Baked With Love Holiday Season 1 Episode 2

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00:00Christmas truly begins in my house right after Thanksgiving.

00:11I like to decorate my Christmas tree with a different theme every year.

00:16This week, we are stepping up the competition with highly decorative bakes.

00:21Welcome to Baked With Love.

00:30Last week, the teams were challenged to make a pie.

00:35Be a happy pie.

00:36Gaby and Ben struggled.

00:37Our oven was not on.

00:38But redeemed themselves in challenge two.

00:41The walnuts are just...

00:43Inda and Arman ended up with a runny filling.

00:46Maybe a hot mess.

00:47While Amy and Sally...

00:49Let's say a little prayer.

00:50...presented a winning pie.

00:52Excellent job.

00:54And Susan and Salman wowed the judges.

00:57You see, now I love that.

00:59As father and son Fabio and Fabio Jr...

01:02Oh, it's so broken.

01:04...were sent home.

01:11Feeling great.

01:12Well rested.

01:13We can go into that oven.

01:15Well, not into that oven, but into that kitchen.

01:17Put some good stuff in the oven.

01:19Hello.

01:20We may look calm on the exterior, but the wheels are always turning in my head.

01:26We're aiming for nothing but the top at this point.

01:28There's no point in trying to be shy.

01:30There is a prize at the end of this, so that's what we're really focused on.

01:35Well, welcome back, bakers.

01:37How are you guys, first of all?

01:38Good.

01:39Good.

01:40This is great.

01:41As you can see, one of our stations is empty.

01:44Sadly, Debbie and Kristen have left the competition due to personal circumstances.

01:49However, the show must go on.

01:52And remember, there's a lot at stake here.

01:55One team of family bakers will walk away with $50,000.

02:01And one of their family recipes will appear in a Hallmark movie.

02:06So are you guys ready to do this again?

02:08Yes.

02:09Woo!

02:10Woo!

02:11I love it.

02:14Today's theme is Deck the Halls.

02:18So now I think it's time to bring in our amazing judges.

02:21Anna and Vaughn.

02:23And Vaughn, please join us in the barn.

02:32Hello, lovely.

02:33Feeling festive?

02:34La, la, la, la.

02:35La, la, la, la.

02:36La, la, la, la.

02:38Oh, wait.

02:40Top marks for me, harmony.

02:41Yeah, we harmonize.

02:42High five.

02:43Can't leave me hanging on that.

02:44Our first challenge is called the Holiday Classic.

02:49So, Vaughn, what would you like our contestants to make today?

02:52We want you all to make cookies, specifically sugar cookies.

02:58They need to be fun and festive and transport us to the 25th.

03:03We want you to make single cookies and sandwich cookies.

03:06You can add whatever you want to make it your own.

03:09You know there's going to be a twist to it, right?

03:11We want you to transform these cookies into an edible cookie wreath.

03:17Oh.

03:18It has to be gorgeous and decorative.

03:20And the base has to be a cookie, too.

03:23No.

03:24Yes.

03:25Marco.

03:26You got this.

03:28You have an hour and 30 minutes.

03:31Off you go.

03:32Oh.

03:33Go.

03:34Let's do it.

03:35Oh, wow.

03:36All right.

03:37So, filling.

03:38It's about to be a party, the mama.

03:39This is peak happiness for me with baking.

03:42My girlfriends come over and we decorate cookies together.

03:44We always do a classic sugar cookie.

03:46So, we're doing a vanilla for the base.

03:48Which we're not so sure about.

03:50Time is of the essence.

03:51Ah!

03:52So, I don't know.

03:54I should be better about this deadline thing.

03:57You know, working, being that I was a former reporter, but.

04:00I was a journalist and also working for an emergency response agency.

04:04So, working under pressure is nothing for me.

04:06I mean, I just sort of kind of just got to get through it.

04:09Yeah.

04:10And I teach.

04:12I know.

04:13I'm sorry.

04:14I'm sorry.

04:15Right there.

04:16That's a lot of personalities.

04:17Youthful personalities in one room.

04:18So, yeah.

04:19You got to be able to manage that as well.

04:21And so, I think, yeah.

04:22So, this is a piece of cake.

04:23No pun intended.

04:24We've got our recipe book over here.

04:27So, we're definitely incorporating flavors that we love at home.

04:30And we're excited to incorporate that.

04:33So, doing some caramel.

04:35But we really need to set aside enough time to decorate.

04:38We want to win.

04:39We want to win this amazing prize money.

04:41We have a baby that's going to be here in a few months.

04:44So, dreaming about their future is really going to be our motivation.

04:49Cookie wreaths.

04:50I love them.

04:51Oh, I'm so excited.

04:52They could be so pretty.

04:53And also, I love cookies.

04:54I love cookies.

04:55Cookies.

04:56But things can go wrong with a cookie.

05:01There's so many things that can go wrong with the recipe.

05:04Too much sugar.

05:05Too much butter.

05:06Too much cheese.

05:07Too much water.

05:08All of that is actually going to make your cookie spread.

05:09Too much flour is going to make it dry and crack.

05:11I want to be wowed with the decoration.

05:15An hour and a half isn't that much time.

05:17But I think it's enough time for them to really turn out a good product.

05:20Okay.

05:21We have almond liqueur.

05:22Traditionally in Italian.

05:23To stay true to like our breeds.

05:24But may I find the mentigato luavo?

