1 00:00:01,704 --> 00:00:02,371 Gordon: Previously on "MasterChef: Generations"... 2 00:00:02,539 --> 00:00:05,277 You'll have to cook for the LAFC. 3 00:00:05,310 --> 00:00:07,849 Anna, you've got the immunity pin. 4 00:00:07,883 --> 00:00:10,387 You will decide which generations will be teaming up together. 5 00:00:10,420 --> 00:00:14,062 So Millennials are going to team up with our Baby Boomer friends. 6 00:00:14,095 --> 00:00:16,433 - ( cheering ) - Players are arriving! 7 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:18,738 - Rebecka, how much time left? - Lord, have mercy. 8 00:00:18,771 --> 00:00:21,844 - Rebecka! - I'm moving to steak. I'll sear, you finish. 9 00:00:21,911 --> 00:00:24,048 Blue team, it's not even remotely near! 10 00:00:24,048 --> 00:00:25,450 - ( sighs ) - Help him out! 11 00:00:25,450 --> 00:00:29,926 - The winning team is red team! - ( cheering ) 12 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,664 And I feel like I just scored a goal. 13 00:00:31,697 --> 00:00:35,337 The person going home tonight is Chris. 14 00:00:35,370 --> 00:00:39,112 Tonight on "MasterChef: Generations," 15 00:00:39,178 --> 00:00:41,115 it's a baking challenge for the ages. 16 00:00:41,182 --> 00:00:42,919 - Nice haircut! - Aarón: Oh, yeah! 17 00:00:42,953 --> 00:00:44,957 Looks like a nice, innocent boy, huh? 18 00:00:44,990 --> 00:00:47,194 - Devil baby. - Now your challenge 19 00:00:47,194 --> 00:00:50,200 is to bake the most amazing birthday cake. 20 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,371 - ( groaning ) - That's a big challenge. 21 00:00:52,404 --> 00:00:53,941 - I don't know if I'll be able to do it. - Let's go! 22 00:00:53,975 --> 00:00:55,812 How many ounces are in one pound? 23 00:00:55,812 --> 00:00:57,314 This tends to be the Achilles' heel for most of home cooks. 24 00:00:57,314 --> 00:00:59,418 Oh, my God. This is gonna be hell. 25 00:00:59,485 --> 00:01:01,691 - My wrist! - This is not for the faint of heart. 26 00:01:01,757 --> 00:01:03,995 - This is a mayonnaise cake. - Mayonnaise cake? 27 00:01:04,028 --> 00:01:05,498 - This is in trouble. - It's a disaster. 28 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:07,301 - ( bleep ) - That is not gonna stack. 29 00:01:07,368 --> 00:01:09,072 - It's inedible. - Joe: It's a mess. 30 00:01:09,072 --> 00:01:11,175 Gordon: What were you thinking? 31 00:01:14,249 --> 00:01:17,555 ( music playing ) 32 00:01:21,296 --> 00:01:23,399 ( cheering, chattering ) 33 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:26,974 - Let's go! - Oh, my God! 34 00:01:27,008 --> 00:01:29,780 - This is so cute! - Whoa! 35 00:01:29,813 --> 00:01:33,419 I feel like I'm walking into my own birthday party. We're celebrating me. 36 00:01:33,419 --> 00:01:35,525 I could literally fit in there! 37 00:01:35,525 --> 00:01:37,829 Birthday and cake are synonymous, 38 00:01:37,862 --> 00:01:40,267 so we're gonna need some cake, and I'm pretty sure 39 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,703 we're gonna be the ones making it. 40 00:01:41,703 --> 00:01:43,172 Oh, my heavens! 41 00:01:43,206 --> 00:01:46,212 - Oh, my goodness! - Oh, my gosh! 42 00:01:46,245 --> 00:01:48,250 - Those are Gen X pictures, man. - Yes. 43 00:01:48,250 --> 00:01:50,253 - Yeah! - ( laughing ) 44 00:01:50,253 --> 00:01:53,126 - That's so cute. - Here they come. 45 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,034 All: Oh! 46 00:01:57,067 --> 00:01:59,673 ( cheering ) 47 00:02:01,008 --> 00:02:02,210 ( muted chatter ) 48 00:02:06,352 --> 00:02:09,425 - Aarón: Oh, yeah! - Yeah, no, that wasn't a haircut. 49 00:02:09,458 --> 00:02:11,530 That was the glass bowl from my mother's kitchen 50 00:02:11,530 --> 00:02:14,168 that just went on top of my head. And look Aarón. 51 00:02:14,168 --> 00:02:16,540 Man, you were-- I mean, honestly... 52 00:02:16,540 --> 00:02:20,180 - Looked like a nice, innocent boy, huh? - Look at that smile. 53 00:02:20,214 --> 00:02:21,449 Gordon: Joe, did you forget your homework? 54 00:02:21,482 --> 00:02:23,821 - Did you have to tell your mum? - The devil baby. 55 00:02:23,821 --> 00:02:29,031 - You nailed it. - Now, these photos are huge clue 56 00:02:29,064 --> 00:02:31,570 - ahead of tonight's challenge. - Ooh. 57 00:02:31,570 --> 00:02:34,241 Because we're gonna celebrate everyone's favorite day 58 00:02:34,308 --> 00:02:36,312 no matter what generation you come from. 59 00:02:36,312 --> 00:02:40,588 It's your birthdays, yes? Come on! 60 00:02:40,588 --> 00:02:43,994 So tonight as part of our big birthday celebration, 61 00:02:44,027 --> 00:02:47,935 your challenge is to bake yourselves the most amazing, 62 00:02:47,969 --> 00:02:51,442 - beautiful birthday cake. - Yes! 63 00:02:51,476 --> 00:02:54,448 'Cause here's the good news. You can make whatever you want. 64 00:02:54,448 --> 00:02:57,321 - Okay. - From an elevated version 65 00:02:57,354 --> 00:02:59,993 of a favorite cake growing up as a child, 66 00:03:00,026 --> 00:03:03,299 or maybe the cake that you wished you had on your birthday. 67 00:03:03,299 --> 00:03:05,337 No matter what direction you take, 68 00:03:05,370 --> 00:03:08,042 we'd like to see a cake with at least two layers 69 00:03:08,076 --> 00:03:10,213 that looks and tastes outstanding. 70 00:03:10,247 --> 00:03:12,485 - All: Yes, Chef. - Okay, Anna. 71 00:03:12,485 --> 00:03:14,623 - Hello. - You were the winning captain 72 00:03:14,623 --> 00:03:16,560 of the red team in the last challenge. 73 00:03:16,627 --> 00:03:19,198 And you won the challenge before that, Anna. 74 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:23,439 - You are on quite the winning streak. - I hope doesn't end. 75 00:03:24,408 --> 00:03:28,216 - I hope it does! Sorry. - No way. 76 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,487 Well, tonight you do not have the immunity pin. 77 00:03:30,487 --> 00:03:33,060 But thanks to that win last time, 78 00:03:33,093 --> 00:03:38,236 you have earned yourself an amazing advantage, which we'll get to in a moment. 79 00:03:38,270 --> 00:03:41,008 Okay, all of you, please head to your stations. 80 00:03:42,111 --> 00:03:44,048 I'm not a very good baker, 81 00:03:44,115 --> 00:03:45,450 so having an advantage, 82 00:03:45,518 --> 00:03:48,122 let's see if I can somehow use it 83 00:03:48,156 --> 00:03:50,394 to protect myself from elimination. 84 00:03:50,394 --> 00:03:53,132 Now, as you can see, you've got all the essentials 85 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:56,172 to make an amazing birthday cake. 86 00:03:56,206 --> 00:04:00,447 Flours, sugars, stand mixers-- you name it, you've got it. 87 00:04:00,447 --> 00:04:04,255 Anna, for being the winning team captain, 88 00:04:04,288 --> 00:04:06,258 you get a great advantage tonight. 89 00:04:06,258 --> 00:04:08,396 You get to choose one generation 90 00:04:08,429 --> 00:04:12,606 that will not get to use their stand mixers tonight. 91 00:04:12,606 --> 00:04:14,275 - ( gasps ) - No way. 92 00:04:14,308 --> 00:04:16,546 - Aww! - Are you kidding? 93 00:04:16,546 --> 00:04:18,416 Whew! That's a big challenge. 94 00:04:18,449 --> 00:04:21,590 - There's no way. - Aarón: That's right. 95 00:04:21,624 --> 00:04:25,397 One generation will have to do all their mixing by hand. 96 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,200 ( Gordon groans ) 97 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:28,402 You'll be doing it old-school. 98 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,875 Right, Anna, if you're ready, 99 00:04:30,908 --> 00:04:33,514 please make your way up here. Thank you. 100 00:04:37,555 --> 00:04:43,166 So, Anna, which generation will be using a whisk tonight? 101 00:04:43,166 --> 00:04:44,434 - The last time round... - The Boomers. 102 00:04:44,434 --> 00:04:46,439 ...the Boomers helped so much, 103 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:48,443 and I just cannot do that to them. 104 00:04:48,476 --> 00:04:51,316 - Gordon: Wow. - You're safe. 105 00:04:51,349 --> 00:04:54,255 - I've decided to pick Gen Z. - ( groaning ) 106 00:04:54,321 --> 00:04:56,627 - Gordon: Gen Z. - I knew it. 107 00:04:56,660 --> 00:04:59,231 Very good bakers. They do rely on technology. 108 00:04:59,264 --> 00:05:01,402 - Yes. - And there's five of them. 109 00:05:03,339 --> 00:05:05,210 Thank you. Anna, rejoin your Millennials. 110 00:05:05,243 --> 00:05:07,180 - Good choice. Head back to your station. - Good job. 111 00:05:07,214 --> 00:05:10,053 - Thank you, Anna! - Thank you, Anna. 112 00:05:10,087 --> 00:05:13,093 Everybody is coming after Gen Z. I don't blame 'em. 113 00:05:13,126 --> 00:05:15,397 I would, too. With a team this good, you gotta take them down somehow. 114 00:05:15,430 --> 00:05:19,272 But I'm freaking out. I can barely bake a cake with a stand mixer, 115 00:05:19,305 --> 00:05:22,077 and baking it without one with just the whisk and my muscles, 116 00:05:22,144 --> 00:05:26,218 - I don't know if I'll be able to do it. - Joe: Okay, now listen up. 117 00:05:26,252 --> 00:05:28,356 You've got 90 minutes to bake 118 00:05:28,389 --> 00:05:30,561 a delicious, beautiful birthday cake. 119 00:05:30,594 --> 00:05:35,604 Now, the immunity pin is up for grabs again tonight. 