Baked With Love- Holiday - Season 1 Episode 02- Deck the Halls
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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.
02:13Today's theme is Deck the Halls.
02:18So now I think it's time to bring in our amazing judges, Anna and Vaughn.
02:23Please join us in the barn.
02:32Hello, lovely.
02:33Feeling festive?
02:34La, la, la, la, la.
02:36La, la, la, la, la.
02:39Oh, wait.
02:40Top marks.
02:41Okay, harmony.
02:42Yeah, we harmonize.
02:43High five.
02:44Can't leave me hanging on that.
02:45Our 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.
03:27You 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.
03:49Time is of the essence.
03:50Ah!
03:51So, 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.
04:21Yeah.
04:22So, this is a piece of cake.
04:23No pun intended.
04:25We'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 can be so pretty.
04:53Oh, I'm so excited.
04:54And also, I love cookies.
04:55I love cookies.
04:56Cookies.
04:59But things can go wrong with the 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, but I think it's enough time for them to really turn out a good product.
05:22Okay.
05:23We have almond liqueur.
05:25Traditionally, Italian.
05:26To stay true to like our breeds.
05:28But may I find the mentigato nuovo?
05:31You said you forgot the egg.
05:33I forgot the egg.
05:34This scale is being so weird.
05:36This will not zero.
05:38Oh, do you want me to measure that out for you?
05:41I think I got it.
05:42You got it.
05:43Hi.
05:44How are you feeling?
05:45Doing good.
05:46Pretty good.
05:47So what's the plan A for today?
05:48We're going to do a little buttercream on some.
05:49And we're thinking of like a sea salted caramel flavor.
05:51The decorations, there will be glitters and metallics.
05:54In our house, we also have a lot of glitter.
05:56My mom does specific themes.
05:58She did peacock feathers one year.
06:00Cool.
06:01Yeah.
06:02I turned to baking out of necessity.
06:05I got sick.
06:06And I used to be a pharmacy technician.
06:09And I lost my job.
06:12I began baking to help bring in money.
06:15That helped our family during a very hard time.
06:19I began to like it and I was really good at it.
06:23So it's been awesome.
06:27Oh my God.
06:28It is a stickier dough.
06:29I can't believe how sticky it is.
06:31We'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?
06:42Yes.
06:43I'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 an Old Fashioned.
07:08So we're going to pull in.
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.
07:16Representation is really important to us and we all want to be able to see ourselves in the world.
07:20Our mom had a set of little Black drummer boys that she got when we were maybe like five or 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 and a lot of our traditions of going there for the holidays.
07:35The real pine tree that our grandmother had, tasting 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.
08:02It was my fault.
08:05I weighed it but our scale was being really funky.
08:08The flower 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.
08:24You should talk.
08:26I can talk.
08:27Our dough is not going well and 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 and make a plan.
08:45What do we think?
08:46We're sweaty king.
08:47We'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.
08:58Alright.
08:59Okay.
09:00Thank God for this template though.
09:03Were we supposed to do a sugar cookie circle?
09:06We didn't do it right?
09:07No, we were just using it as a template.
09:09I didn't know we were supposed to make a sugar cookie.
09:12But 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.
09:35What did I do wrong?
09:36We 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...
09:49I'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.
09:56So, in that aspect I'm like, okay.
09:58What's going on here?
09:59How will that be decorated?
10:01So, in Italy we celebrate St. Nicholas, which is on the 3rd of December.
10:04Oh.
10:05We put oranges inside of stockings.
10:08So, we wanted to encompass that in our wreath.
10:10Sounds good.
10:12I need more silver.
10:13I need more silver, please.
10:14Marco and Steven, tell me about your cookies.
10:17The flavor profiles are a little bit more like a gingerbread.
10:20Steven's family being German, I wanted to kind of play off of that.
10:23My family, of course, being Latino, we love a good party.
10:26You gotta have some glitter.
10:27Glitter and be gay, huh?
10:28Yeah, exactly.
10:29You're doing so good, Mom.