05:25She said she forgot the egg.

05:26I forgot the egg.

05:27The scale is being so weird.

05:28This will not zero.

05:29Oh, do you want me to measure that out for you?

05:30I think I got it.

05:31You got it.

05:32Hi.

05:33How are you feeling?

05:34Feeling good.

05:35So what's the plan A for today?

05:36We're going to do a little buttercream on some.

05:37And we're thinking of like a sea salted caramel flavor.

05:39The decorations, they'll be glitters and metallics.

05:41In our house, we also have a lot of glitter.

05:43My mom does specific themes.

05:44She did peacock feathers one year.

05:45Cool.

05:46Yeah.

05:47I turned to baking out of necessity.

05:48I got sick.

05:49And I used to be a pharmacy technician.

05:50And I lost my job.

05:52I began baking to help bring in money.

05:54That helped our family during the day.

05:55We're going to do a little buttercream.

05:56We're going to do a little buttercream on some.

05:57And we're thinking of like a sea salted caramel flavor.

05:58The decorations, they'll be glitters and metallics.

05:59In our house, we also have a lot of glitter.

06:00My mom does specific themes.

06:01She did peacock feathers one year.

06:02Cool.

06:03Yeah.

06:04I turned to baking out of necessity.

06:07I got sick.

06:08I got sick.

06:09I got sick.

06:10I got sick.

06:11I was a technician.

06:12And I lost my job.

06:13I began baking to help bring in money.

06:15That helped our family during a very hard time.

06:19I began to like it.

06:21And I was really good at it.

06:23So it's been awesome.

06:25Oh, my God.

06:26It is a stickier dough.

06:27I can't believe how sticky it is.

06:30We're just going to re-roll it.

06:32I don't like getting stuck.

06:33All right.

06:34I saw some amazing purple dough.

06:36Ube.

06:37Ube is a Filipino sweet potato, right?

06:41Yes.

06:42I'm representing our Filipino culture in a good way.

06:45The judges, I will tell you this.

06:47They love when you add a little bit of your personality into it.

06:51For sure.

06:52And I feel like you guys have done that beautifully.

06:56I appreciate that.

06:57You're welcome.

06:58Renee and Sade, les twins.

07:00Hi.

07:01I saw this whiskey on the table.

07:02I said, I'm coming over there.

07:03Our sandwich cookie is going to have a filling that mimics

07:06in Old Fashioned.

07:07So we're going to pull in.

07:08I love that.

07:09Okay.

07:10So how are your cookies going to tell the story of your family?

07:13I'm going to try and do a black Santa and like a Mrs. Claus that looks like us.

07:17Representation is really important to us.

07:18And we all want to be able to see ourselves in the world.

07:21Our mom had a set of little black drummer boys that she got when we were maybe like five

07:25or six and she still has them to this day.

07:27I'm very proud of my heritage.

07:29Our roots are in Memphis with all of our extended family.

07:32And a lot of our traditions of going there for the holidays.

07:35The real pine tree that our grandmother had.

07:38Tasting things, dancing, music.

07:40So many memories.

07:42Halfway through.

07:44Halfway through, bakers.

07:47Okay.

07:48We'll just start cutting out some shapes.

07:51These are all very cute.

07:52So we're excited.

07:53In the oven.

07:54This can go in the top.

07:56Just put all those in the oven.

07:58Oh no.

07:59Our dough is really sticky and we're behind.

08:03It was my fault.

08:06I weighed it but our scale was being really funky.

08:08The flour was so low.

08:09I know.

08:10I just don't think these shapes are going to hold.

08:13So at this point I don't know if we should just scrap it and.

08:16Do what?

08:17I don't think we have time to start a new dough.

08:20I'm worried about the time restraint that we have.

08:23You should talk.

08:25I can talk.

08:27Our dough is not going well.

08:29And I don't know what we're going to do.

08:34Hi guys.

08:35Hi.

08:36How are you?

08:37I know.

08:38A little overwhelmed.

08:39Something went wrong earlier.

08:40The best thing to do would be genuinely to take a deep breath.

08:42Look at each other and make a plan.

08:44Look at each other.

08:45What do we think?

08:46And make a plan.

08:47Sweaty king.

08:48We've kind of given up in doing cookie shapes.

08:49They're going to be round cookies.

08:50They don't have to be in this shape.

08:52Okay?

08:53Right now in this moment obviously it feels like it's a nightmare.

08:56That's done.

08:57This is the base.

08:59Alright.

09:00Okay.

09:01Thank God for this template though.

09:03Were we supposed to do a sugar cookie circle?

09:06We didn't do it right?

09:08I thought we were just using it as a template.

09:09I didn't know we were supposed to make a sugar cookie.

09:11But it does say that.

09:14So we missed that part.

09:16We're going to have to present without the cookie base.

09:20And hope that maybe the taste and story and design helps us survive.

09:30What did I do wrong?

09:35We were supposed to put it on opposite sides to make it look like a sandwich.

09:39I did?

09:40No.

09:41It was supposed to look like this way?

09:43Yes mother.

09:44So our rules will switch.

09:45I'll play the mom in the kitchen and...

09:48I'll be the soup chef.

09:50My soup chef.

09:51No, no, no, no.

09:52You cut it this way.

09:53You know, make a triangle.

09:54Don't cut it on the edge.

09:55So in that aspect I'm like, okay.

09:58What's going on here?

09:59How will that be decorated?

