Bakers vs. Fakers

In the first round, contestants must create their most delectable pie featuring the ultimate savory ingredient, bacon, as Damaris Phillips and Buddy Valastro try to determine the bakers from the fakers.

Pro and amateur bakers use hot peppers to create spicy cupcakes and then must use school snacks in the winning dish. Judges Lorraine Pascale and Damaris Phillips join host Buddy Valastro to sift out the bakers from the fakers.

The bakers attempt to win over host Buddy Valastro and judges Lorraine Pascale and Zac Young, as classic brownies must be combined with aromatic ginger. In round two, a surprise ingredient of crackers must be used in a dessert.

Bakers and fakers pour their hearts out as the sudsy surprise ingredient of beer must be used in their chocolate chip cookie creations. Then, contestants attempt to make "scents" of their dishes and fresh herbs must be utilized.

The bakers cobble together a gooey treat by using cheese in fruit cobblers. Then, in round two, the judges find the challenge twice as nice when rice must be used to find the sweet spot in a winning dish.

Pro and amateur bakers face off in challenges that involve infusing bread pudding with hard candies and repurposing a breakfast cereal as a dessert.

Contestants give the judges a caffeinated kick as they incorporate coffee into lemon bars before the bakers and fakers handle the twists of a pretzel challenge.

The contestants try to impress the judges with deep-fried delights that incorporate potato chips before including yogurt in their second round dishes.

Contestants compete in a cheesecake challenge that must incorporate popcorn. Those who impress the judges are then tasked with finding a creative use for marshmallows in the second round.