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The Great Canadian Baking Show S09E07
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00:00Oh, look at this!
00:02Where did these treats come from?
00:04Oh, look at that.
00:05Happy Fairtale Week.
00:06Love, Bruno and Kyla.
00:07Aw, they spoil us.
00:09We're basically Hansel and Gretel.
00:11So true, so true.
00:12Discovering goodies in the woods,
00:13like that gingerbread house.
00:14Yeah, and we are the two adorable heroes.
00:17The cutest.
00:19All we're missing is a scary witch
00:20that's trying to overfeed us, so we're tastier to eat.
00:23Unless, of course, Bruno and Kyla are the witches.
00:27Put down the treats, Alan.
00:28Put down the treats.
00:29I knew it, I knew it.
00:30What did I say when I first met them?
00:31Don't trust them, they're probably witches trying to eat us.
00:35Last time.
00:36Oh, just be nice, please.
00:38It was a loaded pastry week.
00:40Driving a crane is way easier than this.
00:42Full of surprises.
00:44Why is she slapping back there?
00:46Joe hustled.
00:47Not running, not running fastball.
00:49Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:50And earned another star.
00:51Oh, no.
00:53But Margaret wobbled.
00:54Oh, my God.
00:56And had to say goodbye.
00:58I'm gonna miss ya.
00:59I'm gonna miss this all.
01:00It was such an amazing adventure.
01:02Now...
01:04It's the semi-finals.
01:06The bakers find themselves in a fairy tale.
01:09Once upon a time, there was a baker named Brian.
01:12With an enchanted signature.
01:14Do they look magical?
01:15I hope so.
01:16A storybook technical.
01:17Ha, ha, ha.
01:18Oh, my God, there's so much in there.
01:20Ooh.
01:21And a legendary showstopper.
01:22What could possibly go wrong?
01:24Ah.
01:25Ha!
01:26Five hours of baking today.
01:33Oh, my God.
01:34We are in the semi-finals.
01:35We are so close to the finale.
01:37It feels within reach.
01:38Look at that cardinal.
01:39They're the good luck birds.
01:40Are they?
01:40All four of us deserve to be in the finale, and we're telling ourselves that it's fine
01:43if it's not bad.
01:44We are so close to the finale.
01:45It feels within reach.
01:46Look at that cardinal.
01:47They're the good luck birds.
01:48Are they?
01:49All four of us deserve to be in the finale, and we're telling ourselves that it's fine
02:05if it's not us, but you know deep down that none of us feel that way.
02:09Standing between me and the finale is the signature technical and showstopper.
02:14Hopefully, I bring it and knock them out of the park.
02:17I really, really want to win Starbaker this week.
02:20Maybe this week is my week.
02:22And if not, then the finale is mine.
02:25Once upon a time, four bakers made the treacherous journey to the Fairytale Week semi-final.
02:33And they were led by Prince Charming and a woodland troll who wouldn't stop bling bling
02:37the whole time.
02:38And, okay, I see we've moved on.
02:40Yeah.
02:41Sorry.
02:42Bakers, for your first fanciful challenge, you will make Fairy Bread.
02:45A hit at kids' parties in Australia and New Zealand, Fairy Bread is quite simply white
02:51bread spread with butter and covered in sprinkles.
02:54But today, we want you to reinvent Fairy Bread as a bun featuring whatever toppings or fillings
03:01you like.
03:02While still keeping the sprinkles.
03:04Bakers, you have two and a half hours to make eight buns.
03:07On your marks.
03:08Get set.
03:09Oh my gosh, it's the semi-finals.
03:13We're baking for our lives.
03:15Wish me luck.
03:16I read my kids a lot of fairy tales, so I'm stoked.
03:19It's time to give her.
03:21Give her.
03:23Give her, bud.
03:24Semi-final and our first ever Fairy Tale Week.
03:27This is so exciting because it gives the bakers the opportunity to be extremely creative
03:33in ways that we've never seen.
03:35You're the four main characters and you're trying to find your way up to the castle.
03:39Okay.
03:40And you're trying to...
03:41Fight the dragon.
03:42You're trying to fight the dragon.
03:43That is Bruno and Kyla.
03:44Our signature bake this week is a fairy bread and we want this bake to have all of the whimsy
03:50and magic of a fairy tale, but it still needs to be very technically sound and well presented.
03:56It's going to be a magical day in the tent, I think.
04:00Let's go.
04:02Working on my dough now for my buns.
04:04We never measure vanilla.
04:06Vanilla is a feeling.
04:08I am making brioche style buns.
04:11That's my favorite and a really nice glass brulee top.
04:14My grandmother is Australian and she used to make fairy bread, but this version will be better.
04:21Right now I'm working on the black sesame milk bun.
04:23My mom thinks that black sesame helps regenerate black hair.
04:26So it's kind of for my mom to help her reduce the gray hair she gets.
04:30Hopefully I wasn't the cause.
04:33Jennifer's black sesame fairy buns, crowned with ombre cracklin, will be filled with a bright Thai milk tea custard.
04:41We don't have a lot of time, so I want to work the dough as soon as possible, so the judges will get a light, fluffy, airy bun at the end.
04:50I'm making strawberry lemon fairy tale bread.
