Spring Baking Championship

- Season 8

(2022)

12 bakers create desserts featuring the fruit and flowers. In the first round, the bakers make fruit tarts that showcase their distinct personalities. Then, the bakers must fight to remain in the game with a floral bonanza cake.

Molly Yeh brings a taste of New Orleans with challenges inspired by Mardi Gras. The party starts as the bakers put their own spin on the classic king cake. Then, the judges ask them to step up their game with a Mardi Gras parade float.

Molly Yeh brings her love of coffee and tea to the competition with oversized stuffed coffee cookies in the preheat. Then, it's tea for two as the bakers must team up to win over the judges with a delicious dessert platter.

Molly Yeh challenges the bakers to bring the unexpected to their upside-down citrus cakes. In the main heat, judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller, and Duff Goldman are impressed with the bakers' unique takes on pies.

Cherry blossom festivals are an iconic celebration of spring, so host Molly Yeh asks the bakers to take the beauty of the blooms and turn them into inspired cherry blossom desserts.

Spring is the perfect time to get outside, and whether it's a baseball game or a potluck picnic, delicious food is never far away. Host Molly Yeh asks the bakers to make desserts that evoke outdoor spring traditions.

Host Molly Yeh tasks the remaining bakers with using a few of her farm favorites to make delightful breakfast treats that wake up the palates of the judges.

Judges surprise the competitors by giving an eliminated baker a sweet second chance. Host Molly Yeh challenges the bakers to make desserts that feature candy, and then it's back to the barn with cute baby farm animals.

Host Molly Yeh keeps the party going by challenging the bakers to make desserts that feature cocktails, wine and cheese. Judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller and Duff Goldman raise a glass to the desserts that raise the bar.

Host Molly Yeh delves into family history in the final challenges, requesting a cherished family recipe and an heirloom wedding cake. Judges crown one baker the Spring Baking Champion and award the sweet $25,000 prize.