02x01 - Bake Squad Bar Mitzvah

[bunniefuu]

♪ Show me what you're cooking ♪

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.

Oh my God!

[Christina] 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.

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♪ You ain't ever seen it done like this ♪

[laughter]

♪ Done like this ♪

- Morning.

- Good morning, Chef.

- Hello, how are you?

- Hi.

- Fired up.

- Excited.

All right.

Bake Squad, meet Jennifer.

Jennifer, meet the Bake Squad.

- [all] Hi, Jennifer.

- Hi.

Squad,

this is a coming-of-age celebration.

Bakers, this party is for my son, Josh.

He will be 13.

Oh my God.

That's my guy. It's his bar mitzvah.

Wow, big celebration.

[Jennifer] This is the party

where Josh becomes a man.

Is there a dessert in particular that is

traditional to have at a bar mitzvah?

It's not traditional to have cake.

He, of course, is not traditional,

and he wanted a cake.

Nice.

Tell us about Josh.

[Jennifer] He is full of personality,

a true performer, singing,

dancing, entertaining.

So the life and soul of any party.

- Any party.

- Aw.

But the one thing about him that

you just gravitate to is his kindness.

He is just one of the most caring

and generous kids that you will ever meet.

- That smile.

- [Gonzo] So cute.

[Jennifer] Josh has a couple

of different hobbies.

Sports cars. Likes video games.

He's into space, anything that flies.

- Okay.

- I love that Josh loves cars.

What are his favorite treats

to get while he's on the road?

Chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream,

black-and-white cookies, marshmallows.

A lot of iterations of chocolate.

[Christina] Gonzo.

- He shoots, he scores.

- Chocolate is a must.

When we go to a theme park,

he must get the churro.

The event is truly Josh.

Big, bold, black-and-white themed, classy.

- That's what Josh likes.

- Awesome.

Fancy.

- How many people are coming?

- Over 100 people are coming.

Wow, that's a big one.

This has been in the works

for almost two years.

Almost two years?

- Two years?

- Two years.

- And we have seven hours to make a cake?

- Yes.

You're complaining already?

We haven't even started, dude!

[laughter]

He only gets one bar mitzvah.

Pressure's on, my friends.

- [Christophe] You're ready?

- I'm ready.

- All right. Jennifer, we'll see you soon.

- Thank you so much.

- Ovens on. Start ideating. It's go time.

- Good luck, guys.

- [Gonzo] Woo!

- [Ashley] Ow!

Party people! ♪

- Good luck.

- [Gonzo] Let's do this.

[upbeat music plays]

We like to do what's never been done ♪

And break all the rules

And make all the fun ♪

We are finally back!

I think it'd be cool to do a centerpiece.

- I missed you guys so much.

- I missed you so much.

Where do I start?

But this season, the pressure is higher.

Who do you think is gonna make it

to the finish line first?

We need to bring the wow factor, for sure.

I need to go big. Bring it on.

[giggles]

We're ready to blow ♪

- All right, Ash.

- Hey, Chef.

So bar mitzvah, what did you sort of

latch onto in terms of inspiration?

[Ashley] So, the event

is at this grand ballroom.

Black-and-white theme.

So I wanna give him a beautiful,

stunning black-and-white cake.

I mean, visually it's compelling,

but don't want it to feel

like a wedding cake, right?

I think that the challenge is,

how do you find the balance

of the kind of class Josh is looking for,

but also the kind of fun

that he's looking for too.

One thing I love about being on the squad

and working with Chef

is she always comes in

and encourages us to go bigger,

do better,

and push ourselves a bit harder.

Why don't we double it? Shall we do six?

Four, five, six.

Now that feels

like a 13-year-old's black-and-white cake.

He likes anything related to flying,

and rockets, airplanes, engines,

so yeah, I'm thinking

about a giant chocolate rocket.

- Something big, like five feet tall.

- I'm 5'6", so

- This is gonna be about your height.

- Oh.

Tell me, what are you

thinking about making?

So I think I wanna stick

to the theme of cars.

- There's a bunch of kids there, right?

- Yeah.

You know, the kids are dancing.

- And they're burning calories.

- [Gonzo] Yeah.

You need something

like a refueling station.

You know, where the kids just run there

and refuel their bodies with sugar.

Like a quick pit stop during the party.

Fast rocket, fast cars. Who do you think

is going to win this race?

