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Baking Championship Next Gen - Season 1 - Episode 07: Bigs & Littles
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00:00I've been zesting lemons like a dog.
00:02Last time, the bakers took on cream puff friendship bracelets.
00:07Genesis and Akbar created the winning puffs.
00:10Soul saves.
00:11You two have baked me proud.
00:15You're welcome.
00:16Where's the cream?
00:17And Harper and Holland's journey came to an end.
00:21Now, the teams take on desserts great.
00:24It's a big challenge. It's go big or go home.
00:26And small.
00:27Oh, they're cute.
00:27For a little thing, I sure have to use a big bowl.
00:37Huh?
00:38What are we doing today?
00:42What the heck?
00:44Oh, what are they doing?
00:46What are they doing?
00:47So we won the last challenge, and it felt so good.
00:50It was actually very surprising.
00:52And we want to get to the semifinals.
00:54It's really going to take hard work pushing through
00:56and making sure everything is executed.
00:59Why is this so exciting?
01:00Hot.
01:01I know. It's so cute.
01:02Welcome back, bakers.
01:03Hi.
01:05Right now, Cartier and I are making some desserts for a change.
01:09Yes.
01:09And as you can see, I'm working the mega-bubble.
01:15Whoa.
01:16That's massive.
01:19Whoa.
01:21Whoa.
01:21Whoa.
01:22Oh, my goodness.
01:24That's a lot of flour.
01:26Because when it comes to desserts, bigger is better.
01:31I'm making a cake.
01:33What else?
01:34Uh, Duff, I beg to differ.
01:36Oh.
01:37When it comes to desserts, smaller is always better.
01:41I am making mini hand pies.
01:44Oh.
01:44Cute, right?
01:46Yes.
01:46That's what I thought.
01:47Either way, great desserts come in all sizes.
01:51Just like kids.
01:52Yes.
01:54So, today's challenge is going to be all about size and scale.
01:59Ooh, okay.
02:00The older siblings on each team, the bigs, will be responsible for baking a single, large-scale dessert.
02:08And the younger siblings on each team, the littles...
02:12Oh, how dare you?
02:15You're going to have to make one dozen small-scale desserts.
02:20Oh, my goodness.
02:24But...
02:25Oh.
02:26Oh.
02:26There's always got to be but.
02:28Here's the tricky part.
02:30Each baker can only work on their own dessert.
02:35Oh, no.
02:37No.
02:37No, please.
02:39Yes.
02:40Yes.
02:41That's right.
02:42You can talk to your sibling, but you can't help them bake.
02:47Oh, come on.
02:50I'm super scared.
02:52I'm just...
02:53I just got into shock.
02:55You go into shock?
02:56Yeah.
02:57I'm dead meat.
02:59I need help from her.
03:01If I get on my knees and, like, beg, will you please let me help him?
03:06About time I get to prove myself.
03:09Your team's big dessert and little desserts must work together as a cohesive concept.
03:16For example, big sis might make a berry cheesecake, and a little sib might make a dozen berry tartlets.
03:23Both are unique desserts, but they complement each other.
03:26You get it?
03:27Yeah.
03:28You have two and a half hours for this challenge.
03:31So, good luck, bigs.
03:34And show them what you got, littles.
03:35Okay.
03:37We can do this.
03:38We can do this.
03:38This is the first time you're baking on your own, littles.
03:41Baking on my own?
03:42I make bacon on my own all the time, since it should be a piece of cake.
03:48I live with him.
03:52You can do it.
03:53I can do it.
03:54I know I can do it.
03:55You got this.
03:57You're baking to make it into the semifinals.
04:01And your baking time starts now.
04:07Wrong station.
04:08Wrong station.
04:09Wrong station.
04:10We're over here.
04:11Oh, man.
04:12So, one big thing, 12 small things.
04:16I think I should do cake.
04:18I could do...
04:19Baccarons.
04:20What can go good with, like, a chocolate tart?
04:25I'm feeling different emotions.
04:29This is so hard.
04:31Yeah.
04:32Last week, we were in the bottom two.
04:34It's getting really intense, because we're, like, down to the five of the best teams.
04:38And this will be his first time, like...
04:41Don't say on your hands.
04:42Um, this will be his first time, like, making something independently and on his own.
04:49Mace, where's the teaspoon?
04:51Let me get my stuff measured out, and then I can help you.
04:54In this challenge, I'm going to have to be a very good listener.
04:57So, we're going to see how this goes.
05:00So, the challenge is...
05:01Next?
05:02Huh?
05:02What's next?
05:03Hold on.
05:04So, the challenge is, I have to make, like, a big dessert, and Emmett has to make a dozen
05:08small desserts.
05:09And so, I am making a chocolate cream custard tarts, and Emmett's making brownies.
05:19Now, can you help me?
05:20Hold on.
05:22Oh, come on.
05:22Add the butter.
05:23Okay, let's do, like, some cookies.
05:28For my dessert, I'll have my chocolate cookie crust filled with a chocolate custard.