04:53Almost there.
04:54I'm making a concha, which is a Mexican sweet bread.
04:57It's enjoyed in Mexico mostly for breakfast with a coffee.
05:01Okay.
05:03Going in the proofing drawer.
05:06Okay, we're good.
05:10I'm about to make the filling.
05:12Sugar, sugar, sugar.
05:13Butter on bread no more.
05:15Oh, it smells so good.
05:17The bakers step it up with fanciful fillings.
05:20That's my strawberry lemon compote.
05:22Just a really fresh flavor.
05:23Everyone likes strawberry lemon.
05:25This is the banana part of the banana pudding.
05:27I'm going to make your taste buds go to banana land.
05:30Banana land, eh?
05:31Banana land!
05:32We're going to go bananas for your buns today?
05:34B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
05:36I have my dulce de leche in the pressure cooker.
05:41Not scary at all.
05:45Inspired by a recent family trip, Joe's conchas will brim with dulce de leche and horchata pastry cream.
05:53That is nice and foamy.
05:55Horchata is a rice milk drink from Mexico that has almond and cinnamon.
06:01Oh, shoot.
06:02I'm clumsy.
06:03My husband does a lot of cleaning up after me, and I am a lucky woman.
06:08This is my Thai milk tea custard.
06:10Isn't it such a pretty color?
06:12It'll be yummy, hopefully.
06:17Bakers, you have one hour left.
06:21Hour left.
06:24Back to the buns.
06:25Dough is done as proof now.
06:28Nice and jiggly.
06:30I'm just shaping my buns.
06:31It's very fragrant.
06:34Looks like clay.
06:35Definitely doesn't taste like clay.
06:36It's super yummy.
06:39I decided to fill the buns first.
06:41We like ooey gooey, right?
06:42And then it just sits in the sticky glaze and bakes up nice, nice.
06:47Ryan will honor his wife's garden with his ooey gooey strawberry lemon sticky buns.
06:53I want the strawberry to be coming out of the seams a little bit to let them know what's inside.
06:59I'm making ombre style crackling.
07:01Adds a nice little texture on top.
07:03My goal today is to blow the judges' mind away.
07:06Because I want it to look like a sunset, I'm using three colors.
07:10It's the semifinals.
07:11We need to bring it.
07:13Where does the time go?
07:15I've got to bake them.
07:16Arrgh!
07:17Should I bake them?
07:18Should I bake them yet?
07:19I don't know how much time I have.
07:20I'll just bake them.
07:21Buns in the oven.
07:23Beauty.
07:28Once upon a time, there was a baker named Ryan.
07:31Fill in the rest of this story.
07:33He hopes he's going to survive sprinkles.
07:36Sprinkles, got it.
07:38Yes.
07:39Only in the semifinals of the Great Canadian Baking Show would anyone ever feel the need to make sprinkles.
07:45Homemade sprinkles are a mix of royal icing and painstaking patience.
07:51It's time-consuming to make sprinkles, and tough to pipe.
07:55Stepping out of our comfort zone, as always.
08:01We're just watching you, and it's a very unique way of making sprinkles.
08:05Yeah, yeah.
08:06I just wanted them to be uniform, and I was like, I don't trust my hand to be that steady.
08:11Zoe's brulee-topped brioche fairy buns will encase her famous banana pudding.
08:17Okay, let's do this ten more million times.
08:20It doesn't come to life without these little touches.
08:27Oof.
08:29Yow.
08:30My arms are tired.
08:34Hustling.
08:35Okay, that's enough.
08:36Oh, my hand.
08:37Give my sprinkles a little moment in the proofing drawer.
08:41Bakers, you have 30 minutes left.
08:42Holy noly.
08:43Where the heck did that go?
08:44They need longer.
08:45Still no color.
08:46I'm subliminally telling them to rise and get nice and tanned.
08:48Hey, we're coming out here.
08:49I'd like to see cooked buns right now.
08:50And they feel really fluffy.
08:51That's good.
08:52Might be a little bit over.
08:53I got to speed this up.
08:54I got to cool them as fast as I can.
08:55Because I'm putting cream inside of the buns.
08:56I need this to cool down.
08:57I'm not feeling great for time.
08:58I'm not feeling great for time.
08:59I got to cool them as fast as I can because I'm putting cream inside of the buns.
09:04I need this to cool down.
09:05I'm not feeling great for time.
09:06My fairy tale buns are chilling in the freezer.
09:07So I'm just taking this time to get all the decorating done.
09:09I've got my moss.
09:10Got my rocks.
09:11I've got my moss.
09:12I've got my rocks.
09:13I've got my rocks.
09:14I've got my rocks.
09:15I've got my rocks.
09:16I've got my rocks.
09:17I've got my rocks.
09:18I've got my rocks.
09:19I'm putting cream inside of the buns.
09:22I need this to cool down.
09:24I'm not feeling great for time.
09:27My fairytale buns are chilling in the freezer,
09:29so I'm just taking this time to get all the decorating done.
09:32Got my moss, got my rocks.
09:35It's so magical, isn't it?
09:37Delicious doodling.
09:39I'm trying to decide if it's safe for me to remove the lid.
09:42We're doing it.
09:45Please don't explode.