I have a hunch this rocket

is gonna make it pretty quick.

I don't know.

- I move pretty fast.

- [Gonzo] I'm looking out for you.

Centerpiece de résistance.

What in the world

is centerpiece de résistance?

[Christophe] The goal

is to create another illusion.

My illusionist.

I'm an illusionniste.

It's a thing for a bar mitzvah to have

a centerpiece in the middle of the table.

So I am going to create

an edible centerpiece

for every single table,

and at the end,

we will announce to the guests

that the dessert is in front of them

since the beginning.

I love the concept of it.

But what is it made of?

How does it all work and come together?

Well, I'm not sure yet, but

Lord. Christophe,

you got less than seven hours.

I love the ambition, but you have a lot

to figure out. I'm gonna leave you to it.

- Thank you.

- [Christina] Go for it.

Let's do it!

I'm finally in the space ♪

I'm ready for something new ♪

Oh, sh

[upbeat music plays]

[Gonzo] My chocolate egg

is the body of my rocket.

Jennifer has been planning

Josh's bar mitzvah for over two years.

So, my rocket needs to be something

that Josh will always remember.

So it's gonna look

like it's launching, taking off,

with hundreds and hundreds of spheres

creating smoke and bubbles.

And the main dessert on the bottom

is going to be

a delicious chocolate mousse cake.

I'm about to start flipping this mold.

To have an even distribution

of chocolate around the whole shell,

I need to actually

turn this giant chocolate egg

every other two minutes

for at least 40 minutes,

just to make sure

that everything gets covered evenly.

If it's not perfectly even,

the whole thing could break.

Gonzo, how do you already have

chocolate in a mold?

That's That's what I do.

The moment I realized

I wanted to become a chocolatier

was when I was 19 years old in Patagonia.

I met this lovely lady,

and she explained to me,

inside of her shop,

how chocolate worked.

She showed me

how to temper chocolate properly,

and that was the first time

I was actually exposed to chocolate.

The main thing that she taught me

was that chocolate

is a tool to give happiness to people.

We're gonna go right here.

Today, I am going to create

an edible centerpiece.

It's going to have a chocolate balloon,

sugar tubing.

The base of the centerpiece

will be my version of s'mores.

But first thing, it's figuring out

how to make this chocolate balloon.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

Once I have those balloons all blown,

I need to dip them into chocolate

to make a beautiful chocolate balloon.

This is not that easy.

Ah!

Pah!

expl*si*n.

As I go, I'm trying to figure it out.

It's something I've never done before.

Christophe, what What is going on?

I put too much pressure on it,

and the entire thing just exploded.

So you're thinking

about taking these balloons

and making a chocolate shell around them,

using a real balloon as a mold?

- [Christophe] Yeah.

- Should we try again?

- Let's do it.

- Okay. You're using your hands?

- Let's just go freestyle.

- Oh, okay.

Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect.

[Christophe] Okay, I think we're good.

You gotta start turning these out.

- It's go big or go home. Get to it.

- I'll try.

[upbeat music plays]

[Maya-Camille] Chocolate.

Maya-Camille, what are you making?

I know that dessert bars

are really popular at bar mitzvahs.

- Yes. What's on this dessert bar?

- Okay. Hear me out.

Josh is obsessed with cars,

so I want to make a refueling station

with a Funfetti cake

that resembles a life-sized tire,

as well as chocolate cupcakes

with a chocolate ganache,

sour cream donuts with lemon zest,

churros, black-and-white cookies,

chocolate bars,

and candy wrenches

flavored in watermelon,

blue raspberry, and passion fruit.

I do need some place for it to be housed.

Is that your polite way of saying

"Find me a fueling station"?

Yes. [laughs]

Okay. This is the biggest prep list

I've ever seen from you.

Second, you're going after

every single person here.

You're baking,

you're working with chocolate,

you're dealing with sugar.

[Christophe] Sugar on the stove.

You are encroaching on their territory

every step of the way here.

So I like the healthy competition.

I freaking love the ambition.

- I'm gonna leave you to it.

- Thank you.

I'm working on this, thinking of you.

I'm going above and beyond with this bake,

because I really want this win.

I think I can give the other bakers

a run for their money.

[upbeat music plays]

This is how I work out my arms,

a whole lot of cake batter.

Today, I'm gonna be making a cake

layered with chocolate and vanilla.

