01x07 - Crash Test Yummy

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

[Taylor] Oh, no.

[Justin] The team whose structure
stands up the longest

will make it in the semifinals.

It's good. It's good. It's fine.

[Andrew groans softly]

[Joanne] Jeepers. It's...

[Steve grumbles]

[Bake Quake powers down]

Steve and Renee,

your house shook off of its platform

and it left its foundation entirely.

And for that reason,
I'm sorry, this was your final mission.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

[sobs softly]

[Justin] Give it up
for Steve and Renee, everybody.

You guys should be very proud.

It's okay.

Going home is definitely bittersweet,
because I know

that we wanted
to go all the way to the end.

But honestly, I'm just, like, really proud

of getting better, improving.

-I'm gonna continue to be a bakineer.
-I think the experience has been good.

I've learned
from an engineering standpoint

a lot of things.

And I think as a team
we worked very well together

to get this far.
A lot of people didn't get this far.

So I'm not disappointed.
I think we did good.

-Congratulations, Cindy and Taylor!
-Thank you.

-You're going to the semifinals!
-I mean, we're in the top three.

You're in the top three! Rodolfo, Sara,
Brandi, Menuka, come on up here.

Congrats, guys.

Final three!

What a journey.

We started out
with nine teams of bakineers,

and now we are down to just three.

The final two missions

are all that stand
between you and $100,000,

and being crowned
the world's best bakineers.

Are we ready to cruise into the first one?

-Yes.
-Be careful though.

Watch your speed,

because you don't want to crash.

[woman] Mission launch
in three, two, one, go.

-Okay.
-All right.

So we have to build a car
with the wheels and everything,

and they're gonna crash it,
like, a hundred feet?

[Cindy] Five foot by eight foot car.

[Sara] Two safety features.

[Cindy] A cake trunk?

[Taylor] Hundred-foot
crash test simulation.

{\an8}So we're gonna put sensors
on the dummy,

{\an8}gonna crash it,
and they're gonna read all the data.

{\an8}I wonder
if they would let me put you in there.

{\an8}I'll just hold on to a bar.
[mimics screaming]

{\an8}Just kidding. Just kidding.

{\an8}A lot of people take
the classic cars and put a...

{\an8}And then put it in the future.

{\an8}-It could be a flying car.
-Yeah.

{\an8}So let's say it's not gonna have wheels.

{\an8}So this is, in part, my worst nightmare.

{\an8}I hate cars.

{\an8}Same. I grew up
in a body shop and I know nothing.

-No way, you grew up in a body shop?
-Yeah.

After school every day we'd go
to the body shop and watch my dad work.

No way. But you don't know anything?

-Nope.
-[both laugh]

This is a mission
I like to call Crash Test Cakes.

The bakineers have 22 hours
over the course of just two days

{\an8}to make edible cars
that we are going to crash

into a steel wall.

-You're not making this easy.
-No.

We've got a high-speed winch system
which is gonna tow them 100 feet

at 25 miles an hour
into a solid steel wall.

[laughing maniacally]

{\an8}In terms of engineering,
there's a couple relevant principles.

{\an8}You have a wall,

{\an8}and this is moving forward
at some acceleration,

and this has some mass,

then the force
that's gonna push back against it

is this mass times this acceleration.

F equals MA.

Like, the slower you can distribute
the force on the body,

the less severe the impact is.

We're providing each bakineer team
with a basic metal car chassis.

But beyond the chassis,

all the protective elements
they have to engineer themselves.

It's all about shock absorption

and protecting the occupant
of the vehicle,

-just like real automotive engineering.
-Wow.

We have to have two safety features.

{\an8}If they're using an actual dummy
it's gonna be heavy,

{\an8}so we have to make sure that has
enough strength to keep...

{\an8}-I wonder how much those weigh.
-I... No idea.

{\an8}So are we gonna put
anything in front that's...

{\an8}Definitely. Something that crumples.

{\an8}A lot of cars have,
like, a "crumple" region.

To test how effective
their car designs are

we're going to strap a dummy

{\an8}into the driver's seat attached
with the latest collision technology

so we'll be able to look in detail
at the moment of impact

to see how safe
they've engineered their cars.

{\an8}We need something that is gonna smash,

{\an8}but is gonna take the impact really well.
Do you have any ideas?

{\an8}The first thing popping into my mind was

{\an8}what if we filled the car with
popcorn as a safety feature?

That's a good idea.

{\an8}What an incredible design challenge.

{\an8}I mean, these bakineers are
going to be making a car out of cake

and all sorts of edible ingredients.

Their cakes will have to be placed
in the trunk and withstand the impact,

so it is so important that they construct
a car that can withstand that impact,

so that we can have our cake.

