Super Mega Cakes

In the supersized season premiere, Duff meets the six exceptional Super Mega Cakes teams and learns the theme of each challenge. In the first head-to-head battle, Duff is joined by his invaluable righthand man Geof Manthorne and the Charm City Cakes team in a life-sized Superman-themed challenge against a renowned British cake artist and her team. Each must create cakes with designs and flavors inspired by Superman that include an animation element. Judges Sherry Yard and Amaury Guichon are joined by actor Beck Bennett to determine which Superman creation flies above the rest. Upcoming cake themes include an Under the Sea challenge that must have a floating element and Alien Invasion requiring a lighting scheme.

Duff Goldman and his team take on cake maker Ashley Holt and her teammates Inae Tirado and Monika Stout. The teams are challenged to make cakes inspired by their best meal ever and featuring hyperrealistic food. Both Duff and Ashley pull from personal memories to create truly awe-inspiring cakes. Deciding which cake is worthy of $10,000 and eligible for the grand prize is up to judges Amaury Guichon, Sherry Yard and Jacques Torres.

For this challenge, Duff Goldman and his squad face off against Timbo Sullivan and his teammates, Sarah Ono Jones and Sarah Myers. The cakes must feature dazzling architectural detail on the outside and inside. The bakers take very different approaches, and it will be up to judges Amaury Guichon, Sherry Yard and Drew Scott from Property Brothers to decide which cake wins $10,000 and becomes eligible for the grand prize.

The longest week of Duff Goldman's life continues in one of the most epic battles of the season! Duff and his team square off against Henderson Gonzalez, Jujhar Mann and Timmy Norman to make cakes depicting ocean predators that feature a floating element. It's a close contest, and judges Amaury Guichon, Sherry Yard and special guest Paul de Gelder are all blown away at the majesty of the two cakes, but only one can move on and be eligible for the grand prize of $50,000.