10:00So in Italy we celebrate St. Nicholas, which is on the 3rd of December.

10:04Oh.

10:05We put oranges inside of stockings.

10:07So we wanted to encompass that in our wreath.

10:09Sounds good.

10:11I need more silver.

10:12I need more silver, please.

10:13Marco and Steven, tell me about your cookies.

10:16The flavor profiles are a little bit more like a gingerbread.

10:19Steven's family being German, I wanted to kind of play off of that.

10:22My family, of course, being Latino, we love a good party.

10:25You've got to have some glitter.

10:26Glitter and be gay, huh?

10:27Yeah.

10:28Exactly.

10:29You're doing so good, Mom.

10:31Thank you, Sal.

10:32Hello, ladies.

10:33Is there a story to this?

10:35We're using peppermint extract and we just like color.

10:39You love color.

10:40And when we have Christmas, I have done things.

10:43But now that the kids are older, too tired, anything goes.

10:48I can totally relate to you.

10:50And sometimes you're just too tired to care.

10:53If I could tell my young mother self how I am now, same person, two different expectations.

10:59And now it's just fun and family.

11:01And you know what that sounds like?

11:03Growth.

11:04Growth.

11:05That's a good thing.

11:07As a grandmother of 11, I love Christmas because watching my grandchildren is very entertaining.

11:15They're all running around being cool.

11:18Greatest gift a parent can have to see their children having children and making them happy and enjoy Christmas.

11:27We've got to get that in the oven, buddy.

11:29I know.

11:30We're a little behind.

11:31Oh, my God.

11:32I've got to cut.

11:33Oh, you do?

11:34Yeah.

11:35Are you okay?

11:36I'm a little nervous.

11:37I just need a bandaid.

11:38Okay.

11:39How many minutes do you think you got out of it?

11:40Fifteen minutes!

11:41I don't know.

11:42Fifteen minutes left and we'll see what we can make happen, but you know what?

11:47Our dough is really not workable and we are running out of time.

11:50Just go slowly and it should be fine.

11:52Is that dangerous?

11:53Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

11:54There will be drama.

11:55Quite a few things have gone wrong for you here and it just feels so unfair.

12:00Probably about ten minutes left.

12:07We are really behind.

12:09You almost done, Henny Bear?

12:11Just get it on in there.

12:12Yeah, it's no going back.

12:14Now start decorating, placing trees.

12:16I'm not being as delicate as I want.

12:19These cookies are too hot.

12:21Wait, that's them in the ovens.

12:22They just need a little longer.

12:24Time, please.

12:25Five minutes!

12:26Five minutes?

12:27Oh!

12:28Praise be!

12:29Oh, Lord, have mercy.

12:31We're under the gun.

12:32We're under the gun.

12:33We don't have time.

12:34We just gotta get it out.

12:35I love you, but we gotta muscle through it.

12:37Be careful.

12:38This is super hot.

12:39The clock is ticking.

12:40Tick, tick, tick, tock.

12:41We have cookies, but we probably aren't gonna be able to get too much together.

12:45How much time's left?

12:46One minute left!

12:47Crunch time.

12:48It's horrendous.

12:49Okay, hurry up.

12:5029 seconds.

12:51It's not over until the pregnant lady sings.

12:54Time's up!

12:56Yes!

12:57Oh!

12:58I hear a yes!

13:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

13:02I'm pretty upset I did that wrong.

13:05I didn't know we had to cut out an actual template on the bottom.

13:08I just didn't know what I didn't know.

13:10I don't think I'm ever gonna bake again.

13:12You know what?

13:13We're not good at surprises.

13:15Now it's time for the judges to taste the cookies.

13:21Arman and Inda, please tell the judges about your cookie wreath.

13:26You have some oven mitts.

13:27Not oven mitts.

13:29You have some Christmas winter mitts that represent like our outfits and our pajamas that we always match.

13:36I think what really stands out is the elegant cutting.

13:39It's really clean and crisp.

13:41What's the flavors?

13:42Salted caramel cookie with cookie butter buttercream.

13:46I did get salted caramel and I love the cookie butter.

13:49The cookie is definitely softer than I prefer.

13:52I like a soft cookie.

13:53Do you want to fight it out?

13:55No.

14:00Rosanna and Rosa.

14:01So this is a little almond, a little bit of amaretto, chocolate.

14:11This is a beautifully balanced cookie sandwich.

14:15It's got the tartness from the raspberry.

14:17The chocolate like gives a bitterness that I really love.

14:21Also I love the almond in it.

14:22I think it's delicious.

14:23And it's got gold on it.

14:24Come on.

14:26Versace.

14:27Italian opulence.

14:28I love it.

14:29I love it.

14:30Come on.

14:31Excellent job.

14:34Good job.

14:36What's up with the tears today?

14:41Amy and Sally.

14:42It's stunning.

14:43It could go on a door, you know.

14:45But it's going to go in our belly instead.

14:47Tell us about the flavor.

14:48We're from Alabama and we thought this is a representation of the flavors we love there.

14:52It's got traditional almond cookie icing with a peppermint buttercream.

14:58There's a really good peppermint balance flavor in here.

15:02And also the cook on your cookie is very good.

15:04It held its shape so excellently.

15:07Well, amazing job ladies.

15:08Thank you all so much.

15:09Thank you very much.

15:10I think I'm going to steal this one.

15:12Please do.

15:13That looks so good.

