Bake Squad (2021) s02e06 Episode Script

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- [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 Gay League.
We are the largest LGBTQ recreational
sports organization in the country.
- Wow.
- Yeah!
[Andrew] It's Will and I
who run Varsity Gay 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 Gay 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 queer,
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 Gay 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 Gay 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.
Balls. 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 balls.
- Cake balls. Easy to mass-produce.
[Maya-Camille] If we're gonna do
cake balls, 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 balls.
You thinking we can put
these desserts around the balls,
like make spheres of desserts?
Mm-hm. I like that.
This makes sense because it's balls.
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 balls.
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 balls, 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 balls, but a lot
of big problems that can come from it.
Probably gonna be dipping these balls
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 balls.
[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 balls.
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 Gay 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 Gay 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 Gay League is,
and what members would anticipate
to see at a 15-year party.
[Christina] Okay, Andrew,
which dessert is bringing Will
and Varsity Gay 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 killed 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 Gay 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 Gay 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]