Linsey Lam

The season kicks off 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.

Duff and Valerie challenge the three finalists to create a Food Network Magazine birthday cake worthy of the $25,000 prize and the title of Kids Baking Champion.

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the eight kid bakers to use their imaginations to create a unicorn cake that illustrates a specific emotion.

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.

The bakers work in teams to create designs made of doughnuts; each baker individually bakes and decorates two dozen mini doughnuts, and then combines them to create a unified design.

With spring and summer approaching, Valerie and Duff are reminded of hanging out at the beach; the remaining four bakers are challenged to create a cereal treat sand castle filled with two different baked goods.