{\an8}And we have to have
a big bumper too, to absorb the crash.

{\an8}So, what if we build the front part
out of ramen?

{\an8}-That would be lightweight.
-That's good.

Seat belt, I'm thinking

{\an8}we can do a composite
of, like, gelatin and other materials.

{\an8}I feel like we know so much
about gelatin at this point.

This is my favorite mission yet.

{\an8}When we take into account
all of the forces and the energy

that these dummies are
gonna be subjected to,

there are so many different ways
that you can engineer

how to keep them safe.

{\an8}Any idea for the seat belt?
Now it's engineer part...

{\an8}The first idea that came into my head
is one that I don't wanna do.

{\an8}-Which one?
-Well, remember the sausage casings?

{\an8}-They're very elastic.
-They're really strong.

{\an8}Okay, we're gonna need a lot of cake.

{\an8}-I'll get started on the cake.
-Sounds good.

{\an8}-I'll start making the structure.
-Sweet.

{\an8}-Sound like a plan? You got this?
-Let's do this. Yeah, we got it.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}-[Brandi] Beep beep!
-[laughs] Beep beep.

[Rodolfo] So, Sara, I'm doing the popcorn.

-Perfect.
-So I can start carving later.

I put the cake in the oven.
Gonna start on the gelatin windshield.

This is an absurd amount of cakes
we're gonna have to make for this.

[Cindy] So much cake.

{\an8}-Rodolfo and Sara.
-Hello, guys.

{\an8}-Tell me about your car design.
-We're doing a classic car in the future.

So it's gonna be kind of a hot rod. Hot...?

-[Sara, Joanne] Hot rod.
-Yes.

-Exactly. Futuristic hot rod.
-Yes.

{\an8}Rodolfo and I are creating
a futuristic, flying hot rod

that is going to be constructed mainly,
from a body standpoint, out of popcorn.

We're gonna mold the fenders
out of caramel popcorn,

and then our front bumper is
going to be a combination of that popcorn

and Rice Krispie treats
to absorb the impact.

The headlights and taillights
are made out of isomalt,

and the hood of the car
is full of popcorn.

The trunk of the car is full of cake.

And then we've also got
a marshmallow barrier

to keep the cake from sliding forward
and impacting the driver's seat.

So the popcorn mixture
we're hoping is going to be light,

because popcorn doesn't have
much weight at all.

Though sugar is kind of heavy,

so we're hoping
that the combination is gonna be

lighter than Rice Krispie treats

but still have that same
sort of compressive quality,

and then hopefully be
something we can sculpt easily.

So let's talk about
what you're making for us to try today.

We're doing a classic car, so I thought,
doing it like a classic dessert.

I love tiramisu.

It's my favorite dessert,
but I'm gonna make a cake tiramisu.

-Okay.
-So I'm making a coffee cake.

And I'm gonna make the ladyfingers

and I'm gonna do the cream.
It's going to be very light.

Talk us through
the safety elements of your car.

We had a throwback
to one of our first missions,

thinking about what was strong
and what worked well.

So for our seat belt, we think
we're gonna use sausage casings again.

I'm gonna go for it.

Oh, my God, they're like
a giant tangled frickin' knot. [groans]

So putting those together,
brushing them with some gelatin,

that'll hold him in.

Okay. Can't wait to see this.
Very best of luck.

-Best of luck.
-Appreciate that, thanks.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}Woo-hoo!

Larry's getting a ride.

-[Cindy] So the windshield...
-Yeah.

One could be fine.
It'd be so much easier with one, right?

-Yeah. Or you think we need two pieces?
-Let's do two, yeah.

I think I'm making
good progress here, right?

-It looks great.
-It does look like a jeep now.

{\an8}My uncle used to own a jeep,

{\an8}so I was like, "Let's do a jeep."

-How much ramen do you think we'll need?
-What's the size...

It's a three-by-four, one-inch block.

We're gonna do a green,
Army-looking kind of jeep.

It'll have a large bumper

made of ramen and rice cereal treats.

Inside the engine area,

we're going to put ramen,
marshmallows, rice cereal.

The trunk area will be
German chocolate cake

with a coconut and toasted pecan filling.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

This is for my hubcaps for my car.

Our car.

-Oh!
-We're good.

I have to do the trunk still. I'm gonna
put up the front and the back, then...

We have the popcorns,
maybe we can, like, stacking popcorns.

-Start getting 'em?
-Yeah.

-Or this way?
-Oh, no. This is gonna go...

-What's up?
-Hey.

-How's it going? Cindy and Taylor.
-Hey.

All right.

How's the pickle mobile coming along?