09:46OK.
09:48Risky business.
09:49It's your fairy godmother giving you
09:51a 15-minute warning, bakers.
10:00The magic of a pressure cooker.
10:03I'm going for it until it starts to come back out,
10:05as much as the buns can hold.
10:07Hot, hot, hot, hot.
10:10I'm being as generous as I can.
10:13They're leaking a little from the bottom.
10:16We don't want to underfill it.
10:17We also don't want to overfill it.
10:18It might explode.
10:20That's not good.
10:22The garden is coming together.
10:25I'm probably the most inefficient person ever
10:27at chopping up sprinkles.
10:30We'll worry about that they're not dried enough.
10:33It's nice and brown.
10:34It's ready to dunk.
10:35You should be able to hit it with the back of the spoon.
10:39Lemon glaze, sprinkle glue.
10:41Do they look magical?
10:42I hope so.
10:43Please.
10:44And now it's your evil stepmother
10:46giving you a five-minute warning.
10:49My god.
10:50Cutting this one very close.
10:53Ah, what's my chocolate?
10:58It's all about these fine little details.
11:02Ah, let's go, let's go.
11:05Ah, fiddly little things, aren't they?
11:08Ah, just stay, stay, please, stay.
11:1110, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
11:20You're done, bakers.
11:22Hands off your signature bakes.
11:24Down to the last minute.
11:25Bruno and Kyla will now taste the enchanted buns.
11:37What a sunburst.
11:39This would get me up in the morning.
11:41The scoring is really nicely done.
11:44And the little clouds, the story is right there.
11:49So you can see how bouncy the dough is.
11:52But Jo, you got to squeeze a bit more here.
11:54I'm so sorry.
11:58The almond and the cinnamon in the horchata is excellent.
12:02But look at this dulce de leche.
12:03Beautiful color.
12:04It's so flavorful that we want more.
12:07OK.
12:11Brian, that looks so bucolic.
12:14The vocabulary is bringing out in you.
12:15Yeah, I have no idea what that means.
12:17Colorful, country, understood.
12:19Yeah, it just has that beautiful, earthy feel,
12:22but it's still somehow light and delightful.
12:25Look at this glass-like butterfly.
12:28Great sense of whimsy.
12:30I love the swirl of the strawberry compote.
12:35The lemon and the strawberry play so well together.
12:38It's not overwhelmingly sweet.
12:40You're really saving the sweetness for those little sprinkles.
12:43And I think that was well done.
12:44Beautiful ode to your wife's garden.
12:51They look so polished.
12:53They're absolutely glistening.
12:56And you're not hiding behind the caramel.
12:58You can see how beautifully baked the buns are.
13:01And the sprinkles looks like confetti.
13:03Yes.
13:03I mean, that is such a great tip to use a stencil.
13:06I almost forgot they're handmade.
13:08They have some nice weight to them.
13:12Breaking like glass.
13:13Yes.
13:15It's very full.
13:17I love that.
13:18We can see the quality of your baking.
13:21It got all the elements of a classic dessert.
13:25Great flavors, beautiful texture on the bread.
13:27Lots of banana flavor coming through in a really authentic way.
13:31Just the right tone on the dial.
13:33Beautiful.
13:33Thank you so much.
13:34Amazing job.
13:37Jennifer, beautiful display of colors.
13:39I love how soft it is to the eyes.
13:41I love those delicate butterflies.
13:44I'm glad there is no wind because it feels so light and precious.
13:48And the little detail on your sprinkles to see.
13:51They're little flowers.
13:52And you even went so far as to pipe the centers of them.
13:55So it's a sprinkle on a sprinkle.
13:57Yes.
13:58Now when we open it up, beautiful color
14:01contrast, but we can see the restraint in the dough there.
14:05Using black sesame crushed inside the dough is so tricky
14:08because it makes the dough heavier.
14:09Yeah, it does.
14:10As you can see, the dough didn't prove much.
14:12But the Thai milk tea custard paired with the black sesame,
14:16great flavor combination.
14:18It's beautiful and very floral.
14:21I feel a little nervous because the buns are okay,
14:23but every fairy tale story has a conflict.
14:26So we just need to resolve that conflict and bounce back,
14:29and it will be a great ending.
14:30The technical is next.
14:31I'm sure it's going to be magical, enchanting,
14:34not frightening, terrifying at all.
14:36It's fairy tale week.
14:37They can't go hard on us, right?
14:38Every fairy tale has a villain, and this week it's us,
14:49because we'll be announcing your technical challenge.
14:52Bruno, won't you give these lovely bakers a hint?
14:55Fee-fi-fo-fum, a little swim will make them yum.
14:59Ooh.
15:01Get this guy a beanstalk or something, hey?
15:04All right, judges, we now banish you from the tent.
15:06Beagle.
15:08Where did you get this?
15:09Oh, I sold my soul to an old woman in the woods.
15:12You can't keep doing that.
15:13That's not good for you.
15:15You've seen them referenced in The Nutcracker
15:17and The Night Before Christmas,
15:18and now we'll reimagine them for the tent, sugar plums.
15:22Well, not actual sugar plums,
15:24but a perfect illusion of the storybook fruit.