120 00:05:35,604 --> 00:05:40,213 - Ooh, yeah. - Along with another big advantage 121 00:05:40,246 --> 00:05:42,217 in the next challenge. 122 00:05:42,217 --> 00:05:45,023 - Wow. - But I promise you, 123 00:05:45,057 --> 00:05:47,628 if your cake falls short of the "MasterChef" standard, 124 00:05:47,662 --> 00:05:51,035 then you could be eliminated tonight. 125 00:05:51,068 --> 00:05:53,206 - Right, is everybody ready? - All: Yes, Chef. 126 00:05:53,239 --> 00:05:57,549 - Your 90 minutes starts now! - Let's go, guys. Come on. 127 00:05:57,549 --> 00:06:00,254 - Go, go, go, go, go! - Good luck. 128 00:06:00,254 --> 00:06:02,692 - Careful. - Powdered sugar. 129 00:06:02,725 --> 00:06:05,998 - I need strawberries. - Let's not drop this. 130 00:06:06,065 --> 00:06:09,171 - Ugh, I don't need that. - How many ounces are in one pound? 131 00:06:09,238 --> 00:06:10,440 16. 132 00:06:16,185 --> 00:06:17,855 Come on, baby. 133 00:06:19,793 --> 00:06:22,765 Oh, my God, this is gonna be hell. 134 00:06:25,437 --> 00:06:26,807 This birthday cake challenge tonight 135 00:06:26,807 --> 00:06:29,177 is by far the toughest challenge we've had so far. 136 00:06:29,211 --> 00:06:32,686 Baking is chemistry, and it's very, very precise, 137 00:06:32,719 --> 00:06:35,257 and there's no room for error from the first step. 138 00:06:35,290 --> 00:06:39,231 Yeah, and this tends to be the Achilles' heel for most of the amateur home cooks. 139 00:06:39,231 --> 00:06:41,135 Jeez! 140 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:44,676 And Anna with the big advantage, she took out the Gen Zs. 141 00:06:44,709 --> 00:06:46,546 Gents, what did you think about that? 142 00:06:46,546 --> 00:06:48,216 When you have a stand mixer, you have the luxury 143 00:06:48,216 --> 00:06:50,286 of taking your ingredients and pouring them in slowly... 144 00:06:50,353 --> 00:06:52,124 - Gordon: Yeah. - ...and you have complete control. 145 00:06:52,157 --> 00:06:54,730 When you're whisking by hand, you lose all that control. 146 00:06:54,763 --> 00:06:57,535 Exactly. The biggest issue is if Gen Z 147 00:06:57,568 --> 00:06:59,706 will also lose a lot of time without the stand mixers. 148 00:06:59,739 --> 00:07:03,346 And the great irony is she gave it to the generation 149 00:07:03,379 --> 00:07:06,452 - that's accustomed to shortcutting everything. - Mm-hmm. 150 00:07:07,454 --> 00:07:08,591 Like, I mean, they don't show you 151 00:07:08,591 --> 00:07:10,962 how to hand whisk on TikTok. 152 00:07:10,962 --> 00:07:13,200 Okay. 153 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:19,345 I am making a lemon cake with whipped cream frosting and a raspberry jam. 154 00:07:19,378 --> 00:07:20,615 The only sweets I like are lemon sweets, 155 00:07:20,648 --> 00:07:22,151 that's why I'm doing a lemon cake, 156 00:07:22,184 --> 00:07:23,787 and I've always had that since I was little-bitty. 157 00:07:23,821 --> 00:07:26,325 But I'm definitely very anxious 158 00:07:26,325 --> 00:07:28,463 because I'm doing everything by hand 159 00:07:28,496 --> 00:07:30,534 the old caveman type of way. 160 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:35,711 So I am in my own personal little H-E-double hockey stick at the moment. 161 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:40,755 Um, look at Murt. It looks like Murt's starting a fire. 162 00:07:40,755 --> 00:07:42,892 What's he doing with that whisk? What's he doing? 163 00:07:42,892 --> 00:07:45,396 - Yeah. - I've never seen that technique before. 164 00:07:45,430 --> 00:07:48,169 - What the hell is he doing? - I've never seen anyone whisk like that. 165 00:07:48,203 --> 00:07:50,306 - Murt! Blow on it, it may catch fire. - What are you doing? 166 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:52,879 - What's this? - One of the Boomers told me about this, 167 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:54,749 - so I'm trying their technique. - Really? Okay. 168 00:07:54,783 --> 00:07:56,620 - Yeah, I'm not sure. - What the hell is that? 169 00:07:56,653 --> 00:07:58,423 It's working! It's working! 170 00:07:58,490 --> 00:08:00,360 15 minutes gone. 171 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,803 We're down to 75 minutes to go. 172 00:08:04,836 --> 00:08:06,707 - Come on, Gen X, whip it! - We got this. 173 00:08:06,707 --> 00:08:09,646 - Here we go. - Yeah, baby! 174 00:08:09,679 --> 00:08:11,649 - Hi, Kimberly. - Hi! 175 00:08:11,683 --> 00:08:14,188 - Anna has ice running through her veins. - I know! 176 00:08:14,221 --> 00:08:17,461 How happy are you not to have gotten that cruel fate of not having a stand mixer? 177 00:08:17,494 --> 00:08:22,203 I'm so excited that she gave us a little pity party and let us have a break. 178 00:08:22,237 --> 00:08:24,509 All right, so, Kimberly, you're a baker, huh? 179 00:08:24,509 --> 00:08:26,312 - No, I'm not a baker. No! - You're not a baker? 180 00:08:26,346 --> 00:08:29,184 - I've baked one cake in my life. - So what are you making? 181 00:08:29,218 --> 00:08:32,491 Well, I was thinking back to my childhood when I was ten years old, 182 00:08:32,525 --> 00:08:34,562 my threw me a big Strawberry Shortcake party. 183 00:08:34,595 --> 00:08:37,134 And so I am going to make a vanilla classic cake 184 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:41,709 with a strawberry frosting and strawberry jam for the filling in the middle. 185 00:08:41,743 --> 00:08:43,947 Having my own garden, I do a lot of preserving, 186 00:08:43,981 --> 00:08:47,287 and so I'm kind of trying to give it a new garden fresh twist. 187 00:08:47,354 --> 00:08:49,559 - So you make a lot of jams and do preserving. - Yeah. 188 00:08:49,592 --> 00:08:51,830 You know that in a cake, a jam is really pivotal 189 00:08:51,830 --> 00:08:54,301 - to manage the amount of moisture... - Correct. 190 00:08:54,301 --> 00:08:57,675 ...to make sure it's syrupy and dense enough that doesn't tear the cake apart. 191 00:08:57,708 --> 00:08:59,546 - So you have to cook these strawberries. - Correct. 192 00:08:59,546 --> 00:09:02,150 - And you also have to let them cool down. - I got a lot to do. 193 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:04,589 - Good luck. - Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. 194 00:09:04,622 --> 00:09:06,225 ( sighs ) 195 00:09:06,225 --> 00:09:09,699 Hot in here. And it's not just 'cause of my looks. 196 00:09:09,699 --> 00:09:12,838 Gordon: 65 minutes remaining. 197 00:09:12,872 --> 00:09:16,746 Your cake batter should be in the oven. 198 00:09:16,746 --> 00:09:19,185 - Everyone's cakes in? - Almost. 199 00:09:19,185 --> 00:09:20,721 All right. Hustle, hustle. 200 00:09:20,754 --> 00:09:22,792 All right, let's keep going. 201 00:09:22,792 --> 00:09:24,863 Gordon: Okay, the Millennials got their cakes in. 202 00:09:24,896 --> 00:09:27,434 - That is fast. - Perfect. 203 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,373 - All right. - Gordon: And now the Boomers got theirs in, too. 204 00:09:30,439 --> 00:09:32,043 ( whisking ) 205 00:09:33,046 --> 00:09:34,916 ( sighs ) 206 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:35,951 ( bleep ) 207 00:09:37,453 --> 00:09:38,890 ( muttering ) 208 00:09:40,861 --> 00:09:43,465 I don't like how this thing is whisking. 209 00:09:43,465 --> 00:09:45,571 Absolutely dying right now. Dying. 210 00:09:45,604 --> 00:09:47,575 I think some of the Gen Zs 211 00:09:47,608 --> 00:09:49,612 are getting critically behind at this point. 212 00:09:49,612 --> 00:09:51,382 They look far from putting their cakes in the oven. 213 00:09:51,415 --> 00:09:55,290 You're really seeing the penalty of the hand whisk at this point. 214 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:58,631 - That's right. - Anna, you're ruining my life. 215 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:00,433 My arms hurt so bad. 216 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:01,669 ( bleep ) 217 00:10:03,907 --> 00:10:05,945 - Ooh! - Gordon: Guys, you gotta get those cakes in 218 00:10:05,978 --> 00:10:08,016 in the next couple of minutes as soon as you can. 219 00:10:08,016 --> 00:10:10,721 You gotta get it in the oven. Let's go. Move! 220 00:10:11,924 --> 00:10:13,761 Come on, Hallie. It's gotta go in. 221 00:10:13,794 --> 00:10:15,731 - Come on. - ( sighs ) 222 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:27,922 We're down to 55 minutes remaining. 223 00:10:27,955 --> 00:10:31,797 Your cake batter should be in the oven. 224 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:34,936 See? Look. We're getting there. We're getting there. 