02x06 - Varsity g*y League

[bunniefuu]

- [upbeat music plays]

- [Christophe] Another one.

Yes.

[saucepans clatter]

[upbeat music continues]

[Ashley squawks] This way.

♪ Gotta get ready ♪

[Christina] Good morning.

- Hello!

- Hello!

- Hello.

- Hi.

All right. Bake Squad, say hi to Andrew.

Andrew, this is the squad.

- [Ashley] Hey, Andrew.

- Yo, yo, yo.

Andrew called

with a party that's full of fun.

Let's start with who you're nominating.

I am nominating my friend

and colleague Will,

who is the founder of Varsity g*y League.

We are the largest LGBTQ recreational

sports organization in the country.

- Wow.

- Yeah!

[Andrew] It's Will and I

who run Varsity g*y League.

We work about 12 hours a day

just to knock this out,

and bring people together,

and keep this community intact.

We do kickball, soccer, bowling,

dodgeball, tennis, and beach volleyball.

Nice.

I mean, I think his favorite sport

is winning. Look at him jumping for joy.

Who doesn't like to win?

He does love winning, but he loves

bringing people together more.

- That's awesome.

- What is the event?

We are celebrating our 15th anniversary,

and our guest of honor is Will.

- [Gonzo] Nice.

- [Maya-Camille] That's major.

When it came to Varsity g*y League, it was

about making people feel like they belong

and having somewhere to go.

And it really took his sacrifice

to make this community.

- [Christina] Tell me about the event.

- It's going to be outside.

It's gonna be this crazy party.

It's gonna be drinks and food.

Talk to me about color, themes.

What's the spirit there?

Well, especially since we're q*eer,

there's gonna be a lot of rainbows.

- [Christina] Color.

- [Andrew] Yes.

- How many people are we baking for?

- You will be baking for 200 players.

- Oh, wow.

- Whoa.

Wait. [laughs] 200 people?

That's That's the biggest party

we've done so far.

There's always a way.

- We'll make it happen.

- Yes!

Okay, let's get down

to the nitty-gritty food details.

What does Will like?

What are you hoping for at the party?

Will likes desserts

that are gonna be nostalgia.

Cinnamon buns.

- Okay.

- Pumpkin pie.

- Nice.

- Yes.

Pineapple. It is the best.

Like rum cake with pineapple.

Cookies, cupcakes.

Yes.

And he loves spicy watermelon margaritas.

[Christina] What about nostalgic candies?

In his house, he has a drawer

of Starbursts and Laffy Taffys.

Goes without saying but I have to ask,

why does Will deserve this?

You know, Will has put

everything in his life on pause

to make this organization what it is.

And that's been taking 15 years.

There really hasn't been a moment

to just celebrate Will,

and this party is it.

And it's not just about

throwing a ball around

with people in a park.

There's a deeper meaning to it.

My life has changed

since I joined Varsity g*y League.

Once I joined, within the first week,

I felt like I belonged.

It really is just the means

of building this community

and finding a support system.

[Christina] This is a huge task.

You have just seven hours

to make an epically gigantic dessert

for Andrew's party.

That's why I'm gonna

set you up for success.

I'm not gonna task you all

with making this dessert alone.

This is going to be

a team challenge!

- Yes!

- Oh, yes.

For 200-plus people, I think

you're gonna need an extra set of hands,

and I thought it'd be fun to pair you up

in ways you haven't baked desserts before.

Maya-Camille,

you've never worked with Ashley.

Christophe, Gonzo,

you have never worked together.

- Come here. Excuse me!

- [Christina] What do you say?

- Get in those teams.

- Yeah!

- Excuse me. I see where it's going.

- Yes! Okay, we got this. We got this.

Chocolate and sugar,

nothing can go wrong here.

We put the bake in Bake Squad.

Because pies, cakes, hello.

- You guys, the heat is on. I love this!

- Yes!

When Andrew comes back, he's gonna taste

each team's dish and select his champion.

[Christophe laughs]

One last thing. What's a sport-themed

team challenge without a uniform?

- Uh-huh.

- Oh!

- [Maya-Camille] Oh!

- [Ashley gasps]

- [Gonzo] We get jerseys?

- Matching outfits, Bake Squad!

- What do you think?

- Yes!

[Christina] Bake Squad,

it's time to get busy.

On your mark, get set,

ovens on, let's go!

