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How are you guys?

It's all good dude.

Sorry, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's all good, dude.

It's all good, dude.

Good job, Mikey.

Ah.

Sorry, let me put the incline down.

It was at max.

Oh, what's up, bakers?

How are you doing?

The theme of this episode is the gym.

Dude, Kayla, your shirt.

Body by Cake.

It's always appropriate.

I know.

Are you guys ready to find out what you're baking today?

yes

Yes.

So excited.

Let's play Find That Cake.

Alright, bakers.

When the cake wall spins around,

you will see six items you'd find in a gym.

Five of them are real,

and one of them is

Oh my god, what the heck.

What the heck?

You will have twenty seconds to lock in your answer.

Your twenty seconds starts now.

This is nuts, remember.

there's only one cake up there.

Ten seconds, bakers.

Oh shit.

Five seconds, three, two, one, time's up.

Who needs a knife when you have spikes?

Oh crap.

No.

Knuckle dusters.

Elizabeth, what did you call these?

Knuckle dusters.

knuckle dusters.

You butchered that one.

What did you say?

Knuckle dusters, wow.

We met a couple of knuckle dusters at the pub.

Ready to find some cake, yes.

Justin, you picked number six.

Number six, I did.

You don't seem confident. No, not at all. No.

Why did you pick number six?

I noticed the black lines were a little bit skewed,

which made me believe that they were handmade.

Compared to two,

which looks completely different.

So I went with my gut.

and my gut says

You got it right.

All right, time for a gut check.

Justin, let's see if you were right, friend.

Oh.

Ha ha ha.

It's cool.

It's not cake, but it sticks to the pole.

OK, I'll try it.

Here it is.

OK, Spirit, yes.

You knew right away which one you wanted, yes.

What number did you pick? Number four. Why is that easy?

The bottom has creases and it didn't

move as much as the others.

Justin, that's a burn dude.

I feel burns.

I'm very confident like

I know anyone else as confident as spirit.

Oh.

I picked it too.

Of course Knuckle Dusters is confident.

I'm also confident that it's

Scott picked four on a level of one to spirit.

on a level of one to spirit.

How confident are you?

Wow, I can't.

Okay, Spirit.

Let's see if this is cake.

Oh yeah.

Oh.

Oh, ho.

Okay.

Spirit.

Congratulations, your confidence paid off.

You found the cake the fastest.

which means you get first pick when we play, is it okay?

Let's see your options.

Each of you will choose a gym item

that you will make into a cake.

Your job is to try and fool the judges

who have been invited to spot your fakes.

Remember, guys.

you only get one decoy.

They're all hard.

You found the cake the fastest.

so you are up first.

What will you make?

I'm going to make castanets.

So you think you can easily make these out of cake?

Is that what you're saying?

Yes, yes.

I love the confidence.

Our second fastest baker was Kayla.

What will you make?

I want that big thing.

No.

I want it.

I.

Wow.

You picked

an UFO from a Pixar movie.

Wow.

It's a Boo soup ball.

Yes, I want it.

Now to find out who's third.

Johnny Utah, I'm talking Peep.

What are you gonna go with?

boxing gloves.

Wow.

Wow.

Why boxing gloves?

I've never done them before.

You haven't.

I've never made a boxing glove cake before.

So here we go.

Interesting.

Let's do it.

Alright, Elizabeth.

It's time for Knuckle Buster to choose.

TikTok Elizabeth.

OK, I'm going with the

Romance, yeah, oh my god, I know.

it sounded like Niga was watching a horror movie, oh my god.

OK, the yoga mat and yoga blocks.

Last but not least, Justin.

What's your pick, buddy?

Give me the duffel bag.

Justin,

Remember one of you will be eliminated,

but four of you will move on.

getting one step closer to being

to be crowned the is it cake champion.

OK bakers,

You have eight hours to complete your cakes.

I like

It's time to bake, go.

Yes.

Yes, I need buttermilk.

Is that a thing here?

I was just watching this show on TV

I'm not crazy, this is actually happening.

This is actually happening.

People would describe me as a little playful.

I feel like I'm on a dating app.

I like long walks on the beach.

I am a cake artist and a content creator.

Most of my day is spent creating

cakes that look like other things.

Who wants this cake to go pow?

It is.

Oh.

for my duffel bag.

I'm going to make a chocolate cake with

mocha buttercream and cookie crumbles.