05:33To decorate, I'll add whipped cream swirls, a chocolate drizzle, and if we have time, maybe
05:38a little chocolate shavings.
05:39Whisk it?
05:40Huh?
05:41Whisk it together?
05:42No, no, Emmett, over in the saucepan, on the heat.
05:45Oh, on the heat.
05:47Okay.
05:49The heat.
05:51Okay, now whisk it.
05:53No, you have to turn the heat off.
05:55Don't do anything.
05:56Hold on.
05:59For our chocolate cream custard, we're using our Mammaw's recipe, another one of our Mammaw's
06:05special recipes.
06:07My Mammaw was a huge chocolate fan, and so I know the judges will really like it.
06:12Now I can help you.
06:15Okay, so what do I do?
06:17You need to turn the heat on.
06:18Okay, now you're going to mix that until it's melted.
06:21Okay.
06:22For my dessert, I'm making triple chocolate fudgy brownies.
06:26We love chocolate.
06:27Everybody loves chocolate.
06:29It's the main candy.
06:30For my brownies, there are three different types of chocolate.
06:33Better chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and cocoa powder.
06:37All of it?
06:38Yeah.
06:40Okay, now mix that.
06:42And careful, like slowly mix, because it's going to go everywhere.
06:46For a little thing, I sure have to use a big bowl.
06:50Piped on top is whipped cream swirl, and I'll finish with drizzling some chocolate.
06:55Now you have to scrape all the batter into the pan.
06:57Okay.
06:58Oh, there's still flour.
07:00You need to scrape the bottom of the bowl, Emmett.
07:03Ah, uh-uh.
07:04Just keep mixing.
07:06See how there's flour?
07:07You need to mix that.
07:08Imagine how hard it is.
07:11Like, you're working on your thing.
07:12You see someone working on your thing.
07:14You know what you're doing.
07:15Yeah.
07:15Yeah.
07:15This one might not.
07:16You're like, oh, just let me get it.
07:18Just let me.
07:18Yeah.
07:19Yeah.
07:22Yeah, stick it in the top rack.
07:23In this challenge, communication will be crucial.
07:27Now clean up your mess.
07:29Okay.
07:30Oh, gosh.
07:32Whisk it, whisk it, whisk it.
07:33Did you not mix your dry ingredients beforehand?
07:35I didn't.
07:37I can't touch his.
07:40Get it quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
07:42No, add the sugar.
07:45Which means I'm solely verbally coaching him, which is, you cooked it too much.
07:50You almost burned it.
07:51Not great.
07:53We want to keep going to the semifinals, so there is a lot at stake, so we have to perform
07:58well.
07:59I agree and understand.
08:03That's not thickening.
08:04Start over.
08:06Hey, farm kids.
08:07Hi.
08:08How's it going?
08:09Good.
08:09Pretty good.
08:10What are you making?
08:10I am making a really old family recipe of cherry cake.
08:15It is, it's like a cinnamon-y cake batter with just tart cherries and cream cheese frosting.
08:21This cherry cake recipe is from my great-grandma.
08:24It's made of vegetable shortening.
08:26The shortening adds moisture and also makes it very light, so it's not this rich, buttery
08:31cake.
08:32I'm going to decorate my cake with like a cherry and then maybe some hearts, so it's going
08:37to be very cute.
08:39And you are making?
08:41I'm making tartlets.
08:42Tartlets.
08:43Okay.
08:43What's your flavor tartlet?
08:44Cherry.
08:45Because with the travel recipe, we also made a cherry tart.
08:50It just needs another thing to make this exciting.
08:54Okay.
08:55And it wasn't my best work.
08:57So this is perfect.
08:58So he's going to make like cherry tartlets, and they're going to taste like cherry this
09:02time.
09:03I'm going to make like a cherry compote to put at the bottom, and then I'm going to make
09:08cherry pastry cream.
09:10I'm going to decorate my just recently red and green coating chocolate back and forth
09:17on top of the tartlets.
09:19It's very cherry.
09:20So Abigail, what you're telling me is you are making Kenneth redeem the cherry tartlet for
09:27you.
09:28It's, it's, it's, yes.
09:29Yeah.
09:30I will blow the judges' minds with a cherry tart before you did.
09:34What he said.
09:39Two hours left.
09:41Wow, they're white fast.
09:42Go big and small, or go home.
09:46With macarons, you have to be super, super exact.
09:49My eight hands are full of egg whites, but that's okay.
09:52Remember, no, you don't want any yolks in there, okay?
09:54No yolk, no shell.
09:56You're doing good.
09:57I'm definitely less worried about carrot baking on her own than maybe some of the other
10:00teens are.
10:01She does have an advantage because she's done a lot of things by herself.
10:04And so I think that, you know, that experience will help her in this challenge.
10:07See, fold it in, right?
10:09Yes, keep doing that.
10:10I'm also pretty confident in my own skills, so I'm going to do macarons because it's a
10:15pretty, like, advanced dessert slash cookie, and I think the judges will be impressed.