Good luck.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪

[Christophe] Oh!

- [Maya-Camille] Woo!

- You're going down!

- We got you!

- [Christophe yells]

- This time, we're gonna shout it loud ♪

- Shout it loud ♪

- Okay, we're getting pumped up today.

- All right, Gonzo.

- Finally happening, huh?

- [Ashley] Feeling good. Come on, Maya.

[Maya-Camille laughs]

- Let me get some inspiration here.

- [Christophe] You're gonna need a lot.

- Smack-talking has begun.

- [Maya-Camille giggles]

We are gonna be baking

for the Varsity g*y League.

The hardest thing is there's

many, many things we actually need to do

in order to feed 200 people.

This could be the start

of our inspiration. So, rainbow colors.

ba*ls. Um, and treats.

[Ashley] We should focus

on finger food here.

There's gonna be a lot of people at this

event, so easy to grab, easy to enjoy.

And this is what he loves.

He loves, like, the whole snacky,

candy-filled element of treats.

What are we thinking?

He loves cinnamon rolls.

- We need to add that.

- Okay.

[Maya-Camille] Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Jell-O shots.

Oh, yes!

[Maya-Camille] Blondies.

- Cake ba*ls.

- Cake ba*ls. Easy to mass-produce.

[Maya-Camille] If we're gonna do

cake ba*ls, we also need to do a cake.

- Oh, do we?

- We do!

We gotta split up who is doing what.

This is a lot.

- It's all about sports.

- Yeah.

What if we create

some sort of, like, trophy cabinet

with trophies and medals, footballs?

We can create different cakes,

chocolates, confections.

How about we are making

a couple of trophies out of chocolate?

- Let's do that.

- Because we are the chocolate warriors!

- We're the chocolate warriors!

- Woo, woo, woo!

- [Gonzo] How's that?

- Okay?

- That was cute. Very cute.

- Come on. Tell us. What you got?

- Two, four.

- [both] Six, eight.

We'll just wait later when we celebrate.

[Ashley laughs]

[Ashley] That was good.

- Um

- How can we display all this stuff?

Drawing some major inspiration

from the gumballs.

[Maya-Camille] Add rainbow ba*ls.

You thinking we can put

these desserts around the ba*ls,

like make spheres of desserts?

Mm-hm. I like that.

This makes sense because it's ba*ls.

Like the basketball, soccer ball.

You know what this is reminding me of?

- A freaking parade float.

- Oh, yeah!

Like an edible float of desserts?

Ooh!

They're really into sports, but overall,

they love to party. They like to drink.

So I think that every single flavor

we do in here should be drink-related.

- [Christophe] Give them what they like.

- Make a party. Why not?

- [Christophe] We have only one day.

- We have the A-Team here.

- We got it.

- Christophe and Gonzo stand no chance.

We need to take this.

- I wanna win that game.

- I definitely wanna win.

[laughter]

[Gonzo] The best cake artist out there,

teamed up with the queen of flavor.

They're going to bring it on.

It's gonna be a tough competition.

- Ready?

- Take off these chocolate marks.

- Thank you, honey. Thank you, honey bunny.

- You look beautiful.

[clapping music plays]

- I'm gonna start getting my cake in.

- [Maya-Camille] Cinnamon rolls.

So I'm making for five people

and you're making for 195, right?

- Okay.

- That's how we're gonna go.

Get set, go ♪

The trophies

Today we have to bake for 200 people.

We really need to be organized.

- I am putting myself into a cake mode.

- [Gonzo] Channel your inner Ashley.

And determinate which one

has the strongest skills

in certain criteria.

[Gonzo] I'm gonna

jump on chocolate task right away

and start casting every one of the pieces

for the trophies, the football,

the baseball, the bat,

the whole nine yards.

And just split up this list in two,

in order to be successful.

Morning, Chef.

- Oh, good morning.

- Hello, hello.

You guys are just flying

all over the place.

Talk to me. What are you planning?

We saw the picture of Will

holding an actual trophy,

so we're creating a beautiful trophy case,

filled up with edible sports items.

Chocolate baseball bats,

chocolate baseball mitt,

chocolate baseballs, chocolate footballs.

[Christophe] Tennis racket

made out of sugar.

We're also bringing in

a non-official sport which is beer pong.

Beer pong. Lord.

[Gonzo] We're making a beautiful cake

that is gonna be our beer pong table.