-It's coming along.
-I don't see pickles.

We have some pickle slices there.

The pickles are currently hidden.
But you'll see them come out soon.

{\an8}We don't really like cars,
so to get through this mission

{\an8}we're going weird and random.

So we decided
our theme is the Pickle Car.

{\an8}Why? Well, we really like pickles.

{\an8}We love pickles.

Pickles are cool because it's not perfect.

-It's not perfect.
-Yeah.

The more imperfect it is,
it looks perfect?

-Yeah.
-It's so weird.

[Taylor] Using modeling chocolate
over the whole exterior

so we can blend in the seams.

On the inside
we're building out cake and Rice Krispies

to make it filled up like a car.

Our steering wheel,
our windshield and our safety belts

are gonna be made out of
different gelatin composites

that we've perfected
over the past missions.

[Cindy] In the back
is gonna be our dessert,

which is a red velvet cake
with a cream cheese frosting

and toasted pecan and feuilletine crunch.

How are you gonna engineer the bumper
to protect your passenger?

That's a great question.

So, normally a car would have
an area that's meant to crumple,

so that absorbs the impact
and increases the duration of the crash.

This doesn't have that,
so we're building that into our bumper.

Our bumper,
unsurprisingly also made of gelatin,

is layers of gelatin sandwiched
with this really crunchy pasta.

The goal is to simulate
the crunch region of a car,

where when you hit something it collapses,

and the gelatin should absorb
a lot of the energy.

We're going layers
of squishy things and hard things,

hoping that it just crumples, basically.

-So a lot of...
-Hoping?

-Well, you know...
-Testing will reveal?

We'll test, but the best testing we can do
is just jumping on it, you know?

[Cindy and Taylor laugh]

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}[upbeat music playing]

Bakineers,
can I have your attention please?

So, Rodolfo and Sara,

you won the advantage in the last mission,

and, might I add,
this is the last advantage on the table

in the whole competition,
because the next stop is the finale.

So, bakineers,
are you ready to find out what it is?

Oh, yeah.

[Justin] This is a race to the finish,

and that race will require your cars
to be on a starting line.

But since you won the advantage,

your starting line will be 25 feet closer

to your cake-crashing destiny
than the other teams.

-Oh, please.
-[Menuka] Boo! Boo!

That should definitely help your chances
of keeping that dummy safe.

All right. Good luck, everybody!

{\an8}[clock ticking]

Okay, I'm gonna go grab a sheet
of my black modeling chocolate

and cover that.

Can you put some caramel for me here?

-Oh, how are you doing?
-I'm doing it with my hand.

What is this, super glue?

-Just about, right?
-Caramel.

The idea is that
I'm putting horizontal pretzel rods...

Uh-huh.

...with the intent
that when they smash, they do crunkle.

So basically I'm hoping
that a majority of the force crunkles

through the front bumper,
through the pretzel rods,

along this side,
leaving our driver mostly unharmed.

[Cindy] Yay.

He's gonna need therapy, but...

-Are you using an adhesive here?
-Yeah.

What are you using?

-I use a secret glue.
-You're not, and you know what'll happen?

-It'll slide off.
-It's not gonna come off.

-I guarantee you.
-I guarantee you it will.

We'll walk in here tomorrow,
and it'll be on the floor.

-Nope, it's not gonna...
-I learned the hard way, I'm telling ya.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

[Cindy] You think this'd be enough
for those two windshields?

-Yeah.
-Yeah. Okay.

We're literally insane.
That's what's happening.

The question is,
how much cake do we have?

-Am I in your way?
-Nah. You're good.

Oh, did you get that? No adhesive.

Menuka!

-Yeah?
-You better come look at your grill!

Oh.

That's what happens
when you don't use adhesive. [laughs]

I tried to tell you.

-Do you think I just make it up?
-I'll fix it.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}So, g*ng, they've put in
over eight and a half hours at this point.

A lot is happening on the floor.
You know, Brandi and Menuka,

I love this Rice Krispie
cutout jeep grill.

It instantly is recognizable.

The crumple zone, do you see
the necessary engineering parts coming in?

No. It looks great.

It looks like
they've made a lot of progress.

But their crumple zone,
the area at the front of the car

that's designed to crumple upon impact
and absorb some of the energy

and protect the occupants, well,

ain't got far to go
before you're at chassis.

'Cause now the grill's
up against the chassis.

Now it's kind of limited,
they could've extended the grill further,

cushioned the grill,
created a hidden crumple zone

behind that grill too, right?

-Absolutely.
-[Sara] Can we still open the trunk?

-Still don't know. Okay.
-Hold on.

Now that's as far,
but you can grab it out from there.