10:31Thank you, Sam.
10:32Hello, ladies.
10:34Is 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, because 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?
11:03What?
11:04Growth.
11:05Growth.
11:06As a grandmother of 11, I love Christmas, because watching my grandchildren is very entertaining.
11:15They're all running around being cool.
11:17Greatest gift a parent can have to see their children having children and making them happy
11:23and enjoy Christmas.
11:25We gotta get that in the oven, bud.
11:28I know.
11:29We're a little behind.
11:30Oh, my God.
11:31I gotta cut.
11:32Oh, you do?
11:33Yeah.
11:34Are you okay?
11:35Ooh!
11:36I'm a little nervous.
11:37I just need a band-aid.
11:38Okay.
11:39How many minutes do you think you got over there?
11:4015 minutes!
11:41I know.
11:4215 minutes left, and we'll see what we can make happen.
11:44But you know what?
11:46Our dough is really not workable, and we are running out of time.
11:50Just go slowly, and it should be fine.
11:52Is it dangerous?
11:53Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
11:55There will be drama.
11:56Quite a few things have gone wrong for you here, and it just feels so unfair.
12:05Probably about 10 minutes left.
12:07We are really behind.
12:09You almost done, Henny Bear?
12:11Just get it on in there.
12:12Yeah.
12:13No going back.
12:14Now start decorating, placing trees.
12:16I'm not being as delicate as I want.
12:19These cookies are too hot.
12:21We've got some in the oven.
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 going to do it.
12:43But we probably aren't going to be able to get too much together.
12:45How much time's left?
12:46One minute left!
12:47Crunch time.
12:48Terrendous.
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.
12:59It'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 going to bake again.
13:13You know what?
13:14We're not good at surprises.
13:18Now 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.
13:28You have some Christmas winter mitts that represent like our outfits and our pajamas that we always
13:36match.
13:37I 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.
13:45I 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.
13:54Do you want to fight it out?
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.
14:20Also, 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.
14:32Excellent job.
14:34Good job.
14:35It's all good.
14:36Oh, what'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.
14:57There'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.
15:06Well, amazing job, ladies.
15:07Thank you all so much.
15:08Thank you very much.
15:09I 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.
15:27Oh, wow.
15:28So 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, but love the glitz, the glam.
15:37If you've got it, wear it.
15:42Salman 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 buttercream.
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, but it's got this lovely, playful feeling.
16:35Of real Christmas.
16:36Well done.
16:39Great job, guys.
16:42Sade 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.
17:01It 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.
17:14I 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 reason.
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 put a lot of that in there.
18:00So there's that.
18:01Yeah.
18:02Thank you both.
18:03Thank you, Ben and Gabriel.
18:04Thank you, guys.
18:06That's great.
18:07You did great.
18:11You 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.
18:23Rosa and Rosanna.
18:27And 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, the 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.
19:05I'm not too upset about it because I know that's something that's an easy fix.
19:10We'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.
19:22Holy Spirit, activate!
19:26The biggest challenge is making sure that we can get that quintessential Christmas tree shape.
19:31Oh, goodness!
19:39Ready 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, so 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? So make sure every second counts.
20:16Off you go!
20:19Okay.
20:20Go. Let's do it.
20:22The last challenge, our cookies did not look good, so we need this to look good.
20:29I 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.
20:43And you go on.
20:44But it's a perfect way of breaking tension.
20:45And 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, you 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, that'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.
21:44I am.
21:45I'm very traditional.
21:46I'm very much, whatever'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.
22:24It never happened.
22:27Renee, Sade, how's it going?
22:29I feel like that first challenge, we were at odds a little bit.
22:33We feel very vulnerable, but we really want to get this one right because this one's for a very special person.
22:39For my son, Kamari, he's four years old.
22:42My son goes four very soon.
22:44This cake features all of Kamari's favorites.
22:47So it has chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and his favorite superheroes.
22:52Christmas means more now that I'm raising a little one to make sure that he's meeting family 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.
23:04But, you know, they need a strong mommy to use as inspiration for when they get older.