10:20All the meringue should be incorporated, and now you're going to test your macronage, which
10:24is what this is basically.
10:26Okay.
10:26No, no.
10:27Take it and scoop it and watch it flow.
10:31Put it in there.
10:32That's perfect.
10:34Gorgeous.
10:34Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
10:36Oh, boy.
10:38Okay.
10:39Ah, it's not coming off.
10:41It's not coming off.
10:41Pull the bolt.
10:42Pull the bolt.
10:43Calm down.
10:44Kira.
10:45Okay, there we go.
10:46It's okay.
10:47It's okay.
10:48It's okay.
10:48You're doing good.
10:49You're doing good.
10:49Okay, pipe, and then keep going.
10:51Stop.
10:52Yes, that was perfect.
10:53Good job.
10:54For my macarons will be a vanilla macaron shell with coffee, buttercream, and caramel filling
11:00on the inside, dipped in milk chocolate and gold flakes on top.
11:05So good.
11:06They look really good, Kira.
11:07Good job.
11:07I'm making a chocolate cake with a coffee, buttercream, and caramel in the center.
11:12We love getting a caramel coffee.
11:14And so this is inspired by what we like to order at a coffee shop.
11:18And honestly, baked goods, coffee flavored are super good.
11:23Yes.
11:23I love it.
11:24I'll do an ombre of coffee, buttercream on the outside of my cake.
11:27Top my cake with chocolate drip and buttercream swirls with gold flakes.
11:32Open up behind you.
11:36This is my second batch of pastry cream, and if this doesn't work out, then I don't know
11:41what to do.
11:42Abby?
11:43Is it getting thicker?
11:44It's not thickening up.
11:46It's just like soup.
11:49Kenneth, start over.
11:51That's not going to thicken.
11:52I know that pastry cream, that's not how it goes.
11:55I've made this pastry cream multiple, like many, many times, and it is absolutely killing
12:01me that I cannot step in and help.
12:0390 minutes.
12:08Abby, I think I'm just going to make a cherry whipped cream instead.
12:13Okay.
12:14That's fine.
12:14You have the compote.
12:16I don't have time to waste anymore, so I just move on.
12:19You need to move fast.
12:22This is to get into the semifinals, and I want this to be perfect.
12:27All right, that should be enough.
12:28Just wait until it's whipped to see if you want more.
12:30Bakers, you have an hour and 20 minutes left.
12:33What?
12:33What happens?
12:34Bake us up some big and little desserts.
12:38And remember, you can't help your sibling bake.
12:42And she don't put too much.
12:43But you can tell them what to do, which I'm sure you're all very good at.
12:47What is this fun?
12:48What?
12:49Look.
12:50Very nice.
12:51Focus.
12:51I'm not really concerned like some of the other siblings are to let Lenore bake on her own.
12:56I've seen her bake before, and she's good.
13:00And the only reason I would be concerned is if she was in a stubborn mood where she wouldn't
13:05take any advice I was giving her.
13:08Sorry, it's fun.
13:12I am making a peppermint blondie.
13:14It's going to be like a blondie cake, and then I'm going to stack two of them, do some
13:18buttercream in the middle, make a massive blondie, because it's a big challenge.
13:21It's go big or go big.
13:23Very big.
13:24The way I plan on decorating the blondie is I'm going to swirl red and white buttercream
13:29because peppermint is red and white swirl.
13:32I love peppermint, and I'm so excited.
13:34So I am making peppermint shortbread cookies.
13:39I'm going to dye the batter half of it red.
13:43I mix it together, and then I make sort of like a tie-dye pattern.
13:47To decorate, I'm going to use powdered sugar and a heart-shaped stencil.
13:53How to make a drop cookie 101.
13:56There you go.
13:58That's how you make a drop cookie.
14:00Those look so good.
14:02They look like peppermints.
14:02That's so cool.
14:05There you go.
14:06Beautiful.
14:08I don't really want to make my own dessert because Genesis is just like so good, and I
14:12need her to help me, but I think I can do this.
14:15I am feeling the pressure because I need Genesis to guide me and help me.
14:21It's, yeah, it's crazy.
14:23I'll make sure you oil the pan before you start.
14:26For my small-scale dessert, I'm making walnut brownies with a strawberry compote, and then I'm
14:32going to have a white chocolate drizzle and mint leaves.
14:35This thing is so heavy.
14:37I think that brownies would be a good dessert that are, like, small-scale that aren't too difficult
14:43to make.
14:46Oh, it looks like Akbar is adding walnuts to his brownie.
14:50I like that, some texture.
14:52Yum.
14:53Going in the oven.
14:55How long are you going to cook it for, Akbar?
14:57I'm going to cook it for, like, 20 to 30 minutes.
15:01I'm going to do 25 of the seed.
15:02Yeah, that's what I do.
15:05Guess where I learned it from.
15:07All right, let's make a pastry cream.
15:10So for my big, large-scale dessert, I am making a chocolate strawberry tart with a chocolate
15:17pastry cream and a strawberry compote filling decorated with strawberries and white chocolate.