15:27Made of soft cookies sandwiched around plum jam
15:30and whipped ricotta, these cookies are a sweet fairy tale
15:33for the taste buds.
15:34Bakers, you have one hour and 45 minutes
15:37to make 10 cookies.
15:38On your marks.
15:39Get set.
15:40Bake.
15:42Oh, my God.
15:43Only in the storybooks have I heard of sugar plums.
15:47Oh, God, this doesn't sound easy.
15:49They're going to be very intricate and very complicated.
15:52Ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:54It's never simple.
15:55It's never simple.
15:58Bruno, I love The Nutcracker,
16:00and what a beautiful way to bring the sugar plum fairies
16:03to life here.
16:04It's fairy tale week,
16:05so I wanted to do something magical.
16:07So it's a soft, crumbly cookie,
16:09and it is sandwiched around a beautiful filling.
16:14Oh, my goodness, Bruno.
16:15Oh, is that the pit inside?
16:17Yeah.
16:18It's a toasted almond.
16:19Fantastic.
16:20And you have a plum jam and a whipped ricotta cheese.
16:23They have to make them both from scratch.
16:25And for the ricotta, if they don't do it right,
16:28it might be too grainy or just too soft.
16:33This cookie, it just melts in your mouth.
16:36But the cookie has to be baked perfectly.
16:38If it's undercooked, they will just crumble
16:41when you dip it into the colored syrup.
16:43So once again, it's a test of their understanding
16:46of baking skills,
16:47and can they truly make something
16:49that looks like a piece of art?
16:53No time to dilly-dally.
16:55Where's my butter?
16:56These fairy tale cookies...
16:58Whoo!
16:59...begin with grinding freeze-dried plums
17:01into a vibrant powder.
17:03Wow.
17:04It's very pretty.
17:05...then adding it to the dough.
17:07Beautiful.
17:09Continue whipping on medium until combined.
17:13It looks okay.
17:15The bakers need to make ping-pong-sized dough balls.
17:18This is a ping-pong ball.
17:19It's been a while since my ping-pong days.
17:21I played the adult version of ping-pong a lot,
17:23you know, in university.
17:24Ping-pong.
17:26They're slightly different size of ping-pong balls,
17:29but we accept all shapes and sizes, right?
17:31I'm gonna put them in the freezer for a bit
17:34and then bake them.
17:38All right, all right.
17:40Ricotta.
17:42Making ricotta is not what I had
17:43on my fairy tale bingo card today.
17:46Can't even remember the last time
17:47I had ricotta cheese.
17:49Heat until milk reaches 190 degrees Fahrenheit.
17:53I don't like temperature-related tasks.
17:55Come on.
17:56Come on.
17:57Just being patient.
17:59Yeah.
18:00That was a look of agreement from Ryan.
18:02The look of this is great.
18:04I'm having a great time.
18:06I've got my ricotta on the boil here,
18:09and I'm just pitting plums to make the jam.
18:11You know, the recipe says make jams.
18:13So, really helpful.
18:15Super appreciate that.
18:16I love how they're just leaving it totally up to us.
18:18Freedom of expression.
18:20We've made so many jams that I feel confident doing this.
18:23It's just time-consuming.
18:24Oh!
18:25Heating it up until it gets to a decent consistency.
18:30I'm working on the sugared plum syrup.
18:32This is the swimming pool that Bruno referenced earlier.
18:35We're working on three things at the same time.
18:38Never a dull moment.
18:39Stirring the plum brandy.
18:42Ooh, baby.
18:44It's got quite the kick to it.
18:48I don't taste much plum in it.
18:52That was a lot.
18:53Yummy, yummy.
18:55Oh, absolutely nothing's done.
18:57I've got the plum jam here.
18:58I've got the plum liquor dip going over here.
19:01I've got the frickin' ricotta here.
19:03I've got it all crazy in here.
19:06There's too many things going on.
19:08I feel so stimulated.
19:12Oh, Rapunzel, let down your hair.
19:15Okay.
19:16One hour left, bakers!
19:19Oh, my God, already?
19:22Add the vinegar.
19:23Stir gently with a wooden spoon
19:26until curds start to form.
19:27Okay.
19:28This is going to turn magically into ricotta, I imagine.
19:32I've seen a nona R2 do this.
19:34Ah, my poor, poor cheese.
19:39Just delightful.
19:41I don't even know if this is good or not.
19:45I'm making the ricotta, then bake the cookies,
19:47fill the cookies, and...
19:50I think when you dip it in syrup and sugar,
19:52oh, my God, there's so much to do!
19:53Ooh!
19:55Add to the cookies.
19:58It just says...
19:59Bake.
20:00Until baked through.
20:02Ugh.
20:03What do we feel like?
20:06I don't know.
20:06Maybe ten minutes?
20:07I'm trying to do my isomalt leaves.
20:12I've never worked with isomalt.
20:13I avoid it like the plague because it's so hot and dangerous.
20:17Hot.
20:18Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
20:20I hope I did it correct, but to be honest, I have no clue.
20:24Don't touch it with your fingers.
20:27Hot, hot, hot, hot.
20:29You've got to catch them at the right temperature to shape them.
20:31Who needs nerves?
20:33Not me, but once it's done, it's beautiful.