We have these little edible party cups

with a little fun shot to drink.

I love the vision,

but you have a lot of mouths to feed.

Two hundred people!

The largest number of people

we've ever baked for at Bake Squad,

and you've gotta fill

an entire trophy case.

You gotta have each other

on time management, because you know him.

He could spend the entire bake

on making this tennis racket perfect.

And you know him.

He could spend the entire bake

making a baseball out of chocolate.

I'm gonna leave you with this thought.

It's very serious.

Why did the baseball team sign a baker?

'Cause they needed a new

batter!

Oh!

Off you go! Let's go!

Get that batter in the mixer!

I'm gonna write this one in my book.

[metal clangs]

- [Ashley] Uh-oh.

- I hear you start to break the kitchen?

[Ashley] It's all a distraction.

This event today is gonna be huge.

- Major.

- Yeah. There's over 200 people.

I'm literally pacing.

- I have too much to do. I can't think.

- [Maya-Camille laughs]

[Maya-Camille] We have over 600 pieces

we have to make for this huge float.

So the best thing

for us to do is to divide

And conquer.

[laughter]

I am doing the whoopie pies while I wait

for the yeast for the cinnamon roll dough.

- So I'm doing two things at once.

- A lot of multitasking today.

- A lot.

- Mm-hm.

I'm gonna get my cake in the oven,

then move on to the Jell-O shots.

Just gotta keep bouncing

from one project to the next.

The cakes are in.

If Maya needs help I'll give her a hand.

I know you're gonna do the same for me.

- All right, Ash, Maya-Camille.

- Hey, Chef.

[Christina] Tell me

about what you have planned.

We're gonna go big with the rainbow theme.

We have this vision

to create all these spheres

covered in bite-sized desserts.

[Maya-Camille] Red whoopie pies.

[Ashley] Orange cake pops.

[Maya-Camille] Yellow rice treats.

[Ashley] Green blondies.

[Maya-Camille] Blue coconut macaroons.

[Ashley] Purple lollipops.

[Maya-Camille] In the center,

we're going to have cinnamon rolls.

- [Ashley] Rainbow Jell-O shots. Fudge!

- [Maya-Camille] Fudge!

[Ashley] And a foam finger cake

to top it off.

[Christina] You almost have

a thousand individual items,

and each one of those has to be perfect.

How are you gonna get it all done?

We have four hands.

Octopus. It's time

to start baking with your feet.

Exactly. We're gonna use all extremities

today to pull this off.

My question for you is,

how are you gonna present this?

We're really wanting

to display this like a parade float.

If you can make me a little cake stand

for my foam finger, that'd be great. Okay!

Okay, there we go. Check, check, check.

I'm gonna go hard for this.

Time is of the essence.

You gotta get baking.

- You're gonna love this.

- [Christina] Can't wait.

- [Gonzo] You ready to play some football?

- Okay, the cake is ready.

- [Maya-Camille] What are you working on?

- Jell-O shots and fudge.

[Maya-Camille] You're on the move.

I'm still scooping whoopie pies.

I'm piping the chocolate right now

for the picture frames.

In order to make

this giant project happen,

I need to cast hundreds and hundreds

of different pieces.

I'm piping the rings

and the many components

I'm gonna be using for the trophies, okay?

- [Christophe] Working on the trophy?

- [Gonzo] Yeah.

- [Christophe] The football? Baseballs?

- [Gonzo] Yeah.

- [Christophe] Oh my gosh.

- It's a lot of chocolate items.

Six hours to go!

[Ashley] It goes so fast.

[upbeat music plays]

We're moving fast, Gonzo. We are.

[Gonzo] Let me take these cakes

out of the oven.

[Ashley] Get my lollipop mixture together.

It's just corn syrup, water, and sugar.

Cook it to a hard-crack stage,

add some color, add some flavor.

And put it in a lollipop mold.

- Number one, number one, number one!

- [Maya-Camille] Oh, nice!

[all] Number one!

When you think of sporting events,

you see that foam finger

rooting the people on.

I think there's no better way

to celebrate 15 years

than to have

a giant foam finger cake for Will.

- Thank you, Chef.

- Thank you!

Will loves watermelon margaritas,

so why not make it into a cake?

Adding some tequila,

fresh lime juice, simple syrup.

The cake is just gonna soak all that up.

This cake, it's a vanilla sponge,

and I'm soaking it

in this lime margarita syrup

and layering it

with watermelon buttercream.