15:21Chocolate and strawberry, it, like, really goes really well together, and that's, like,
15:24we love chocolate-duped strawberries, so I think you just like a nice pair that we could
15:28do.
15:29So what?
15:30Um, stop eating.
15:31One hour left, bakers.
15:33Oh, that's beautiful.
15:34Hot, hot, hot, hot.
15:36So hot.
15:37You're baking to make it into the semifinals.
15:40I'm working on the caramel for the inside of my macarons.
15:44How's it going?
15:45It turned beautiful.
15:48Okay, um, where can I put this?
15:49Put that in.
15:50In?
15:51Take this.
15:51Take this.
15:52Take your thing.
15:53Take my thing.
15:53Come over here.
15:54Over here.
15:56Put it in, maybe, like, the bottom one.
15:58Bottom one?
15:59Oh, okay.
16:00Uh, mine's too frozen.
16:03Oh.
16:04So, only, like, a couple minutes, okay?
16:07Oh, that's for the brownies.
16:10Careful.
16:11Good job.
16:12I like a gooey center, so I need to make sure I don't overbake these brownies.
16:18Perfect.
16:20And stick them on the lower rack.
16:24Good job.
16:25Now that my tart shell is cool, I added my custard, and it looks really good.
16:28This is looking really good, Mace.
16:30I gotta hand it to you.
16:31Now I'm gonna go stick this in the fridge.
16:33Okay.
16:34Okay.
16:34So elegant with foods.
16:37Oh.
16:39They are done.
16:41Okay, these look great.
16:42They have a perfect foot.
16:44I'm so happy.
16:45You're doing so good.
16:46I'm so happy that your macarons turned out good.
16:49To fill my macarons, I'm using coffee buttercream, and then I'm gonna do some caramel in the center.
16:55Oh, everything is going so good, Leah.
16:58Yeah, shock me.
17:00Oh, yeah, this is gonna be a really crummy cake.
17:03That sounds like it's gonna be a bad cake.
17:04Just crummy.
17:06To assemble my cake, I am making a border with my coffee buttercream, and then adding the caramel in.
17:13I give it a quick crumb croat and set it in the fridge.
17:16Whoa.
17:17Good job.
17:18Good job.
17:21All right, good.
17:22Get them on the pan, put them in the oven.
17:27At $3.50?
17:29Yes.
17:30Oh, never the top rack.
17:32Abby has told me that.
17:3430 minutes.
17:38There we go.
17:40To build my cake, I set the first layer down.
17:42I spread a thin layer of cream cheese frosting in the middle, set the other layer on top, do a
17:47quick crumb coat.
17:49Oh, no.
17:50I need more frosting.
17:52And I wish I had more frosting, but I don't.
17:55I don't have time to make another batch, so I'll do the best that I can.
17:58That is not the best thing I've ever made in my entire life.
18:02Oh, I smell the peppermint.
18:06Sprayed the bottom.
18:07Should not be sticking.
18:10So, my blondie is not coming out of my baking tray, so I'm just trying to figure out how to
18:15get it out right now.
18:18If it doesn't come out, then it's just going to crumble and be a big mess, and I don't want
18:23to serve that to the judges.
18:25Those blondies are stuck.
18:27I'm going to hit it until it comes out, is my plan currently.
18:31Oh, no.
18:32It broke.
18:33Oh, look at that.
18:38So, the bottom of my blondie is stuck to the pan.
18:43This is a solvable problem, though.
18:48There.
18:49It gets stuck, so I scrape it out, and I put it back in.
18:55Flatten that.
18:55So, then I put on a thin layer of buttercream to put it all together.
19:02So, now I have to smooth it, which is not what I want to do right now, but it'll be
19:05okay.
19:07Fingers crossed.
19:10I just think, like, the frosting on the inside looks really boring now.
19:14Yay, peppermint!
19:1620 minutes.
19:17We want one large dessert and a dozen small ones.
19:21You're baking and getting the semis.
19:24Oh, my gosh.
19:25They've got to be better than semi-good.
19:27They're so cute.
19:30For my peppermint shortbread cookies, I'm going to make a heart stencil, and then I'm going to sift powdered sugar
19:39onto the cookie.
19:40I think they're really pretty, and I'm really hoping the judges think the same.
19:45Oh, gosh.
19:47Genesis, I need your guidance.
19:50Okay.
19:51Awkward.
19:52They're, like, really crumbly.
19:54Of course, because they're gooey.
19:56Pause.
19:57Before you pick it up with this.
19:59Hey, fuck, no.
20:01Pick it up with that, please.
20:03So it doesn't break.
20:07Good job.
20:08So to assemble my tart, I start with a little bit of my chocolate pastry cream on the bottom.
20:14Then I put in my strawberry compote, and then I put another layer of chocolate pastry cream.
20:21Now my favorite part.
20:23All right.
20:23Stop eating and finish, bruh.
20:26And then put your strawberries and stuff on top and make it look nice, okay?