It's not gonna be able
to go farther if I put this here.

Rodolfo and Sara,
I think more than anyone,

have given this car
a whole new kind of profile.

It's got these awesome wheel wells
off to the side. It's huge.

[Andrew] I'm really impressed
by what Rodolfo and Sara have done so far.

They did what I hoped,
which is disguising the fact

that we gave them a chassis,
and giving it a new form.

A lot of cars share chassis systems,

but they have independent body work.

It seems like
they're spending their time well.

They're getting all their layers on,
they're getting the sculpting done,

rather than being distracted
by these details early on.

Worried about the weight?

Rodolfo and Sara have
this popcorn composite

which I'm convinced they'll use.
It is so light.

Popcorn, how much does it weigh?

But it fills a lot of space.
So I have very few concerns

about them weighing down
that big bumper at the front.

I think they're being very crafty.

{\an8}So, bakineers,
not much time left in day one.

{\an8}One hour left.

I'm thinking
I'm gonna do Rice Krispies here.

Do you wanna just do the popcorn bumpers?
Why not just put popcorn up front?

I don't know if...
How are we gonna hold it here?

Right here. And then glue it.

[Taylor] I think maybe we leave that
until it dries.

-[Brandi] Is the front panel finished?
-Yeah.

I can't work
on the electronic remote part for...

Then get the edible glue
and start covering the sides in sheets.

{\an8}Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

{\an8}five, four, three, two, one.

{\an8}Time is up on day one.

-All right.
-[Justin] Well done. Well done.

We do not want you guys to crash,
so we're gonna let you go get some sleep.

See you tomorrow. You're gonna crush it.

Nice job.

[Justin] Good night. Good night.

-Welcome back, bakineers.
-Good morning.

-Day two. Did we get some rest?
-Yeah.

-A little.
-Okay, good. Lots of car left to build.

{\an8}Game on.

{\an8}-Day two.
-[Cindy] Today's a new day.

{\an8}Last night I was thinking
about how we can pivot and redirect

{\an8}and make sure we're able
to build this how we want.

I think pickle race car
is just not a shape that's gonna work.

{\an8}So it's day two and we're reassessing.
We need to simplify a little bit.

I don't feel that confident
in our design now.

I feel like
we've got to pivot or simplify

'cause we're not gonna get this done
the way we want to.

Pickle truck. Pickle up Truck.
Like a pickup truck.

-Ooh! I love it!
-Okay, sweet.

Ditching the Pickle Car
and moving to the Pickle up Truck.

We can do
a classic block seat truck design.

I love it.

{\an8}A truck is a much less complex shape
than a race car. No curves, just boxy.

And that'll allow us to focus
on the stuff we love, the details.

-Let's do it. Yay!
-Yay, let's go.

[Taylor] For the bumper,
ditching the cake and pretzels,

going with something
that we think will be actually helpful

when it hits the wall,

which is a composite
of really aerated gelatin and pasta

that hopefully will add some crunch,

and this really thick crinkly pasta.

Really hoping
that this absorbs a lot of the shock.

God, this is some gross mush.

So in order to make
a totally edible bumper,

I need to adhere
this pasta to the gelatin.

So I'm gonna go with
an edible epoxy mixture,

the exact same thing I made
to attach the house to the shake table

in the previous mission.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}Nine hours!

{\an8}[Rodolfo] What are you doing?

{\an8}I'm making the seat belt.
Why don't you join me?

{\an8}-No, I need to do the dessert.
-There's a lot to do.

In the first mission,

we found that sausage casings
were very strong,

so when we had to make an edible seat belt
we thought let's try to bring those back.

I'm braiding three together
to get a really strong seat belt.

{\an8}Just gonna stand here for a while.
So basically what I'm doing here

{\an8}is making the edible seat belt
and edible forehead helmet situation.

I fully invented this.

I've made this composite of gelatin
and vinegar and cream of tartar.

Ideally this is super snappy and able
to withstand a 20-mile-per-hour smash.

Hopefully. I feel like a bakineer.

I feel majorly like a bakineer right now.

{\an8}-Brandi.
-What?

{\an8}Making the world's best seat belt
out of sausage casing.

Lean forward
and let me see if I can hold you.

All right.

-I'm not... All right.
-Turn around.

-No, I'm not gonna do that. All right.
-Why?

See how far you can lean forward.

See?

-It'll work, Menuka.
-It's maybe too much.

-What are you looking at?
-Brandi's choking Menuka.

Really?

{\an8}[clock ticking]

[Sara] Gonna keep this flat
and put the grill here?

[Rodolfo] No, the grill is gonna be
actually here, one on each side,

but I can't make the decoration.

This is one of two bumpers.