Have you ever had

a watermelon margarita cake?

- No.

- Me neither.

A one-of-a-kind cake

for a one-of-a-kind type of guy.

Trying to make it taste

like a watermelon Jolly Rancher.

[Maya-Camille] Cereal treats.

[Gonzo] I'm cooking here

the pineapple for the beer pong table.

I can see a lot of color on your station

over there. What are you working on?

[Maya-Camille] Making fudge.

This is so pretty.

I want this art in my house.

- Nice eggs, my brother.

- [Gonzo] So I have these different eggs.

I'm gonna cut these eggs. These are gonna

be the main part of each of our trophies.

This is going to be

for the beer pong table.

These guys are about having a good time,

so we're gonna make tiny beer pong tables,

which is a vanilla cake

with caramelized pineapple,

a coconut rum soak, and a coconut mousse.

We're thinking about

recreating little party cups,

and I'm casting these molds

with white chocolate.

We're gonna unmold them and fill them up

with this coconut liqueur ganache.

- [Christophe] Can you make extra?

- We're gonna do some shots.

Gotta be a little fun shot to drink

and to combine with the pineapple cake

my friend over here is making.

- Let's put this in the cooler.

- [Ashley] Two more colors to go.

[upbeat music plays]

[Maya-Camille] The cereal treats.

This is yellow.

We're making two different flavors

of macaron. We have lemon and orange.

For this beautiful case,

we're trying to incorporate

as much color as we can.

[Christophe] Bit of yellow on my macaron.

Going to represent the tennis ba*ls.

And the orange one

will be for the basketball.

Hopefully it's gonna make

a beautiful macaron.

Maya-Camille, Ashley!

- How will this do?

- Oh my gosh.

- Look at this babe.

- Are you kidding me?

There's a lot of empty space

that has to be filled with your creations.

I'm gonna leave you to it 'cause you have

work to do. Keep on jamming.

- Should we go home now or what?

- Yeah.

- What do you think about our float?

- It's very colorful.

- [Ashley] Winner!

- [both] Winners! [laugh]

[Ashley] I'm competitive

in most aspects of my life.

I grew up playing sports.

I played volleyball,

I was a swimmer,

basketball, softball forever.

So it's still in me,

this, like, deeply competitive person.

I like to win, okay?

I'm just gonna say it.

Look at them. Sweating already.

- Four hours remain.

- [Ashley] Here goes nothing.

Have our margarita soak up this cake.

And with the watermelon buttercream

This is a first

for this flavor combination.

[exciting music plays]

- Beautiful macarons, Gonzo.

- [Gonzo] Those are gorgeous.

[upbeat music plays]

- [Gonzo] It's gonna be a big kickball.

- [Ashley] Cake is baked. Stacking it now.

Jell-O shots are done.

We have the fudge done, lollipops done.

[Maya-Camille] I have cereal treats done,

and I am working

on the second batch of the whoopie pies.

I've also got

the cinnamon rolls in progress.

We're gonna use these

as the handles for our trophies.

- Oh my gosh.

- Something like that.

- [Ashley] We're getting there. Look, Maya.

- Oh, that looks so cute.

[Christina] Gonzo, Christophe!

Wow.

- A trophy case?

- A trophy case?

- Boring!

- [laughs]

[Ashley] Their trophy display

is all brown.

I'm like, "We're going to a party here.

Where's the color? Where's the fun?"

We going to Grandpa's house

to talk about his trophies

from when he was a little boy?

If you're comparing display to display,

I mean

- Hello? there's no comparison.

- Hello?

[Christina] They got rainbow

on the outside.

You gotta get rainbow,

color, spirit, life on the inside.

- Number one? One, two, three, go team?

- [Gonzo] You got it.

- Go, team!

- [Christina] Drink! Boom!

See me in the field

I don't play no games ♪

[Christophe] One table down.

Trying to go against me

Better go and set the scene ♪

Whoa! First one in.

Should we do a quick check of colors?

Do we like these two colors together?

This blue might be a bit too dark.

This yellow, for me,

is living in between yellow and orange.

Technically, everything is beautiful.

But if your colors don't match,

it's gonna feel like a bake sale,

as opposed to a Bake Squad pride float.

- I am rooting for you.

- Thank you. It's gonna be beautiful.

I got yellow cocoa butter.

