Holiday Baking Championship

The pumpkin spice phenomenon hits the Holiday Baking Championship! For the pre-heat, nine bakers try to wow the judges with creative pumpkin spiciness. In the main heat, they must combine a yule log with a classic holiday treat.

For the pre-heat, the eight bakers work in teams to make four different kinds of pies ... on the same sheet pan! In the main heat, the bakers make stuffed cakes featuring seasonal ingredients.

In the pre-heat, the seven bakers must make a dessert combining cranberry and another flavor of the season. The main heat challenges the bakers to create a sweet treat that pairs coffee with an unusual flavor of coffee syrup.

In the pre-heat, inflatable holiday decorations inspire the six bakers' cute cream puff displays. In the main heat, the bakers dazzle the judges with hand-painted eggnog cakes.

The Festival of Lights ignites creativity in the pre-heat, when the five bakers have to update traditional rugelach with unexpected new flavors like cardamom, grapefruit, guava paste, peanut butter or chai.

The four bakers have to combine common pantry ingredients in a new version of a classic holiday dessert. For the main heat, they must use two key fruitcake components in a new dessert.

Three bakers remain in the competition, and in the final main heat, they channel holiday gift shopping by creating a cake that is decorated like a gift on the outside and reveals a surprise inside when sliced.

Six previous Holiday Baking Championship winners step back into the kitchen for a new competition judged by Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale.

Four talented bakers face challenges focused on melted snowman desserts and Christmas ice cream cakes. Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale bring Christmas cheer as they determine which baker deserves the $10,000 prize.

Bakers compete with melted snowman desserts and Christmas ice cream cakes.