I'm also adding hot coffee to my batter.

which will intensify the chocolate

and make it super rich and yummy.

I'm calling it the mocha cookie crumble crunch.

The goal is to make as much cake batter as possible

Probably because I have so many pans.

This is probably one of the most

the most Bohemian-sized cakes in my career.

If I don't have enough cake,

then I run the risk of it not looking

as big as the duffel bag decoy.

I think we all agree that in this kitchen,

size does matter.

Justin, are you freaked out to make so much cake?

because I'm freaking out about it right now.

Yeah, I'm trying to stay calm.

but I also feel like

I think like yours

and Kayla's are harder because it's so much bigger.

I feel like I'm just like a cake factory.

a ganache factory.

I'm proud of Louisiana all the way.

And I've been doing hyper

hyper-realistic cakes for about a year now.

I've made a rack of ribs,

I've made a realistic pretzel, a jump

a hamburger,

And seeing the dome part of the boosuball,

which reminds me of this Superdome cake

cake that I have made a couple times before.

I think

I can do this.

What are you gonna do to make your chocolate cake stand out?

I'm using edible cookie dough as the filling.

but it's gonna be a

protein shake cookie dough.

So it's a chocolate protein shake cake for the gym theme.

I'm baking a chocolate cake with a

filled with protein powder cookie dough.

I hope there will be some fitness judges

judges to show some appreciation to that

the risk of using protein powder.

Someone gave me

sample once.

It's a protein powder you can bake with.

I was so excited that I tried it.

Hey.

Hey, Elizabeth.

Yeah, where did you say you were from? Texas.

I couldn't tell.

Well, originally from

Originally from England.

a fried chicken sandwich.

Since you're from Texas,

Do you have a southern accent?

It's terrible.

It's like a British Texas monstrosity, hey y'all.

I'm fixing to make some chocolate cake.

It's terrible.

realistic cakes that I've done, T Rex,

a mini jukebox,

a fried chicken sandwich,

Probably one of my personal favorites.

A zombie clown.

I guess like creepy cakes is like

one of my favorite subjects to work on.

If someone says they want a scary cake,

I'm like, I got you.

Elizabeth, what kind of cake are you making?

I thought it would be funny to go with

one of my most popular sellers,

which is a chocolate beer cake.

Girl, I love a cake with beer, right?

Instead of doing something healthy

like you get at the gym.

Instead, I'm going for the opposite.

I'm going to put beer in my yoga mat cake.

So I'm going to make a chocolate milk stout cake with

with a salted caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle.

I need one more beer.

for this round.

Hey Pete, what flavor are you doing?

I'm making a chocolate brownie cake.

Nice.

I'm making a chocolate cake.

Oh, I'm doing chocolate cake.

I'm making a chocolate cake.

Oh my god.

The battle of the chocolate cakes.

I know.

Decorating cakes first started with me

when I worked at my brother's deli.

we made chocolate mousse cake.

and I fell in love with being able to make

something for a customer and make their day.

I wanna see your boxing gloves, I know.

They're gonna be fun.

Yeah, the shine.

I'm known for the cakes that I've

for corporate companies in Utah.

grill cakes, some chair cakes,

and airplane cakes.

Making realistic cakes allows me to be Pete and a baker.

I'm making a different filling for each boxing glove.

I'm making two cakes.

one chocolate brownie cake with toasted coconut,

peanut butter,

and Italian buttercream.

and one with cookie butter and honey Italian buttercream.

and I can get the judges with two

different punches of flavor.

Oh, so beautiful.

I like it here.

It's so organized.

Oh my god, Spirit will have to bake in those shoes.

I know she is like killer.

Some of the people I've made cakes for

I've made cakes for Vivica A. Fox,

DJ Khaled and Puff Daddy.

Although people want to call me a celebrity baker, honestly,

I put the same time and effort into everyone's cakes.

I like to make everyone feel like a celebrity.

So, Spirit,

Tell me about your family.

Well, my babies.

I have two loves of my life.

They are my reason and my why indeed.

I grew up in the foster care system.

So now that I'm a mother,

I'm a very proud mother.

I give them everything that I didn't have.

I'm very proud of my children.

and honestly I'm proud of myself.

My son is a lot like me.

I was like Jay.

Do you like this cake?

and he'd be like this, cool.

You know, my daughter on the other hand

knows how to please me the right way.

My son keeps me in check though.

For today's flavors,

I'm channeling my babies.