I aerated this gelatin,
so it's very not dense and it's bubbly,

and then there's
some insanely crunchy pasta in between.

So I'm hoping for a squish,
crunch, squish situation.

{\an8}Brandi came up with the brilliant idea,
like, "We should use ramen

to make our bumper." And I'm like,
"Yeah, that sounds like a cool plan,"

because they're light
and have that spring-like quality to it.

There has to be
a frickin' faster way to do this.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

Like this.

[upbeat music playing]

[Taylor] I like
the underlighting of the car.

[Cindy] Sick!

I have to figure out
what green is the right pickle green.

I like the Italian flag.

Bakineers, four hours till impact!

Four hours?

{\an8}Is that the fermentation station?

{\an8}-Yes.
-Oh, my God. Wait, what's in it?

Garlic, peppercorn, chili flakes, dill,

and I'm gonna do a brine.

That's awesome.

[Cindy] On these missions,
in order to stay sane,

{\an8}I find little things
that bring me happiness.

I really love
making pickles at home myself,

so this is something
that is fun for us,

{\an8}and we feel that it's gonna be
really fun for the judges to see

that there's actual pickles fermenting.

[Taylor] And this'll be in the trunk
as the precious cargo?

-Yes.
-I love it!

{\an8}[clock ticking]

{\an8}[electropop music playing]

[Sara] Put it all the way back,
'cause I'm worried... Yeah, there we go.

-Lovely.
-Can you hold this?

-Yeah.
-Let me clean off these lights.

You're doing great.

-You're doing great. Good job.
-Cool.

Okay. Menuka, what if we just texture it?

{\an8}I start trying
to smooth out the buttercream.

The problem is
the buttercream has sat there for a while,

it's crusted a little bit, it's hard.
So as I try to smooth it, it's just...

It looks terrible.

Look, come here and look at this.
See how they textured the side?

We could make it, like, a swamp jeep.

With the green color, it looks like moss.

So I think we could make,

{\an8}like, a swamp thing-themed buggy.

{\an8}My gosh, my kids love to do swamp tours.
That's what we're going with.

-Okay.
-Are you happy with that?

I would like a clean look,
but we don't have the time.

He's not excited about it,
but I'm like, "Don't worry,

I can make this look really cool."
I have an idea to make some seaweed

that will drape off the side

like that creepy moss stuff
that they have in swamps.

I'll cover the fenders in that,
make it look really neat.

We can airbrush it,
texturize the whole thing,

and make it look cohesive overall,
and it'll look great.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

[Taylor] Come on.

{\an8}I'm excited for this bubble machine.

{\an8}I'm gonna pop it into the back
of the car at the exhaust pipe

and have it look like it's exhaust.
Our car is straight out of a cartoon,

and I feel like
the exhaust has to match.

Get in there.

[laughs] Hell yeah.

Judges, it's about that time.

Here we go.

[Justin] Bakineers, our judges are off

to prep the crash test,

which means not much time left.

Good luck.

{\an8}[clock ticking]

-Thirty minutes!
-[exclaims]

Oh, God!

[Taylor] Okay,
let's put Jimbo's name tag on.

Taylor, did you put a horn on your car?

-I did, can you tell?
-Let me hear it.

Beep beep, get out of the way.

Just leave him like this
and I'll tie it underneath. Stay.

[Menuka] Glue lights on.

Ah, I'm tired.

[exclaims]

One minute!

Here? Gonna try to center it
or what are you thinking?

-Yeah.
-Perfect.

I do one side, you do the other side.
Yeah. Under.

{\an8}Just a little bit. Not so much.

{\an8}Ten, nine, eight,

{\an8}seven, six, five,

{\an8}four, three, two, one.

{\an8}Time is up.

{\an8}[both laughing]

Carbs and carburetors down!

[applause]

I'm done.

Bakineers,

are you ready to roll
into your most dangerous stress test yet?

-Yes.
-Let's do it.

Follow me, I'll lead the way.
Try to keep up.

-Brandi, Menuka.
-He's a speed demon.

[Justin] She's a beaut, isn't she?

-Oh, no. I'm gonna run into this wall!
-[Taylor] He's moving.

Actually, you're gonna run into this wall.

[contestants] Whoa!

-It's gonna be a smash. Are you excited?
-Yeah.

That's where I wanted it.

[lock beeps]

Valet.

Bakineers, there's one thing standing
between you and the finale,

and it is that solid, steel wall

that we will be driving your cars into
at 25 miles an hour.

[contestants exclaim]

Bakineers, your road to the finale
depends on one thing.

If you're able
to make the edible indestructible.