225 00:10:34,969 --> 00:10:36,773 Come on, honeys. Have fun. 226 00:10:36,807 --> 00:10:38,944 Ooh! There you go. 227 00:10:38,977 --> 00:10:42,317 - There you go, Hallie. Let's go! - Let's get this. 228 00:10:42,317 --> 00:10:44,789 Gordon: Right, you should be getting that frosting together now. 229 00:10:44,823 --> 00:10:47,361 So, frosting, honestly you gotta start that early 230 00:10:47,361 --> 00:10:49,800 in order to make sure that that frosting is silk, 231 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:51,335 it's glossy, it's beautiful, there's no lumps. 232 00:10:51,369 --> 00:10:53,940 Now when you've got a stand mixer, it's so easy, 233 00:10:53,974 --> 00:10:55,811 because you got the velocity of the mixer. 234 00:10:55,845 --> 00:10:57,715 But where they're frosting by hand, 235 00:10:57,748 --> 00:10:59,686 that's gonna be very difficult for the Gen Zs. 236 00:10:59,719 --> 00:11:03,058 - My wrist! - My arm! 237 00:11:05,029 --> 00:11:07,100 Rebecka: Boomers, you're quiet. Everybody good? 238 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:09,940 - Warren: We're still booming. - Okay, Boomy. 239 00:11:09,973 --> 00:11:13,580 I've had many birthdays. I just had my 70th birthday. 240 00:11:13,614 --> 00:11:16,018 I did everything, but said no candles. 241 00:11:16,085 --> 00:11:17,855 Can you imagine 70 candles on a cake? 242 00:11:17,888 --> 00:11:19,825 It would be like the burning of Atlanta. 243 00:11:19,859 --> 00:11:21,461 No, ain't gonna be none of that. 244 00:11:22,765 --> 00:11:25,370 All right, I am good. 245 00:11:25,370 --> 00:11:28,009 - Becca. What's the cake? What are you doing? - Yes, Chef? Yes? 246 00:11:28,042 --> 00:11:31,916 So I am doing a chocolate cake with a peanut butter buttercream 247 00:11:31,950 --> 00:11:34,856 and a peanut brittle toffee with a chocolate ganache. 248 00:11:34,890 --> 00:11:37,327 This is a mix of deserts that I've had, 249 00:11:37,394 --> 00:11:38,964 - and a mix of my ideal birthday cake. - Gotcha. 250 00:11:38,997 --> 00:11:41,001 And then are you pivoting with no stand mix? 251 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:42,738 How are you gonna get that frosting perfectly smooth? 252 00:11:42,771 --> 00:11:44,609 This is half peanut butter, half butter, 253 00:11:44,609 --> 00:11:46,613 so because the butter's already creamy, it's already smooth, 254 00:11:46,646 --> 00:11:49,852 - I didn't have to take as much time to get it creamy. - Love that idea. 255 00:11:49,852 --> 00:11:51,857 Just be careful that temperature doesn't rise, 256 00:11:51,857 --> 00:11:53,425 otherwise that fat's gonna come out. 257 00:11:53,459 --> 00:11:55,898 - Absolutely. Three. - How many layers are you doing? 258 00:11:55,898 --> 00:11:57,869 - Let's go, Becca! - Whoo! 259 00:11:57,869 --> 00:12:01,543 - We asked for just two. - Yeah. I've got confidence in my baking skill 260 00:12:01,543 --> 00:12:05,016 - and that I know what I'm doing. - Tough week last week. 261 00:12:05,049 --> 00:12:06,418 Tonight we're hoping not just redemption, 262 00:12:06,418 --> 00:12:08,624 - but bounce back beyond belief. - Absolutely. 263 00:12:08,657 --> 00:12:09,893 Love it, keep it up, girl. Keep it up. 264 00:12:09,926 --> 00:12:11,028 - Thank you. Thank you, Chef. - Good. 265 00:12:11,062 --> 00:12:13,567 - Hot walking! - Hi, Chefs. 266 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,005 - Hello, Rebecka, how are you? - How are you, Joe? How you doing? 267 00:12:16,005 --> 00:12:18,476 - What is the cake? - This is a chocolate mayonnaise cake, 268 00:12:18,543 --> 00:12:20,714 - and so it's a-- Mayonnaise cake. - Mayonnaise cake? 269 00:12:20,714 --> 00:12:25,022 Back in the '40s, you know, they didn't have eggs, or maybe they had one or two. 270 00:12:25,022 --> 00:12:26,859 They would extend them and make mayonnaise. 271 00:12:26,893 --> 00:12:30,166 And this is my mom's and great grandma's recipe. 272 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,972 And it's something that I've made many times before. 273 00:12:33,005 --> 00:12:37,414 Only thing I haven't done is made this a three layer cake, so I'm taking a little risk. 274 00:12:37,414 --> 00:12:39,484 Joe: Look, I think that you've already conveyed 275 00:12:39,519 --> 00:12:41,923 your experience to the rest of the competitors. 276 00:12:41,956 --> 00:12:43,927 You're one to watch. Do you think you can win this? 277 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,931 - I do. Thank you. - Good luck. 278 00:12:45,964 --> 00:12:49,572 - A few more minutes. - Murt: All right, here we go. 279 00:12:49,639 --> 00:12:52,778 I'm making a tres leches cake. 280 00:12:52,811 --> 00:12:54,850 My forearms are going, veins are popping. 281 00:12:54,883 --> 00:12:59,024 I'm just hoping I get this whipped cream whipped in time and not mess up. 282 00:12:59,057 --> 00:13:03,801 - Oh, boy. - Ah! Okay. 283 00:13:03,801 --> 00:13:05,571 - Fatima. - Hi! 284 00:13:05,604 --> 00:13:08,810 - Tell me about the cake. - So I'm making a white cake. 285 00:13:08,843 --> 00:13:11,582 It's gonna have a caramel filling with coconut 286 00:13:11,616 --> 00:13:14,220 - 'cause we had a lot of coconut candies growing up. - Smart. 287 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,026 And the frosting is gonna be an Italian meringue. 288 00:13:17,093 --> 00:13:19,097 - Italian meringue? - Yes, it is. 289 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:20,968 - Whipped by hand? - Yes. 290 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:22,805 And this is the first time I'm gonna be trying this. 291 00:13:22,839 --> 00:13:24,207 Man, you're not taking this easy, are you? 292 00:13:24,207 --> 00:13:26,211 I am trying to prove a point here. We're strong. 293 00:13:26,211 --> 00:13:28,482 - We're Gen Z, and we get things done-- - Admirable. 294 00:13:28,482 --> 00:13:30,688 But I'm nervous about the Italian meringue 295 00:13:30,755 --> 00:13:33,492 because it's one of the most difficult frostings on the planet 296 00:13:33,527 --> 00:13:36,833 because you have to mix that sugar and those egg whites to get it airy, 297 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:39,071 but you don't have a stand mixer to help, 298 00:13:39,104 --> 00:13:42,110 - so good luck. - Thank you. 299 00:13:42,110 --> 00:13:43,948 I got this. I got this. Come on. 300 00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:45,116 - Arthur. - Hi, guys. 301 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:46,719 What do you have going on here, sir? 302 00:13:46,753 --> 00:13:50,861 So I'm making a fresh strawberry whipped cream birthday cake. 303 00:13:50,894 --> 00:13:53,032 It's a cake that I've had not just once, 304 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,569 but pretty much every birthday. 305 00:13:54,569 --> 00:13:56,840 I loved the freshness of it and the berries-- 306 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,777 A fresh, simple cake can be delicious, 307 00:13:58,844 --> 00:14:00,113 but what's gonna distinguish yours? 308 00:14:00,146 --> 00:14:02,117 Adding a lemon and lemon zest to it 309 00:14:02,117 --> 00:14:04,121 - and using fresh berries. - Aarón: Oh, cool. 310 00:14:04,121 --> 00:14:05,991 So are you gonna macerate this with something? 311 00:14:06,025 --> 00:14:07,661 - Maybe just lemon and sugar? - Yes, with sugar. 312 00:14:07,694 --> 00:14:09,198 - Yes. - I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. 313 00:14:09,231 --> 00:14:11,669 There are some insanely ambitious, 314 00:14:11,703 --> 00:14:15,076 complicated cakes out there. You're playing a high risk game 315 00:14:15,109 --> 00:14:17,281 because the more simple it is, the more perfect it has to be. 316 00:14:17,281 --> 00:14:18,984 - Arthur: Correct. - Good luck to you. 317 00:14:19,017 --> 00:14:21,021 Gordon: 40 minutes to go. 318 00:14:21,054 --> 00:14:22,558 Guys, you gotta get those cakes out of the oven now 319 00:14:22,558 --> 00:14:25,296 so they can cool completely before you frost. 320 00:14:25,296 --> 00:14:28,737 - Let's go! - We got cake today. Halle-lu-lah. 321 00:14:28,771 --> 00:14:33,011 - Beautiful. - Boom. 322 00:14:35,149 --> 00:14:39,357 - Oh, I love you! Okay. - Come on. 323 00:14:44,935 --> 00:14:46,840 - Kamay! How you doing? - How you doing, Chef? 324 00:14:46,873 --> 00:14:49,178 This is in trouble. I think I'm gonna redo the frosting. 325 00:14:49,211 --> 00:14:51,181 - I can just see the lumps in that. - Yes, yes. 326 00:14:51,215 --> 00:14:53,653 And you have a stand mixer. You have no excuse. 327 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,724 - So what happened? - I don't know why it broke. 