The bakers face decay when host John Henson challenges them to make moldy desserts that incorporate fermented ingredients. Then, judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell smash desserts and dreams as they send one baker up to the 13th floor.

John Henson turns up the heat when he asks the seven remaining bakers to set their desserts on fire by reinventing flambé classics. Then, the bakers have judges Stephanie Bowell, Zac Young and Carla Hall in stitches with realistic open wound cakes.

John Henson turns the bakers' worlds upside down with a challenge to make upside-down cakes without pineapple. Judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell see double when the bakers team up to create identical twin cakes that taste different.