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Ace of Cakes - S8 - E7
Duff and his bakery staff concoct an elaborate cake to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Monday Night Football and Duff gets to deliver the cake to "Redskins' field" on game day. Then, Duff puts his chef skills on the line when he battles Michael Symon in the Iron Chef kitchen stadium.
Ace of Cakes: Season 8 - 13 Episode s
8x1 - Man Caves
January 14, 2010
It's a testosterone-filled bakery as the crew of "DIY Network's Man Caves" invades the bakery to outfit Duff with a new guy-themed basement. Duff, Elena and Geof road trip to the Windy City to deliver a cake and wow the lovers of the independent music scene with some Baltimore rock.
8x2 - Fondant and Finances
January 21, 2010
Duff doesn't even own a tie, yet he gets to ring the opening bell on Wall Street when he is commissioned to do a cake modelled after the New York Stock Exchange. Plus, he delivers a whisky celebration cake to the famous James Beard kitchen.
8x3 - Christmas in July
January 28, 2010
Duff helps a romantic fireman find a very memorable way to propose. Then he lets Joe tag along for a taste of big city life as he prepares a dessert buffet for a high end New York PR firm celebrating Christmas in July. And, the bakery staff become silent film comedy stars.
8x4 - Copper, Carbonite and Jewels
February 4, 2010
Elena goes all out creating a cake of Han Solo frozen in carbonite while the entire bakery staff chips in to help mould a 70-plus pound chocolate likeness of the famous Civil War statue, Moment of Mercy. Musician Jewel stops by Charm City cakes and shows off her skills with fondant.
8x5 - A Four Letter Word For Pastry
February 11, 2010
Charm City Cakes is bitten by the crossword by as they concoct a living crossword wedding cake. Duff and his decorators hob nob with celebrities as they participate in a star-studded USO gala then deliver the cake to the everyday service men and women.
8x6 - Oprah!
February 18, 2010
Charm City Cakes gets a visit [and performance] from the country rock trio The Avett Brothers. Lauren pesters Geof to oversee her work on a crazy groom's cake, a band bus. And Duff gets an impossible deadline to make a cake to take to a TV set in Chicago...
8x7 - Charm City Throwdown
February 25, 2010
Duff and his bakery staff concoct an elaborate cake to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Monday Night Football and Duff gets to deliver the cake to "Redskins' field" on game day. Then, Duff puts his chef skills on the line when he battles Michael Symon in the Iron Chef kitchen stadium.
8x8 - A Cake to Take the Cake
March 4, 2010
CCC gets its biggest cake challenge EVER when Duff and his bakery are commissioned to do a life-sized motorcycle groom's cake, complete with ignition! Plus, it's paired with a sky-high 10-tiered photo cake for the same wedding.
8x9 - Dog Day Afternoon
March 11, 2010
Haloti Ngata of the Baltimore Ravens drops by the bakery to fix up a pre-game cake for his teammates. And, the bakery staff muses about pets as cakes go to the dogs... dogs on airplanes, dogs in armchairs, and fabulous Arnie, the growling Chihuahua.
8x10 - The Revenge Of Ivan The Terrible
April 8, 2010
Charm City Cakes practices its foreign language skills as the decorators take on two formidable historic figures... a Terra Cotta warrior from China and huge replica of Russia's Saint Basil's Cathedral.
8x11 - Holiday on Icing
November 27, 2010
Charm City Cakes gets in the holiday spirit by decking the halls, sipping the eggnog and hitting the gold course... literally. The bakery staff chop a tree, decorate ornaments and sneak around town playing Secret Santa. But evil Christmas elves cause some damage when Katherine's snowflake wedding cake takes a hit.
8x12 - Bake, Rattle and Roll
April 15, 2010
A guitar cake is made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Also: Duff creates a cake for the pediatric unit of the Aflac Cancer Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
8x13 - Clone Wars
April 22, 2010
Star Wars geeks unite! Duff and his team travel to California to because they've been asked to make an R2-D2 Cake at Big Rock Ranch located at Lucasfilm for the season two wrap party for The Clone Wars. Not only do they get a behind-the-scenes look at the animation process, but a certain someone drops by the party.