For the smaller one, I'm going to make my son's favorite cake

which is a vanilla and chocolate swirl marble cake

with a chocolate ganache and a cookie butter filling.

For the larger kettlebell,

I'm going to make a vanilla cake with a cookie butter filling.

and topped with meringue buttercream and cookie crumbles.

Okay, less of my cake going in.

Oh my god, hi bakers, hi.

I have decoys.

Come on up, remember.

you only get one.

so it's a big decision.

Oh, there are some that are different.

Yeah, you have some variety to choose from.

There are so many different textures.

Having one decoy makes it really difficult.

You literally only have two choices.

So you're fifty fifty of getting

You're fifty fifty of getting picked right out of the gate.

Choices, choices.

Seeing it up close, I'm like, okay.

I need more cake.

This is going to be so fun.

The cakes we've lifted in our careers.

Where's the muscle?

It's all in the core.

You're right underneath here.

I just got a six-pack.

It looks good over there.

Your bag looks incredible.

Oh, you guys are amazing. Thank you.

It looks so good.

Baking cakes is a savior for me in a way that

I don't think I ever anticipated it to be.

That looks so cool.

Pete, you're making me feel so good.

It looks so good.

At fifteen, I was struggling with kidney failure.

and I mainly coped with it by locking myself in

and watching cake decorating videos.

We found out that my mom was a match.

and it's been ten years

with my mom's help, my kidney has been working inside me.

I've been pursuing that happiness that sort of

that got me out of that rut ever since.

So it was

It means everything to me.

Nothing is more lovely than a comeback story, right?

Hello bakers.

Four hours left.

Four hours left, you guys can do it.

I believe in you.

Let's do this.

In order to make the ends of my mat perfect,

I'm going to use molding putty to

mold the ends of my yoga mat.

Because that way I know they'll be exact.

and it also saves so much time.

It also saves a lot of time.

There we go, look at this.

Are you kidding me?

This molding stuff.

that works.

No, it didn't set up.

I gave it two hours,

and I'm going to use it to make modeling chocolate.

Oh my god, this is horrible.

This is the one detail that signifies that

this is a boozy ball.

So I decided to take the modeling chocolate and I just

press it down onto the actual boozy ball itself.

And when I lift it up,

it gives me the same pattern.

Now it's an inverted pattern,

But at this point,

I just need any pattern to make it onto this cake.

Oh my god, this cake is a nightmare.

Three hours left, bakers, three hours.

It looks good, thank you.

Spheres suck in the cake world.

It's so difficult.

In order to cover a sphere properly,

I'm using modeling chocolate because

because I'm gonna have to

manipulate certain parts of the ball.

I leave the creases on the side so you're covering the

I cut down the sides. I don't really have

room for too many imperfections because it has to be a

perfect sphere, so I have to make sure I seal those

imperfections so it's just really clean and seamless.

You're saying whoever's talking about oh she had an easy cake no.

This is a sphere, two spheres.

none of these cakes are easy.

You're doing amazing though, oh my gosh.

This is the point when I look at my cake and I'm like,

Alright, alright, we got this.

Do you mind if I use this, yeah, super red?

That super red is awesome.

I just need to get the color right.

And then I'm ready to start on all the details. Oh, nice.

Right down to the wire.

Getting the right color is tough.

because you never know how a certain color

interact with a certain product looks good.

His color is exactly the same.

Pete, what's up?

Did you mix that red color?

Yeah.

It's perfect.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You're welcome, Justin.

Yeah, like any person I've ever dated.

I'm starting to like them.

They're growing on me.

Yeah.

I'm not going to make straps

that look identical to my decoy.

I'm going to make straps that look just a little

a little wider and a little different from it

Just to confuse them, mind games.

It looks good.

Two hours of Baker.

My calves already hurt.

Can I get a jump in?

You want to jump?

Yes.

Oh my god.

Cortarius

Coreterius, show the arc.

Go, corgie, go.

Ladies and gentlemen,

If interested,

Cortarius will be going on the mini train.

Yeah, oh my god.

I'm so excited.

Do a front flip.

Let's go.

One, two, three, four.

Yeah!

Wow, nice shot.

How do you feel?

I feel good, I just lost a pound.

All the yoga mats have a texture on the outside.

The texture will be something

which will be a giveaway.

I decided to use a rubber non-slip mat.

It has a repetitive texture that looks almost

which looks like a grid when I push it into modeling chocolate.