328 00:14:55,724 --> 00:14:57,595 - I'm gonna redo it right now. - Yeah, make sure that cream 329 00:14:57,628 --> 00:14:59,732 is nice and ice cold. Tell me about the cake. 330 00:14:59,765 --> 00:15:01,536 - What are you doing? - So I'm doing a confetti cake. 331 00:15:01,603 --> 00:15:04,675 When I was a kid, this is the cake I loved the most, 332 00:15:04,708 --> 00:15:08,048 and this type of cake was actually invented on birthday year, 1989, 333 00:15:08,048 --> 00:15:10,052 - so it was very popular in the '90s. - Wow. 334 00:15:10,052 --> 00:15:12,691 But I've elevated this cake a bit because I add lemon 335 00:15:12,725 --> 00:15:15,062 - and lemon zest and lemon extract throughout. - Yeah, I love that. 336 00:15:15,095 --> 00:15:16,098 - Restart that frosting, please. - Yes. Yes, Chef. 337 00:15:16,131 --> 00:15:18,837 - Good luck. - Thank you. 338 00:15:18,870 --> 00:15:22,545 All right. Come on. Come on. 339 00:15:22,545 --> 00:15:23,813 There she is. Anna! 340 00:15:23,813 --> 00:15:25,985 You had a big advantage earlier 341 00:15:26,018 --> 00:15:29,224 to literally throw an entire generation 342 00:15:29,224 --> 00:15:31,830 - into a chaotic mess. - Yes. 343 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:35,036 - Who are you targeting there? - Becca and Adam are great bakers, 344 00:15:35,069 --> 00:15:38,142 - so it was my only choice. - Tell me about your cake. What are you doing? 345 00:15:38,176 --> 00:15:40,146 So growing up in Ukraine, you know what we had? 346 00:15:42,551 --> 00:15:44,955 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 347 00:15:48,864 --> 00:15:50,232 So I'm using dolce de leche, 348 00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:52,270 which is pretty much boiled condensed milk, 349 00:15:52,270 --> 00:15:55,242 and I'm making caramel frosting 350 00:15:55,276 --> 00:15:57,380 for brown butter coffee cake. 351 00:15:57,380 --> 00:15:58,983 Wow. Are the sponges out of the oven yet? 352 00:16:00,386 --> 00:16:02,123 - Where are they? - In the oven. 353 00:16:02,156 --> 00:16:03,860 - Oh, they're still in the oven? - Yes. 354 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:05,664 - Oh, my God. - I know. 355 00:16:05,664 --> 00:16:07,935 - How long have they got to go? - I think maybe two minutes. 356 00:16:07,968 --> 00:16:10,774 - And those sponges need to get cooled down, right? - Yes, I know. 357 00:16:10,774 --> 00:16:12,844 Yeah, I think you're running out of time a little bit, don't you? 358 00:16:12,844 --> 00:16:14,849 - I am. - Man. 359 00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:16,652 - Good luck. - Thank you. 360 00:16:16,686 --> 00:16:19,391 - Dear, oh, dear. - That's a little warm still. 361 00:16:19,391 --> 00:16:22,999 - This one's good. - 30 minutes remaining. 362 00:16:23,032 --> 00:16:24,803 We should start to assemble our cakes. 363 00:16:24,869 --> 00:16:26,272 Come on, guys. Let's go. 364 00:16:26,272 --> 00:16:30,681 - Come on. - Come on, Kamay. 365 00:16:30,714 --> 00:16:33,953 Gordon: Kamay from the Millennials, she is a little bit behind. 366 00:16:33,987 --> 00:16:36,959 The first frosting she broke. The cream was over-whipped, 367 00:16:36,959 --> 00:16:39,197 and so the whole thing almost looked like scrambled eggs. 368 00:16:39,197 --> 00:16:42,036 - Uh-oh. - So she has to start that again. 369 00:16:42,036 --> 00:16:44,575 - Guys, Anna running so far behind. - I know. 370 00:16:44,608 --> 00:16:46,145 Gordon: Her cake just came out of the oven. 371 00:16:46,178 --> 00:16:48,015 Hopefully it'll cool down in time. 372 00:16:48,048 --> 00:16:50,085 - Man. - Wow. 373 00:16:51,354 --> 00:16:55,262 This just takes a lot of energy. Oh, my God. 374 00:16:55,296 --> 00:16:56,632 Here's my biggest worry tonight. 375 00:16:56,632 --> 00:16:58,970 Fatima from Gen Z, 376 00:16:59,037 --> 00:17:01,308 she's doing a white cake, 377 00:17:01,308 --> 00:17:03,647 and she's covering this thing with an Italian meringue. 378 00:17:03,714 --> 00:17:05,751 An Italian meringue without a stand mixer? 379 00:17:05,784 --> 00:17:07,922 - That is a very complicated technique... - Oh, my God. 380 00:17:07,989 --> 00:17:10,126 - ...that only experienced bakers can do. - Absolutely. 381 00:17:10,192 --> 00:17:12,330 Gordon: And you're not fast enough on the whisk, 382 00:17:12,363 --> 00:17:13,967 then the sugar hits the bottom and solidifies. 383 00:17:14,001 --> 00:17:16,171 So she could be in trouble with that. 384 00:17:16,205 --> 00:17:19,879 Ay-yi-yi. This is hard. This is hard. 385 00:17:19,912 --> 00:17:21,448 - I think Fatima's in a bit in a tailspin. - Yeah. 386 00:17:21,448 --> 00:17:23,318 She's in a bad space, and I think she bit off 387 00:17:23,352 --> 00:17:25,256 more than she can chew with this Italian meringue. 388 00:17:25,256 --> 00:17:27,326 Yeah, it looks like Anna may have delivered 389 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,798 a deadly blow to the Gen Z tonight. 390 00:17:39,886 --> 00:17:42,892 We are down to our final 20 minutes. 391 00:17:42,925 --> 00:17:47,367 We should now all be assembling and decorating our cakes. 392 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:50,674 - Speed up. - Come on. Come on. Come on. 393 00:17:50,707 --> 00:17:54,782 - Stress! - Looking good! 394 00:17:54,815 --> 00:17:59,024 - Oh, that's so much better. - Oh, my God, finally! 395 00:17:59,090 --> 00:18:01,896 - You got it, buddy. - It came together. 396 00:18:01,929 --> 00:18:06,137 - Fatima, how are ya? - Doing okay. It just needs a lot of energy. 397 00:18:06,137 --> 00:18:08,175 That's a hard one to do. You're doing great. 398 00:18:08,242 --> 00:18:11,481 Fatima's still on that Italian meringue. 399 00:18:11,516 --> 00:18:15,690 - I can do this. - Aarón: Almost there. Come on, you got it, Fatima. 400 00:18:15,724 --> 00:18:18,095 - Christopher: Come on, Boomers. Let's go! - Warren: Boomers in the house! 401 00:18:18,128 --> 00:18:21,902 - Hi, Christopher. What cake are you making? - This is the forbidden cake, 402 00:18:21,936 --> 00:18:25,109 which is a black forest cake with whipped cream, 403 00:18:25,143 --> 00:18:26,880 and maraschino cherries on it. 404 00:18:26,913 --> 00:18:29,184 - All right. - This is when you went to a birthday party 405 00:18:29,218 --> 00:18:32,992 when you were a kid, and you saw that white cake with the strawberries on it, 406 00:18:33,025 --> 00:18:34,796 and that's what they let you have. 407 00:18:34,829 --> 00:18:37,099 And the adults were having that beautiful cake with all the-- 408 00:18:37,133 --> 00:18:39,772 - Unctuous, chocolatey, rich. - Exactly! "Can I have some of that?" 409 00:18:39,805 --> 00:18:41,408 And then, "No, no. There's alcohol in it." 410 00:18:41,408 --> 00:18:43,312 - There's rum or there's something like that. - Ah. 411 00:18:43,345 --> 00:18:45,149 - So I'm making that for-- - So you're gonna load this up 412 00:18:45,183 --> 00:18:47,420 - with booze, chocolate... - Exactly. 413 00:18:47,454 --> 00:18:49,558 I love that. So the alcohol, you have kirsch? 414 00:18:49,558 --> 00:18:50,761 - Yes, I do. - What is kirsch? 415 00:18:50,761 --> 00:18:52,063 - Cherry brandy. - Yes. 416 00:18:52,063 --> 00:18:53,766 And you doing a ganache or an icing? 417 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:55,503 - I'm just doing whipped cream. - Just whipped cream? 418 00:18:55,570 --> 00:18:58,375 It's gonna look old-school, Baby Boomer-ish. 419 00:18:58,409 --> 00:19:01,114 Look, old-school is fine. It needs to be delicious though. 420 00:19:01,147 --> 00:19:02,551 - Absolutely. - Good luck, Christopher. 421 00:19:02,585 --> 00:19:06,491 All right. Let's make this happen. 422 00:19:08,028 --> 00:19:10,299 Geags: Let's make it go. 423 00:19:10,299 --> 00:19:12,037 - Geags, so what is this? - Yo! 424 00:19:12,070 --> 00:19:13,305 Like, a compromise? 425 00:19:13,305 --> 00:19:14,509 They didn't take away your stand mixer, 426 00:19:14,509 --> 00:19:16,244 but you're using the handheld mixer. 427 00:19:16,311 --> 00:19:18,015 That's a little old-school. I like it. 428 00:19:18,048 --> 00:19:19,250 It's kind of-- I'm more in control. 429 00:19:19,317 --> 00:19:20,754 All right, what's the cake, Geags? 430 00:19:20,787 --> 00:19:23,325 It's a vanilla cake with a blueberry frosting. 431 00:19:23,358 --> 00:19:25,897 I'm making that because growing up it was all in a box. 432 00:19:25,930 --> 00:19:28,870 So as I get older, if I decide to make a cake, you know what? 433 00:19:28,903 --> 00:19:30,974 - I throw a lot of fruit in it. - What is that? 434 00:19:31,041 --> 00:19:33,747 This is blueberry cream cheese frosting. 435 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:35,584 - I'm making it as healthy as I can. - Yeah, but this 436 00:19:35,584 --> 00:19:37,755 is "MasterChef," and someone's going home tonight. 437 00:19:37,788 --> 00:19:40,392 - Joe: Make sure it tastes good. - I get it. I get it, you know? 438 00:19:40,392 --> 00:19:43,199 - Good luck to you. - Thank you, thank you, thank you. 439 00:19:43,232 --> 00:19:46,071 Good. Proud of you, Mr. Cake. 440 00:19:46,071 --> 00:19:48,242 Go, Gen Z. 441 00:19:48,275 --> 00:19:50,880 - Murt, it looks beautiful! - Isn't it funny? 442 00:19:50,914 --> 00:19:53,485 The ones that were dealt the big blow tonight 443 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,089 seem to be handling it very well. 444 00:19:55,122 --> 00:19:56,559 The Gen Zs look like they've caught up. 445 00:19:56,626 --> 00:19:58,830 Yep. Hallie's demeanor has definitely changed. 