A seven-tier beauty.

Great. Two tiers in the oven.

I'm loading it with a delicious

Swiss meringue buttercream

that actually tastes

like melted vanilla ice cream,

and a really rich,

fudgy chocolate ganache.

I'm gonna push myself to reimagine

the chocolate cake and vanilla cake

differently in every single tier.

As a cake artist, I've made

a lot of really big cakes in my career,

but those typically take a few days

if not weeks to execute.

So, creating a cake of this design

and this size, in this amount of time,

is a little crazy.

Bake Squad, just five hours remain.

There ain't no stoppin'

So keep it rockin' ♪

And watch me as I bring it

Make you sing it, make the party go boom ♪

Cakes are in. Things are cooling. I need

to start working on these decorations.

Beautiful.

Blow it up, blow it up ♪

[Ashley] Oh God!

Christophe!

I am filling up,

starting to start making all these pieces.

Many, many parts that go into this rocket.

I have rivets. I have the fins.

I'm also casting

hundreds and hundreds of half-spheres

that need to be glued together

to become bubbles.

I got a lot to do here.

[Maya-Camille] I need to get

this tire cake mixed together.

Look at all those Funfetti sprinkles.

Pop it in the oven.

Show me something and make it good ♪

I got a one-way trip, boy

Starting with you, so let's go! ♪

I'm gonna do these out of gum paste,

so they dry really hard really fast.

What I'm envisioning for this cake

is varying tiers with their own

kind of geometric pattern to it.

155 squares. Two, four, six 31 squares.

Thirty-one times five. 4.8.

So it's gonna be five rows high.

I want to do a really beautiful

painted black-and-white mosaic design

on my checkerboard tier.

These little beads

are gonna go around my eight-inch cake.

For the chocolate cake tiers,

I want to cover completely

with these tiny little chocolate pearls.

Okay, my math, maybe it's wrong, but

it's saying I need about 2,500 of these.

There is no way.

And I have this really cool, triangular,

kind of 3D optical illusion pieces

on the chocolate and vanilla bottom tier.

All right, these need one more minute.

[Gonzo] Slowly. Slowly.

[Maya-Camille] I think

I'm making good time so far.

I gotta make sure I keep up the pace.

I got my cupcakes,

I got my Funfetti tire cake in the oven.

Got these cookies.

I also need to focus on

Oh, the wrenches.

Oh, dang and the donuts.

My gosh, there's so much.

While I am watching the cake bake,

I am waiting for the sugar to heat up

for my candy wrenches.

I need to pipe the marshmallow fluff

into my cupcakes.

While I'm doing one thing,

I need to make sure

I'm also doing another thing.

Time to make the donuts.

The tire cake, done.

So it's all about time management.

Oh, snap.

I have to make the pâte à choux

for the churros. Oh my goodness.

I'm doing so much,

I almost forgot.

Oh snap ♪

All right, Squad, listen up.

We are baking for an event

that is two years in the making.

I've asked Jennifer to come back

and check on our progress,

make sure we're in the right direction.

Josh's mom is in the kitchen. Our clients

don't come in the kitchen mid-bake.

What is going on?

Ash, do you mind describing

your creation to Jennifer?

I'm gonna make

a show-stopping, black-and-white cake.

It looks really beautiful, chic.

About yay tall.

- Sounds amazing.

- Christophe.

I'm going to do a centerpiece

in the middle of the table

for each and every one,

and it's going to look

like a sculpture with a balloon.

- That sounds great.

- Maya-Camille.

This is presented in a way

that gives a nod to his love of cars.

I have a lot of different treats.

Funfetti tire cake, cupcakes,

cookies, churros, and donuts.

- She's got a little of everything.

- Gonzo.

So I'm working

on a giant chocolate rocket.

And then on the bottom of the rocket,

there is gonna be

this chocolate mousse cake.

Josh would be in heaven.

So four very different visions.

What do you think?

They all captured the essence of Josh, but

I feel like they're just missing

something with him.

Just like expl*sive energy

is what he's all about,

and that's what I think

this cake should be all about.

A little bit more showmanship.

A little bit more of, almost, a moment.

A moment. Yes, just a little extra.

I hear what you're saying. Leave us to it.

You're in good hands. I've got it.

- I'll see you in a few hours.

- Thank you so much.

- Okay, bye Jen.

- [Jennifer] Thank you.

Bakers, bring it in for a second.

