With a new take on everyone's favorite, cake, Duff and Valerie throw a curve ball at the 12 kid bakers by asking them to make tiered and beautifully decorated cookie cakes.
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman have a special challenge boxed up and ready to deliver to the 11 kid bakers; the kids have to get creative to turn pizza into a sweet treat by creating dessert pizzas.
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli celebrate her favorite flavor, lemon, by challenging the ten kid bakers to create lemon bar BFF desserts, that highlight lemon and some of its best flavor friends.
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman shake things up by asking the eight kid bakers to work in teams to create two different types of doughnuts that work together in one unified and delicious doughnut design.
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the eight kid bakers to use their imaginations to create a unicorn cake that illustrates a specific emotion.
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the six kid bakers to look at lunch in a new way. From a PBJ sandwich to chicken nuggets, the bakers have to turn common lunchbox foods into lookalike dessert masterpieces.
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the five kid bakers to make colorful and imaginative intergalactic desserts. The bakers must also use freeze-dried ingredients in their out-of-this-world creations.
To earn a place in the finale, the remaining four kid bakers are challenged to create a cereal treat sand castle filled with two different baked goods.
The Kids Baking Championship finale turns into a 10-year birthday celebration for Food Network Magazine as the three finalists are challenged to create a Food Network Magazine birthday cake worthy of the $25,000 prize.