To pass this mission
and make your way safely into the finale,

you will have had to have made
an edible car durable and safe enough

to keep a crash test dummy intact

as your vehicle withstands
the force of the devastating impact.

We've got an accelerometer
on the chest of your dummy,

and that's gonna be
looking at the g-force.

G-force is the measure
of deceleration or acceleration.

The higher the g-force,

the more dangerous it is
for the occupants.

So we'll be looking for a low g-force
for you to score well in this mission.

Well, bakineers,
after 22 hours of hard work,

it is the moment you've all been dreading,

the crash test.

Brandi and Menuka, you're up first.

Let's give your swamp buggy a spin.
Go get it.

{\an8}Going into the stress test,
it's definitely nerve-racking and scary.

My body is shaking,

the adrenaline is just pumping.

I feel like
I wanna collapse on the floor.

Brandi and Menuka,
please tell us about your swamp buggy.

{\an8}[Menuka]
My uncle used to own a jeep,

so whenever he goes away
he'd take the steering off from the jeep

because he know
that I'm gonna somehow manage to drive.

So then I came up with the idea,
if you use a wrench, two wrench,

you actually can drive it.

And that's how you became an engineer.

Yeah.

Originally we were gonna
go with just an Army jeep

and make it look all cool
and put some mud on the side,

then once I started
smearing the green buttercream on

it made me think about family vacation,

and one of my kids' favorite thing to do
is to take a swamp buggy tour.

[Menuka] The front bumper is
actually made out of ramen.

Then we have the seat belt,

{\an8}actually we used sausage casings
stuffed with the marshmallows

just to give
a little extra safety for him.

Brandi, Menuka,
you ready to crash your swamp buggy?

-Yeah.
-Andrew, are you ready?

I'm always ready.

Set Brandi and Menuka's car
to crash test position, please.

[dramatic music playing]

From the 100-foot position,

Andrew, crash that cake car

in three, two, one, go.

-Oh, God.
-Oh, my God.

[all exclaim]

-The bumper's still intact though.
-Bumper's...

{\an8}So we looked at the peak G
during the collision,

{\an8}and it was 16.5 Gs.

So what does that mean?

Basically any body part was experiencing


during the collision.

Wow.

Okay, so as we watch this,
if you look at the front

you'll see the bumper very quickly starts
to completely solidify,

and it's at that moment that everything
above starts to be carried forward,

so the seat belt's broken,
you see his forehead come forwards.

From a physics perspective you can see

that that forward momentum
was not dissipated by a crumple zone.

So when your vehicle came
to a sudden stop,

everything in the vehicle moved forward

until it could dissipate
its energy separately.

And one thing that could have
been potentially fatal,

the head was protected,

but the chest did hit the steering wheel.

From a bakineering point of view, I think
there was some sound principles at play,

but I think there was
some incorrect geometries chosen.

From a design perspective
you really focused

on really detailed spackle work
all over the entire car.

I mean, I know how painstaking that is

to go over every single inch
and to give it that consistent spackle.

I really loved your use
of ramen and gel paste

and wafer paper to make the seaweed.

I had to get really close.
I was like, "What is that?"

It looked like something from a swamp.
So, really nice job on a realistic detail.

I also thought
that your isomalt front lights

and taillights were really nicely done.

I like how they shone
when they were going forward,

and then when they backed,
they blinked just like a real car,

so I thought that was a great addition.
Nice job.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

[Justin] Cindy and Taylor, let's see
that Pickle up Truck. Bring it over.

This is {\an8}crazy.
But really cool at the same time.

[Taylor] I don't know
if our car will survive the test,

{\an8}but I'm pretty sure
our dummy Jimbo's gonna be just fine.

This is gonna be good.
I'm actually excited.

So ridiculous.

It's the most ridiculous thing
I've ever made.

Cindy and Taylor,
tell us about your Pickle up Truck.

{\an8}So Cindy grew up
in an auto body repair shop

and I worked at a toy company
making die-cast cars,

so you'd think we like cars a lot,
but we actually don't really at all.

So we thought,
let's do a Cindy and Taylor classic,

put our personality 200% in it,

and lo and behold,
this is our Pickle up Truck.

In terms of safety, our forehead
restraint is made of a gelatin composite

using glycerin, vinegar,
cream of tartar, and gelatin and water.

Similarly, in the front
our bumper's primarily gelatin,

but this time we didn't use glycerin

because we wanted it to be
a little bit springier.

And our last gelatin composite situation
is the strap that goes across his body,

a three-point harness.
Plus our bubble exhaust pipe,

which you'll see
before it smashes into the wall.

Tell us about your affinity for pickles.
Why pickles?

Because they're so good.

Salty briny is our favorite flavor.

[Justin] Let's see
how kosher your engineering is.