446 00:19:58,863 --> 00:20:01,268 - Yeah. - You can see that she turned a corner there. 447 00:20:01,302 --> 00:20:03,573 - But I'm worried about Fatima. - Yeah. 448 00:20:03,607 --> 00:20:05,476 Gordon: Her cake is wobbling in the middle. 449 00:20:05,511 --> 00:20:07,914 And she's messing with it a lot. 450 00:20:07,914 --> 00:20:09,885 Joe: Fatima thinks she's gonna be able to save that cake 451 00:20:09,919 --> 00:20:11,488 with a blowtorch, but it's not gonna happen. 452 00:20:11,523 --> 00:20:13,358 No, that actually might be causing more damage. 453 00:20:13,391 --> 00:20:15,029 - Gordon: No. - It's gonna soften up the meringue 454 00:20:15,095 --> 00:20:16,665 that's holding it together. 455 00:20:18,035 --> 00:20:19,939 Oh, my goodness. Look at Arthur. 456 00:20:19,972 --> 00:20:22,645 He cut the fruit too big. That is not gonna stack. 457 00:20:22,678 --> 00:20:25,216 He's gonna struggle to keep those layers upright. 458 00:20:25,249 --> 00:20:27,053 And the inside's a mess. 459 00:20:27,086 --> 00:20:30,025 Gordon: Last five minutes. Five minutes to go, guys! 460 00:20:30,059 --> 00:20:33,567 - Come on, keep it going. - Make it pretty, everyone. 461 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,171 - Aah! It's sliding. - Joe: All right, guys, look, 462 00:20:36,238 --> 00:20:37,641 Anna's having some real problems 463 00:20:37,675 --> 00:20:39,579 with the construction of her cake. It's tilting. 464 00:20:39,645 --> 00:20:42,518 She's really forcing it to kind of keep it straight. 465 00:20:42,518 --> 00:20:45,322 The aesthetic is gonna definitely be not to her standard. 466 00:20:45,389 --> 00:20:48,563 Work with me. 467 00:20:48,597 --> 00:20:50,867 - Gordon: Last two minutes. This is it. - Joe: Let's go! 468 00:20:50,934 --> 00:20:53,540 - Come on, guys. - Gordon: Two minutes, guys. 469 00:20:53,573 --> 00:20:55,510 - Ooh. - Oh, no. You didn't put your name on it. 470 00:20:55,543 --> 00:20:56,746 Geags: I did it. Yeah. 471 00:20:56,746 --> 00:20:58,148 ( laughs ) 472 00:20:58,181 --> 00:20:59,417 Gordon: 60 seconds to go. 473 00:20:59,450 --> 00:21:01,087 Last minute. Come on. 474 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:04,093 What a freaking mess. I don't know what else to do! 475 00:21:04,126 --> 00:21:07,433 So, Rebecka, look at the size of that cake, the lean. 476 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,404 - It's almost like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. - God. 477 00:21:09,404 --> 00:21:11,341 She's making a lot of technical errors. 478 00:21:12,544 --> 00:21:14,548 Gordon: Oh, man. Look at Anna's. 479 00:21:14,581 --> 00:21:17,086 - It's a disaster, and it keeps on falling down. - Oh, my God. 480 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,189 Kamay: You got it, Anna. You got it. 481 00:21:18,222 --> 00:21:19,423 Anna, nice and easy. 482 00:21:19,457 --> 00:21:21,295 Let's go, guys, push. Let's go. 483 00:21:21,295 --> 00:21:23,499 This is not for the faint of heart! 484 00:21:23,567 --> 00:21:28,308 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, 485 00:21:28,341 --> 00:21:32,985 five, four, three, two, one. 486 00:21:32,985 --> 00:21:34,922 - Gordon: And stop! Hands in the air! - Joe: That's it! 487 00:21:34,922 --> 00:21:38,462 - Oh, my God. - Whoo! 488 00:21:38,462 --> 00:21:40,466 - Oof, that was crazy. - That was crazy. 489 00:21:40,499 --> 00:21:42,202 - My arms hurt. - Yes! 490 00:21:42,202 --> 00:21:43,707 - Good job. - Anna, you didn't quit. 491 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:46,111 - The piping's beautiful. Come on, girl. - We did it! 492 00:21:46,144 --> 00:21:47,948 You're not going anywhere. Don't worry, don't worry. 493 00:21:47,981 --> 00:21:50,587 - You're not going anywhere. - ( bleep ) 494 00:21:50,621 --> 00:21:52,290 Right now, my cake is falling. 495 00:21:52,323 --> 00:21:54,194 There is nothing I can do. I cannot fix it. 496 00:21:54,227 --> 00:21:56,331 I cannot touch it, I cannot freeze it. 497 00:21:56,365 --> 00:21:59,171 I can't believe it's happening. 498 00:21:59,171 --> 00:22:01,575 I can't believe I might be going home. 499 00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:06,585 I'm just disappointed. 500 00:22:17,608 --> 00:22:20,146 All of you, well done completing that cake challenge, 501 00:22:20,179 --> 00:22:25,624 but only one home cook will win that elusive immunity pin, 502 00:22:25,624 --> 00:22:28,763 and they'll take their entire generation 503 00:22:28,763 --> 00:22:32,270 to the safety of the balcony with them tonight. 504 00:22:32,303 --> 00:22:35,076 But whoever baked the worst cake 505 00:22:35,109 --> 00:22:38,650 from the remaining generations is in danger. 506 00:22:38,683 --> 00:22:40,419 - Gents, shall we? - Yes. 507 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:46,532 Hello, Becca. So you have three layers. 508 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:49,237 - Yes. - Very bold to go three levels. 509 00:22:49,237 --> 00:22:50,707 But the question, was it needed? 510 00:22:52,744 --> 00:22:55,683 Murt, you confident with the filling? 511 00:22:57,554 --> 00:23:00,192 So I didn't wanna oversoak it. 512 00:23:00,258 --> 00:23:02,463 Fatima: I feel really nervous. 513 00:23:02,497 --> 00:23:05,202 I think judges are even more critical 514 00:23:05,202 --> 00:23:07,173 because all eyes are on Gen Z. 515 00:23:07,206 --> 00:23:09,077 Were you happy with the Italian meringue at the end? 516 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:12,618 Um, given that I didn't have a standing mixer, 517 00:23:12,685 --> 00:23:14,354 I think I did a pretty good job. 518 00:23:14,354 --> 00:23:15,557 But if you taste that, 519 00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:18,428 Italian meringue is smooth and fluffy. 520 00:23:18,462 --> 00:23:21,635 - You see how grainy it is? - Yeah. 521 00:23:23,706 --> 00:23:26,444 Jeet, you happy with the glazing, its evenness? 522 00:23:26,444 --> 00:23:28,550 With my skill and caliber of it, 523 00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:32,356 - I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. - Thank you. 524 00:23:32,356 --> 00:23:36,532 - Joe: Kamay, are you happy? - I am happy that the frosting finally came out. 525 00:23:39,170 --> 00:23:43,412 Okay, Anna, did you put this together when the sponges were warm? 526 00:23:43,445 --> 00:23:45,383 Anna: I think the frosting was too soft. 527 00:23:45,416 --> 00:23:46,919 - It's a shame. - It's a shame. 528 00:23:46,919 --> 00:23:49,624 Aarón: Damn. 529 00:23:50,593 --> 00:23:52,765 Kimberly, what is this right here? 530 00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:55,336 I made the filling kind of like a quick jam. 531 00:23:55,369 --> 00:23:57,373 - Thank you. - Thank you. 532 00:23:57,406 --> 00:24:01,447 So I'm a little worried that everyone in my generation made a strawberry cake. 533 00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:02,718 Gordon: What are you doing with the strawberries? 534 00:24:02,718 --> 00:24:04,855 I covered them in raw sugar. 535 00:24:04,855 --> 00:24:06,526 But I'm hoping that mine stands out. 536 00:24:06,593 --> 00:24:08,462 It's a bit a rustic, it's a bit simple, 537 00:24:08,495 --> 00:24:10,333 and even though I'm not a professional baker, 538 00:24:10,399 --> 00:24:12,036 - I'm proud of how I made this cake look. - All right. 539 00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:14,608 On the inside you have a layer of cake... 540 00:24:14,641 --> 00:24:16,244 - Yes. - ...then a layer of fruit? 541 00:24:16,277 --> 00:24:17,647 An ungodly amount of strawberries. 542 00:24:17,681 --> 00:24:19,083 Is that a good idea you think? 543 00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:20,787 Arthur: Yeah. 544 00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:28,269 Geags. Your name is Geags though, right? 545 00:24:28,302 --> 00:24:30,773 - You couldn't put a little "S" here, no? - I ran out of room. 546 00:24:30,807 --> 00:24:33,813 - Are you happy with the consistency of this? - I am, yes. 547 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,752 Joe: What's inside? Because this tastes a little pasty. 548 00:24:36,752 --> 00:24:38,188 Added a little bit flour, yeah, 549 00:24:38,221 --> 00:24:40,627 and then more powdered sugar-- tighten it up. 550 00:24:40,627 --> 00:24:44,066 - Raw flour in an icing? - Yes, just a little bit. 551 00:24:49,545 --> 00:24:52,083 - Rebecka, tough night, right? - Yeah. 552 00:24:52,116 --> 00:24:55,189 Got a little wonky. 553 00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:57,259 Christopher, are you happy with the way it came out? 554 00:24:57,259 --> 00:25:00,733 - I feel like it could be better. - Yeah. 555 00:25:03,773 --> 00:25:05,910 Look, it was tough, man. This is hard. 556 00:25:05,910 --> 00:25:07,681 - A lot of good cakes out there. - Some really good cakes. 557 00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:08,850 Both of those cakes look like 558 00:25:08,917 --> 00:25:10,385 they could've been in any bakery. 