20:34It's hard candy.
20:36Don't think I'm going to win any awards for my isomalt work,
20:39but we might have ten leaf-ish type things.
20:4120 minutes left, bakers.
20:43Don't have a lot of time.
20:45I don't know how this is supposed to look like,
20:49so I can't tell you if they're good or bad.
20:52Let's get our plums in a line here.
20:54It is assembly time.
20:56They are really soft right now, so I ought to be very careful.
21:00Yeah, I better go fast.
21:04Oh, the jam is not looking jammy, let me tell you.
21:06It's looking like soup.
21:12Be careful.
21:14How is this all supposed to fit in here?
21:16I don't know what I'm doing.
21:18Oh, my God.
21:19Quick swim in the old syrup.
21:22That's why Bruno's, like, make a swim and it'll taste yum.
21:26That's got to be delicious.
21:28We will give that man what he wants.
21:31This couldn't be any more messy of a cookie.
21:34My hands are going to be permanently blue,
21:36just like some sort of fairytale creature.
21:38Dip it in white sugar to foley coat.
21:41That is so pretty.
21:43Bippity boppity boo.
21:45Hopefully we can bippity boppity do this.
21:47Bakers, you have two minutes.
21:49Are you kidding me?
21:50Holy cow.
21:51This is just crazy.
21:56The details are always important.
21:58Oh, my days.
21:5910, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
22:11You're done, Bakers.
22:12Hands off your sugar plums.
22:13Oh, my God.
22:14What the heck was that?
22:18Bakers, please bring your sugar plums up to the gingham altar and place them behind your
22:23photo.
22:24Bruno and Kyla will be looking for sugar plum cookies dancing with flavor, technique, and consistency.
22:31Bacon number one.
22:33They're fairly even in size and shape.
22:36And they give a fairly good illusion of a plum.
22:40Now, we can see they're quite soggy on the bottom.
22:43They've been dunked too long.
22:46The ricotta is made properly, whipped properly.
22:49And that plum jam, it's set very nice.
22:51But the cookie could have used just a bit more cooking time.
22:54So close, though.
22:57Moving to Baker number two.
22:59Quite uniform.
23:00Nice two-tone coloration.
23:02Overall has the illusion of a plum.
23:06The cookie has a beautiful structure and texture.
23:09It's firm but crumbly.
23:11The plum jam is a bit thin.
23:13Could have used a bit more cooking time.
23:15The ricotta is properly made.
23:16Nice flavor.
23:17Nicely done.
23:19Moving to our third baker.
23:21Beautiful color.
23:22Mmm.
23:23Nice even sanding of sugar.
23:25I do see a few cookies breaking at the base.
23:28Break.
23:29Break.
23:30Super soft.
23:31Could have used much more baking time.
23:36Jam has the right consistency.
23:37It's cooked perfectly.
23:38The ricotta has a nice texture to it.
23:40But you can see the cookie dough.
23:41You can even reshape it again.
23:43It's so soft.
23:45And to our final baker.
23:47These look much paler.
23:49Maybe they didn't actually dip them long enough.
23:52And you can see the two cookies aren't quite the same size.
23:55And it would be ideal if they're matching.
23:57As you can see, when they're sized differently,
24:01they're not going to bake the same way.
24:02Some of them are actually fully baked and some of them are under baked.
24:06Jam has the right consistency and has a great flavor.
24:09The ricotta, on the other hand, though, is a bit grainy.
24:13Bruno and Kyla will now rank the cookies from bottom to top.
24:17In fourth place.
24:19Whose is this?
24:20Jennifer.
24:21Unfortunately, it's very under baked.
24:24In third place.
24:28Zoe.
24:29Inconsistent baking.
24:30And the ricotta needed some work.
24:33In second place.
24:37Whose is this?
24:38Joe.
24:40Great fillings, but under baked cookie.
24:43And in first place.
24:47Ryan.
24:49You sure?
24:51Let's freaking go.
24:54Two wins in a row.
24:55I can't believe that.
24:56Well, yeah, I am at a loss for words.
24:58I wish I could, I don't know, give me a thesaurus.
25:01Yeah.
25:03Yeah, it didn't go too well.
25:04But make sure tomorrow will be the best thing I ever put out.
25:08Hopefully.
25:09Hopefully.
25:18Wow, these bakers are really serious about fairy tale week.
25:22They're incredible.
25:23They seem to keep bringing us new and more.
25:25It just makes it so exciting.
25:26So where does everyone stand going into the Showstopper?
25:29If we look at Ryan, he was so excited when he won the technical challenge.
25:34And Zoe's signature was our favorite.
25:36Very tasty, very polished.
25:39And when it comes to Joe, she had a good signature.
25:41There were a couple of technical things about it.
25:43And she was solid in the technical.
25:45And Jennifer, you know, despite having some issues with the signature,
25:49flavors were delivered on the point.
25:52But she did finish last on the technical.
25:54So it sounds like our heroes have some dragons to slay.
25:57And we all know they have the ability to do it.
26:01Bakers, welcome to a Showstopper full of wonder and whimsy.
26:05That's because today you'll bring your favorite fairy tale to life with an edible pop-up storybook.