23:09Yeah, we're hoping we can make him proud.
23:11Obviously, we've got to deliver.
23:14We have no choice but to get this right.
23:16All 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 were 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.
24:07Or we're going home.
24:09Baking 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's 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.
24:50We aren't traditional with the decor, so.
24:51What we could fantasize with pinks.
24:52Yeah.
24:53I love that.
24:54That's, you know.
24:55That's great.
24:56I 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,
25:12but.
25:13She's ready to do more Christmas.
25:14All right.
25:15He's got this.
25:16The more important things, they also have to make the filling.
25:18I've tasted enough buttercream icing to rot my teeth.
25:21And then I'm on.
25:22Hello.
25:23Hi.
25:24What's going on here?
25:25We have Dutch chocolate cake.
25:26Cafe con leche.
25:27Puerto Rico style.
25:29There is a peppermint buttercream.
25:30I love it.
25:31Like a peppermint mocha vibe.
25:32Yeah.
25:33Armand, what are you working on over there?
25:34This right here is going to be the cake topper.
25:36Just another reference to our religion, our faith, and some angels.
25:39That's gorgeous.
25:41I have five kids and he's the brave one to do this with me.
25:47My mom is definitely an inspiration.
25:49She's pursuing her baking dream and it's just special being able to like, just have this experience
25:53with her.
25:54Yeah.
25:55Yeah.
25:56So far, so good.
25:57This is going to be the peppermint buttercream.
26:00Is the blade in it?
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?
26:18Inspired 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.
26:34You 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.
27:01Ah!
27:02Careful.
27:03I'm so sorry.
27:04Cranberries down.
27:05In some cultures, that's a celebration, you know?
27:07Yeah.
27:08Greek.
27:09Muscle top.
27:10This cake is cherry and pistachio carrying out our Italian culture.
27:16But that was Italian chaos.
27:18We work together.
27:19It's all good.
27:20At 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.
27:26That's what makes the holidays.
27:28If this doesn't exist, it wouldn't be Christmas, right?
27:30Be boring.
27:31Would be boring.
27:33Oh, dear.
27:35Everything's really hot.
27:37Oh, my God.
27:38This cake's still warm.
27:40I'm getting nervous.
27:41No, don't be nervous.
27:42We need everything cooled and time to frost it.
27:44We don't want warm cakes and putting buttercream frosting on there because, of course, butter's
27:49just going to melt.
27:50Oh, it's still warm.
27:53He can't.
27:54It's all good.
27:55Take it first.
27:56It's not.
27:57All right, Lord Jesus.
27:58I've been a good, humble servant of yours.
28:01Please help me.
28:03It'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.
28:20Should we just start constructing it now?
28:23I guess so.
28:24Get moving on the pipe.
28:26Definitely.
28:27Yeah.
28:28It's showtime, baby.
28:29Are we stressing yet?
28:30Yes.
28:31God, help me.
28:33It seems like it's still hot.
28:38Oh, I can't do that.
28:41Because my cake is hot.
28:42Mama, do it.
28:43Do it.
28:44Do it.
28:45Inhale.
28:46Exhale.
28:47No.
28:48The cake layers.
28:49Too hot.
28:50They're melting.
28:51Normally, 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.
28:56One, two, three, four, five.
29:00I just need more filling.
29:03This little guy is just going to hold everything together.
29:06Just go slowly, and it should be fine.
29:08Not too much cake trauma, you know.
29:10We're going to carve this cake in about two minutes, and we're going to ice it.
29:13There's a lot of icing that we need to put on this cake to frost it and make it look
29:16like a tree, but the cake's breaking.
29:19This is not right, Armand.
29:21It'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.
29:28It'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, oh, oh.
29:40This is lopsided.
29:41It's really fragile.
29:42This one's going to fall apart.
29:44Oh.
29:45Oh, no.
29:47It's dying.
29:49Mom, keep going.
29:51I'm on.
29:52It's like literally falling all over.
29:54Five minutes.
29:55Five minutes.