559 00:25:10,419 --> 00:25:11,555 Yeah. All right, so the question is 560 00:25:11,589 --> 00:25:13,926 who made the worst cakes of the night? 561 00:25:13,993 --> 00:25:15,029 Oh, man. 562 00:25:15,062 --> 00:25:17,466 - Okay? - Yeah. 563 00:25:17,466 --> 00:25:22,343 Tonight we'll be tasting the best cake from each generation. 564 00:25:22,376 --> 00:25:26,619 The first cake, from Gen Z, is positively eye-catching, 565 00:25:26,686 --> 00:25:29,625 especially without a stand mixer. 566 00:25:29,625 --> 00:25:33,365 Please step forward, Becca. 567 00:25:33,431 --> 00:25:36,404 What? 568 00:25:36,404 --> 00:25:37,941 Anna's goal was to target us, 569 00:25:37,941 --> 00:25:40,547 to take me down, to take Gen Z down. 570 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:43,418 It didn't work, and today we proved that 571 00:25:43,418 --> 00:25:46,158 technology just helps us live or lives, 572 00:25:46,158 --> 00:25:47,961 but if you take it away, 573 00:25:47,961 --> 00:25:49,898 we can whisk with the best of them. 574 00:25:51,569 --> 00:25:53,204 Right, Becca, tell us what you made, please. 575 00:25:53,238 --> 00:25:56,712 Becca: I made a three layer moist chocolate cake 576 00:25:56,746 --> 00:25:58,214 covered in peanut butter buttercream 577 00:25:58,248 --> 00:26:01,454 with chocolate ganache and peanut brittle toffee. 578 00:26:01,522 --> 00:26:04,260 - Right, Becca, this thing looks beautiful. - Thank you. 579 00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:05,864 Gordon: Like it's just come out of a top French patisserie. 580 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:06,999 Why three layers on a night like tonight 581 00:26:06,999 --> 00:26:08,669 when we only asked you for two? 582 00:26:08,669 --> 00:26:09,872 Because I could. 583 00:26:09,905 --> 00:26:11,575 I knew I had the ability to do it. 584 00:26:11,609 --> 00:26:12,911 Yeah, in order for that to work, 585 00:26:12,945 --> 00:26:14,113 there has to be the right ratio of filling inside. 586 00:26:14,147 --> 00:26:15,382 Are you confident? 587 00:26:15,449 --> 00:26:17,587 - Yes. - Mm-hmm. Shall we? 588 00:26:17,587 --> 00:26:19,190 Joe: Let's do it. 589 00:26:22,296 --> 00:26:24,802 - Aarón: Wow. - Gordon: Happy with that, Becca? 590 00:26:24,835 --> 00:26:26,772 Yes. 591 00:26:31,649 --> 00:26:33,619 Joe: Fantastic. Sponge cake is slight, 592 00:26:33,653 --> 00:26:35,255 contrasts to the rich creaminess. 593 00:26:35,288 --> 00:26:38,027 It's got that peanut butter chocolate crunch, 594 00:26:38,027 --> 00:26:40,432 and I love that you pushed the salt right to the limit. 595 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:41,769 - Good job. - Thank you. 596 00:26:41,802 --> 00:26:44,007 Yeah, it has that nougaty situation happening, 597 00:26:44,007 --> 00:26:45,877 which I really enjoy. Smart choices. 598 00:26:45,911 --> 00:26:48,281 - Thank you. - Cake tastes delicious. 599 00:26:48,281 --> 00:26:50,620 The sponge is cooked beautifully, and it's got the right ratio. 600 00:26:50,653 --> 00:26:52,323 I think that's the really pleasing aspect. 601 00:26:52,356 --> 00:26:55,028 - Well done, great job. - Thank you, thank you. 602 00:26:55,028 --> 00:26:58,903 - Good job, Becca! - Atta girl! 603 00:27:00,906 --> 00:27:03,312 So the cake that we loved the most in the Millennials 604 00:27:03,345 --> 00:27:06,752 has some very complex flavors that came together in the end. 605 00:27:06,752 --> 00:27:09,658 Please come forward, Kamay. 606 00:27:09,658 --> 00:27:13,933 - Whoo, whoo! Whoo, Kamay! - Go, Kamay! 607 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:17,674 Given the obstacle that I just went through with my frosting, 608 00:27:17,708 --> 00:27:18,943 I am shocked. 609 00:27:18,976 --> 00:27:20,647 So what you have in front of you 610 00:27:20,647 --> 00:27:22,049 is a lemon confetti cake 611 00:27:22,049 --> 00:27:24,788 with vanilla and lemon in the sponge, 612 00:27:24,788 --> 00:27:28,729 vanilla buttercream frosting, and rainbow sprinkles. 613 00:27:28,729 --> 00:27:30,733 I don't think there's a better example 614 00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:32,036 of a Millennial cake than this. 615 00:27:32,069 --> 00:27:33,940 It's well-constructed. Good job. 616 00:27:33,973 --> 00:27:36,778 - Thank you, Joe. - Gordon: Shall we? 617 00:27:40,854 --> 00:27:42,691 Is that what you wanted in the center? 618 00:27:42,691 --> 00:27:44,026 Close, Chef. 619 00:27:49,003 --> 00:27:51,709 Love it. It's very vanilla. 620 00:27:51,742 --> 00:27:52,811 I can taste the lemon. 621 00:27:52,811 --> 00:27:54,982 The icing is not too rich, 622 00:27:55,015 --> 00:27:58,322 - and it's actually quite delicious. - Thank you, Joe. 623 00:27:58,322 --> 00:28:00,693 I love just the attention to detail, how it relates to flavor. 624 00:28:00,727 --> 00:28:03,632 The icing is just so smartly put. You see that? 625 00:28:03,666 --> 00:28:07,607 It's just a little layer. You could've easily gone overboard with the icing on top. 626 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:08,976 - Delicious. - Thank you, Chef. 627 00:28:09,009 --> 00:28:10,981 Kamay, the lightness of this cake is delicious. 628 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:12,851 - The aeration of the sponge is incredible. - Thank you. 629 00:28:12,885 --> 00:28:14,855 If I was you, I would've gone that extra yard 630 00:28:14,888 --> 00:28:16,525 and put a lemon curd in the center, 631 00:28:16,558 --> 00:28:18,896 but you're a joy to watch because you never give up. 632 00:28:18,929 --> 00:28:20,867 - Congratulations. - Thank you. Thank you so much. 633 00:28:20,901 --> 00:28:22,069 - Thank you. - Nice. 634 00:28:22,102 --> 00:28:23,706 Yay, Kamay! 635 00:28:23,740 --> 00:28:27,814 Okay, the best cake from Gen X, 636 00:28:27,848 --> 00:28:29,985 obviously it has some strawberries on it. 637 00:28:31,722 --> 00:28:34,060 Please come forward, Kimberly. 638 00:28:34,093 --> 00:28:35,897 Oh! 639 00:28:35,930 --> 00:28:37,734 Good job, Kimberly! 640 00:28:39,705 --> 00:28:43,612 Kimberly: I made a vanilla cake with a strawberry jam filling 641 00:28:43,612 --> 00:28:45,950 and a strawberry buttercream frosting. 642 00:28:46,017 --> 00:28:47,888 Looks delicious. It's symmetrical. 643 00:28:47,888 --> 00:28:49,624 You've put things together with care 644 00:28:49,658 --> 00:28:51,261 - and it's eye-catching. - Thank you. 645 00:28:51,294 --> 00:28:52,329 Shall we? 646 00:28:58,342 --> 00:28:59,745 Joe: Very nice. Very pink. 647 00:28:59,778 --> 00:29:02,951 - Ooh. - Wow. Okay, Kim. 648 00:29:07,961 --> 00:29:10,165 Aarón: Kimberly, the magic here for me personally 649 00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:12,704 is that there's a tartness that's very present here, 650 00:29:12,737 --> 00:29:14,808 and I think this kind of cake needs it. 651 00:29:14,841 --> 00:29:15,944 - Mm-hmm. - Good job. 652 00:29:15,977 --> 00:29:17,847 Sponge is delicious. 653 00:29:17,914 --> 00:29:19,918 - Kimberly, it's elegant. - Thank you. 654 00:29:19,951 --> 00:29:23,124 I love the frosting, but this center needs more 655 00:29:23,157 --> 00:29:25,062 - of that beautiful jam. - All right, heard. 656 00:29:25,095 --> 00:29:27,132 I like the restraint of this cake. 657 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:29,003 - Thank you. - It feels like you could eat it for breakfast. 658 00:29:29,036 --> 00:29:31,074 - Oh, thank you. - Good job. 659 00:29:31,107 --> 00:29:35,181 - Thank you. - Good job, Kimberly. 660 00:29:35,181 --> 00:29:37,486 - Good job! - ( muted chatter ) 661 00:29:37,521 --> 00:29:41,394 - Good job, girl. - It reminds me of a Victoria sponge back home. 662 00:29:41,394 --> 00:29:43,900 It's done beautifully. Right, Baby Boomers, 663 00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:46,805 our favorite cake from your generation, 664 00:29:46,839 --> 00:29:49,109 this cake was very well-constructed, 665 00:29:49,143 --> 00:29:52,149 and artfully decorated as well. 666 00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:55,321 Please make your way forward... 667 00:30:06,110 --> 00:30:09,951 Right, Baby Boomers, our favorite cake from your generation, 668 00:30:09,985 --> 00:30:13,826 please make your way forward, 669 00:30:13,826 --> 00:30:14,961 Christopher. 670 00:30:14,995 --> 00:30:16,898 Rebecka: Good job, Chris! 671 00:30:18,001 --> 00:30:20,072 This is my first time in the top, 672 00:30:20,105 --> 00:30:21,441 and it's with a cake. 673 00:30:21,441 --> 00:30:22,811 I'm not the cake guy, 674 00:30:22,844 --> 00:30:24,013 but I'm thinking, 675 00:30:24,047 --> 00:30:25,850 "Cake actually looks pretty good!" 676 00:30:25,884 --> 00:30:28,523 I made a black forest cake. It's got three layers, 677 00:30:28,556 --> 00:30:30,860 whipped cream, and maraschino cherries on it. 678 00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:32,496 I think cake of all the cakes this evening 679 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:35,168 - has the most professional aesthetic. - Wow. 680 00:30:35,201 --> 00:30:37,106 - Good job. - Thank you. 681 00:30:37,139 --> 00:30:39,477 Shall we? Talk to me about the construction of the layers. 