Bake Squad - First Season

I'm Christina Tosi,

the founder of Milk Bar.

I built a baking empire on sweet, delicious cookie dough,

and now I've built a squad

to make people's dessert dreams come true.

Christophe,

a pastry illusionist.

Maya-Camille,

a flavor fanatic.

Gonzo,

a champion of chocolate.

And Ashley,

the queen of cakes.

Individually, four brilliant bakers.

But I brought them together to battle it out

and see whose dessert will be chosen for someone's big day.

This is Bake Squad.

-Hello! -Hello!

-Hi, Christina! -Hi!

-Hi, Bake Squad! -Hi!

So excited!

-Awesome. -Welcome to our ground.

Bake Squad.

Let's do it.

-Meet Cynthia. - Hi, Cynthia.

-Hey. -Hi, Cynthia.

-Welcome. -Nice to meet you.

Cynthia, these are four boss bakers, capital B,

who can and will whip up a showstopping dessert.

Oh yeah.

You're gonna have four incredible desserts to choose from.

From those four, I'm gonna pressure you to pick the one

that you think will leave your party guests speechless.

-That's crazy. -You ready to tell them about the event?

-I'm ready. -Hit it.

So I am throwing a combined birthday party

for two of my children.

Aw!

So we're celebrating Sharif.

And how old is Sharif turning?

-He will be 12 years old. -All right.

And then we have Salomeo right here, who is turning six.

Oh my gosh. So cute.

I have six children.

-Ooh! -Wow!

You have six children?

Six boys.

Oh my God.

- How do you do it? - Okay...

Wow!

Bow down to you.

-Yes. -Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.

Whoo! Now, tell us about the event.

So, we're going to go to the park.

We normally just have a sheet cake or an ice cream cake,

nothing extravagant.

So I think it would be something amazing

if we can give them a dessert that just makes their jaw drop.

You will.

They'll be mind-blown.

No doubt.

So I'm just looking for my pièce de résistance.

Speaking to a Frenchman up here.

Did I say that good?

C'est magnifique.

-Thank you. - Give us the lowdown on Salomeo.

He's my fitness guru.

-A six-year-old fitness buff. -All right.

He gets up, he does jumping jacks, he does crunches...

-What? - Push-ups.

- So fitness buff is Salomeo. -Yeah, this is my guy.

That's Sharif.

Sharif is such a sweetheart. Like, I can't even explain it.

Like, he's so loving.

But he's also a builder.

Um, he's building there with his uncle, um, who is a landscaper.

And he loves to build Minecraft things, Legos.

So cute.

What kind of things do your boys like to do?

They really are into dragons and dinosaurs.

-Nice. -Superheroes.

They play video games together.

Also going outside, riding the bike,

and playing ball, things like that.

What do they like?

Sweet, savory...

So their favorites would probably be mac and cheese...

Mmm.

...spaghetti, pizzas.

-I'm hungry. -Ice cream cake, chocolate.

All right, they like chocolate.

-Gonzo, you're happy? -My wheels are spinning, so, yeah.

-We're ready to go. -Bake Squad, I hope you're ready.

-We are. -We're ready.

-Yeah! -Let's do it.

All right, Cynthia will return at the end of the day.

That gives you seven hours to finish your desserts.

Let those imaginations loose, turn on the oven.

-Guys, let's do it. -Let's go.

I'll just try an eye.

Super cone.

What if it was, like, all their favorite foods?

I think I could do something cool in here.

-Maya-Camille. -Hi, chef.

I am really excited to hear what you're dreaming up right now.

Sharif is a bit of a builder, or he likes landscaping,

so I was thinking of an edible house.

Wait, you're gonna become

the general contractor of Bake Squad today?

I am the general contractor. Get to work.

Sharif gets the house, right?

But Salomeo gets everything that's in the house.

So we'll build out a gym, because he's really into fitness.

And so I was thinking of making a barbell, and maybe like...

But, like, a ba... Like a barbell.

Like a little bitty barbell, because I do collect miniatures.

Maya-Camille, if you can bring this to life, my friend,

I think you have a real showstopper on your hands.

-Good luck. -Thank you, chef.

-What we gonna do? -What are you thinking?

I don't know what I'm thinking. Birthday, two kids...

-They have to share the dessert. -Yeah.

They like many things. Bringing that all into one design...

Like, you can't represent everything, you know?

-What would you like to do? -Yeah, I'm doing a cake here for sure.

Yeah?

But the good thing about the cake is different tiers,

so each tier can, like, represent one of the kids in a different way.

Oh.

You know, thinking of doing their favorite-foods cake.

And that's the pizza that she mentioned the kids like.

Up here can be... They mentioned mac and cheese.

And then a bowl of spaghetti overflowing on the top tier.

-Whoa! Good luck, my friend. -Thank you.

I'm thinking about coming up with something for the kids,

and they love dragons,

so I'm gonna have this dragon egg all made out of chocolate.

You're gonna see a hand sticking out of it.

There's gonna be a tail coming out of it.

So I'm thinking about doing a small dragon egg.

Hopefully somewhere like a foot.

Dragon egg, pretty cool. Small dragon egg, so what?

Okay. I could go big, but I need your help.

-Let me see what I can do. -Okay.

What I'm thinking right now is small individual cone for everybody.

You know?

I remember Cynthia saying that the boys like ice cream,

so I'm making house-made waffle cones.

It will be filled with cake, compote, and topped with fillings.

And then, in the center,

I'll make, like, a freaking giant cone like that.

At least four foot tall.

-Four foot? -At least, minimum.

-You have a lot to get started on. -It's not easy.

You got this.

Oh yeah.

Gonzo!

How's this for a big egg?

Holy cow.

- Dude. -That's a huge egg.

-Happy birthday. -You can fit in this thing.

That's friggin' awesome.

Christina is our fairy bakemother.

We ask, she delivers. She makes dreams come true.

- Okay, hold on. -Where you going over there?

Look at that.

- - Okay, hold on. Stay here.

Can you make this look like a giant dragon egg?

You want something this big... That's gonna take all I got.

-All right, good luck. -Thank you.

Showtime.

I am making an edible house

that is also outfitted with an edible basketball court,

a pond, and a race car track.

On the foundation is marshmallow that looks like grass.

This is the mixture for the marshmallows.

I've just got to get this sugar boiling.

I have a lot going on.

I have to make this marshmallow mixture.

I have to make the cookie dough for the actual house.

The texture of this cookie has to be just right.

And yes, I'm doing a lot all at once.

I made a mess today.

Well, if it boiled over, then that must mean

it finally reached 240 degrees.

It's good enough,

so we're just gonna go ahead and dump that into our...

mixer.

I'm gonna make a big batch of vanilla for all three of these.

I have... That's a lot of... a lot of cake.

I am a cake artist.

My company, Sugar Monster, is a small boutique cake shop.

I'm known for making really awesome, cool, edgy cakes,

and I'm also a proud single mom.

My beautiful daughter, Chloe Grace, is two and a half years old.

So I have a different connection now to kids' parties,

so I'm going big here.

I'm gonna make these boys a three-tier cake,

so I'm gonna need a ton of batter.

Three yellow vanilla. So I gotta color that too.