I mean, I love the way this texture looks.

It looks perfect, just like a real yoga mat.

but covering my roll mat, I need to make sure that I'm

I need to be really careful because I have no way to hide anything.

I don't have ripples in fabric like Pete has with his

boxing gloves, I can't risk any infections.

Elizabeth, it looks so good.

it really does.

It looks like a yoga mat. Wow.

One hour bakers.

One hour left.

It burns, but it's worth it.

You should probably go to a doctor for that.

Hmm.

So much time has been spent on this silicone

that I now have like no time left for

the other items that belong on this cake.

So I take some black modeling chocolate and

and slap it on as the base of the boussole.

I'm actually getting worried now.

Thirty minutes, bakers.

You have to have your cakes and decoys ready. Let's go.

I need to make sure that there's the illusion that these

these gloves are hollow inside so you could put your hands in them.

So I'm adding cuffs and making sure that

the different angles and creases look good.

Is that a real glove on Bilibili or

I think it is.

I think it is.

The ones on the board look good.

I want to win, is it cake so bad?

because I just closed my second bakery location.

I was in a situation where I didn't

what I was going to do,

and it was really tough on my family.

I want to be able to show my kids that even if

things don't go the way you want them to,

you can still make the best of things.

Being able to showcase my talents and

and winning some money is just a huge thing.

It's a dream come true.

Let's do this.

It doesn't matter how perfect it is, it's up to the judges.

The smaller one is a bit more

more intricate because of the texture on it.

So I ball up a piece of foil and squeeze it

against it to get its texture.

But then modeling chocolate is very manipulative.

so when you try to smooth it out,

it loses the texture.

I'm like, just do what I'm asking you to do.

I can't do anything else.

Ten minutes, bakers, get those finishing touches on.

Ten minutes.

We have some exciting judges.

Eris Willamena Bosu,

philanthropist and inventor of the Bosu ball.

Bosu philanthropist and inventor of the Bosu ball

Is that a true fact? No, oh, I was like.

I need this for jeopardy.

I'm frantically rushing to finish the yoga block.

and it takes time to do this.

I need to make sure that I don't

I don't sacrifice the neatness of the blocks.

because if they're all wobbly,

the judge will be like

that's definitely cake.

because I've never seen a yoga block go before.

One minute left.

They're running.

They're freaking out, I love it.

Drama, fear, panic.

I feed on it.

Forty-five seconds.

Body by Cake.

Body by cake.

I told you this is not easy.

The smell of chocolate being tempered in spray paint.

It could only be cake.

Fifteen seconds.

Fifteen seconds is not enough.

Five, four, three, two, one, buzzer, time's up.

I'm proud of you all.

Next time I see you,

I'll see you in front of the judges.

Put on your knuckle gusslers.

It's go time.

Bakers, you've been working on your cakes for hours,

hoping to fool today's judges.

for the chance to win up to

ten thousand dollars and moving

towards the Is It Cake Finale.

So let's meet the people in charge of your destiny.

He's an actor who's starring in Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians and superstar Nico Santos.

There's a standing ovation from the gallery.

I heard you're an outspoken cake purist.

I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to cakes.

I think cakes should look like cakes, as God intended.

Actor, comedian, host, producer Joel McCale.

You are much more handsome in person.

I don't know if it's the lighting, but spirit likes Joe.

You're my favorite, you win.

She's the host of Dance One Hundred for Netflix.

Everyone's favorite Peloton instructor

and she's a boss overall, Ali loves it.

I got a cringe.

I was told as a child

you wanted to be a professional cake tester. Yes.

I have a refined palette for great cake.

I have an innate ability to taste cake and see if it's good.

Judges, here's what's going to happen.

over the course of two spins,

you're going to try and find five cakes and ultimately

ultimately decide today's winner and which baker

and which baker is eliminated from the competition.

Today's theme is the gym.

Allie, I feel like you're uniquely qualified for this.

I don't know.

Sorry, sorry.

For the first spin,

We have Spirit.

Kaela and Pete.

we'll give you thirty seconds to find three cakes

and lock in your answers on the keypad in front of Joel.

Alright, cake wall spin.

OK judges.

Remember, there are three cakes out there.

Let's see if you can find them.

Your time starts now.

OK.

What do you got?

Wait, what?

OK, definitely number one is us. It looks.

Yes.

it looks too saggy.

It's not shiny.

That's the thing.