682 00:30:39,477 --> 00:30:43,853 I soaked the sponge in sour cherry syrup 683 00:30:43,886 --> 00:30:46,257 - and cherry liquor. - Smart. 684 00:30:48,328 --> 00:30:50,331 Not bad. 685 00:30:55,476 --> 00:30:57,747 Talk about a showstopper. 686 00:30:57,747 --> 00:30:59,818 The sponge cake is airy and fluffy, 687 00:30:59,818 --> 00:31:01,154 and I can really taste the kirsch. 688 00:31:01,187 --> 00:31:02,925 - Good job. - Thank you. 689 00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:04,761 One of the best sponges I tasted tonight 690 00:31:04,795 --> 00:31:06,765 as far as moistness, consistency. 691 00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:08,635 And the lightness of the cream? Top notch. 692 00:31:08,669 --> 00:31:10,573 - Thank you. - Christopher, the cake's delicious. 693 00:31:10,606 --> 00:31:12,744 I think it's your best performance in this competition so far. 694 00:31:12,778 --> 00:31:15,049 So, yeah, this cake deserves a smile. 695 00:31:15,049 --> 00:31:17,887 - ( Gordon laughs ) - Good job, Chris! 696 00:31:17,887 --> 00:31:20,025 - Way to represent! - Ay! 697 00:31:20,058 --> 00:31:22,898 - Good job, buddy. - Get that pin, Chris! 698 00:31:22,931 --> 00:31:25,804 Right, you have given us something to chat about. 699 00:31:25,837 --> 00:31:29,076 Tough one, this one. 700 00:31:29,110 --> 00:31:32,049 - Um, so, Becca's? - Joe: I thought it was really good. 701 00:31:32,049 --> 00:31:34,588 - Kamay's? Kimberly's? - Aarón: Man, what a fun cake. 702 00:31:34,621 --> 00:31:36,659 Aarón: That was fun. It needed more jam though. 703 00:31:36,725 --> 00:31:39,196 - How about Christopher's? - Gordon: That's his best performance. 704 00:31:42,269 --> 00:31:44,173 - Are we happy? Yeah? - Joe: Yes. 705 00:31:45,776 --> 00:31:47,914 - Whew. - Tonight's best cake, 706 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:50,986 congratulations goes to... 707 00:31:53,391 --> 00:31:56,197 - Becca. - Whoo! 708 00:31:57,534 --> 00:31:59,737 You win the immunity pin. 709 00:31:59,737 --> 00:32:03,512 And to think that you did it all without a stand mixer. 710 00:32:03,545 --> 00:32:06,985 - Thank you. - The rest of you, head back to your generations. 711 00:32:07,018 --> 00:32:08,088 - Well done. - Good job! 712 00:32:08,121 --> 00:32:09,323 Becca, come on up here. 713 00:32:09,357 --> 00:32:11,093 - Congratulations, girl. - Go, Becca! 714 00:32:11,127 --> 00:32:12,964 - Becca! - Gordon: Becca, well done. 715 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:16,772 You and all of Gen Z are safe from elimination. 716 00:32:16,805 --> 00:32:20,179 - Whoo! Come on! - Get yourself and your team up to the safety of the balcony. 717 00:32:20,212 --> 00:32:23,218 - Off you go. - Hi, friend! 718 00:32:23,218 --> 00:32:27,560 - Ooh! - The fact that last challenge I was at rock bottom, 719 00:32:27,593 --> 00:32:28,829 and I felt like a failure, 720 00:32:28,862 --> 00:32:30,667 to come into this challenge 721 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:32,369 and to make something that the judges loved 722 00:32:32,369 --> 00:32:34,841 and to win this immunity pin, it feels amazing! 723 00:32:34,875 --> 00:32:36,912 I love it. It's my new best friend. 724 00:32:36,979 --> 00:32:38,649 Gordon: Gen Zs, well done. 725 00:32:38,682 --> 00:32:42,389 Fatima, honestly, that Italian meringue is grainy. 726 00:32:42,389 --> 00:32:45,864 You would've been in the bottom for sure. 727 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:48,134 Now, unfortunately, there was one cake 728 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:50,372 from the remaining three generations 729 00:32:50,372 --> 00:32:54,112 that did not meet the standard we were looking for tonight. 730 00:32:54,146 --> 00:32:57,854 Now, the first cake comes from the Millennials, 731 00:32:57,887 --> 00:33:01,427 and this individual knows who they are. 732 00:33:03,164 --> 00:33:04,667 It's all right, Anna. 733 00:33:04,701 --> 00:33:08,876 I feel like I'm melting. I feel like things are surreal. 734 00:33:08,876 --> 00:33:11,046 I can't breathe. 735 00:33:12,182 --> 00:33:15,222 I made a brown butter coffee flavored cake 736 00:33:15,222 --> 00:33:19,964 with salted caramel frosting, chocolate whipped cream, and chocolate ganache. 737 00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:23,071 I think you really wanted to do something really elaborate, 738 00:33:23,104 --> 00:33:25,075 but ambition got the better of you here. 739 00:33:25,109 --> 00:33:30,051 - The cake is lopsided and literally falling apart. - Gordon: Shall we? 740 00:33:30,085 --> 00:33:32,890 So what is in between the layers, please? 741 00:33:32,890 --> 00:33:36,263 It's salted caramel frosting, and the layers are drizzled 742 00:33:36,297 --> 00:33:40,639 - with vanilla syrup. - It's incredibly dense. 743 00:33:42,910 --> 00:33:44,547 So much frosting. 744 00:33:51,494 --> 00:33:54,200 Anna, the sponge cake is wrong. It's coarse. 745 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,038 The filling is off balance, too dense, 746 00:33:57,038 --> 00:34:00,045 the frosting is inedibly sweet. 747 00:34:00,078 --> 00:34:01,982 Every component is flawed. 748 00:34:02,016 --> 00:34:05,221 Yeah, I mean, you have a third of an inch of frosting twice. 749 00:34:05,255 --> 00:34:10,098 It is just a pit a sweetness that is taking over my palate, sadly, Anna. 750 00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:12,202 - I'm sorry. - ( sniffling ) 751 00:34:12,202 --> 00:34:14,340 Gordon: Yeah, instantly within that first mouthful, 752 00:34:14,373 --> 00:34:16,210 it is incredibly sweet. 753 00:34:16,244 --> 00:34:19,316 I love the salted caramel, but it's almost sickly sweet 754 00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:22,055 in a way that I cannot take a second bite. 755 00:34:22,089 --> 00:34:25,563 Thank you, Anna. 756 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:27,098 Dang. 757 00:34:28,368 --> 00:34:30,471 Okay, the cake from Gen X 758 00:34:30,471 --> 00:34:33,378 looks like it has some structural issues as well. 759 00:34:33,411 --> 00:34:35,215 Please come forward, Arthur. 760 00:34:35,248 --> 00:34:37,554 Arthur: I'm not ready to go home. 761 00:34:37,587 --> 00:34:38,354 Go get 'em, Arthur. 762 00:34:38,388 --> 00:34:39,389 I certainly don't wanna go home 763 00:34:39,423 --> 00:34:42,229 for a cake that I'm proud of. 764 00:34:42,262 --> 00:34:44,767 I made a fresh strawberry and whipped cream birthday cake 765 00:34:44,767 --> 00:34:46,772 with a lemon sponge, and then in the middle 766 00:34:46,772 --> 00:34:48,976 it's packed with a ton of fresh strawberries 767 00:34:49,010 --> 00:34:50,780 and toasted almonds on the side. 768 00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:52,483 To the naked eye, it doesn't look that bad, 769 00:34:52,483 --> 00:34:56,056 but I know that the amount of strawberries inside, 770 00:34:56,123 --> 00:34:57,392 it's gonna be a bit of a tough one 771 00:34:57,392 --> 00:34:59,029 because they're quite 772 00:34:59,062 --> 00:35:00,031 sort of big and bulky. 773 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:02,737 Joe: Let's have a look. 774 00:35:02,737 --> 00:35:04,273 This is a mess. 775 00:35:04,307 --> 00:35:06,176 ( whispering ) Too clunky. 776 00:35:10,385 --> 00:35:13,960 This is effectively like strawberries and cream 777 00:35:13,993 --> 00:35:15,997 with two pieces of pound cake over it. 778 00:35:15,997 --> 00:35:17,465 It's just too simple for me. 779 00:35:17,533 --> 00:35:19,036 Yeah, I think this cake is clunky, 780 00:35:19,070 --> 00:35:20,405 and what's in front of me is a cake 781 00:35:20,405 --> 00:35:22,476 that has slightly dried pound cake to it, 782 00:35:22,510 --> 00:35:24,413 and the strawberries, you're asking to marinate them-- 783 00:35:24,447 --> 00:35:27,153 when you have them that big in an abbreviated time limit, 784 00:35:27,153 --> 00:35:29,423 you're not gonna get that maceration that you want for those strawberries. 785 00:35:29,423 --> 00:35:31,427 But I think the lemon is the saving grace here. 786 00:35:31,461 --> 00:35:33,832 - Thank you. - It is overloaded with cream. 787 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,435 A beautiful strawberry jam would've been a nice alternative. 788 00:35:35,435 --> 00:35:38,275 - Yeah. - But it's a tough one, this one, Arthur. 789 00:35:38,275 --> 00:35:40,679 It's not good. Thank you. 790 00:35:45,589 --> 00:35:48,361 All right, so the cake from the Baby Boomers that disappointed us, 791 00:35:48,427 --> 00:35:52,335 please come forward, Geags. 