15:15Good job mom.

15:16Good.

15:17Proud of you.

15:19Marco and Steven.

15:20We made gingerbread men because we have all nephews.

15:24We now finally have our first little girl in the family.

15:27So the flavoring is gingerbread.

15:30I love the buttercream.

15:31I think it's really delicious.

15:32I might have wanted a little bit more spice, you know.

15:35But love, the glitz, the glam.

15:37If you've got it, wear it.

15:38Salman and Susan, what inspired your cookie wreath?

15:45Every Christmas I host, kind of mid-December, a cookie decorating party with my girlfriends.

15:50This wreath is kind of a compilation of the shapes that we have.

15:54Beautiful, but what's the flavors?

15:56We always do a classic sugar cookie.

15:58I'm a bit of a purist with mine.

16:00So we have a vanilla.

16:01Buttercream.

16:02I love vanilla.

16:03I'm actually the same as you.

16:04I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to it.

16:06I would say that that ratio of cookie defrosting is maybe a little heavy-handed.

16:09A little much.

16:10But they do look beautiful.

16:14Karen and James, please tell the judges about your cookie wreath.

16:18We put purple food coloring to kind of indicate that it's going to be an ube cookie sandwich.

16:24Ube jam.

16:25I love ube.

16:26I love ube desserts.

16:27I really enjoyed the ube jam in there.

16:30I think it's maybe a little bit rustic around the edges.

16:33But it's got this lovely, playful feeling of real Christmas.

16:37Well done.

16:40Great job, guys.

16:43Sade and Renee.

16:44You don't have a cookie base.

16:46What happened there?

16:47We thought the snowflakes kind of served us that.

16:48Okay.

16:49So we thought we were kind of using the guide just to kind of figure out placement.

16:52But even though we're missing the wreath, I absolutely love your story about representation being a big part of your holiday celebration.

17:00I think that's so important.

17:02It has orange zest, cherries, bourbon to kind of reflect a nice little old fashioned.

17:08Old fashions are our favorite drink.

17:10Oh, amazing.

17:11You chose well.

17:12The flavors are delicious.

17:13I love the orange zest coming through it as well.

17:16But if you'd slowed down and heard the brief, you would have had the wreath.

17:23Gabriel and Ben.

17:25It obviously looks very different than what you would have hoped for.

17:29It doesn't look very attractive.

17:31What's the flavors?

17:32Cookie butter.

17:33Almond with homemade caramel sauce.

17:36I mean, your cookie butter spilt out a little bit.

17:39I think maybe it was warm when it went on there.

17:42But the almond in it is delicious.

17:44And also the thing that really impressed me was that when the chips are down and everything's going wrong, you stayed as a team.

17:51It's still baked with love.

17:52Baked with love.

17:53That was perfect.

17:54And that's what it's all about.

17:55And could we say that you both felt the love?

17:57Absolutely.

17:58Absolutely.

17:59We've put a lot of that in here.

18:00So there's that.

18:01Yeah.

18:02Thank you both.

18:03Thank you, Ben and Gabriel.

18:06That's great.

18:07You did great.

18:08You all did an amazing job.

18:13Anna, who did you think excelled at this challenge?

18:17I'm so lucky I get this one.

18:19Sally and Amy.

18:22Rosa and Rosanna.

18:26And Inda and Armon.

18:29We really got to taste delicious flavors through your wreaths.

18:33And there was some excellent finesse through them too.

18:36Top three.

18:41Now there were some teams that really struggled.

18:44Gabriel and Ben, you know, you shared your fair share of issues.

18:48Maybe just time management.

18:49That's probably the biggest no we have.

18:52Renee and Sade.

18:54The thing that we ultimately had to dock for was not having the cookie base.

18:59Well, you guys can go back and relax and we'll see you back for the ultimate festive bake challenge.

19:07I'm not too upset about it because I know that's something that's an easy fix.

19:11We're going to make sure we pay attention for the next challenge and hit all the marks for it.

19:15The way that this bake went, we really need to bring our A game for the second bake this week or we're going home.

19:24Holy Spirit, activate.

19:27The biggest challenge is making sure that we can get that quintessential Christmas tree shape.

19:31Ready for round two?

19:40Yeah.

19:41Now it's time for the ultimate festive bakes.

19:46Anna, what do they need to do to wow you today?

19:49What we want you to do is a 3D Christmas tree cake.

19:53It's going to be made of sponge and it's going to be layered.

19:56So we want it to be at least five layers.

19:59So that's going to test your knowledge of sponge, of buttercream.

20:02But above all else, we want them to be festive, decorated, and really tell your story of the holidays.

20:09You have two hours for this challenge, okay?

20:12So make sure every second counts.

20:16Off you go.

20:18Okay.

20:20Go.

20:21Let's do it.

20:22The last challenge, our cookies did not look good.

20:25So we need this to look good.

20:28Oh, I knew that was going to happen.

20:30Time for a red light dance party.

20:35Okay, that's it.

20:36We have a code word when we drive.

20:38If you stop at a red light and you say red light dance party.

20:41Red light dance party.

20:42And you start dancing and you go on.

20:44But it's a perfect way of breaking tension.

20:46And it just relieves the stress.

20:47So red light dance party.

20:48Red light dance party.

20:49That's our code word.

20:50This sounded really tricky.

20:52Anytime I hear like 3D, I feel like a lot can go wrong.