We need to color

the white chocolate ganache

as fast as we can and just drizzle it.

It's looking good over here.

How's our beer pong game going?

What are you filling?

[Gonzo] I have a very liquidy ganache.

That is actually edible.

So I casted the actual cups.

- Those are made out of white chocolate.

- [Christina] I'm so sorry.

I picked it up thinking

that it was one of these babes.

They look like them.

But I actually casted these

then painted them with red cocoa butter,

so they look exactly the same.

- But they're actually edible.

- Dude! This is You had me fooled.

Bam. Babe Ruth, right here.

Maya-Camille and Ashley

are definitely going big today.

It's definitely inspiring us

to go bigger, better, and bolder.

So I gave myself

into a full-on baseball mode.

On top of all my chocolate baseballs,

I'm creating a baseball mitt

out of modeling chocolate.

Are you okay, or do you need a hand?

[both chuckle]

[Gonzo] And I'm also creating

this chocolate baseball bat

with different layers of white chocolate

and dark chocolate

to create that wood effect.

- Wow! What a big bat.

- I'm working on the baseball bat, buddy.

Once my chocolate has crystallized,

I start carving it down

and rounding out the edges.

This takes hours, but I don't have hours

in here today. So I just need to hustle.

Once it gets polished,

you give that wood effect to it.

It's beautiful.

I made 400 whoopie pies.

Now I have to fill them

and roll them in some sprinkles.

[Gonzo] These are gonna be

beautiful picture frames. Hello.

[Ashley] When I'm stacking and carving,

I get in the zone. Nothing else exists.

- Finishing up my chocolate truffles.

- [Gonzo] Those look great.

[Christophe] Thank you.

Gonna dip these in the orange ganache,

add some sprinkles, make them super cute.

We hear Will loves pumpkin,

so the orange cake pops are vanilla sponge

with a pumpkin-flavored buttercream.

Cake ba*ls, as small and harmless

as they seem, they're kind of a nightmare.

Cake pops, and then get these scooped,

dipped, decorated.

If you don't have perfect consistency,

they can be too crumbly.

Your chocolate can crack

if they get cold too soon.

Little cake ba*ls, but a lot

of big problems that can come from it.

Probably gonna be dipping these ba*ls

for another hour.

[Gonzo] We are making

our Baileys truffles.

I'm going to create

a beautiful chocolate truffle,

with a little bit of Baileys

in the inside.

And rolled into those beautiful sprinkles.

It's all about fun. We're gonna add those

inside of our actual football.

The cool thing about this

is they actually get to crack it open

and there's gonna be the surprise factor.

It looks like a football,

but it's a candy jar.

It's a chocolate illusion.

David Copperfield and Houdini over here.

- I don't know who's that guy, but yeah.

- They're magicians.

- Who?

- [Gonzo] Houdini.

Houdini?

He's the number one

illusionist in history.

But he doesn't make illusions

with chocolate, right?

[chuckles]

Bake Squad, three hours remain.

- Huh?

- You think we're gonna make it?

I'm gonna feel more comfortable once

we get the elements inside of the case.

We don't have a lot in there yet.

I'm the most competitive person

in this team, for sure.

I'm an endurance athlete.

I do long-distance running.

I've ran 200-mile races.

So yeah. I like to win. I need to win.

- You know what?

- What?

If I wasn't in this competition,

- I would root for you.

- Aww.

-But today is different

-We're not.

[laughs]

[upbeat music plays]

[Christophe] Look at this beauty.

[Gonzo] Beautiful macarons

made by a French man.

[Maya-Camille] I am making

ganache glaze for the blondies.

Our treats are flavored

according to the color.

Whatever green looks good on that.

Nothing too dark. Nice and vibrant.

So the green blondies are vanilla flavor,

but the glaze will actually be mint.

I'm just gonna go ahead

and pour this glaze.

[Ashley] That's nice.

- [Christophe] Gonzo.

- [Gonzo] Yeah?

- What color shall we do the racket?

- Pink would be cool.

All right. So in order to make

this tennis racket realistic,

I'm pouring the sugar into a silicon mold

in the shape of a real racket.

- How are you gonna do the strings?

- With this sugar.

But now the hardest part

is making the strings.

Every single string

needs to be hand-pulled

and glued and attached one at a time.

- Bake Squad, two hours to go.

- Ay-yi-yi.

- [Christina] 200 people to feed.

- The display is empty.

