I really enjoyed this episode. Not only were the stories behind the cakes interesting, but the cakes themselves were just a ton of fun to watch being built and decorated. It seems that part of the appeal of this show is the stories behind each cake. I love all the comments that the Charm City staff make about who the cake is for and their impressions of not only the client, but the cake.
This episode we followed Duff, Mary Alice and Geoff to Denver where they were judging a Food Network Challenge for Extreme Cakes. Knowing Duff and Geoff had competed in these challenges not so long ago, and now seeing them as judges was great. Each took their time and really inspected each cake. I had actually watched this challenge on The Food Network, and it was fascinating to see some of the "behind the scenes" moments. Besides, I couldn't resist another chance to see the Psycho Sock Monkey that went on to win! Gotta love a six foot Sock Monkey cake!!!
Meanwhile, back at Charm City. There seems to be a rather "informal" time of arrival and departure of the staff. While Duff, Geoff and Mary Alice are away, we're suspecting the staff are playing just a tad?? However, we see them working away and when Duff anc company return, the work's been accomplished. Geoff (after the judging), still has to work on Max's Bar groom cake. This show always seems to show the staff's love and admiration for all things Baltimore. That's another thing I love about watching Ace of Cakes. They genuinely like where they live, and want to express that with their cakes. The cake turns out spectacularly, and the clients are thrilled. The other cake this time is a groom's cake that took drawings and poems drawn and written by the groom as a young boy, and transfered them to panels on his cake. It was terrific, and had such a whimsical nature to it. The groom thought it was just great, and went on to read the poem aloud to the camera. His bride and his mother, standing right next to him, listened and just beamed.
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Episode Summary
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Duff, Geof and Mary Alice are tapped to serve as judges for a Food Network Challenge episode, "Extreme Cakes." They leave Anna in charge to complete the week's cakes.
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Keegan GerhardHimself [clip footage]
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Mary Smith
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Anna Ellison
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Geof Manthorne
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Mary Alice Fallon Yeskey
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Duff Goldman
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Katherine Hill
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Max's Bar cake is depicting an actual bar called Max's on Broadway. It's in the Fell's Point area, and is a favorite among both college students and professionals. It's a two-story bar with a martini and cigar bar on the second floor. The bar is also known for it's food menu, and wide selection of beers. Included in the bar are pool tables, a pinball machine, several televisions and video game systems.
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This Week's Cakes: Max's Bar (Wedding Cake) – Cake with fondant, brick pattern, gum paste/modeling chocolate figures and details Haiku Cake (Groom's Cake) – Cake covered with fondant, painted pictures, piped poems Discussed, but not shown: Lime Curd Cake Challenge Cakes: TNT Bone Cake Upside Down Cake Swiss Army Knife Cake Psycho Sock Monkey Cake
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Anna: Next time you go out of town, we'll really show you what it's like for us to not come to work. Katherine: Yeah. Anna: If that's what you want? Duff: "Hi, my name's Anna, and I'm a smart ass." Anna: Hi, my name's Anna, and I finished all your cakes while you were gone.
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Duff: You don't wanna kill your audience, you know what I mean? You just want to entertain them. There's a difference.
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Also Featured: Jess – Assistant Bakery Manager Joe – Intern Clark – Groom
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The Food Network Challenge episode that the gang judges is "Extreme Cakes." It first aired on the Food Network, July 15th, 2007.
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What was the episode with the Dragon wedding cake?
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Ace of Cakes Cancelled
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Memories of a cake
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Season 8 starts Thur
01/11/101
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Duff
08/05/097
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