29:56Okay.
29:57My cake collapsed.
29:58I'm laughing.
29:59I cried.
30:00Mama, it's okay.
30:01Oh, my gosh.
30:04Our cake is like falling.
30:05I don't know how to get it to stick.
30:07No, wait.
30:08You're smashing the rest of the cake down.
30:09Mama, it's okay.
30:10I'm trying to put this on a board.
30:11Mama, keep going.
30:12I don't even know what to do.
30:13Because this is something I've never experienced in my life.
30:14What am I supposed to do?
30:15Mom, that's okay.
30:16Keep going.
30:17Keep going.
30:18Keep going.
30:19You have one minute.
30:20One minute.
30:21Ah.
30:22Holy Spirit, activate.
30:23Look.
30:24Do what you can with it.
30:25You got this.
30:26Fly like the wind, booza.
30:27Watch this.
30:28Okay, put this underneath.
30:29Oh, my God.
30:30Oh, my God.
30:31Oh, my God.
30:32Oh, my God.
30:33Oh, my God.
30:34Oh, my God.
30:35Oh, my God.
30:36Oh, my God.
30:37Oh, my God.
30:38Oh, my God.
30:39Oh, my God.
30:40Oh, my God.
30:41Oh, my God.
30:42Oh, my God.
30:43Oh, my God.
30:44Jesus.
30:45Okay, put this underneath.
30:46Woo, Geez.
30:47That feels dangerous.
30:48We're going to rename this dump cake.
30:51That's what we're going to call it.
30:53Oh, wow.
30:54Everything's melting, it's so hot in here.
30:58Pray that it doesn't fall over.
31:00Ten seconds.
31:01Oh, where's our angel?
31:02I made this angel.
31:03I made it.
31:04Hurry, hurry.
31:05It's going right up there.
31:08Bless it, Paula.
31:09So cute.
31:10Time's up.
31:11Time's up!
31:14I don't want it to fall.
31:16Oh, no, no, no.
31:17That's broken.
31:18I did that wrong.
31:20Ugh.
31:22No!
31:23I'm laughing and crying the same time.
31:25Hey, you gotta do it at the same time.
31:29I do the same thing.
31:30What happened?
31:33My stuff's been cool.
31:35It's a hot mess.
31:38No!
31:41Now it's time for the judges to taste.
31:46Salmon and Susan, you're up.
31:49It'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.
32:02Inside, 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.
32:18It's a white Christmas tree because my girls love the movie White Christmas, and my parents
32:25gave them the VHS.
32:27Y'all may remember those.
32:28Yeah.
32:29Gorgeous.
32:30It looks like a tree.
32:31The piping is very crisp.
32:32Your buttercream was at the right temperature, which I think is a sign of good technique there.
32:38The flavor is gingerbread, and then we have a bourbon vanilla buttercream in the middle.
32:45It's got such a gorgeous finish on it.
32:50You'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, and the bourbon is coming through it, and I can taste it.
33:05Molasses bourbon?
33:06Mm-hmm.
33:07Oh, my.
33:08What more goods you want?
33:10Sounds like a good Friday night meme.
33:11Yes.
33:14Marco and Steven?
33:16The inspiration came from my grandparents.
33:18Their tree change colors.
33:20Oh!
33:21Dark lights!
33:22Look at this!
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, and 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.
33:52It's a little chewy, but you went there, and fortune favors the brave.
33:57It does.
33:58So, groovy, baby.
34:04Karen and James, you're up.
34:06The 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.
34:16The flavor's amazing.
34:17It's interesting.
34:18I love the texture of the flaked almonds on the outside.
34:20They really complement the flavor of the bay.
34:21Well done.
34:22Enda and Armand, come on up.
34:23We have a mocha Dutch chocolate cake we call café con leche.
34:25There is a peppermint buttercream.
34:26Enjoy.
34:27Well, we asked you for 3D.
34:30That's a lot of Ds right there.
34:32Why do you think it collapsed?
34:34Well, the cake was not cooled down sufficiently.