792 00:35:55,141 --> 00:35:59,016 My cake, maybe it could've been a little better in certain areas, 793 00:35:59,016 --> 00:36:00,451 but Anna's didn't look too good. 794 00:36:00,485 --> 00:36:02,590 At least mine is not leaning, 795 00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:06,063 and so maybe I might squeeze on by. 796 00:36:06,063 --> 00:36:07,466 I made a vanilla cake 797 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:10,138 with blueberries and cream cheese frosting. 798 00:36:10,171 --> 00:36:13,980 Yeah, listen, I know it's a cake competition, but all jokes apart, 799 00:36:14,013 --> 00:36:16,250 a man of your age should not be putting your name on your cake. 800 00:36:16,283 --> 00:36:18,889 And then it's not even spelled correctly. 801 00:36:18,922 --> 00:36:22,597 So it's a cake to get inspired by childhood memories, 802 00:36:22,597 --> 00:36:24,333 not a cake made by a five-year-old. 803 00:36:24,367 --> 00:36:26,805 I got my nervous when I heard the flour 804 00:36:26,805 --> 00:36:29,210 going inside that frosting. 805 00:36:29,243 --> 00:36:30,813 I've never heard that in my life. 806 00:36:30,846 --> 00:36:32,349 Why would you put flour? 807 00:36:32,349 --> 00:36:34,052 Just to thicken it up a little bit. 808 00:36:34,085 --> 00:36:35,388 I can't taste it. I tasted the-- 809 00:36:35,421 --> 00:36:38,228 Oh, you're a judge now? 810 00:36:38,228 --> 00:36:40,498 - Geags, help me out. - Help me out. I-- I-- 811 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:42,503 Yeah, no, but I'm-- I'm just-- I'm concerned. 812 00:36:42,503 --> 00:36:44,473 That's crazy. What were you thinking? 813 00:36:56,532 --> 00:37:00,640 Geags, you don't put raw flour in a frosting, period. 814 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,113 Raw flour is raw. People are not meant to eat raw flour. 815 00:37:04,146 --> 00:37:05,649 It needs to be cooked. 816 00:37:07,152 --> 00:37:09,190 Hopefully it'll taste good. 817 00:37:09,223 --> 00:37:11,160 Geags, tell me the layers. 818 00:37:11,193 --> 00:37:13,398 It's a layer of blueberries 819 00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:15,434 with some whipped cream in the middle. 820 00:37:24,854 --> 00:37:27,159 Listen, the sponge is light. Let's get that absolutely clear. 821 00:37:27,192 --> 00:37:28,962 But unfortunately, that's where it ends. 822 00:37:28,995 --> 00:37:33,204 I'm really struggling with that flour in the frosting. 823 00:37:33,271 --> 00:37:35,008 It's inedible. 824 00:37:35,075 --> 00:37:40,118 It's youthful, but it's tough to find a beacon of light here. 825 00:37:40,152 --> 00:37:43,291 - Geags, this tastes like blueberry pancakes to me. - Okay. 826 00:37:43,291 --> 00:37:44,493 - It doesn't taste like cake. - Yeah. 827 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,065 - Thank you. - Thank you. 828 00:37:49,436 --> 00:37:55,414 Anna, Arthur, Geags, we need a very serious moment. Please excuse us. 829 00:37:57,553 --> 00:38:01,126 - Okay. Boy, I'm in shock. - Major failures out there. 830 00:38:01,126 --> 00:38:02,329 ( sniffling ) 831 00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:04,433 Shh. Just breathe. 832 00:38:04,466 --> 00:38:08,441 - The only of the three cakes you could eat is Arthur's. - Yeah. Yeah, I agree. 833 00:38:08,441 --> 00:38:11,681 - Joe: Anna's was inedible. - Inedible. 834 00:38:11,715 --> 00:38:14,453 Aarón: Apart from the construction of the cake, 835 00:38:14,453 --> 00:38:17,259 I'm talking about how imbalanced it was 836 00:38:17,259 --> 00:38:18,895 - with the amount of frosting. - Yeah. 837 00:38:18,929 --> 00:38:20,566 The problem with Geags' is that it was just 838 00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:23,304 - the raw flour in the frosting was... - Terrible. 839 00:38:23,304 --> 00:38:27,112 ...a massive mistake. Maybe the most egregious mistake of the evening. 840 00:38:27,145 --> 00:38:29,450 But, I mean, based on the mistake of both those cakes, 841 00:38:29,450 --> 00:38:31,521 - how do you choose? - Here's the deal. 842 00:38:31,588 --> 00:38:34,259 We can't the precedent of having two cakes that bad. 843 00:38:34,259 --> 00:38:37,533 - We can't accept that. - Mm. 844 00:38:41,173 --> 00:38:43,477 - This is really hard. - Man. 845 00:38:44,814 --> 00:38:46,250 ( sighs ) 846 00:38:46,283 --> 00:38:47,520 Tough, tough, tough, tough. 847 00:38:47,553 --> 00:38:50,225 Anna, Arthur, Geags, 848 00:38:50,258 --> 00:38:52,295 we've talked at length, 849 00:38:52,362 --> 00:38:55,368 and we've come to a very difficult conclusion. 850 00:38:55,401 --> 00:38:59,877 Leaving tonight is... 851 00:39:05,656 --> 00:39:06,724 Geags. 852 00:39:10,365 --> 00:39:13,204 And... 853 00:39:13,238 --> 00:39:14,641 - Anna. - ( all gasping ) 854 00:39:14,641 --> 00:39:17,212 - ( groans ) - Oh! 855 00:39:17,245 --> 00:39:18,782 - Huh? - ( gasps ) 856 00:39:18,816 --> 00:39:22,657 It's simply not fair just to send one of you home tonight. 857 00:39:22,657 --> 00:39:25,996 Both of your cakes had egregious mistakes. 858 00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:28,802 Arthur, please say goodbye and head back to your station. 859 00:39:30,271 --> 00:39:33,110 - I'm so sorry. - It's okay. 860 00:39:35,516 --> 00:39:38,589 - Thanks. - Man. 861 00:39:38,622 --> 00:39:40,993 Anna, you came into this competition like a storm, 862 00:39:40,993 --> 00:39:43,531 an incredibly exciting, 863 00:39:43,565 --> 00:39:46,270 young, dynamic Ukrainian chef 864 00:39:46,303 --> 00:39:48,509 that has food in her blood, 865 00:39:48,542 --> 00:39:50,278 and watching you rise 866 00:39:50,312 --> 00:39:52,449 over those last couple of challenges 867 00:39:52,482 --> 00:39:55,388 has been so exciting to see. 868 00:39:55,388 --> 00:39:57,159 But tonight you had that advantage 869 00:39:57,226 --> 00:40:00,565 by trying to take out Gen Z, and unfortunately it backfired. 870 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:03,304 You ended up taking out yourself. 871 00:40:03,304 --> 00:40:05,074 Geags, our muscle-bound Baby Boomer, 872 00:40:05,074 --> 00:40:07,546 and you'll go down history in this competition 873 00:40:07,579 --> 00:40:11,087 as someone that's fun-loving and constantly energized. 874 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,992 Tonight, unfortunately, that flour in your frosting 875 00:40:14,026 --> 00:40:16,565 was something that we've never witnessed before. 876 00:40:16,598 --> 00:40:18,568 We're gonna miss you both. 877 00:40:18,568 --> 00:40:20,138 Come and say goodbye, Geags. Come on, man. 878 00:40:20,171 --> 00:40:22,475 - Anna, come and say goodbye. - ( muted chatter ) 879 00:40:22,510 --> 00:40:24,379 - All right. - Thank you, thank you. 880 00:40:24,379 --> 00:40:27,352 - Thank you so much, guys. I really appreciate it. - Thanks, buddy. 881 00:40:27,385 --> 00:40:33,264 - It's not the end, okay? - The Geags that came into the MasterChef kitchen 882 00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:35,434 was kind of naive I guess, 883 00:40:35,468 --> 00:40:37,305 so I felt like I grew from this. 884 00:40:37,305 --> 00:40:39,076 It's like life. 885 00:40:39,076 --> 00:40:42,717 You've gotta experience it whether it's good or bad, 886 00:40:42,717 --> 00:40:46,491 and then you just take from what you learn and move on. 887 00:40:46,525 --> 00:40:48,461 ( music playing ) 888 00:40:48,494 --> 00:40:51,166 - I'm really sorry. - I know. 889 00:40:51,166 --> 00:40:53,471 I'm proud of myself and what I was able to do 890 00:40:53,471 --> 00:40:55,075 in the MasterChef kitchen, 891 00:40:55,141 --> 00:40:56,979 but I wanted to take it to the next level. 892 00:40:57,012 --> 00:40:58,548 Bye, Anna. 893 00:41:03,525 --> 00:41:05,763 - Love you. - Love you, Anna. 894 00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:09,370 Gordon: Two phenomenal chefs. 895 00:41:09,370 --> 00:41:10,471 - Bye, Anna! - Bye-bye. 896 00:41:10,471 --> 00:41:11,674 Gordon: Geags! 897 00:41:13,912 --> 00:41:16,517 Next time on "MasterChef: Generations," 898 00:41:16,551 --> 00:41:18,288 we're taking a trip down memory lane. 899 00:41:18,321 --> 00:41:23,264 Under that box are iconic ingredients from your childhood. 900 00:41:23,297 --> 00:41:26,069 - Cheese Whiz! - Smeat. 901 00:41:26,103 --> 00:41:27,707 - Becca! - Hi, Chef. 902 00:41:27,774 --> 00:41:29,309 You'll choose which generation has to cook 903 00:41:29,376 --> 00:41:31,514 with each box of ingredients. 904 00:41:31,514 --> 00:41:33,250 - Ooh! - Oh, my God. 905 00:41:33,317 --> 00:41:35,454 - Let's go. Let's go. - He could be in trouble tonight. 906 00:41:35,522 --> 00:41:36,858 - Just a little bit. - I'm not scared. 907 00:41:36,924 --> 00:41:39,463 - We'll see. - Becca threw you under the bus! 908 00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:41,333 - Yeah. - I love it! 909 00:41:41,367 --> 00:41:42,803 - What kind of sick world do you live in? - ( bleep ) 910 00:41:42,803 --> 00:41:44,005 Unfortunately, we can't eat that. 911 00:41:44,038 --> 00:41:45,008 Oh, my gosh. 912 00:41:45,041 --> 00:41:46,110 Oh, dear. 913 00:41:46,110 --> 00:41:47,814 You absolutely ( bleep ) it. 914 00:41:47,847 --> 00:41:48,848 ( bleep )