The lollipops are going in.

17 down, 600 to go.

There's still so much to get done.

A basically empty float.

[Maya-Camille] So we need to get

the elements onto the float,

but we also have to complete

the things we are baking.

Cinnamon rolls.

And we are in a frenzy

trying to get it done in time.

Cinnamon rolls, working on that.

Whoopie pies, they're done.

Macaroons, in the oven.

Is the cake the only thing you have to do?

[Ashley] It's what I have to do right now.

So Ashley may be working

on putting something on the float.

I'm gonna go ahead

and finish up these mint blondies.

While I'm putting

cereal treats on the float,

Ashley's working on the cake.

- Bake Squad, one hour to go.

- [exhales] I need to catch my breath.

[exciting music plays]

[Christophe] All my strings on the racket,

and I'm gonna torch it around the side,

to glue them around the racket.

But I don't want to torch it too much.

- Somebody want to play tennis?

- That is so fun. That's looking great.

- Christophe, Gonzo!

- [Christophe] Chef.

I brought you all kinds of fun decor.

That's awesome.

- We got a disco ball.

- Party time!

Streamers! Let's throw

a freaking party in this case.

- What do you say?

- [Gonzo] I love it.

All right, Bake Squad, 30 minutes remain.

[upbeat music plays]

[Gonzo] The first trophy is assembled.

The next step is to airbrush

the chocolate with gold cocoa butter.

[upbeat music continues]

So the tennis racket is done.

Finished off.

So let's assemble, finishing.

Hey! ♪

[Gonzo] Yeah.

[Ashley] Okay. That's really cute.

Tell your mama

There's a party going on ♪

- [Christophe] I'm finishing the baseball.

- [Gonzo] Awesome.

[Christina] Ash!

- [Ashley] Oh my gosh! That is so good.

- What do you freaking think?

The cherry on top.

Twenty minutes. Here we go. You got this.

Yeah, show me what you got, come on

Woo! ♪

Just under 20 minutes to go.

Have you made everything?

[Gonzo] Seems like we're on schedule.

I'm gonna make you two

work together all the time.

- Tell your brother ♪

- He gotta bring those dancing shoes ♪

[Christina] Maya-Camille, Ashley,

15-and-a-half minutes to go.

- [Maya-Camille] Yes, Chef.

- I

You have done a lot,

but I am still looking for Jell-O shots,

fudge, cinnamon buns, and the macaroons.

[tense music plays]

Time is running out and we have

so much more we need to put on the float.

[Ashley] One, two, three.

Everything's ready to go, but getting it

assembled is taking a really long time.

[Christina] Ash, I can come in

and help do those lollipops.

If you wanna take

these greens and load them,

or do the macaroons, you can.

- I kind of have a lollipop plan.

- [Ashley] Thank you.

[Christophe] I'm making a special one.

I want it, I need it

G-g-g-gotta have it ♪

- Kickball coming in.

- That's beautiful.

Gently. Okay.

G-g-g-gotta have it ♪

All right, Bake Squad. One minute to go.

60 seconds. Finishing touches.

[Ashley] This looks so good.

The color. It all came together.

[Christophe] Perfect.

Ten seconds to go, Bake Squad.

Here comes Andrew.

- No way.

- [Christina] Hello!

- Oh my goodness.

- Hi, Andrew.

This is crazy.

- All right, Bake Squad, time's up.

- We did it, we did it!

G-g-g-gotta have it ♪

- Good job, man.

- [Christophe grunts]

[Christina] You four absolutely

crushed this challenge.

We've got a lot of tasting to do, Andrew.

- Let's get on with it.

- I'm ready.

Here we go. Come on.

[upbeat music plays]

Here they are.

[Christina] I mean, look at this

rainbow extravaganza, Andrew.

I'm loving it.

I just I love the personality of it,

and just how it glows.

- [Christina] Feels like a party.

- I want it on my wall.

- It's beautiful.

- I mean

We call this dessert extravaganza

"Where There's a Will, There's a Slay."

[laughter]

[Maya-Camille] We have a lot

of different treats on your parade float.

- Red velvet whoopie pies.

- [Ashley] Pumpkin cake ba*ls.

[Maya-Camille] Cereal treats.

Mint blondies.

We have coconut macaroons.

[Ashley] Grape lollipops. Rainbow fudge.

- [Andrew] This is cool.

- [Ashley] Rainbow Jell-O shots.