20:30Cold, cold, cold.
20:32Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.
20:33Careful, careful, careful.
20:36Don't drop the brownies.
20:39Yeah.
20:40Now.
20:41Okay.
20:43Pan can go in the bus.
20:44Macy, it's breaking.
20:45It's breaking.
20:46Yeah, it is breaking.
20:48Go grab, like, a small circle cookie cutter, okay?
20:54Now that my tart is set, I'm piping whipped cream swirls that looks really nice and elegant.
21:00That's way too small.
21:02You said small.
21:03Okay, melt down your chocolate, okay?
21:08Sisters.
21:11Pull it off.
21:13See?
21:15Look, Macy is really coaching Emmett.
21:18And he's listening.
21:19Yeah.
21:20Yeah.
21:21And then you're going to pipe, like how I did, or I could just do, like, dollops, big dollops, okay?
21:26You know, if that was me and my brother, he'd be coaching me, and I'd be like, I don't even
21:31hear you right now.
21:36Okay, so now what you're going to do is you're going to take the chocolate, and you're going to drizzle.
21:40It has that thin line, so you can turn it over.
21:43And, like, why am I using a ketchup bottle?
21:47So then you have more control.
21:49Okay.
21:51Yes, that looks really good, Emmett.
21:53Do that on all of them.
21:55Bakers, you have ten minutes left.
21:58Oh, holy moly.
22:00Okay.
22:02I want to dip my macarons in chocolate.
22:04That's beautiful.
22:04I finished by adding some blue leaf and glitter spray.
22:09Amazing.
22:12Okay, I'm doing more ombres.
22:13Nice.
22:15Last challenge, the judges did not think that we had enough of an ombre effect, and so this challenge, I'm
22:20making sure I definitely kind of mix the lines to have a better gradient slash ombre.
22:26Today we use one of your tasting spoons.
22:29Oh, yes.
22:30Yeah.
22:31Also, do you want to try a macaroon?
22:33Oh, yes, I do.
22:35Those are just, like, the messy ones that I...
22:37You totally know they are, because I haven't tried one, and I really don't want to try one.
22:39Yeah, it's coffee with caramel inside.
22:42Is it good?
22:43Is it bad?
22:44I haven't tried one yet.
22:47Wow.
22:47I think that's a good one.
22:49For someone that really loves coffee, aka me, this is wonderful.
22:54I'm going to let Jen say something.
22:55Yes.
22:56Okay.
22:56Lee and Kira.
22:57Here they are.
22:58Like, they're really good.
22:59Yeah, very good.
23:00It is so good.
23:02Oh, girl.
23:02And it has a caramel inside, too.
23:04So good.
23:05They definitely are a competition.
23:07It would be hard to beat them.
23:08Oh, wait, that's beautiful.
23:10Good job.
23:11All right, Top, do your drizzle.
23:13My drizzle?
23:14Yes.
23:15Yeah, and I'm going to do...
23:16I'm going to start on topping it off with the little strawberries and stuff.
23:20All right, Aqua, what we're doing?
23:21We actually...
23:21We're finishing.
23:22Yes, we are.
23:23All right.
23:28Aqua looks so cute!
23:29Sorry.
23:30I'm really loud.
23:31You know what?
23:32That's going to be good enough.
23:33And then I do an alternating white and green border on the bottom,
23:36a red border on the top.
23:38I place my white chocolate cherries on top of the cake
23:42and then just make some hearts around them.
23:45What do you think?
23:46That looks great.
23:48Now I need to assemble my tartlet.
23:50Yep.
23:50And then put a good amount of compound in, but not too much.
23:53Yeah.
23:55And then I take my chili whipped cream and just pipe it around.
24:00Good.
24:00My penis one thing I'm okay at.
24:03It looks good.
24:05Nice.
24:08It's not.
24:09It's too thick.
24:10So go melt more in each one, then take a spoon and drizzle it.
24:14Run!
24:15Five minutes.
24:17Kenneth, how you doing?
24:22You know what?
24:24I do the same every morning.
24:26Like, how you doing, Duff?
24:28I don't know.
24:30Abigail, how are you doing?
24:32I'm okay.
24:34Are you?
24:35Yes.
24:35Okay.
24:36I feel like steam's about to come out of your ears.
24:38You know, that, I, yeah.
24:40We're going to hear, like, the train whistle.
24:43Hey, thanks to my brother, I've become more of a patient person.
24:47I need a spoon.
24:48I need a spoon.
24:51Oh, they're cute.
24:52All right, next.
24:53Color.
24:54This is a dangerous game I'm loving.
24:58One.
24:59Hey, not bad.
25:01I'm not going to serve a completely undecorated cake to the judges, so I get my piping bag with
25:08the two colors.
25:09I pipe along the edge.
25:11She did hearts.
25:13So now I'm doing a heart.
25:15All right.
25:16That's awful.
25:20Get your desserts together.
25:22You got this.
25:24Beautiful.
25:25Good choice.
25:27Oh, my goodness.
25:29This thing, though.