And then you can tell the red one is a little bit misshapen.

We're going with number one.

Number two is too perfect.

Yeah, twenty seconds.

Those boxing gloves are genius.

Yeah.

Number three looks like a dead lobster,

and number four looks more puffy.

I don't know if that defines if it's a cake or not.

Number three looks a little deflated.

Number three looks fake to me.

But number five and six,

I don't know.

shape.

Ten seconds.

Wait, this is not OK.

This is tough.

Number six has a shiny screw.

The screws on number six mean it's really real.

I also think the handle of number five is a little bit too

Five seconds, judges.

Give us more time.

It got in your heads, didn't it?

Give me some time.

Three, two, one.

Time's up.

Wow, the cake got in your heads, didn't it?

That was insane.

How are we feeling?

I'm not feeling as confident anymore.

This is a lot harder than I thought it was gonna be.

OK judges,

let's start with spirit.

You picked number one.

Number two is much shinier than number one.

That's what we're like.

No, I don't think it's the shine.

I think it's the bass.

The bass should be a little smaller.

And I only say that because I might

because I might know a thing or two about them.

Oh.

Expert.

OK, Spirit.

If this is cake,

you will be up for elimination.

If it's not,

you will be up for the win.

OK

No matter what happens, spirit, we love you.

I don't know, you might not be that fine.

Stop flirting, you guys.

I'm not flirting anymore.

Alright, let's find out if it's cake.

Cough.

Uh.

Ah.

Oh, it's beautiful.

It's cake.

It was so good.

I'm sorry, Spirit.

the judges found your cake,

which means you are up for elimination today.

but you did an incredible job, well done.

Ah, oh, wow.

So, judges, your suspicions were correct.

Yeah.

Let's go to Pete.

You picked three, why?

If you look at number four,

the opening of the glove.

is a little more full,

and that one has dropped a little bit.

So I think

that is the behavior of fabric and not cake.

A boxing glove needs to protect the hand.

And I think number three is just a

a little smaller for an adult-sized hand.

Maybe they're children's.

Maybe they are children's boxing gloves.

Pete, let's find out if this is cake.

Oh, it just went right through.

It's cake.

I'm sorry, buddy.

unfortunately

it means you are up for elimination today.

along with Spirit.

How do you feel?

I was very pleased with how I executed them.

But the back cuff area,

I can see exactly why that stood out.

right.

If I could have just made it

a little more arched up,

it probably would have helped a lot.

But this cake was amazing.

Well done, my friend, incredible.

Let's move on to Kayla.

You picked number five.

Yes.

Why?

For me, it's the cord, the way it drapes.

resistance band.

Yeah, thank you, exercise person.

This is the hardest one for me because I

I see number six, and it's much shinier.

and then I was like, are Bosu kind of

a matte color.

and I think they can be.

And my first instinct was number five was cake.

but I really don't know. Got it.

It was the base.

The even base on number six shows that it's a stability ball,

so it's stable.

The unevenness of the base on five was the giveaway for me.

because it didn't look as

if I stood on it.

I think I figured out it was cake really quickly

because of the base.

But Ellie,

if you stood on any of these,

you would figure it out really quickly.

Okay, Kayla.

Is it K?

Ah.

Oh, wait, oh.

Wow.

Oh.

Oh.

It's cake, Kayla.

I'm sorry, that means you're up for elimination

alongside Pete and Spirit.

Well done, Kayla.

This was an incredible cake.

I clap with a knife.

Mickey on behalf of the judges,

on behalf of the judges, I'd like to apologize for being so good at our jobs.

Okay, we have cakes from Elizabeth and Justin now.

It's possible that you might find all five cakes.

which has never happened before.

So this is getting exciting.

In that case, will they all be eliminated?

Really, I thought we had a moment.

Don't get too cocky.

Alright, here we go, cake wall spin.

Elizabeth made a yoga mat and yoga blocks,

and Justin made a gym bag with a water bottle.

Judges, remember

two of the objects are real

and two are fakes made of cake.

You will have twenty seconds to lock in your answers.

Your time starts now.

now.

OK.

One is much bigger than the two max.

I feel like number one

It intentionally has that bump.

Number two, the block is a little wider at the base.

That's throwing me off a little bit.

I think I think

I think number two is cake.

because of the bump in one of the blocks.

Three.

Ten seconds.

How about number three and number four?

Three and four.

I think three.

I think three two.

OK.