26:10Using cake and cookies, you will design a book that includes pop-up elements that illustrate a key part of a fairy tale of your choosing.
26:18This is your last bake before three of you head into the finale.
26:22So let's make some fairy tales come true.
26:24You've got four and a half hours on the clock.
26:27On your marks.
26:28Get set.
26:29Bake.
26:33Semi-finale.
26:34Showstopper.
26:35Those words don't sound real.
26:37We are four and a half hours away from deciding who's going through.
26:41So going for it today.
26:43Our Showstopper this week is a pop-up storybook.
26:46Ow.
26:47The most successful bakers will really enchant us.
26:50I'm really looking forward to making this cake.
26:52My theme will be Beauty and the Beast.
26:53I hope it will be a grand Showstopper.
26:56The bakers need to be audacious today.
26:58They have to create something unique in terms of display, beauty, but also in terms of flavors.
27:03They've got to take risks if they want to move to the final.
27:07So many eggs.
27:09Excited to make this cake.
27:11I'm going after the princess and the pea.
27:14You know, it's all about trusting yourself.
27:16That's what I need to do today.
27:18The theme of this cake is Jack and the Beanstalk.
27:21The giant's castle in the sky.
27:23So I'm going to try and suspend this castle from the air.
27:26What fairy tale are we bringing to our edible plates today?
27:30Snow White.
27:31It was the first costume I got for my eldest daughter, Lily.
27:34And apple is the centerpiece.
27:36I'm going to try and candy an apple.
27:38A poison candy apple for the judges.
27:40Okay.
27:41Thanks, thanks.
27:43Jo will weave her tail through a candy apple, woodland creature cookies, and a cake-evoking Snow White's dress made from sticky toffee pudding.
27:52You've really challenged yourself because I think some of the best sticky toffee puddings I've ever had actually kind of look like a hot mess.
27:59Yeah.
28:00So then you think you're going to place an apple on top and hold it.
28:03Yeah.
28:04What could possibly go wrong?
28:05You tell us, Jo.
28:08I'm adding Earl Grey tea today.
28:11I packed a suitcase full of tea.
28:13I was like, I'm going to use all of them.
28:16The first chapter is cake.
28:17I'm doing a matcha cake.
28:18I've got a lot of cake going on today.
28:20And it must tell a delicious story.
28:22I want flavor to be number one.
28:24So I'm going to keep my tropical summery vibes with lemon poppy seed cake, you know.
28:31Let's get these cakes in the oven.
28:34My babies.
28:35Okay, where was I?
28:37I'm working on my cookie dough.
28:39Normally, it's just chocolate.
28:40But the orange and hazelnut is the flourish that the judges deserve.
28:44The cookies need to add detail.
28:47This is going to become one of the mattresses for my little princess.
28:50And dimension to the pop-up books.
28:52That's my miso brown butter chocolate chip cookie.
28:55And what's that going to take the shape of?
28:56The brick rose.
28:57Chocolate chunks in there.
28:58It's going to look like bricks and it's going to lay on the ground.
29:00Oh, nice.
29:01My woodland animal cookies.
29:04Aren't they adorable?
29:06Got the leaves for the beanstalk.
29:08And then Jack's cow that he sells for the beans.
29:11So, fee-fi-fo-fun.
29:13Ryan's black sesame lavender cookies will pair with a matcha, mint, and strawberry cake
29:21for his take on his son's favorite fairy tale.
29:24Oh, how often are you reading this particular story to him?
29:27Every night that I'm home, not working or not, you know.
29:31Yeah, it's a request every night.
29:33Oh!
29:34But yeah, he's...
29:37Oh!
29:38You know what?
29:39I bet that he misses you so much.
29:42And I can tell you're a great pop-up.
29:44I can tell!
29:45Oh!
29:46Let's go here!
29:49Cakes come out.
29:51This is the sticky toffee part of the sticky toffee sponge.
29:54If I put too much, it's just going to collapse.
29:57And cookies go in as the bakers push to get all the elements ready.
30:03This is a peach jam that I'm cooking down with some orange liqueur.
30:07It's going to be tasty and a little boozy.
30:10I'm going for the win today.
30:11Sorry, Ryan, but that's mine.
30:13What are you going for today?
30:14Nothing.
30:15Zoe will go for the win by using lemon poppy seed cake and earl grey cookies to tell the story of the princess and the pea.
30:26Yum.
30:27Will there be layer upon layer of mattress?
30:29Yes.
30:30And will there be a pea?
30:31There will be a pea.
30:32What's a pea?
30:33Like a green pea.
30:34Yeah.
30:35Because it's a match recipe.
30:36I was like, what kind of fairy tale is that, you know?
30:40Strawberry compote and mint white chocolate ganache.
30:44These flavors, it really goes good with matcha.
30:47Wow, that's still bubbling ferociously to be on off.
30:50Oh, my God.
30:51That's on full.
30:53Jennifer got all the brains on this side.
30:55The brains of BC.
30:58Joe actually helped me develop this recipe.
31:00She's the fairy godmother to my chocolate ganache.
31:03Yeah.
31:06Ann, I found your shoe.
31:07That's not my shoe.
31:08Ew.
31:09I knew this didn't smell like your feet.
31:11Two hours left.
