remember Popeye?
-Yes.
-Hers is going great,
but with lots of pieces.
That won't help. She needs to cover it.
Come on, old man,
don't bug me with the hand.
Guys, you have 34 minutes left.
Jesus!
These are sinking again.
They just started to sink.
I think it has deflated a little
after he used those rectangular molds.
Héctor, no!
My God!
The sponge deflated a bit.
That's because you used a mold
that's too small. Eli's deflated too.
But she's small,
she needs to use small molds.
Unbelievable! Incredible!
Alex's sponges are great.
I'm making a syrup
to add to the mixture to soften it.
I used fig jam.
It's a very Mexican flavor...
...and it's perfect for this type of cake.
I love fig jam.
Yes, it's delicious.
My cakes were ready. I took them out.
Now I'm going to give them shape.
Oh, he dropped it.
No way! I dropped it.
He dropped it.
At the same spot where he fell,
-his cake fell.
-We'll fix it right away.
They will have to try
the sponge I have on the top layer.
So I'll use the rice
to substitute the sponge I dropped.
Now I'll give it shape.
It's still hot.
It's crumbling.
We'll get it fixed, don't worry.
So I'll mount one and add cream.
Since it's hot, it'll melt a little.
We'll cover it however we can.
We'll have to improvise with what we have.
Not good.
That's great.
I'm stretching the fondant
to cover the box.
Is that cap too big?
We'll cover it now.
Ten minutes. Those organ-grinders
should already be playing music.
I don't even know what I need.
What am I missing? The organ.
Hold it. You're good.
I feel I won't have time
to cover the whole body.
So I decided
to cover the box and paint the body.
Elizabeth isn't covering
her organ-grinder with fondant.
She's airbrushing it.
That's so cool.
I need one of those at home.
I'll mix the golden dust with the icing.
I feel like it looks like coffee,
mud, a puddle, a ranch, incredible.
This looks like a monkey.
Héctor's looks so cheeky.
-It has no neck.
-True.
Awful.
Raise your screens, please.
One minute left.
The damn parrot.
I want to fix it all with sticks.
Awful.
Let's start the countdown.
I'm missing the ears.
Ear.
Five, four,
three, two,
one, you're done!
Hands up, pastry chefs!
Héctor, we're looking at
the original organ-grinder,
-let's see yours now.
-Of course.
It has the body of Popeye.
That's Popeye. Look at those huge arms.
"Well blow me down!"
That's a relative of Little Lulu.
Especially the left cheek. It has mumps
on one side and not the other.
Cheeky on one side.
Must have had a tooth out.
That's why he's like...
I really liked the eyes
with the silver touches.
-But it has no neck.
-I made it. I don't know where it went.
And your "Mexico,"
you did it with a marker.
The parrot has its actual shape,
and the buttons too. Very good, Héctor.
-Congratulations.
-Well done.
Thanks.
-Lawyer.
-Hello.
-Show us yours.
-Ready?
Wow! He has, like, a skin suit.
It's a sheepskin jacket inside out.
-More or less.
-It should've been square
so that it looks like an organ.
It didn't cool down enough,
so when I started building it,
it collapsed.
He looks Russian, not Mexican.
A Russian spy,
but I like that it has a personality.
The ears down, arrogant,
he knows what he wants.
I love the face,
the eyebrows, the mouth and the eyes.
I would like it better
if you'd covered the cake in fondant,
but from afar, it looks fine.
Thank you.
Let's go see Alex.
Let's see yours.
Come on.
-There!
-Yes!
It's the one that looks most
like an organ.
The front is spectacular.
It even looks like it has a handle here.
The parrot looks more like a duck.
It's one of those caged parakeets.
-A lovebird.
-Yes, you know it.
Is the body connected correctly?
Where's the join? The head?
It looks dirty,
like it's covered in mud or something.
He's playing in a street
just after it rained,
the buses came and splashed him,
but he hasn't given up.
I tried to help and look what happened.
-But it has something the others don't.
-What?
-A neck.
-Look at that.
I loved that. I was about to say.
The neck is perfect.
And if it tastes good, even better.
-You have no idea.
-I think it's time to try them,
so cut a nice moist slice,
and bring it to the table, please
Let's start
by trying the cake from Héctor.
Your cake is really tasty.
It has the flavor
of a father that loves his kids.
The only thing lacking is the icing.
The icing was there
but it melted into the rice.
That detail got missed because I used rice
instead of the other sponge.
The fondant...
The covering isn't too thick, very good.
-Okay.
-Texture is good. Flavor, good.
-Thanks.
-I liked the texture. It's spongy.
-Well done.
-Thanks.
Let's try the lawyer's cake now.
I... ate too much sugar.
The flavor is good,
but it was so sweet that...
it made my throat itch.
Elizabeth, it's very good.
The consistency is moist.
The filling is delicious.
I loved it.
-Thank you.
-The texture's good.
However,
the icing tasted a little too sweet.
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.
Let's try your cake, Alex.
I loved it when you took
the initiative to add the...
Fig and coconut jam.
I liked it.
Did you add anything to the sponge?
I made a special syrup
with a little bit of vanilla
and sugar, so that the sponge
would be a little warmer.
-Very good. Well done, Alex.
-Thanks.
And I really liked the jam detail.
That's where your cake stands out.
And I think you'll be the reason
for me to start eating sugar again.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
But it's time to announce
the winner of the 200,000 pesos,
-and more importantly, the trophy...
-Exactly.
...which is worth more than a Grammy.
Production, the trophy!
Here. We have the trophy.
So, Beto Cuevas,
do we have the gun with the bills?
It's cocked and loaded.
The winner of Nailed It! is...
It's you, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth wins the trophy,
the Nailed It! Mexico prize.
Congratulations.
I'm so proud.
This was my daughter's dream.
For me to win.
And I'm making her dream come true.
The symphony of flavors has ended,
but please, stay with us,
because Nailed It! Mexico
is still making noise here at Netflix.
Come here for a selfie.
And thank you, Beto Cuevas!