I think the stripes

I think

The stripes.

The stripes.

The stripes.

What's up with the stripe?

The stripes look good.

Lock in those axes, Joe.

Three two one.

Three.

That was a workout.

How do we feel?

I'm feeling okay.

Let's see how you did.

Let's start with Elizabeth.

You guys pick number two.

What made you think this was cake?

The base of the yoga block was a little wider,

so there's some unevenness.

And then the yoga mat.

If you rolled out that yoga mat,

it would be very very thin.

I don't know.

what a yoga mat looks like.

I know it's a mat.

You don't know what a yoga mat looks like.

I mean, I know it's a mat.

to me, number one looks like

the longest yoga mat in history.

but that's why number two seems like cake.

because it is so well done.

So I think there was a trick in my brain.

I'm like it's gotta be two.

because number one looks ridiculous.

OK, let's find out, Elizabeth.

I don't want to be right,

but I don't want to be wrong.

Exactly.

It's competitive.

Wow.

That's cake.

I'm sorry, Elizabeth, that means you are up

for elimination today along with Spirit Kayla and Pete.

We feel terrible.

We nailed it again.

Yes.

I'm gonna do the yoga mat as well.

Wow.

That's beautiful.

Look at that.

That was the worst cut ever.

This is incredible.

Well done, Elizabeth.

Thank you.

Now we can move on to Justin.

It all depends on you, buddy.

Please stop the judges.

Now, judges, you pick number three.

Why did you think this is cake?

For me, it was the the striping.

Number four just looks more real.

Oh, oh.

Allie is going to

Normally, the way gym bags are constructed,

I think this one was really hard for me.

The only thing that caught my eye was the hooks

where the straps go into.

There weren't any on bag number three,

but they were on bag number four, Joel.

The top of the water bottle meets the plastic.

seems to be just not as perfectly

as the water bottle in number four.

And then the folds or the wrinkles

on the left side of the bag.

You are so detailed in this one.

You know about bags, this one.

strikes me, guys.

Let's see if you guys are four for five or in

First, you found all the cakes.

Ah.

Oh.

Wow.

Really.

It's really satisfying.

It's cake. Who are you people?

OK, wow.

You found all the cakes.

So everyone is up for elimination.

including you guys.

Your expert cake vision means there's no winner today.

so no one gets that

five thousand dollars.

But don't worry bakers,

that money will be added to the finale pot.

so, oh, and even though no one fooled our judges,

I still want to play cake or cash.

because it's my favorite part of the show.

So one of you will get a chance to win five

dollars.

any one of you could be eliminated.

Most importantly,

the four of you who survive are still in

to be our is it cake champion.

If you make it to the final

bring us the cakes.

Judges, okay, you guys.

I don't have to invite you up.

You just come up.

Please come up and taste the cakes.

So you know.

Spirit.

Yes.

Tell the judges about the flavors in your cake.

The smaller one is my son's favorite.

It's marble cake with gan- chocolate ganache

gan- chocolate ganache and cookie butter.

The one you're digging into is my daughter's favorite.

It's vanilla cake with Italian meringue and cookie crunch.

It's so good.

Thank you.

This one was the hardest part for me.

because I thought this was a really good handle.

Yeah.

And it works right, I mean it.

It's modeling chocolate.

Yes.

You did a good job.

Alright, judges.

you're moving on to Peeps cake.

You know now that we're looking at this up close,

the way it folds.

It looks like an actual

and look at the way he detailed where

where the label goes.

Pete, can you please tell them about the flavors in your cake?

It's a chocolate brownie cake.

On the right glove,

It's a cookie butter and honey Italian buttercream.

and the left glove is a toasted coconut.

peanut butter Italian buttercream.

Holy, this, this.

They're speechless.

Toasted coconut is one of my favorite tastes on the planet.

and it really comes out.

I mean it's a knockout.

Moving on to Kayla's cake, Kayla, can you

can you talk about it a little bit?

It's a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache,

and the filling is actually a protein

chocolate chip cookie dough.

I can really taste the protein powder.

as long as it's in a good way.

I'll take it.

Yeah.

You know what's interesting is that close up on

honestly, I would have been deceived.

Yes.

because of the texture.

The detail is incredible.

It feels like a linoleum floor.

and I'm saying that as a compliment.

Yes.

Yes.

Moving on to Elizabeth's cake, Elizabeth.

what we have is a chocolate beer cake

with a salted caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle beer.