31:12Wait, what?
31:13Stop.
31:14It's like five minutes in.
31:17Coming out of the oven.
31:22Looking good.
31:24Moving on to my decor.
31:25I do a million things at once here.
31:28Lots of decor elements, fondant, wafer paper, all of it.
31:33I'm gonna make a giant rose garden.
31:35So there will be a lot of buttercream.
31:37Look at how many eggs I went through.
31:38At home, my mom would kill me.
31:41My wafer paper leaves.
31:43It's a painstaking process.
31:46I'm making her bedsheets.
31:50Stress.
31:51I'm a little nervous.
31:55This is a crucial part of my decoration.
31:57Let it be beautiful.
31:59It looks poisonous.
32:02Don't touch anything.
32:03Okay.
32:04Butterfly time.
32:07This is the beanstalk.
32:08Look at the roses.
32:09Beautiful.
32:11Basically, the more pipe, the more pop-up and wow it would be.
32:25Featuring flavors of Earl Grey, Miso, and Raspberry, Jennifer's Beauty and the Beast cake will
32:31make a wow with a piped rose garden and an intricate centerpiece.
32:37This is gum paste I'm working with.
32:38So I'm making the actual fountain do like doop, doop, doop with the stick in the mouth.
32:42If it works out, it's gonna look really cute.
32:46Bakers, you have one hour left.
32:50That wakes you up.
32:53Are we in the final touches of decoration?
32:54Oh, I'm not even close to being done.
32:56No, no, no, no.
32:57We got a little bit of a hustle left.
32:58There it is.
32:59A little bit of a sprint left.
33:01Micah, there's so much to do.
33:04This is a butterfly pea tea syrup.
33:06I'm gonna try to make the caviar with it.
33:09Have to be calm.
33:11Whew.
33:12I don't know where the last three hours went.
33:17Let's get this.
33:18Stressful.
33:21So much to do still.
33:25Bakers, you have 30 minutes.
33:27Holy cow.
33:30Chapter one in the building and scaffolding process.
33:33Not a lot of time to build a cake like this.
33:35It just takes a lot of patience.
33:37Your hands are shaking.
33:45All hands on deck.
33:47I want it to look like it's an open book.
33:49I'm destroying my work.
33:51Fake pages here.
33:52Give it the illusion it's an actual book.
33:55This is where I need one of the seven dwarfs to help me.
33:58I look a lot prettier if I had more time.
34:01Ten minutes left, bakers.
34:03Hustle to the end.
34:05My hands are sweating.
34:06Oh my God.
34:08Stencil time.
34:09I don't have time to write a story.
34:11Damn.
34:12It won't be a soupy mess at the end.
34:13This is either a ticket to the finale or a plane ride home.
34:21Beanstalk time.
34:23Stay.
34:25Stop falling.
34:26It's not funny.
34:27This is the castle.
34:28A small castle for a giant.
34:30I'm going to try and float it.
34:34Woo.
34:36Princess can't have a bed without a bed frame.
34:38Not in my story book.
34:39And they lived happily ever after.
34:42What's next?
34:44Bakers, you only have two minutes left.
34:46Let's go.
34:48Go, go, go.
34:50Oh.
34:52Hustle into the last second here.
34:55Oh my gosh.
34:56Oh no.
34:57This is really hard.
34:59Oh.
35:02Good enough for me.
35:04Good night, princess.
35:05You caused me a lot of stress.
35:07Ten.
35:08Nine.
35:09Eight.
35:11Seven.
35:12Six.
35:13Five.
35:15Four.
35:16Three.
35:17Two.
35:19One.
35:20You're done, bakers.
35:21Hands off your story box.
35:24Great job.
35:27Could have used, like, ten more minutes.
35:46Joe, I cannot believe you're able to make such a real-looking book out of cake base.
35:52Just the way the little characters pop up, the story just comes alive here, and it's just magical.
36:00And the apple detail, you've made it such a dramatic centerpiece here.
36:04Should we have a little cookie?
36:05Cookie first, yeah.
36:06Okay.
36:09Cooked perfectly.
36:11You're getting a chocolate, you're getting a little orange, you're getting a little hazelnut, all in one shot here.
36:15Okay, should we cut into our storybook here?
36:19It's holding.
36:21Yeah.
36:22The ganache helped me.
36:26You get that molasses coming through, and it's interesting because it looks so dense, but it melts in your mouth.
36:34Jennifer, just look at this rose garden.
36:40A lot of great piping skills to create different-shaped roses, and then you have a beautiful fountain.
36:47Yeah.
36:48If you pour that over the top, it should cascade down.
36:54Oh, this is so fun, Bruno!
36:58Oh, wow.
37:00I love how you use a cookie to create a puff.
37:05That miso just adds so much richness to the cookie itself, but it did need a little bit longer in the oven.
37:12Yes.
37:13Well, try your chiffon cake.
37:17Beautiful cake layers, nice and even.
37:21The chiffon cake is nailed in terms of texture.
37:25Putting Earl Grey tea and chocolate together, they really do cushion each other, and then the raspberries there just to remind you that it's bright and fun.
37:34That buttercream, you must have whipped the hell out of it because it's so light, huh?