25:31Get the white chocolate out.
25:32I'm going to have a crash out.
25:34A little there, and then you should be good.
25:38Not exactly clean, but...
25:41Clean your plates.
25:43What do you think?
25:44Stop eating.
25:46Clean your plates.
25:48Get the other platter.
25:49One minute left.
25:51We just...
25:51What?
25:52You got it, Jovi.
25:53Let's go.
25:54Look at Jovi.
25:56She is scrambling to frost that cake.
26:00Kenneth, what's happening?
26:01Are you done?
26:02Almost.
26:04Plate, plate, plate.
26:05Go, go, go, go, go, go.
26:05I'm plated, but...
26:06Run!
26:07Run.
26:09How much time is left?
26:11Ten seconds.
26:13This is so cute.
26:14Oh, my goodness.
26:16We're going to the semifinals.
26:18Beautiful.
26:19Yes, we did it.
26:21All right, bakers, that is it.
26:25I was good at taking Macy's advice.
26:27They're, like, two totally different items,
26:29but they, like, fit together.
26:31Like siblings.
26:33Like yin and yang.
26:34You made it.
26:36The macarons.
26:37Whose desserts will measure up?
26:40Oh, oh, oh, oh.
26:44Big desserts and little desserts.
26:48That need to work together.
26:51All right, Genesis and Akbar.
26:55Hi.
26:56Hi.
26:57So, what did you two make?
26:59So, I made a walnut brownie
27:03with, like, little strawberry compote.
27:06So, and then I made a tart
27:08with a chocolate pastry cream
27:11and a strawberry compote.
27:12All right, so the little dessert.
27:14Akbar, I was looking at your brownies,
27:17and I cannot wait to bite into them.
27:20They look delicious.
27:23They're all different sizes,
27:25which I guess, you know,
27:26if you want a big brownie,
27:27you take a big brownie.
27:28If you want a little brownie,
27:29you take a little brownie.
27:30But I think I'd want them,
27:31like, a little more regular.
27:33Okay.
27:34Now, the big dessert.
27:36It looks very delicious.
27:38Anything with, like, strawberry and chocolate
27:39is just, can't go wrong, right?
27:42Your tart crust.
27:44I need it a little darker.
27:46Okay.
27:47All right.
27:48I want to taste the little dessert first.
27:51Okay.
27:51You want to bring those up?
27:52Yeah.
27:52Don't drop it.
27:53Oh, my God.
27:54We got to do a job.
27:57Oh, my God.
28:03Thanks, Akbar.
28:05You're welcome.
28:11You know what I would change about this brownie?
28:13What?
28:15Absolutely nothing.
28:16It is great.
28:19It is great.
28:20Super fudgy.
28:22The strawberry compote
28:23pairs very well with the chocolate.
28:24And I love the addition of the walnut
28:27because it gives it texture.
28:31All right.
28:31Genesis, let's taste the big dessert.
28:33Oh.
28:34Nice.
28:40Butter.
28:45Right?
28:46Yes.
28:47It's like butter just barely held together with flour.
28:49And a little chocolate on top.
28:52It's good.
28:53I really like all of your flavors.
28:55Your chocolate's really good.
28:56I love the compote in there.
28:57Okay.
28:58And your crust is nice.
28:59There's just way too much.
29:00You see, like, there's more crust than filling.
29:03Mm-hmm.
29:04Your desserts definitely complement each other really well.
29:06Just a little minor tweaks here and there.
29:08Okay.
29:08Okay.
29:09Bye.
29:10I'm very proud of him
29:12because he make me mad sometimes in his decisions.
29:16But he did very good.
29:17He did very good this time.
29:18I mean, Akbar killed it.
29:21He did.
29:21He did.
29:23Jovi and Lenore.
29:25Hi.
29:26We will start with your little dessert.
29:28I made a peppermint shortbread cookie.
29:31Mm.
29:32Lenore, I think those are cute little cookies.
29:35Really good.
29:35I love your stencil.
29:37The stencil's really nice.
29:38It's a fun technique.
29:38It's really effective.
29:40It's fast.
29:41And Jovi, what did you make?
29:43I made a peppermint blondie.
29:46That's a big old blondie.
29:48So if I'm going to do something big, I'm going to do it big.
29:51Like, that's the point.
29:52As well you should.
29:54But I could tell that you had some struggles.
29:56There was some time.
29:57We saw you working down to the wire.
29:59And it's a little messy.
30:01So, okay.
30:03But I think your desserts really complement each other because you have the heart theme going
30:07through.
30:07You got the red and white theme going through.
30:09And I think they're great.
30:11Let's try the little dessert first, Lenore.
30:29I get the peppermint, but child, this is dry.
30:34Yeah, it's okay.
30:36It happens.
30:37It happens.
30:38All right.
30:38Time for the big dessert.
30:41Look at that.
30:42I've never seen a blondie, like, served as, like, a cake.
30:46Or have I.
30:51It is really tender.
30:54It's got the crunchy on the outside.