[Taylor gasps excitedly]

-Let's see.
-You ready to smash it into a wall?

Without a doubt.

[dramatic music playing]

[Justin] From the 100-foot position...

All right. Andrew, prepare for a crash.

In three, two, one,

go.

{\an8}[all laughing]

{\an8}-It was awesome.
-It was amazing seeing our car crash!

I mean, it just went whoosh
right into the wall.

And then all the roof part went...
[exclaims]

{\an8}But I think our boy Jimbo,
he's gonna make it through.

-Andrew, did you get the numbers you need?
-Yep.

-What did they tell you?
-We've got the totals.

{\an8}So your peak deceleration was 7.76 Gs.

Oh. That's solid.

Roll the slo-mo.

[Dr. O] From a physics point of view,

you can see
that the bumper gives way really quickly,

but then what really takes over

is those extra layers of safety
that you built in.

All of your internal restraints
really worked,

really ex*cuted,
and they functioned as they were intended,

so instead of having a sudden stop,

which really would cause
your internal organs to jam up

against the front of your body,
you had a slower stop than otherwise.

Cindy and Taylor,
you always give us such fun designs,

and this time you did not disappoint.

Everything about your Pickle up Truck

evokes pickles.

Whether it is
the very meticulously brushed

different gradations and shades of green

and orange and yellow
to mimic an actual pickle,

the warts that are all over the car,
great little touch.

The hubcaps,
which also mimic a pickle slice.

The pickle door handles and hood ornament,

everything about the design
really does scream pickle. So, nice job.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Cindy, Taylor, thank you very much.

Well done.

Thank you, Jimbo.

Rodolfo and Sara,
bring us your futuristic hot rod.

[contestants cheering]

{\an8}We went for the classic style.

{\an8}So our friend Gulliver here

{\an8}is sporting around
in his hot rod hovermobile,

which were all the rage in the 2080s.

{\an8}So our seat belt is made out
of some sausage casings,

so we have some extra harness action
happening in the front.

Eleven's my wife and I's special number,

so we feel lucky when we see them
and I'm hoping we have luck today.

Andrew, take the car to position, please.

[dramatic music playing]

Rodolfo and Sara, in the last mission
you earned the advantage

of a closer starting point, so Andrew,
would you bring them forward a bit

to 75 feet.

The winch is set and we're ready
for impact at 25 miles an hour.

[Justin] From the 75-foot position,

Andrew, crash that cake car

in three, two, one,

go.

[Sara] Oh, God, here he comes.

[Rodolfo] Oh, Jesus.

[Sara] Whoa!

[Joanne] Wow.

He's still there.

Yeah!

{\an8}I'm happy to see
that the seat belt does its job,

his helmet does its job.

The windshield falls forward
and the bumper smashes in,

but that's to be expected,
so Gulliver's lookin' like he's okay.

So we looked at the peak acceleration,

{\an8}and it was 5.13 Gs.

{\an8}So that means that our dummy experienced
about five times his own body weight,

very survivable.

I can tell you put a lot of thought
into how you designed your front end

in order to absorb all of that impact.

There was a successive amount of elements

that came in contact,
and then they got wider.

So instead of having one block

that instantaneously put
all the energy back into the car,

you had a real crumple zone.

I didn't really see Gulliver
move much at all,

so I think that sausage casing seat belt
was a sensible choice.

It didn't break.
Obviously one of the windows shattered,

but it didn't go
anywhere near poor Gulliver.

So I think in general that was well done,

clever use of the edible.
I think you engineered it well today.

Rodolfo and Sara,
if I could offer some advice,

I feel like the finish is not
quite exactly what you were hoping for,

and I know that you used
an American-style crusting buttercream,

which actually can be smoothed out.

Take some parchment
and then rub it over it,

and that will add
a little bit of a smooth texture

to give you
that finished polished look.

Bakineers, it is time to taste your cakes.

All right, Rodolfo and Sara,
let's taste that junk from your trunk.

{\an8}[Rodolfo] So it's a tiramisu cake,

{\an8}so I did a sponge cake
with a coffee flavor.

In the middle I have a tiramisu filling

with ladyfingers with mascarpone cheese,

and outside it's
a coffee Italian buttercream.

I love the simplicity of this cake.

It's got both rich elements
and light elements,

and it makes you wanna
keep going back over and over again.

But I do think that this would benefit
from just a little bit of salt

to keep it from being flat.

{\an8}Brandi, tell us
about the cake you made us today.

{\an8}I made you a German chocolate cake

with toasted pecan and coconut filling

and a Swiss meringue
chocolate buttercream on top.

The cake itself is really light.