20:56For any structural thing, especially when it has multiple layers.

20:59You really have to focus on your temperature control.

21:02What's crucial is their timing.

21:03Yeah.

21:04You can have a filling and icing.

21:05But if your cake is warm, forget it.

21:07It's going to look like a hot mess.

21:08It's going to melt.

21:09Yeah.

21:10We're going to make this whole batter.

21:12Thyme.

21:13That's the biggest issue.

21:14I'm just going to hope for the best here.

21:16Our layer cake is called don't stop bay leafing.

21:22Basically, don't stop believing in Christmas.

21:26The cake is bay leaf and lemon.

21:29And then covered on the sides with sliced almonds.

21:32I just like having herbs and sweet things.

21:35I am a U.S. history professor.

21:37I own over 400 cookbooks in my studio apartment.

21:41You're much more adventurous in your flavor palette than I am.

21:44Yeah, I am.

21:45I'm very traditional.

21:46I'm very bunched.

21:47Whatever's in the pantry, if it's cinnamon, if it's chocolate, I'm good.

21:51I sifted your flour sauce.

21:54Thanks, baby.

21:55Beautiful.

21:56One and a half of baking soda.

21:58All right.

21:59Amy and Sally, tell me a little bit about your cake today.

22:02Okay, so today our cake is a gingerbread spice sponge.

22:06And then we have a bourbon vanilla buttercream in the middle.

22:10Our Christmas tree is I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.

22:13My girls love the movie White Christmas.

22:16The one with Bing Crosby.

22:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.

22:18Still do.

22:19Yeah.

22:20And we also dream of a white Christmas in Alabama because that never happened.

22:24Renee, Sade, how's it going?

22:29I feel like that first challenge, we were at odds a little bit.

22:34We feel very vulnerable, but we really want to get this one right because this one's for

22:38a very special person.

22:39For my son, Kamari, he's four years old.

22:42My son goes four very soon.

22:45This cake features all of Kamari's favorites.

22:47So it has chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and his favorite superheroes.

22:53Christmas means more now that I'm raising a little one to make sure that he's meeting

22:57family and also just having those moments with them as well.

23:01This is actually the longest I've been away from him.

23:03It's really hard being away from them.

23:04Yeah.

23:05But, you know, they need a strong mommy to use as inspiration for when they get older.

23:10Yeah, we're hoping we can make him proud.

23:12Obviously, we've got to deliver.

23:15We have no choice but to get this right.

23:17All right, I'm going to keep working.

23:18Okay, honey bear.

23:19Hello, Ben and Gabrielle.

23:21How's it going?

23:22Tell me about your cake today.

23:24This cake is really a tribute to our baby.

23:26Oh.

23:27So we're calling it Baby, It's Cold Outside.

23:30Oh, I love that.

23:32We recently had a gender reveal and we're so excited to find out what baby was in my belly.

23:38We got to see the blue icing inside and just can't wait to have our baby boy this Christmas.

23:43So we're doing some cute little baby blue ornaments to have the Christmas tree decor.

23:49And our cake is delicious.

23:51It's a spice cake from Ben's mom's recipe that she made them a lot growing up.

23:55Yeah, it's a little bit of a nod to the past and the future at the same time, which is pretty fun.

23:59Are we worried about timing?

24:00You know, we struggled a little bit this morning.

24:03We've only got two hours, so we got to get these in the oven and cooled as fast as possible or we're going home.

24:08Baking away, baking away against the clock as everyone is.

24:13The largest cakes will take about 45 minutes or so.

24:16Yes, very tight.

24:17We are very tight on time.

24:19They do their thing.

24:20We'll do, let them do their thing.

24:21We trust them.

24:22We trust the process.

24:23Bye.

24:24Hi, Simone.

24:25Hi, Susan.

24:26Hello.

24:27I see you've got lots of bread here.

24:28What are you guys making?

24:29There is a place near where I grew up that is beautiful at Christmas time.

24:33Yes.

24:34They have these huge, like, to the ceiling trees that they've decorated.

24:37Wow.

24:38They do lots of, like, bold colors.

24:39So we're doing a raspberry coconut pink Christmas tree.

24:43It's oh pretty and pink.

24:45In your family home, do you ever do a pink Christmas tree?

24:49No, we aren't traditional with the decor.

24:51Well, we could fantasize with pinks.

24:52Yeah.

24:53I love that.

24:54That's, you know.

24:55That's great.

24:56I do love Christmas time.

24:57She loves Christmas so much that we had a December wedding.

25:01We decided to lean into it.

25:02And for the honeymoon, we decided to explore and find the world's greatest Christmas markets.

25:08I know most people go to the beach after they get married and they're ready to relax, but...

25:12Yeah.

25:13She's ready to do more Christmas.

25:14All right, he's got this.

25:15But the more important things, they also have to make the filling.

25:17I've tasted enough buttercream icing to rot my teeth.

25:20And then Arman.

25:21Hello.

25:22Hi.

25:23What do we got going on here?

25:24We have Dutch chocolate cake.

25:26Cafe con leche.

25:27Puerto Rico style.

25:28There is a peppermint buttercream.

25:29I love it.

25:30Like a peppermint mocha vibe.

25:31Yeah.

25:32And Arman, what are you working on over there?

25:33This right here is going to be the cake topper.

25:35Just another reference to our religion, our faith, and some angels.

25:39That's gorgeous.

25:40I have five kids, and he's the brave one to do this with me.

