‘Is It Cake?' Season 2 Host, Bakers, Judges, Trailer: Everything to Know - Netflix Tudum

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    By Cole Delbyck
    June 5, 2023

Sugar, butter, eggs, flour and generous dash of deception — mix them all in a bowl and you’ve got Is It Cake, Too? Yes, the baking competition that makes you question the very fabric of reality is back for Season 2. Ten of the world’s most talented bakers will once again compete to create hyperrealistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects.

Prepare for toilets, yoga mats, guitars, rollerblades and even a replica of the Mona Lisa to get sliced and diced in the process, as each week the cake artists put their incredibly niche skills to the test. The goal? To blow our minds and fool a group of celebrity guest judges and chefs who will have to determine whether their creation is a fake cake or the real deal. And, this season is turning up the heat on the competition, as one baker will be eliminated each episode until only a single contestant is left in the kitchen. So, let the winner take and fake it all!

Here’s everything you need to know about Is It Cake, Too?

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When’s the Is It Cake, Too? release date? 

Eight new episodes of Is It Cake, Too? launch on June 30.

Who’s the host of Is It Cake, Too?

Saturday Night Live alum Mikey Day will return as host of the gloriously unhinged baking competition. And, yes, his impressive collection of cake-cutting knives are back, too. 

Mikey Day cuts into cake.
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Who are the bakers this season? 

Batter up? The new class of bakers featured this season are Corterrius Allen, Danya Smith, Elizabeth Rowe, Jarid Altmark, Justin Salinas, Kayla Giddings, Liz Marek, Miko Kaw Hok Uy, Pete Tidwell and Spirit Wallace. The group includes a former two-time Cake Wars champion, a baker who whips up cakes for celebrities like DJ Khaled and a woman who quite literally wrote the book on decorating hyperrealistic cakes. As Mikey Day puts it, they’re all the “Michael Jordans of baking cakes that look like everyday objects.” To learn more about this season’s cast, head over to our official guide.

So how does the competition work exactly? 

Ten of the best hyperrealistic cake artists in the world will compete against each other to fool a group of judges and collect a cash prize. Each week, the contestants will first be tasked with identifying a cake among a group of objects (like a full-scale replica of Day’s college dorm room). Those who guess correctly will then move onto the main event, which will require them to create a cake that replicates everyday objects in just eight hours. Once they’re done, a panel of celebrity guest judges will have 20 seconds to choose between the cakes and a visually identical decoy object. Every episode, one baker who doesn’t trick the judges will be eliminated and one will be crowned the winner based on how good their bakes both taste and look. By the end of the season, the last baker standing will be crowned the Is It Cake, Too champion. 

Baker makes cake. 

About those guest judges… who are they? 

The guest judges this season Ally Love, Anna Camp, Blake Anderson, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Charli D’Amelio, Chiney Ogwumike, Chloe Fineman, Chris Redd, Chris Witaske, Chrishell Stause, Cristela Alonzo, Dixie D’Amelio, Flula Borg, Heidi D’Amelio, Jade Catta-Preta, Jeff Dye, Joel Kim Booster, Joel McHale, Kate Flannery, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Maz Jobrani, Melissa Villaseñor, Nico Santos and Taylor Tomlinson.

What’s the prize?

The top baker of each episode wins $5,000 and has the chance to take home an additional $5,000 if they can guess between a real bag of cash and one made out entirely of cake. If they’re wrong, the $5,000 gets added to the $75,000 final pot. By the end of the season, the winner will collect their share of the total $120,000 prize.

Where can I see the trailer?

Check out the debauchery ahead in the clip above.

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