Wow.

chocolate beer.

It's delicious.

It's so fluffy.

I'm so shocked that it's so airy.

It's so light.

It has a very unique flavor.

Well done, thank you.

Alright, last but not least,

we have Justin's cake, Justin.

I made you a chocolate cake with a mocha

mocha buttercream, cookies and cream fillings.

It has a lot of espresso in it.

The frosting is a revelation.

The frosting is spectacular.

I don't necessarily taste the coffee,

but it's a very good cake.

Fun fact, I don't drink coffee, so I might be on a ten in two.

Alright, judges.

You've tasted all the cakes.

so take a minute and deliberate which of our bakers will

will play Cake or Cash and which will be eliminated.

We really have to get down to the nitty-gritty

when we talk about details.

Ou Su was really cool.

It looks so convincing up close.

Yes.

but the cake was a little bit dry.

My top one in terms of taste was Boxing Club,

and the look of it is great.

Yeah, no, I agree.

they're both masterpieces.

It's so rude.

It's so rude to just talk about everything right there.

The yoga mat had a really unusual

which I really liked.

Here's the thing.

Of course, it wasn't the most elaborate

detailed one.

From afar with the cannibals,

I knew it because the handle

was dented.

Yeah.

I thought the flavor was good, but there was

about the texture that was like

I see what you're saying.

Yeah.

Right.

The one I could tell right away was the duffel bag.

handles.

The way they were connected was really sloppy.

OK judges,

Have you reached a decision? We have.

please write down the name of

the baker who will be eliminated.

The answer is locked, Mickey.

Let me ask you to name the baker

who will play cake or cash.

On behalf of myself and the other judges,

we want to say great job.

you all are absolutely incredible.

but I have to say

when it came to the two categories of taste

but most importantly, like that visual deception,

there was one of our bakers that stood out.

and for us, it was

Pete with a boxing glove.

Pete.

Congratulations.

you're gonna play cake or cash where

where you could win five thousand dollars, my friend, amazing.

Alright, bakers.

These judges were tough,

but all your cakes were incredible.

Oh my god, I can't look.

No, no, no.

I don't want.

However, only four of you will move on.

so one of you has to go.

Justin, you have been eliminated from the competition.

Spirit Kayla Elizabeth,

please head over to the gallery.

You guys will live to bake another day.

Justin, you're clearly amazing and talented,

and you should be really proud of what you did.

Oh, thank you so much.

Good job, Justin.

Being on is it cake has been one of the greatest

and I wouldn't change a thing.

I'm really impressed with what I was able to accomplish.

What do I want to do right now?

I want a shout out to Keila and a massage.

Thank you, Niko, Joe, and Ali.

Five, we're taking Justin with us.

We're going to get some pie.

Only cake, and you know that Joel.

It's time to play Cake or Cash.

Alright, Pete, let's break it down.

You didn't fool the judges.

Shame on you.

So you didn't win the five thousand dollars,

but you may not leave empty-handed.

If you find the cake,

you will win five thousand dollars.

If you don't, the money goes into the finale.

for our is it cake champion.

OK, awesome, got it.

Are you ready?

I am.

On the other side of the cake wall,

Oh my god, we

Two protein powder containers.

one of them is filled with cash and the other one is cake.

Oh my god.

If you guess the cake,

You get the cash, man.

You have fifteen seconds.

and your time starts now.

Goodness, that's incredible.

This one looks like it's tilting just a little bit.

Five seconds, you got to lock it in, Pete.

Oh my god.

Three, two, one, lock it in, Pete.

That's my favorite part.

It's a little scary.

You picked number one.

Why do you think that one is cake?

there's a little bump here

over here that I saw like on the red one.

but that one has it too.

Now that I'm looking at it,

How do you guys see this stuff?

And also,

the whole label looks like it's

is just a little bit to the left,

while this one looks more straight.

but I might be totally off on that one.

My mind is confused.

OK, if this is cake, Pete,

what do you do with the money?

Family vacation.

Hawaii.

Hawaii.

Wow!

All right, Pete.

Let's see if you're going to Hawaii or not.

Oh my god.

It's Kate.

Wow!

and it smells like wine.

It smells so good.

You just won five thousand dollars, dude. Congrats.

Yeah.

Oh man, I love it.

And in the next episode,

you're all back in the game.

and I'll take you all back to college.

Wow!

I'm already ecstatic.

I love it.