25:46My mom is definitely an inspiration.

25:48She's pursuing her baking dream, and it's just special being able to, like, just have this experience with her.

25:54Yeah.

25:55Yeah.

25:56So far, so good.

25:57This is going to be the peppermint buttercream.

26:00Is the blade in there?

26:01No.

26:02Wait, turn it off.

26:03Turn it off.

26:04Open it, and then we have to reset it.

26:05How many minutes do we have?

26:07Halfway through.

26:08This is crazy.

26:11Are they coming out clean?

26:13That one's not.

26:14Come on, baby.

26:15Steven, Marco, what's the cake that you're going to make?

26:18Uh, inspired by my grandparents' Christmas tree.

26:21The silver aluminum trees with the color wheel.

26:23To have something that newfangled for them was just, I thought that was the coolest thing.

26:28Wow.

26:29Lay rings are orange, lime, and chocolate.

26:34Do you think you're going to have enough time?

26:36We hope so.

26:37Oh, we hope so, Anna.

26:3945 minutes left.

26:41Oh, goodness.

26:42Those are done.

26:43Okay.

26:44You want to check them out?

26:45Yeah.

26:46We're going to pop the cake into the freezer.

26:48If we can get it chilled, it's a lot easier to frost and get that quintessential Christmas tree shape.

26:54I want them to get as cold as they can get.

26:57Please, Lord.

26:58There will be drama.

27:00Ah!

27:01Careful.

27:02I'm so sorry.

27:03Cranberries down.

27:04In some cultures, that's a celebration, you know?

27:06Yeah.

27:07Oppa.

27:08Greek.

27:09Yes.

27:10This cake is cherry and pistachio carrying out our Italian culture.

27:15But that was Italian chaos.

27:17We work together.

27:18It's all good.

27:19At the end of the day, it ain't going to be perfect.

27:23It's going to be chaos.

27:24There's so much going on.

27:25That's what makes the holidays.

27:27If this doesn't exist, it wouldn't be Christmas, right?

27:30Be boring.

27:31Would be boring.

27:34Oh, dear.

27:35Everything's really hot.

27:37Oh, my God.

27:38This cake's still warm.

27:40Getting nervous.

27:41No, don't be nervous.

27:42Because we need everything cooled and time to frost it.

27:44We don't want warm cakes and putting buttercream frosting on there,

27:48because, of course, butter's just going to melt.

27:50Oh, it's still warm.

27:53She can't.

27:54It's all good.

27:55Take a break.

27:56It's not.

27:57All right, Lord Jesus.

27:58I've been a good, humble servant of yours.

28:01Please help me.

28:04It's showtime, baby.

28:05We have to decorate really, really fast.

28:07This is a pipe dream.

28:08Our cake is, like, falling.

28:09Oh.

28:10It's falling like a mountain.

28:1930 minutes left.

28:21Should we just start constructing it now?

28:23I guess so.

28:24Get moving on the pipe.

28:26Definitely.

28:27Yeah.

28:29It's showtime, baby.

28:31Are we stressing out?

28:32Yes.

28:33God, help me.

28:35It seems like it's still...

28:37hot.

28:39Oh, I can't do that.

28:41Because my cake is hot.

28:42Mama, do it.

28:43Do it.

28:44Do it.

28:45Do it.

28:46Inhale.

28:47Exhale.

28:48No.

28:49The cake layers.

28:50Too hot.

28:51They're melting.

28:52Normally, we would probably give ourselves a little bit more of extended time to get all

28:54of our layers cooled the way we would like.

28:57One, two, three, four, five.

29:00I just need more filling.

29:03This little guy is just gonna hold everything together.

29:06Just go slowly and it should be fine.

29:08Not too much cake trauma, you know.

29:10We're gonna carve this cake in about two minutes and we're gonna ice it.

29:13There's a lot of icing that we need to put on this cake to frost it and make it look like

29:16a tree, but the cake's breaking.

29:18This is not right, Armand.

29:20It's going this way.

29:22That's okay.

29:23Oh my gosh.

29:24I've never done this hot in my life.

29:26Mama, keep going.

29:29It's falling like a mountain.

29:31It's not supposed to be a mountain or a shrub.

29:34It's supposed to be a Christmas tree.

29:35Oh, it is melting.

29:37Is that dangerous?

29:38Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

29:41This is lopsided.

29:42It's really fragile.

29:43This one's gonna fall apart.

29:45Oh.

29:46Oh, no.

29:48It's dying.

29:50Mom, keep going.

29:51Armand, it's like literally falling all over.

29:54Five minutes!

29:55Five minutes!

29:56Okay.

29:57My cake collapsed.

29:59I'm laughing and crying.

30:00Mama, it's okay.

30:04Oh my gosh.

30:05Our cake is like falling.

30:09I don't know how to get it to stick.

30:13No, wait.

30:14You're smishing the rest of the cake down.

30:16Mama, it's okay.

30:17I'm trying to put this on a bullet.

30:19Mama, keep going.

30:20I don't even know what to do.

30:22Because this is something I've never experienced in my life.

30:25What am I supposed to do?

30:27Mom, it's okay.

30:28Keep going.

30:29Keep going.

30:30Do it.

30:31One minute.

30:32One minute.

30:33Ah.

30:34Holy Spirit, activate.

30:36Look.

30:37Do what you can with it.

30:39You got this.