37:43Ryan, I cannot believe how you have this actually floating in the sky right up the beanstalk.
37:51The whole story of Jack and the Beanstalk is right here.
37:55This is a particular favorite of your son?
37:56Yes.
37:57Yeah.
37:58You can see the love in it.
37:59The worn pages of the book, you know, it's probably been read many, many, many times.
38:04Hey, let's try the cookie.
38:06Putting sesame and lavender together tastes great.
38:11It's a beautiful marriage between something very floral and something quite nutty.
38:15Mm-hmm.
38:16Okay.
38:17Let's have a look here.
38:18You have that beautiful green color from the matcha.
38:21I think matcha and strawberry, if that was all that was in here, it would have been brilliant.
38:29But when we get into matcha, strawberry, peppermint, and white chocolate, each one goes well together, but not all at once.
38:36Gotcha.
38:37So, hey, we have to be very quiet because somebody's sleeping.
38:44Yes, exactly.
38:45It looks like a dollhouse.
38:47Oh, thank you.
38:48Beautiful.
38:50This is really controlled, tidy.
38:52I love how you have all the different mattresses and each one has a different texture and color.
38:59And the piping with different tips and different colors.
39:03The mark of a good baker, right?
39:07Hey, should we try the cookie?
39:09Take the headboard.
39:10Yeah.
39:11Great tea flavor.
39:12Very buttery.
39:16Oh, look at that peach jam.
39:18Like a jewel in the center.
39:28That cake is stunning.
39:30The poppy seeds are popping.
39:31The jam is just unctuous.
39:34It's peach all the way.
39:35This is just a really delicious cake.
39:37Thank you, Zoe.
39:44Stories are very powerful and even more so when they're edible.
39:48I love that each baker gave their own interpretation and brought a little more of themself.
39:54Yeah.
39:55I mean, Ryan is not afraid to push boundaries on what he can do.
39:58Maybe his flavors today were a bit confused, but he took a lot of risk in both challenge.
40:03Yeah, absolutely.
40:04Look at Joe.
40:05She's had a solid week across the board.
40:07The quality of her overall showstopper was really great.
40:11And Jennifer needed to come back with a spectacular showstopper, and she did.
40:16That was a lot of fun, yet very well executed.
40:20And then when it comes to Zoe, I mean, her signature was our favorite.
40:25And the flavor of Zoe's cake today was probably the most memorable thing we've tasted this week.
40:30Each one of these bakers brings their own magic.
40:33And this is why it's so difficult to pick a star baker and also who's going to go home this week.
40:47Bakers, thank you so much for an enchanting fairytale week.
40:53I am absolutely thrilled to announce this week's star baker and the person who was guaranteed a spot in the finale.
41:01This week's star baker is...
41:11Zoe.
41:12Yeah!
41:13I knew it!
41:14I knew it!
41:15I knew it!
41:16I knew it!
41:17I didn't want to tell you.
41:18Wow, thank you so much.
41:20At this stage of the competition, you've all become family, which makes having to say goodbye so much harder.
41:28The person leaving the tent today is...
41:38Jennifer.
41:41We'll miss you.
41:42You did so good.
41:43You did so good.
41:44I know you're good.
41:45Episode seven.
41:46Seven weeks of crazy bakes.
41:47I'll see you, Dennis.
41:48I know.
41:49I know.
41:50Being able to compete with such amazing people, it puts you on the same level as them.
42:03It's an absolute pleasure.
42:04It's awesome.
42:05You know, if I was Jennifer's mom, because I do feel like I am a little bit, I would be
42:10so proud of her.
42:12Hi!
42:13Jennifer is just one in a million.
42:17I just love her so much.
42:19Oh, Jennifer, I'm gonna miss you.
42:22I'm gonna miss you.
42:23I can walk away knowing I did try my best.
42:26I'm proud.
42:28Yay!
42:29You're an amazing baker.
42:31I can love that, huh?
42:33I'm so shocked.
42:35So good.
42:36It was so good to have been star baker and going to the finale.
42:39Congratulations.
42:40All the doubts I had about myself, to get that pat on the back, is everything.
42:46Thank you for today.
42:47That peach cake was so memorable.
42:50Thank you so much.
42:51This is my fairy tale happy ending.
42:54Congratulations.
42:55Welcome to the final.
42:57Finals, here we come.
42:59Yeah, it's something, man.
43:01Being away from my family for so long, it's gonna be fun to call them and get that little
43:07extra boost to get me over the finish line.
43:09Head down tomorrow.
43:10First thing.
43:11Alarm's gonna go off and we're gonna start planning and preparing and pulling out all the stops.
43:16Back to work.
43:18Next time.
43:19Welcome to the finale.
43:20Oh, my God.
43:21Oh, baby.
43:22The final three whisk their way to the finale.
43:24Really gotta bring it today.
43:25I'm running on pure adrenaline.
43:26Who will churn out a win?
43:27I want that cake plate.
43:28The season nine winner is...
43:32Who will churn out a win?
43:33I want that cake plate.
43:34The season nine winner is...
43:37It's gonna continue.
43:38Thanks a lot.
43:39Thanks a lot.
43:40We'll see you next.
43:43Thanks a lot.
43:56Thanks a lot.
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