[Maya-Camille] Cinnamon rolls.

- [Ashley] Foam finger cake.

- [Andrew laughs]

[Maya-Camille] Tell him

what's in the cake?

Oh, okay.

- You ready?

- [Ashley] The cake flavor.

- It's a watermelon margarita.

- Shut up.

- [Ashley] Uh-huh. Here we go.

- [Maya-Camille] Boom!

It's layers of vanilla cake

soaked in a tequila lime-infused syrup,

with a watermelon buttercream.

That looks so good.

- Mm.

- Okay let's do it. Oh.

[upbeat music plays]

[Christina] I mean

Have you ever had watermelon,

lime, and tequila in your cake?

No. No, no. Never.

Gotta eat all of this right now.

You definitely taste the watermelon,

definitely taste the tequila and the lime,

but also like a zestiness to it.

This is as good as it gets for me.

The sponge is so fresh. It's so moist.

The watermelon is so celebratory.

It's so fresh.

I think you have proven yet again

why you are the queen of cake.

We're gonna put these down

because we're gonna tuck

into all these colorful things.

- What do you want to get after?

- Well, I love mint.

[Christina] You're gonna take

a mint blondie. What else?

[Andrew] I'm gonna do the pumpkin,

since I know that's a Will flavor.

Mmm.

[Christina] The colors

on your plate right now!

So I'm gonna do cereal treat,

and a Maya-Camille whoopie pie.

[tense music plays]

That's delicious.

I put, um, mint extract in the glaze,

and the intention was just to give you

a little touch of mint.

I didn't want you

to feel like you're eating chewing gum.

I can tell where you get your reputation.

I'm blown away.

This cereal treat. I just wanna say,

I love the color, I love the spirit,

I love the texture, especially

against some of the other soft items.

[Ashley] I took care of the cake ba*ls.

They're a delicious pumpkin cake ball

with some cream cheese frosting in there.

There's definitely that density to it,

but it's also super soft.

This is really good.

And my whoopie pie,

it's gorgeous, it's fluffy,

it's rich in all of that

red velvet spirit.

Having the opportunity to have

one of your whoopie pies, Maya-Camille,

any day of the week for me,

is a huge win on my end.

Yeah.

My friend, here's the thing though.

We have to go.

We have to go?

He wants Give him a cinnamon roll!

You take this, and also we need

Jell-O shots, and we need fudge.

All right. Ladies, it's all so cohesive.

- Well done.

- Thank you.

- [Christina] Let's do it.

- We gotta go.

[Ashley] See ya!

That was awesome.

[upbeat music plays]

[Christina] I mean, Andrew,

what do you think?

[Andrew] Oh my gosh.

- What we have today is the Hall of Fame

- [Christophe] Trophy Case.

It's all about the representation of Will,

and what Will has been doing

for the last 15 years.

We really wanted to honor Will

through everything he has been doing

for the Varsity g*y League.

[Gonzo] The frames are edible.

They're made out of chocolate.

- The frames are edible?

- The frames are edible.

The trophies are actually edible.

The footballs are edible.

Everything is made out of chocolate,

confections, sugar.

Look at that racket that my friend

made over here. It's made out of sugar.

- I don't even know how you could do that.

- This is our beer pong table, all right?

- That's a vanilla pineapple cake.

- That is one of our sports.

Yes!

[Gonzo] Infused with rum,

and then we have the shotsies on top

with a delicious coconut liquid ganache.

I want a piece of that cake.

- [Christina] Wanna do a cheers?

- Absolutely.

- Cheers. [squeals]

- Chin!

- [Christina] Mm.

- [Christophe] Oh la la.

[Gonzo] There you go.

- [Christina] There we go.

- [Gonzo] That's the way to do it.

- Oh my gosh. That's insanely delicious.

- So smooth, yeah.

- So smooth.

- Oh my gosh.

[Christina] Mm.

Oh my gosh.

- Yeah, it's

- Wow.

It's, like, layered perfectly.

You taste the cake,

and then, like, the rum and the pineapple

just kind of like sneaks in.

- [Christina] Mm-hm.

- [Gonzo] Good job, buddy.

[Andrew] Oh my gosh.

- You ready for these?

- Let's do it.

Nice, sweet, orange flavor.

It just tastes really fresh.

And, like, the wafer is just so crisp

on the outside, but so soft on the inside.