[tense music plays]

- [Ashley] What's going on?

- [Christophe] I have no idea.

Okay, Jennifer loves all of your ideas,

but she reminded me

of this really important thing.

Josh, his personality,

he is the showman of showmen.

He's the entertainer, and I think

there's an opportunity for each of you

to take your vision

and think about showmanship.

How does Josh interact?

How does it create a moment

where your vision comes to life?

A moment that people talk about forever.

Showmanship. Pizzazz.

You're the Bake Squad,

you make the impossible possible.

- Hit it. Let me know if you need anything.

- [all] Yes, Chef.

[Ashley] Jennifer's been planning

this party for two years.

So I totally understand

wanting to make sure

that everything is perfect for Josh

and his bar mitzvah.

What do you think about,

"Bam," like a wow moment,

by way of it, like, exploding sprinkles?

- I like this. A lot.

- That's a moment, right?

I have an idea.

Let me go rummaging around.

Let's get to it, you're in good hands.

Thanks, boss.

Each one of us

came up with amazing, amazing desserts.

But now Jennifer is challenging us

to bring out something

even better for Josh.

We all have to make sure that

our projects are bringing the wow factor.

I'm molding more pieces.

I already have seven different desserts

happening here.

I'm thinking of ways to take it up a notch

with more showmanship.

I want Josh's mom

to be really happy with this dessert.

I need something

that's really cool and fun.

I'm excited.

I think I need to do something

about these balloons.

We want to create the wow.

Jennifer is already impressed,

but she wants our desserts

to be the big moment for the bar mitzvah.

I have an idea.

I'm going to add marshmallows

inside the balloon,

then close the balloon

with more chocolate.

But then, we're going to crack it,

and you're going to have the marshmallow

going down the dessert.

You're trying to do the impossible ♪

Bake Squad,

you have just three hours remaining.

What the heck is that?

It's an air cannon.

It is exactly what I envisioned

for making my cake come to life.

- No, you didn't.

- [Christina] Will this work?

[imitates an expl*si*n] Oh my gosh.

Christina is our fairy bake-mother.

Oh my gosh.

She always delivers these crazy ideas

that we come up with.

I need a hole in the middle of my cakes.

But I've never put a cannon

inside of a cake before.

I really have no idea what's gonna happen.

Worst case scenario,

uh, the whole thing explodes?

Gonna be so cool.

I don't know what I'm gonna put in it.

Hey, Squad! I need your help.

I need to figure out

what is going inside of this cannon.

I want my cake to explode something

from the inside.

You're gonna make your cake explode?

Hopefully the cake doesn't explode.

I want something to sh**t out of it.

We need to get some stuff

inside the cannon, test it out.

- The gumballs.

- [Ashley] That's a good idea.

[tense music plays]

Okay, I'm ready.

Three, two, one!

- What?

- [Christophe groans]

And that's a total bust.

- That's too heavy. It doesn't go up.

- Okay.

Gumballs were a terrible idea.

I have to figure out something else

as quickly as possible.

I'm definitely up against the clock.

That was a fail.

[Gonzo] I finally get my rocket

out of the freezer

and my egg is cracked.

The body of the rocket

has a huge crack in it.

Man, I didn't distribute

the chocolate well enough.

I have to make another one on the fly.

Things are getting bad.

I have to go

a little bit thicker this time.

I don't have time for this,

and if my chocolate

is not perfectly crystallized,

I'm not gonna have an actual dessert.

[Christophe] My streusel.

I'm done with making the balloon surprise

that is full of little marshmallows.

I am making a chocolate cake,

so now I need to make everything

for my version of s'mores

Nice.

at the base of the centerpiece.

Put this in the oven.

Chocolate cake, done.

[upbeat music plays]

Hoping I can finish, because there are

so many different elements of this.

I have to make the wrenches,

I have to ice the cookies,

then I need to fry the donuts,

then glaze the donuts,

and then top the donuts.

I have a lot going on,

but growing up with a disability,

I've learned to go

above and beyond what's required.

When I was one years old,

I fell down a flight of stairs

and lost my hearing.

Even though I had a disability,

my mom encouraged me

to soar higher than anyone else.

And so, for the past seven years,

I've run Justice of the Pies, my bakery,

and continued to do

more than what's expected of me.

So now these donuts are ready to be fried.

[upbeat music plays]

All right, the sugar is boiling.