30:56And it's got the gooey in the middle.
30:59But it's a lot of peppermint.
31:01Yeah.
31:02It was just way too much.
31:04Thank you, girls.
31:07I definitely could have maybe just had a bit less peppermint.
31:10I just hope we're not in the bottom.
31:12It's very surprising because Jovi is usually on top of her game and her time.
31:17And she struggles a little bit.
31:20Leah and Kira, tell us about your little dessert.
31:25Okay.
31:25So I made a dozen vanilla macarons with coffee, buttercream, and caramel filling.
31:32All right, Leah.
31:33How about you?
31:33So I made a chocolate cake with a coffee, buttercream, also caramel in the center.
31:39I feel like you're imposters.
31:41Look at these.
31:42Look at these desserts.
31:43These are professional.
31:45Kira, how old are you?
31:47I'm 11.
31:48You're 11.
31:49Those macarons are better than mine.
31:51Those are amazing.
31:53They are perfect on top.
31:55No little bumps.
31:56Your feet are just right around the edge.
32:00Really, really nice.
32:01I tell you, Leah, your cake, too, it looks really good.
32:05I think that ombre is better than your last one.
32:08Yeah.
32:08I agree.
32:09Now the drips are a little rustic.
32:12Okay.
32:13Just a little neater.
32:14I just like it a little tighter.
32:15All right.
32:16I want a cookie.
32:23I would put every adult that's competed on any of these shows that made macarons, my
32:30money's on you.
32:33They're so delicate, and the inside is tender and gooey and coffee and caramel and awesome.
32:41Kira, this is probably the best macaron I've ever had.
32:4611 years old.
32:48Wow.
32:49Great job.
32:50Yes.
32:51I'm shocked that I made the best macaron she had ever had.
32:56Baking on my own, knowing that they loved it, was amazing.
33:00All right.
33:02Leah, pressure's on you, man.
33:05That's a tough act to follow right there.
33:07Whoa.
33:10What?
33:11I mean, caramel, like, whoa.
33:15That was great.
33:20It's a lot of caramel, but it is a beautiful caramel.
33:24It is so velvety and lovely.
33:27Your sponge is just tender and moist.
33:30I like the subtle coffee.
33:31Okay.
33:32You know, you both got chocolate.
33:34You both got coffee.
33:35You both got caramel.
33:36They totally match.
33:39Bye.
33:39Thank you for keeping up.
33:40Keep it up.
33:41I think there's a good chance we could win.
33:43And we're super excited to hopefully make it to the semifinals.
33:47Dude, those two showed up.
33:50Yes, they did.
33:51They want it.
33:51They want it really bad.
33:56Abigail and Kenneth.
33:58Hello.
33:59Let's talk about your little and big desserts.
34:03I made chili tartlets with chili whipped cream because Abby wanted me to get revenge on the
34:10chili tart.
34:12Is it revenge or redemption?
34:14Both.
34:15Because if it's revenge, that means I'm a little scared.
34:18You better be.
34:19Okay.
34:21I think your tartlets are cute.
34:23Your whipped cream looks good.
34:25It looks nice and stabilized and fluffy.
34:27The colors, they match your shirt.
34:29Oh, yeah.
34:31Abigail, can you tell us about your big dessert?
34:33Yes.
34:33I made a cherry cake.
34:35So it's a very like cinnamon-y cake batter and then cream cheese frosting.
34:40So I can see the middle layer, how it's kind of pushing the buttercream out.
34:45I ran out of frosting.
34:47You ran out of frosting.
34:48Your piping around the bottom is really nice.
34:50I like that part.
34:51Well, let's see how it tastes.
34:52Kenneth, can we start with yours?
34:54Yes.
34:58So I guess the question is, is this tart revenge?
35:02I think in some respects, absolutely yes.
35:06Because this one has actual cherries in it, which is really nice.
35:09That is definitely really good.
35:13I kind of think that Ebi is happy.
35:17Yeah, I was very happy.
35:19Fortunately, I don't think it's revenge with your crust.
35:22The crust, I feel like for a tart this size, is a little too thick.
35:27And it's just not baked long enough.
35:30All right, let's taste some cherry cake.
35:36It's dense.
35:37And it's moist.
35:39I'm getting all your flavors.
35:40I'm getting the cherry.
35:41I'm getting the cinnamon.
35:41I'm getting all those yummy spices.
35:43I just want more of everything.
35:46But as a building block, like as just a sponge goes, this is great.
35:53Nice.
35:53And they do complement each other with the cherry aspect and even in the decor with the hint of red.
35:59Thank you, guys.
36:00Bye.
36:01Bye.
36:02I think we did okay.
36:03If you don't get a cherry in the bite of cake, it's not a smack in the face of flavor.
36:09It's kind of teetering on the bland side.
36:11Yeah.
36:13Macy and Emmett.
36:14Hi.
36:15Hey, Macy and Emmett.
36:16Hi.
36:17So, Emmett, what did you make?
36:19I made triple fudgy chocolate brownies.