34:35Okay.
34:36Well, let's taste it.
34:37Yeah.
34:38It seems a little underbaked or soggy.
34:39I think you have some good interest in it.
34:40I think you have some good interest in it.
34:41You have a mocha Dutch chocolate cake.
34:42You have a mocha Dutch chocolate cake we call café con leche.
34:43There is a peppermint buttercream.
34:44Enjoy.
34:45Well, we asked you for 3D.
34:46That's a lot of Ds right there.
34:47Why do you think it collapsed?
34:48Well, the cake was not cooled down sufficiently.
34:49Okay.
34:50Well, let's taste it.
34:51Yeah.
34:52It seems a little underbaked or soggy.
35:03I think you have some good individual flavors here.
35:05Feel 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.
35:13Yeah.
35:14Brilliant idea.
35:15You know?
35:16That's what I like to do with all...
35:17I mean, hey, we all have baking fails, right?
35:19We have.
35:20It's just part of the journey.
35:21It's just part of the journey.
35:22Yes, I see.
35:23Well, thank you guys.
35:24Thank y'all.
35:25Thank you so much.
35:26Rosanna and Rosa, you're next.
35:29This was our living room tree, the traditional one.
35:34And 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 compliments 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.
36:07My 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.
36:20That is a really well-executed cake.
36:22Yeah, it'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.
36:31Today we made for you Kamari's superhero Christmas tree cake.
36:38Oh.
36:39Kamari is my four-year-old son.
36:41This cake features all of Kamari's favorites, so it has chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies,
36:46because 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.
37:49Oh, okay.
37:50Quite a few things have gone wrong for you here, and it just feels so unfair.
37:54Oh, that's so nice to see everything.
38:07You guys got a very tough decision to make.
38:12Yeah.
38:13Gabriel and Ben redeemed themselves.
38:15But Inda and Armin were in your top three and then struggled.
38:21Oh, the day.
38:22The day we've had.
38:24Rollercoaster.
38:25I love their holiday classic, but to see the final product from the ultimate bake was unfortunate.
38:33Sade 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.
38:43We were just there not too long ago.
38:45But we've seen you both make incredible bakes in the story.
38:48That was beautiful.
38:49You got me.
38:50I was emotional.
38:51Also, it tastes incredible.
38:53I think when it comes to flavor and story, Sade and Renee are wizards.
38:58I think they're brilliant.
38:59And their holiday classic was really good.
39:02They just were missing the cookie part of the wreath.
39:05Oh, this is so hard.
39:06That's all on you guys.
39:07I'm glad I don't have to do it.
39:12But I'm, like, such a better baker than what we did today.
39:17You're a better baker, period.
39:20Armand might be hanging out in my apron.
39:23We saw some pretty amazing Christmas decorations today.
39:36Let's start with the good news first.
39:38Who were the strongest baking team?
39:40One team really excelled in both bakes today.
39:44Seeing as today's theme is Deck the Halls, really their decorations were pretty top notch.
39:53So the winner today is...
40:02Amy and Sally.
40:03Wow.
40:04Awesome.
40:05Good job.
40:06Roll Tide.
40:07Sadly, there is one team that is going to be leaving us today.
40:18The two teams that struggled today were Renee and Sade and Armand 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...
40:57Armin and Inda.
40:59I am so sorry.
41:02Please hang up your aprons in the barn.
41:05We hope you continue baking with love.
41:09Thank you, guys.
41:11Thank 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?
41:25Like, the experience was so fun and we just tried to stay positive and see the joy in what we were doing.
41:31And 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.
41:48But I thought it was really important that the team that had the most potential stayed.
41:52Renee and Sade, the way they tell stories through flavour, through love and passion.
41:59I think they have something really special and next week they need to come back fighting.
42:04We're grateful to just get another opportunity to try again.
42:08Because baking is my passion.
42:10I 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.
42:18I really do love it.
42:48Do you have, have a great day.
42:49Thank you so much.
42:50Thank you so much.
42:52Thank you, everyone.
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