To your point, you get the chew,

you get the buttery richness

of that buttercream.

Mine was lemon and it was just as zesty

and just as fresh and just as impressive.

I mean, there's multiple visual illusions.

What do you think? Football?

- Go for the football.

- [Christina] Hold on.

- [Gonzo] Yeah?

- [Andrew] Just punt-kick it.

- Just throw it, but, like, smash it.

- You want me to smash it?

- Just smash it.

- Yeah. Touchdown!

Touchdown!

[squealing and cheering]

[Christina] Look at the surprise inside!

- [Andrew] Try these.

- Get in there.

[laughter]

[laughter]

- Those are Baileys truffles.

- Mm.

[Andrew] That is so good.

It's really delicious. It's so good.

- [Christina] Gonzo, Christophe.

- Good?

This is a massive, massive victory

for your team.

You took both

of your points of view and expertise,

and you found a way

to turn them into a home run.

Actually, talking about home runs.

Gonzo, why don't you grab

the chocolate bat?

Uh-oh.

- I'll grab a baseball.

- [Gonzo] Bat right here.

Step back.

- Careful, bud.

- Where am I going?

[tense music plays]

- [Christina squeals]

- [cheering]

Home run!

[cheering and laughter]

- Amazing.

- We did it, bud.

- [Christophe] Thank you.

- Slam dunk, nothing but net.

- It is chocolate, Andrew. We told you.

- Mm.

Dude, all right, we gotta keep moving

though. Come on, follow me.

[Andrew] For sure.

[upbeat music plays]

So, Andrew, two very different

interpretations of how to celebrate Will

at this 15-year birthday

of Varsity g*y League.

Yeah.

Before you tell us

which one you're picking,

why are you picking this one?

There was three parts.

One, this captures your eye

instantly when you see it.

Two, it has a variety of flavors.

You know, there's something for everyone.

- And especially for Will.

- Yeah.

The third had the elements

of what Varsity g*y League is,

and what members would anticipate

to see at a 15-year party.

[Christina] Okay, Andrew,

which dessert is bringing Will

and Varsity g*y League

all the way home at this big celebration?

I chose

[tense music plays]

the trophy case.

[cheering]

- Congrats, guys!

- [Christina] Congratulations, come on!

[cheering]

Come on, it's photo time!

Okay. Trophy case photo, let's go.

It looked amazing.

- One, two, three.

- [all] Woo!

- [Ashley] Good job!

- Okay.

[laughter]

Andrew, we cannot wait

to hear Will's response.

Get on off to your party.

We'll see you soon.

- Thank you. See ya.

- [Gonzo] Thank you.

- Guys, get on up there.

- You put it?

- Yeah.

- You put it.

- [Maya-Camille] Woo!

- See ya.

[cheering]

[Ashley] You guys k*lled it.

[upbeat music plays]

[Gonzo] Yeah, buddy.

- Good job.

- [Gonzo] Great job, girls.

[upbeat music plays]

That works. Boom.

So today's the day to celebrate

15 years of Varsity g*y League.

[upbeat music continues]

It's gonna be huge,

and I am so excited to surprise Will.

[upbeat music continues]

Na, na, na, na, na ♪

- [man 1] Party!

- [man 2] Woo!

Will Hackner is gonna give

a little speech for us.

We've made a difference

in so many people's lives.

This does not exist without you guys.

[cheering]

Na, na, na, na ♪

Joining Varsity g*y League has been

a alter in the course of all our lives.

We've had the lack of good friends,

the lack of support,

and each person here,

lives have been changed.

It's something you created.

So I have secretly contacted

the Bake Squad

[cheering]

to celebrate all that you have done.

- Woo!

- [cheering]

So let's pull the curtain!

[cheering]

You're like Willy Wonka!

I've never seen

a dessert like this in my life.

Oh my God!

Let's give 'em a show ♪

It's all edible.

[Will] Trophy, kickball, football.

This is crazy.

[cheering]

They did this in a day?

Oh my God, that's so good. This is insane.

♪ We're gonna give 'em a show ♪

- I thought this was real.

- Oh my God.

- This is amazing.

- So freaking good.

That display was so cool.

It's a macaroon and a tennis ball?

- On brand. On brand.

- Mm-hm.

[cheering]

I don't know how you did it.

I loved it. Really good.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

[all] Thank you, Bake Squad!

[cheering]

[upbeat music plays]