36:23We used whipped cream and what was that chocolate stuff?
36:27The drizzle.
36:29I used chocolate drizzle and we used a bit of chocolate.
36:34What was that called?
36:36Chocolate shaming.
36:37Chocolate shaming.
36:39Okay.
36:39All right, Macy, what did you make for your big dessert?
36:43A chocolate cookie sandwich tart crust filled with our mamaw's special chocolate custard filling.
36:51What makes it special?
36:52Anything our mamaw makes is special.
36:54Good answer.
36:55Good answer.
36:56Those brownies look fudgy and gooey and delicious.
37:01I like that there's circles.
37:03Macy, your tart looks really good.
37:05Your crust looks like it's going to be crispy.
37:07I think this is the best example of cohesiveness we've seen today.
37:12It looks like one person made this.
37:15I think somehow, Macy, you got into the brain of Emmett and you were able to control his hands and
37:21he's like a puppet.
37:23He's like, Macy would like me to do this.
37:25That's like a robot, but this is just a testament to how well you all communicate and how much Emmett
37:34trusts you.
37:37Emmett, bring me that brownie.
37:45Did you bake this?
37:46Yep.
37:48It tastes no bake.
37:49Are you sure?
37:51You just like showed it to the oven.
37:53I literally feel like I'm eating a piece of fudge.
37:56It's good.
37:57Yeah, that's a good thing.
37:59It's a good thing.
38:00It is so chocolatey.
38:01It's velvety.
38:03You could take these brownies and literally frost a cake with them.
38:07Wow.
38:08I'm proud of myself.
38:10All right, Macy, can you bring us your dessert?
38:14Look at that.
38:17Dang.
38:18Ooh.
38:18And then period.
38:19Macy, come here.
38:22Oh, no.
38:24Girl, this tart is amazing.
38:27Oh, my gosh.
38:28Come to the teacher's desk.
38:30You were like, what did I do now?
38:32I'm like, no.
38:33Oh, no.
38:34Oh, my gosh.
38:35That's so good.
38:36Kudos to Mama.
38:37This chocolate custard is crazy.
38:41I think your crust could have used a little more time in the oven.
38:45Okay.
38:45Just to kind of crisp up a little bit.
38:47And look, working together, like, I feel like I need, I don't know, I feel like I'm going
38:52to over chocolate.
38:54I'm so chocolated right now.
38:56I'm good.
38:56I don't need chocolate for, like, a week.
38:58I'm so chocolated.
39:00I am so chocolated.
39:01In such a nice way.
39:05Nice job.
39:05He did a lot better than I thought he would.
39:08And I'm really proud of that we did our man wants recipes and that they loved it.
39:14Go Emmett.
39:15Go Emmett.
39:16Go Macy.
39:20Older kids, younger kids, big desserts, little desserts.
39:25Quite a challenge today.
39:28Yeah.
39:29But two teams excelled at both baking skills and communication skills.
39:34Macy and Emmett.
39:40And Lee and Kira.
39:42Good job, guys.
39:45And the team who is taking the win is...
39:52Lee and Kira.
39:55Good job, guys.
39:56Good job, guys.
39:56Your chocolate-dipped macarons with coffee caramel filling and that decadent cake were so impressive.
40:04Congratulations.
40:05Nice job.
40:06We will see both of these teams in the semifinals.
40:10Nice job.
40:13Wow.
40:14Now, one other team showed up in large and small ways.
40:18Genesis and Akbar.
40:20Nice job, guys.
40:21And that means you all are semifinalists, too.
40:24Congratulations.
40:25Congratulations.
40:27That leaves Abigail and Kenneth and Jovi and Lenore.
40:30Please step forward.
40:33Kenneth, the crust on your tart was underbaked.
40:37And Abigail, your cherry cake, it needed more flavor and it needed more frosting.
40:44Lenore, your peppermint shortbread cookies were too dry.
40:48And Jovi, your blondie was messy and had way too much peppermint.
40:55At this point, we've seen enough from you guys to know that you're capable of great things in the kitchen.
41:00But some of your desserts today, let's face it, had issues.
41:03And that means one team must leave us.
41:07And unfortunately, that team is Jovi and Lenore.
41:13I'm so sorry.
41:15I'm so sorry.
41:15You guys were awesome.
41:16You've been so cool and so much fun.
41:20I'm just super proud of Lenore for working hard and listening to me, which I'm really happy about.
41:26She took my advice and was super helpful and had great ideas and worked really hard.
41:34And I think she really did really well.
41:37Bye.
41:38Bye.
41:39I'm really proud of you.
41:40Next time.
41:41If we're going to get all of this done, it has to be fast and it has to be good.
41:45This decides who is going to make it to the finale and who is not.
41:49There's a lot of pressure going on this one bake.
41:51The bakers create their own edible animal pals.
41:54Our Yeti is done.
41:56Does it look like it's sinking?
41:57I will eat this slice and two more slices within an hour.
42:00Who will make it to the finale?
42:02Who you got your eyes on as competition?
42:04Myself.
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