Kids Baking Championship Season 1

Complete season breakdown

Every episode and bake

The first season compresses the competition into four episodes, with one elimination bake in each installment. The briefs move from a two-item bake sale and savory-looking dessert imposters to sweet-and-savory choux puffs and a layered celebration-cake finale. This guide records all four challenges and includes one original home adaptation inspired by the bake-sale twist.

1. Episode 1 · Signature bake-sale goods

   Bake Sale

   Feb 2, 2015

   Two signature items must be finished on a short clock before a peanut-butter-and-jelly requirement turns the opening bake into a three-part test.

   • Challenge

     Two signature bake-sale items with a peanut-butter-and-jelly addition

     Make two different signature baked goods suitable for a bake sale in two hours, then add a separate peanut-butter-and-jelly bake when the mid-challenge twist is announced.

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2. Episode 2 · Sweet food illusions

   Dessert Imposters

   Feb 9, 2015

   Each baker disguises a sweet bake as an assigned savory dish, then extends the illusion with a second component served alongside it.

   • Challenge

     Assigned savory-dish dessert imposter with a sidekick

     In two hours, make a sweet dessert that convincingly resembles the assigned bagel, sushi, pizza, taco, burger, or spaghetti dish, then add a separate sweet sidekick that fits the presentation.

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3. Episode 3 · Sweet and savory choux pastry

   Stuffed Puffs

   Feb 16, 2015

   Pate a choux provides the common dough for two dozen filled pastries split evenly between dessert and savory flavors.

   • Challenge

     One dozen sweet and one dozen savory stuffed puffs

     Make 24 filled pate a choux puffs in 90 minutes; after beginning with a sweet-puff brief, respond to the twist by producing 12 sweet puffs and 12 savory puffs.

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4. Episode 4 · Championship celebration cakes

   Celebration Cake

   Feb 23, 2015

   The finalists imagine their own winning celebrations through tall layered cakes and finish with an additional edible party favor.

   • Final challenge

     Layered celebration cake with an edible party favor

     Create a celebration cake of at least three layers in three hours, decorated for the moment of winning the championship, and add a separate edible party favor such as a cookie, lemon bar, shortbread, or cake in a jar.

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Inspired by the briefs

Bake it at home

These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.

Inspired by Episode 1

Peanut Butter Jam Crumble Bars

A sturdy bake-sale bar with a peanut-butter oat base, a bright raspberry-jam center, and crisp crumble on top.

Time

55 min

Makes

16 bars

Level

Easy

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Ingredients

• 240 g all-purpose flour
• 80 g rolled oats
• 120 g light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 170 g unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 120 g smooth peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 240 g seedless raspberry jam
• 40 g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped

Method

1. Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan. Line a 20 cm square pan with baking paper.
2. Whisk the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Stir the melted butter, peanut butter, and vanilla together until smooth, then mix them into the dry ingredients to form damp crumbs.
4. Press two-thirds of the mixture firmly into the prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes, until the surface looks dry.
5. Stir the jam to loosen it, then spread it over the warm base, leaving a 1 cm border around the edge.
6. Mix the chopped peanuts into the remaining crumble and scatter it evenly over the jam without pressing it down.
7. Bake for 23 to 27 minutes, until the top is golden and the jam bubbles at the edges.
8. Cool completely in the pan before lifting out and cutting into 16 bars.

This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief. It is not a contestant recipe and not an official Food Network recipe.

Choose a thick jam so the center stays distinct when the bars are cut.

The bars keep in an airtight container at room temperature for three days.

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Episode guide sources

Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. foodnetwork.com, foodnetwork.com, en.wikipedia.org.

Season result

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Full cast

Everyone recorded for Season 1, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.

Season fact sources

en.wikipedia.org, kids-baking-championship.fandom.com.