Gretel-Ann's cake impressed the judges with its detailed story of her life, but they weren't keen on the slot machine shape or the misspelling of the hotel's name. Gretel-Ann was eliminated in the very final challenge but was a fierce competitor!
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Ashley's pyro-heavy, detailed Vegas cake wowed the crowed and earned her the title of Next Great Baker!
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Team Ashley and Gretel-Ann created this bright peach cake with symbols representing their moms. Even though the piped icing melted and smeared, the details were professional enough to have it declared the winner!
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Team Jen and Paul created this pale purple cake with childlike drawings, baby topper and parenthood quote written on the side. The cake failed to impress guest judges Lisa and Ma, and Paul was sent home in the box truck.
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Team Jen, Paul and Ashley created the winning birthday cake for celebrity guest Kelly Ripa. She loved how the colorful, lively cake captured so many facets of her work and personal life!
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Team Chad and Gretel-Ann aimed to make an elegant, textured cake in soft, muted tones with accents of things that Kelly loves -- including a bow the color of money green! But Kelly thought this masterpiece looked too much like a wedding cake.
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Team Paul, Chad and Chris made this contemporary, topsy-turvy baby shower cake. The design was innovative, but the judges were not fans of the pregnant woman on top of the cake. The unflattering sculpture sent Chris to the box truck.
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Team Gretel-Ann, Jen and Ashley made this bright purple sweet sixteen cake. It got rave reviews except for the monster figurine on top of the cake, which was deemed inappropriate for the client.
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Team Paul, Letty, Chad and Ashley created a realistic cake with layers representing facets of Italian family cuisine. But the cake wasn't well-supported, and it buckled beneath the weight of its layers, not quite reaching the height requirement to begin.
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Team Chris, Jen and Gretel-Ann made the winning cake in the Italian Sunday Dinners challenge. Despite Gretel-Ann's slow and sloppy work as she attempted to get her competitors eliminated, the cake still impressed the judges.
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Team Ashley, Peter and Letty made this wedding cake of starkly contrasting colors. The judges deemed it too funereal, and Peter was sent home.
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Team Paul and Chris made their bride this glitzy, bow-topped wedding cake. Even though the bride asked for a floppy bow, it was considered, well, a flop.
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This city-chic cake was the handiwork of Team Chad, Gretel-Ann and Jen. The skyline details were set off by the blue piping work, and this cake was declared the winner!
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Both life-sized cakes were deemed "acceptable" by Buddy, but this Carol Leifer cake was the winner. The detailed print of her dress and folds in her boots blew the model away. She was created by Team Ashley, Peter, Letty, Chad and Paul.
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Team Gretel-Ann, Chris, Jen and Jess had their hands full with a 6'2 model! While her clothes were perfectly reproduced in cake form, Judy was none too pleased with her big nose, skin tone and slouchy stance. This was the losing cake that sent Jess home.
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Team Chad, Paul and Melissa went big and failed with their cake when the giant leg buckled beneath the weight of modeling chocolate. What was left for judging was a short stack of props and a wooden crate -- it didn't meet the 4' requirement at all.
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Team Gretel-Ann, Chris and Jess made a theatrical cake with a tall stack of presents and even taller BB gun to meet the height requirement of the challenge. In transit, the cake's BB gun topped over, leaving the cake somewhat unfinished.
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Ashley and Garrett completed their cake even though they were a man down and Ashley sustained an injury midway through the challenge. The staged production cake got high marks, even though Ralphie's proportions were off and some detail work was sloppy.
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Team Jen, Letty and Peter created a 3-sided cake that, when manually rotated, displayed a dinner scene, backstage scene and a wall of presents with the famous BB gun poking out.
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Team Peter, James, Ashley and Chad made a superhero called Cat Girl who saved her city from a rat infestation and rat overlord. The cake was deemed a dud because the mechanics didn't all operate at once.
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Rocket Raquel cake was created by Team Melissa, Gretel-Ann, Letty and Jen. The superhero used her zapper to save her rotating building from a jewel thief. But Buddy said the movement of the cake didn't make sense, and it was the losing cake.
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The winning cake was dreamed up by Team Garrett, Jess, Chris and Paul. Zarkane from Zolgar was featured saving Earth from a slime creature. While Buddy thought the hero was lame and the villain was better constructed, this was the overall winning cake.
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Team Ashley, Jess and Paul won the elimination challenge with their clean, classy cake. Mario and Courtney especially loved the dog! Ashley was voted MVP and won a trip to Mexico.
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Team Chris, Peter and Melissa ranked in the top two with their pinata cake for Mario Lopez. Buddy called the pinata out of scale and thought the Italian elements on the cake were a no-go.
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Team Gretel-Ann, Letty and Garrett could barely stop arguing long enough to build their cake. They were in the bottom two with a tipped-over dog and unclear design.
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Team Chad, Emme, James and Jen lost the challenge. The sombrero wasn't well-supported, and the guitar strings fell off the cake. Emme was sent home at the end of this challenge.
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