30:40Fly like the wind, Bullseye.

30:42Watch this.

30:43Okay, put this underneath.

30:44Ooh, Jesus.

30:46That feels dangerous.

30:47We're gonna rename this a dump cake.

30:50That's what we're gonna call it.

30:52Everything's melting.

30:53It's so hot in here.

30:54Pray that it doesn't fall over.

30:56Ten seconds.

30:57Where's our angel?

30:58I made this angel.

30:59I made it.

31:00Hurry, hurry.

31:01It's going right up there.

31:02Bless it, Paula.

31:03So cute.

31:04Time's up.

31:05I don't want it to fall.

31:06Oh, no, no, no.

31:07That's broken.

31:08I did that wrong.

31:09No.

31:10I'm laughing and crying to say that.

31:11Hey, you guys, I'm gonna go.

31:13I'm gonna go.

31:14I'm gonna go.

31:15I'm gonna go.

31:16I'm gonna go.

31:17I'm gonna go.

31:18I'm gonna go.

31:19I'm gonna go.

31:20I'm gonna go.

31:21I'm gonna go.

31:22I'm gonna go.

31:23I'm gonna go.

31:24I'm gonna go.

31:25I'm gonna go.

31:26I'm gonna go.

31:27I'm gonna go.

31:28I'm gonna go.

31:29I'm gonna go.

31:30I'm gonna go.

31:31I'm gonna go.

31:32Hey, you gotta do it at the same time.

31:33I do the same thing.

31:34What happened?

31:35My stuff didn't cool.

31:36It's a hot mess.

31:43Now it's time for the judges to taste.

31:46Salmon and Susan, you're up.

31:50It's based off Christmas trees that we've seen at the Homestead Resort.

31:54They truly deck the halls.

31:56Wow.

31:57How gorgeous.

31:58I mean, I love the ruched piping on the sides.

32:00It's really, really fun.

32:01Tell us about the flavor.

32:03Inside we have coconut cake layers, raspberry compote.

32:07It doesn't have a huge coconut flavor, but I think you've done a really nice sponge.

32:12It's light.

32:13It's airy.

32:14It's fluffy.

32:15Well done.

32:16Amy and Sally, you're next.

32:19It's a white Christmas tree because my girls love the movie White Christmas and my parents

32:26gave them the VHS.

32:27Y'all may remember those.

32:29Yeah.

32:30Gorgeous.

32:31It looks like a tree.

32:32The piping is very crisp.

32:35Your buttercream was at the right temperature, which I think is a sign of good technique

32:39there.

32:40The flavor is gingerbread.

32:41And then we have a bourbon vanilla buttercream in the middle.

32:47It's got such a gorgeous finish on it.

32:51You've got that lovely molasses feeling at the end of the cake.

32:54It's really good.

32:55It just reminds me of home a lot because we did a lot of very molasses-y gingerbread growing

33:01up.

33:02And the bourbon is coming through and I can taste it.

33:05Molasses bourbon?

33:06Mm-hmm.

33:07Oh, my.

33:08What more goods you want?

33:09Sounds like a good Friday night to me.

33:11Yes.

33:14Marco and Steven?

33:16The inspiration came from my grandparents.

33:18Their tree change colors.

33:20Stop the lights.

33:21Look at this.

33:22Whoa.

33:23What?

33:24Whoa.

33:25We do have very psychedelic vibes going on in here.

33:30I feel like I'm in the 70s.

33:32See?

33:33What's the flavors?

33:34The ornaments on here actually cast chocolate.

33:37The sponge cake is orange with lime.

33:43I'm not really getting strong flavors of orange.

33:46And I'm not getting strong flavors of lime.

33:48Okay.

33:49I'm getting a little bit of a texture issue with the sponge as well.

33:53It's a little chewy.

33:54But you went there and fortune favors the brave.

33:57It does.

33:58So, groovy baby.

34:04Karen and James, you're up.

34:07The cake is bay leaf, almonds, and lemon.

34:10I'm not sure I'm getting Christmas tree.

34:12I'm getting more of like a tiered cake.

34:14I don't know if it necessarily meets the brief.

34:19The flavor's amazing.

34:20It's interesting.

34:21I love the texture of the flaked almonds on the outside.

34:24They really complement the flavor of the bay.

34:26Well done.

34:27Inda and Armand, come on up.

34:31We have a mocha Dutch chocolate cake.

34:36We call cafe con leche.

34:37There is a peppermint buttercream.

34:39Enjoy.

34:41Well, we asked you for 3D.

34:44That's a lot of Ds right there.

34:47Why do you think it collapsed?

34:49Well, the cake was not cooled down sufficiently.

34:52Okay, well, let's taste it.

34:54Yeah.

34:59It seems a little underbaked or soggy.

35:02I think you have some good individual flavors here.

35:04Feel like there isn't a full gel of the flavors together.

35:08Hey, it would make a good cake pop.

35:10Absolutely.

35:11Put that thing in a mixer and just blend it around.

35:13Brilliant idea.

35:14You know?

35:15That's what I like to do with all...

35:16I mean, hey, we all have baking fails, right?

35:19We have.

35:20It's just part of the journey.

35:21Yeah, it's just part of the journey.

35:22Yes, I see.

35:23Wow.

35:24Thank you, guys.

35:25Thank you all.

35:26Thank you so much.

35:27Rosanna and Rosa, you're next.

35:31This was our living room tree, the traditional one.