I decided to use sugar

for my tubing and my base

that I'll put together to hold

that balloon in place as a foundation.

- "Let's do a checkerboard cake," she said.

- [upbeat music continues]

[Gonzo] This fudgy, fudgy brownie

is going to be one of the inserts

for my chocolate mousse cake.

The main dessert

on the bottom of the rocket

is going to be a delicious

chocolate mousse cake.

So we have different layers

of chocolate mousse,

and then a fudgy brownie as the base,

and then everything gets frozen together.

I'm going to the freezer.

[upbeat music plays]

I'm just gonna put a little creme coat on.

I'm gonna get this covered in fondant.

I'm feeling very relieved.

My second egg for my rocket

came out perfect.

But now I need

to actually build the whole rocket.

So I'm really against the clock right now.

I need to make a mold for this tire.

I want to make sure

the tire cake is super realistic.

In order to do that,

I need some putty to make a mold,

then place that over the tire.

I'm actually gonna roll the mold

over the molding chocolate.

Oh, my goodness,

that looks like an actual tire.

[upbeat music plays]

[Gonzo] I have so many things to finish.

Oh, look at how realistic that is.

Oh my gosh, that's heavy.

Since Josh loves chocolate

and marshmallow,

the base of the centerpiece

will be my version of s'mores,

that every guest at every single table

will be able to grab from the centerpiece.

They will have chocolate cake,

chocolate creme,

graham cr*cker streusel,

chocolate mousse,

and most importantly,

the marshmallow fluff.

Yeah, and then glue them together.

[upbeat music plays]

[Maya-Camille] Right now,

I am making churros.

Alors.

Bake Squad, we are down

to the last 60 minutes. One hour remains.

- Yes, Chef.

- Yes, Chef.

Watch me now, watch me now

Watch me now, now, now ♪

[Ashley] Okay, so I'm doing

this herringbone pattern.

[Maya-Camille] Awesome.

[rock music plays]

Maya-Camille! What do you think?

- Oh, my gosh. This is amazing!

- Does this work for you? Churros maybe?

- Maybe donuts?

- [Maya-Camille] Oh, yeah.

Real talk. It's time

to start getting the desserts out here.

- Yes, Chef.

- [Christina] Keep going.

[rock music plays]

Bake Squad, just 30 minutes remain.

You gotta push it.

Five, four, three, two, one

Here we go! ♪

[Maya-Camille] All right,

I've got my donuts.

[Gonzo] How am I gonna get this done

in 30 minutes?

Hey! ♪

[Maya-Camille] Ice Josh's name on it.

[Christophe] I don't have time.

We got this. We got this.

[rock music continues]

- Bake Squad, just 15 minutes to go.

- Oh my God.

[Gonzo] All right, let's spray this thing.

Gotta keep it pushing.

[rock music continues]

I hope this is right on top of the cannon.

Feels like it's kind of like tilted.

Bake Squad, 30 seconds, final touches.

Here comes Jennifer.

I feel so alive and I can't deny ♪

Every last detail counts.

Gonna set me free ♪

Gonna make me sing ♪

Last 15 seconds.

Three, two, one.

Here we go ♪

Time's up.

Jennifer, we listened to your brief.

We've given all four of these desserts

a whole lot of pizzazz and showmanship.

So every single baker

stepped up their game.

I cannot wait.

Everybody, it looks amazing.

- Ready for the tasting?

- Absolutely.

- Follow me.

- All right.

[upbeat music plays]

Ashley.

- Hello.

- [Christina] Hello.

Very elegant.

- Thank you.

- Very elegant.

So, in this seven-tier beauty

I did loads of chocolate and vanilla cake

reimagined in each tier

to look just as beautiful on the inside

as it does on the outside.

[Christina] We heard you loud and clear

when you asked us to really pump it up.

- So there is a surprise to it.

- Surprise.

- Do you wanna do the honors?

- I would love to.

All right, I'll count you in, Jennifer.

Three, two

- Are you ready? Nervous?

- Getting nervous.

- I am. I'm really nervous.

- I'm nervous too!

One!

[expl*si*n]

- Oh my God! Oh my God!

- [Christina screams]

Surprise!

[laughter]

If that's not a showstopper,

I don't know what is.

I mean, what better way

to say mazel tov, am I right?

I mean, absolutely!

So this layer

is a chocolate and vanilla marble tier.