The filling is creamy, crunchy, chewy

with the pecans, which are nicely toasted
so you really get that great pecan flavor,

and the coconut adds a nice chew.

If I could offer a little bit
of a suggestion, it is a little bit sweet.

I might try and fold in something

either in the filling or maybe add

some unsweetened chocolate into the cake.

-But it is a delicious cake.
-Thank you.

-Really nice job.
-Thank you.

{\an8}[Cindy] I made you a red velvet cake

{\an8}that has buttermilk, vinegar,
I added a little bit of coffee in there

and dark cocoa
with a cream cheese frosting

and a toasted pecan feuilletine crunch.

Cindy, I love that you have taken
a classic cake

and turned it on its head a little bit

by adding this interesting layer
of pecan feuilletine.

Never had red velvet cake
with a crunchy layer in it,

and I think it adds a really
great element to this cake.

It's really well done.

How you've managed to get that cake
so moist is amazing,

I could've sworn there was
a soaking syrup in there,

so you've really done
an excellent job there.

And that layer of crunch
is really delightful.

-So, well done.
-Thank you.

All right, bakineers,
the judges have a lot of assessing to do,

so I'll leave you alone.
I'm gonna hang with the cool kids.

Joanne, Dr. O,
the stakes couldn't be higher.

There's only two spots available
in the final. Who's in, who's out?

It's a very difficult decision.
So let's start off with Rodolfo and Sara.

What did you think, Joanne?

[Rodolfo] It's very stressful.

{\an8}We can be in the finals now,

{\an8}so any mistake, anything can happen.

Let's see. Just pray.

I'll be honest, Cindy and Taylor,

I was worried
when I saw it with that bumper.

Everybody's cars did awesome.

It's anyone's game for the win,
and it's anyone's game for going home.

Judges, the suspense is k*lling us.
Can we come back?

-We have a decision.
-All right, they have a decision.

Let's go.

Bakineers, you are right at the cusp
of the final mission.

We started with nine teams,

only two of you will be facing off

for the $100,000 and to be crowned
the world's best bakineers.

And, unfortunately, for one team,

your journey in this workshop
ends right now.

[Justin] This truly was
a race to the finish.

The winners of this penultimate mission

and the team guaranteed
a spot in the finale is...

-[applause]
-[Taylor gasps]

Cindy and Taylor, congratulations!

-Oh, my God, what the...
-Oh, my God.

[Cindy] Didn't expect that.

I didn't either.

[Justin] Look at you guys.
It's you guys made of cake.

Whoa. That's cake?

Yeah, it's cake.

[Taylor] It feels insane
to be in the finals.

{\an8}Like, I don't know if I've ever been
in the finals for anything.

Certainly not sports.
Oh, no, middle school flag football.

Middle school flag football,
I got to the finals.

Two teams remain, but, sadly,

only one of you can join
Cindy and Taylor in the final mission.

Judges, which team is
headed to the finale?

This was a really difficult decision
for us today.

Brandi, Menuka, you showcased
an excellent, simple design,

but ex*cuted really well,

and I loved your use of ramen
to achieve that moss effect.

It was really, really smart.

Rodolfo and Sara,
you had a very ambitious design

and I loved all the details you put in,
and your bumper system worked really well.

The team who will be facing
Cindy and Taylor in our grand finale is...

...Rodolfo and Sara.

Congratulations.

[Sara] Come on, dude.

[Justin] Brandi and Menuka,

I'm sorry to say you know what this means.

This has been your final mission,
but you performed amazingly.

Everybody give it up
for Brandi and Menuka!

[Menuka] Thank you for the memories.

Good luck, guys, good luck.
It's been a privilege.

[Brandi crying] It feels like I'm...

I don't lose very well.

I like to win things, and...

it's hard when you pour
every ounce of yourself and it's still...

not good enough.
But they deserve to be in the final two.

[Menuka] This is the world's
first bakineers competition and, I mean,

I'm proud to say to my family,
"Hey, we made it to the final three."

I'm pretty sure
they're gonna be very happy.

[Brandi] Oh, my family and friends
are so frickin' proud.

They're gonna have
T-shirts and everything.

It's just me with myself right now,
but I'll be okay. I'll be fine.

And then there were two.

Cindy and Taylor, Rodolfo and Sara,

huge congratulations.

One of you two teams

will be taking home $100,000.

And the title of World's Best Bakineers.

-And that mission starts... kidding.
-[mouthing]

-I'm kidding.
-[contestants exclaim]

You can't rush this,
it's too important to rush.

All right, listen, you guys...

You guys get to go on, get some rest.

Judges, you're allowed to rest as well.

See you guys in the finale.

Bye, guys.

[theme music playing]