35:33And inside, it's a pistachio cherry cake carrying out our Italian culture.

35:40The flavors are quite lovely.

35:42The tartness of the cherry really complements and balances it.

35:46Your icing has melted, but I think the presentation is excellent.

35:52Gabriel and Ben, you're up.

35:56This is going to be our very first Christmas with our baby.

36:00So that is what we wanted to bring to life.

36:02Well, it looks fantastic.

36:04Yeah.

36:05I mean, it looks absolutely incredible.

36:08My mom always made spice cake for us around the holidays, so we made a spice cake.

36:16Spice is mild.

36:17The cake is really nicely baked.

36:18It's got a lovely crumb on it.

36:19That is a really well-executed cake.

36:21Yeah.

36:22It's just so clean.

36:23So congratulations.

36:24The comeback kids.

36:26Every week.

36:27Come on.

36:28Well done.

36:29Sade and Renee, you're next.

36:34Today we made for you Kamari's superhero Christmas tree cake.

36:37Oh.

36:38Kamari is my four-year-old son.

36:41This cake features all of Kamari's favorites.

36:43So it has chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, because Kamari loves chocolate chip cookies.

36:48Oh.

36:49Why are you ladies emotional right now?

36:52If we really wanted to do him proud.

36:54Yes.

36:55I just have to say, as a mother too, we're never perfect.

36:59And our children, all they truly care about is that we're doing our best and that they feel that love.

37:06Our first bake together was when he was three months old.

37:10And I was holding him on my hip and I was pouring a bag of chocolate chips and my first baking lesson,

37:15my first tip to him was that we don't measure chocolate chips in chocolate chip cookies.

37:19We just pour with our heart.

37:21It's such a nice chocolatey flavor, which isn't always easy to get with a sponge cake.

37:31And yeah, I like the crunch of the sprinkles.

37:34I like where you were going with the chocolate chip cookie crumble in there.

37:38That is a cake that my nephew would love because he loves superheroes and he loves chaos.

37:44I don't think your cakes are fully cooked.

37:48Oh, okay.

37:49Quite a few things have gone wrong for you here and it just feels so unfair.

38:04Oh, that's so nice to see everything.

38:08You guys got a very tough decision to make.

38:12Yeah.

38:13Gabriel and Ben redeemed themselves, but Inda and Armin were in your top three and then struggled.

38:21Oh, the day. The day we've had. Rollercoaster.

38:25I love their holiday classic, but to see the final product from the ultimate bake was unfortunate.

38:33Shade and Renee struggled with the cookies and the Christmas tree cake.

38:38Coming out of challenge one, challenge two, a little bit of a letdown. I'm not going to lie.

38:42Honestly, we know how you feel. We were just there not too long ago.

38:45But we've seen you both make incredible bakes in the story.

38:48That was beautiful. You got me. I was emotional.

38:51Also, it tastes incredible.

38:53I think when it comes to flavor and story, Shade and Renee are wizards. I think they're brilliant.

38:59And their holiday classic was really good. They just were missing the cookie part of the wreath.

39:05Oh, this is so hard. That's true.

39:07It's all on you guys. I'm glad I don't have to do it.

39:10But I'm, like, such a better baker than what we did today.

39:15You're a better baker, period.

39:19Our lawn might be hanging out in my apron.

39:31We saw some pretty amazing Christmas decorations today.

39:36Let's start with the good news first.

39:38Who were the strongest baking team?

39:41One team really excelled in both bakes today.

39:45Seeing as today's theme is Deck the Halls,

39:48really their decorations were pretty top-notch.

39:53So the winner today is...

40:02Amy and Sally!

40:03Wow.

40:04Awesome.

40:05Roll Tide!

40:07Sadly, there is one team that is going to be leaving us today.

40:17The two teams that struggled today were Renee and Shade and Arman and Inda.

40:26This competition is all about baking with love.

40:31We all have got stories to tell, and some people are better curating them and applying flavour to them.

40:38So there's one team that I feel in captured flavour and story better than the other.

40:44And the pair that is leaving us this week is...

40:47And the pair that is leaving us this week is...

40:57Arman and Inda.

40:59I am so sorry.

41:03Please hang up your aprons in the barn.

41:06We hope you continue baking with love.

41:10Thank you, guys.

41:16Very interesting day.

41:17It was such a high this morning, and then it just all went downhill.

41:22Keep crashing down.

41:23Yeah.

41:24But you know what?

41:25The experience was so fun, and we just tried to stay positive and see the joy in what we were doing.

41:32And I'm just so freaking proud of my mom.

41:34Aw, thank you.

41:35I love you so much.

41:36And you know what?

41:37We tasted it, and it was good, and we're proud still of what we did.

41:46It's so difficult to send anybody home, but I thought it was really important that the team that had the most potential to stay.

41:51Renee and Sade, the way they tell stories through flavor, through love and passion, I think they have something really special.

42:01And next week, they need to come back fighting.

42:04We're grateful to just get another opportunity to try again, because baking is my passion. I really do love it.

42:11It's just the idea of having, like, potentially one of our grandmother's recipes in a Hallmark movie.

42:16It just would be a dream.

42:21All right.

42:31This is my dream, the world Pharisees, and I'm sure we箱 and I'm looking for the success from a剛才aff определiy

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42:38We have all this show.

42:41This is great at the heart.

42:46Starting with my little dream, keeping your Christmas happened.

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