[Jennifer] Oh.

- This tier, um, is a herringbone pattern.

- [Jennifer] She's perfect.

This next layer

is a vanilla cake with chocolate fudge.

This could be his play on cars,

the checkered flag.

- The flag.

- We have a checkerboard cake.

- Oh, she's done it.

- [Jennifer] Oh my gosh, it's perfect.

- I don't know how you do that.

- [Christina] Boom.

First, you have the crunch with the candy.

Then you have

this incredible chocolate that

I I have never tasted

such a sweet chocolate,

but that's not too sweet.

Thank you.

You're getting different ratios

of chocolate and vanilla,

the way it bakes together,

the way the flavors meld.

- It's incredibly complicated.

- And that's what it is.

- That's what it's doing.

- Thank you.

Ashley, you've proven, yet again,

why you are the queen of cakes.

Thank you.

I hate to say it,

but we gotta keep moving.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

[upbeat music plays]

- Christophe.

- Hi, Chef.

- Hi, Jennifer.

- This is incredible.

[Christophe] This is a centerpiece,

but it's not made out of glass.

It is made out of sugar.

On the bottom is my version of s'mores.

And the balloon on top is 100% chocolate.

They look like real balloons.

I have never seen that before.

- How do you feel about surprises?

- I like surprises. I asked for surprises.

Are you nervous?

- Little bit.

- Yes? I am too.

- [Christina] Here we go.

- Oh, no.

Oh. Oh!

- [Jennifer] It's raining marshmallows.

- It's raining marshmallows.

Oh my goodness.

I've never seen a balloon

rain marshmallows before.

So

There is a lot of things

going on inside these spheres.

We have my version of s'mores

with some pecan and walnuts.

- Our marshmallow fluff.

- [Christina] Yes.

We have a chocolate creme

and a 64% dark chocolate mousse.

- I bet Josh never had s'mores like this.

- [Jennifer] Never.

[Christina] Oh my God.

That is so good.

You know, I think that nutty,

graham-cr*cker-y,

walnut taste with the mousse

I mean, the flavors together,

I've never tasted that before.

- Awesome.

- Like a brownie meets a chocolate cake.

I'm also getting a bit of the crunchies

from the marshmallows that come out,

which add the most unbelievable texture.

You've gone above and beyond.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Chef.

The hardest part

is putting down this dessert.

- [Jennifer] I know.

- The good news is there's more waiting.

Okay. Thank you.

All right, thank you.

[upbeat music plays]

- Hello, Maya-Camille.

- Hello.

What do you think of this one?

I mean, this is a car lover's dream.

This is perfect for him.

The kids will be out there dancing

and burning the calories,

and they need to refuel themselves.

[engine revs]

[tires squeal]

[Maya-Camille] So this

is Josh's refueling station.

We have cinnamon sugar churros

dipped in chocolate and white chocolate.

Then I have black-and-white cookies.

We also have chocolate cupcakes

that have a marshmallow filling.

Then we have wrenches

that are made of hard candy.

We have sour cream donuts.

I mean, nailed it.

Josh is the center of attention,

with his cars and his favorite treats?

Couldn't ask for anything more.

This is incredible.

So come down here,

because it looks like a tire,

but, Maya-Camille, tell us about it.

[Maya-Camille] Well,

it is a tire-shaped cake.

- With Funfetti flavors.

- Oh wow.

- Here you are.

- Thank you. It looks like a real tire.

[Christina] Mm.

Oh, it's incredible. The taste.

[Christina] Amazing.

But what I love

is the cake isn't as sweet,

but the center brings it all together

with a pop of sweet.

Oh. Maya-Camille, you got

a little surprise in every bite here.

It's crunchy.

There's a little tartness to it.

It's soft and fluffy in the middle,

it's fresh, it's moist, it's delicious.

And I got to be honest,

we haven't gotten to the wow factor yet.

We haven't gotten to the wow factor yet?

You can have all these wonderful treats,

but you still have to wash it down.

You asked for a little bit of pizzazz.

I had to add that in.

So we have a chocolate milk bar.

Give it a try.

[Jennifer] Ooh.

[Christina] It's interactive.

There's individuality.

This is like Josh's dream.

No way.

- Christophe, do you want some?

- I would love it.

[Christina] Come on over.

Do you want a little or a lot?

- Half?

- Half?

- [squealing]

- [Christophe yells]

Was that enough?

[laughter]

Jennifer, we gotta get out of here.

Someone just called the cops.

[giggling]

[upbeat music plays]

You did it.

- I cannot believe this is a cake.

- Yeah, this is the rocket launch.

This is over 130 pounds of chocolate.

The whole thing is edible

from the ground up.

Basically representing Josh's new launch.

He's becoming a man now,

so he's taking off.

- Launching into manhood.

- Exactly.

I am absolutely ready

to dig into this rocket ship.

You can't dig in yet because

There's one more surprise to this.

Because you wanted to bring

the wow factor to the party.

- [Christina] Ready?

- I'm ready.

- I'm gonna count you down.

- [exciting music plays]

[Christina] Jennifer, ready for takeoff.

Three, two

one!

Take off, take off, take off!

- It's like a real rocket ship taking off.

- [Gonzo] How's that for a wow factor?

- That is a wow factor.

- [Gonzo] And then these beautiful clouds.

Each one of these

are chocolate mousse cakes.

I know that Josh likes chocolate

and chocolate and chocolate.

My kind of guy.

So I have a white chocolate mousse

and then on the inside,

we have a milk chocolate ganache,

a dark chocolate ganache,

some crispy chocolate, uh, pearls,

and then I have a fudgy brownie base.

When you cut it open,

you're gonna see all these beautiful,

decadent, rich layers of chocolate.

- Oh!

- Ooh, my friends!

That is heaven.

[chuckles]

[upbeat music plays]

The consistency

of this cake is incredible.

It's cake, but it's rich,

and it's mousse, but it's light.

I mean, every single layer has a moment.

It's so flavorful and creamy.

This would be Josh's chocolate dream cake.

- Let's take these with us.

- Absolutely.

- Bye.

- Thank you.

[upbeat music continues]

You all brought your very best

to this challenge,

and the Bake Squad best,

it's pretty freaking epic.

I asked you to come back

to just give us a little pulse check.

You asked for us to go even bigger.

Did we wow you?

The The wow factor that you all did

was above and beyond even what I expected.

It was incredible.

This is such a big day for Josh,

and you all created such perfect desserts

that I'm I'm struggling to pick.

[expl*si*n]

[Jennifer] The one that I chose

was one that I had to channel Josh.

Here are all of his likes.

This is something

that he would really enjoy.

It's something

that he would find very special.

I am choosing

[tense upbeat music plays]

Maya-Camille's.

[cheering]

Maya-Camille, come on down.

[cheering]

[Christina] three, "cheese!"

It was so good. It's amazing.

- That is the best.

- We've captured it.

- Okay.

- [Jennifer] We did it.

Miss Jennifer, we will meet you

at Josh's bar mitzvah.

- Excellent. Thank you. Bye-bye.

- See you soon.

You know where this goes. Well-deserved.

See you, Jennifer.

- Crazy! Wow!

- [Maya-Camille] Yay!

[Christina] You k*lled it.

Good job.

[Christina] There we go!

[upbeat music plays]

Looks good. Oh, I love this.

This looks great.

This is two years in the making.

Heck, yeah, it's all about Josh!

So I want it to go perfectly.

[upbeat music plays]

Temple went amazing.

Josh is on his way with his friends.

I'm so excited for him to see it.

I can't wait.

[man] Make some noise

for our guest of honor.

Give it up for the one and only

Josh!

- [Jennifer] You earned this party.

- Thank you.

From the bottom of my heart,

you're the best kid.

If you came to party

Like we came to party, say hell, yeah ♪

I've been working with the Bake Squad

to make you an extra special dessert.

- I'm scared.

- You should be.

Go big or go home ♪

[screaming]

One, two, let's go! ♪

Go big or go home ♪

- Congratulations, Josh. We love you!

- Thank you! Love you!

- Go big or go home ♪

- Watch out ♪

[Jennifer] You always wanted a cake

for your bar mitzvah.

- [Josh] I did.

- [Jennifer] I got you a cake!

- Oh!

- [Jennifer] Look at that cake!

How'd you like the cake?

It blew any expectations I had on dessert.

♪ Say yeah, yeah, y-y-yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

I'm speechless.

♪ Yeah, yeah, y-y-yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

Oh, yeah!

[both] Thank you, Bake Squad.

[all] Thank you, Bake Squad!

[cheering]

[upbeat music plays]