Originally Posted By poohbear14 Saw this in the TV listings. Might be fun to watch. If you miss it tonight it's repeated several times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Food Network Challenge Episode CC0503 Villain Cakes Five of America's best cake decorators travel to Disney World to compete in a cake competition where each cake revolves around a famous Disney villain. AIR TIMES: June 10, 2007 10:00 PM ET/PT June 11, 2007 1:00 AM ET/PT June 13, 2007 9:00 PM ET/PT June 14, 2007 12:00 AM ET/PT June 16, 2007 6:00 PM ET/PT June 17, 2007 3:00 PM ET/PT COMPETITORS: Mike McCarey Owner, Mike's Amazing Cakes Redmond, Wash. Assistant: Lana Klawitter Richard Ruskell Executive Pastry Chef, Montage Resort & Spa Laguna Beach, Calif. Assistant: Louise Chien Hannah Tai Owner, Hannah's Edible Art Mill Valley, Calif. Assistant: Cheryl Lew Buddy Valastro Head Decorator, Carlo's Bakery Hoboken, N.J. Assistant: Mauro Castano Bronwen Weber Executive Chef, Frosted Art Bakery & Studio Dallas, Texas Assistant: Jennifer Bartos
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Poohbear you should have called me! I still have time to TiVo it! What a great (early) birthday gift too! *giggles like Emperor Palpatine as a schoolgirl*
Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo I'm watching it now...what! No Disney wolves??? :O( Oh well, there's Scar from THE LION KING...
Originally Posted By u k fan We don't get the Food Network in the UK, but hopefully someone will Youtube it!!!
Originally Posted By poohbear14 Sorry I didn't notify you earlier FBR. I fell asleep and didn't catch the end of it. From what I did see before falling asleep, the Hook cake looked amazing!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I just wrote myself a note to watch on Wednesday. Thanks for posting the onfo Poohbear! (Now, I want a piece of cake...)
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I was watching it, but I fell asleep before the ending. I'll have to try to catch it another night.
Originally Posted By ni_teach The Hook cake... was .... WOW! It was the best hands down. It was a work of art.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x The Cruella Cake was very good to. There was only a 3 point difference in the judging.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal The Hook cake was definitely amazing, but I could do without the chef. He rubbed me the wrong way. Although he does that in every Challenge I see him in so maybe I came into it a little biased. I thought the Cruella cake incorporated more techniques and that made it superior. For realism, though, the Hook cake took the...well...you know...
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I didn't see all of it, but I saw some bits and pieces of the Hook cake and parts of the Scar cake. Since I didn't see the beginning, I had fun guessing the cakes, due to the film's background behind the chef. Scar came as a surprise since I was expecting Maleficent or The Evil Queen. I did TiVo so I'll have to watch it when I get a chance. What was funny was that my sister saw the ad for it and even told me last night "I was going to tell you about that but I forgot." *pats poohbear on the head and gives her a cookie* Thanks anyway. And now...are there any other Villain fans besides me who does get a little tired of seeing the "Core 10" all the time? This would be Hook, Hades, Scar, Chernabog, Jafar, Maleficent, Ursula, Cruella and the two Queens. Ironically, most of that group are my favorites, but mix it up a little bit... throw in Ratigan or the Horned King sometimes. What about The Headless Horseman, Madam Mim or Shan Yu? McLeach and Medusa even... and um...yeah, even the Wolf, when he appears on screen for the first time drooling and growling and leering at Peter.
Originally Posted By crazedgiggles Hey guys.. I was actually at this taping (you can see me in the audience, wearing a bright green shirt). I knew very little about cake decorating, but basically each decorator made a base of cake and/or Rice Krispie treats, then covered that with fondant to smooth it out and give it color. When the cakes were finished, the Captain Hook one was by far the best. I mean it was amazing looking, with extraordinary detail, but I had a problem with it. The only part of it that was a cake was the base of the crocodile and the treasure chest. The rest was fondant and molded chocolate. Of course, in the audience poll everyone loved that, but I didn't vote for that one. I felt like it didn't follow the guidelines of the contest.. it was supposed to be a cake, not a molded chocolate sculpture. It was gorgeous, but it was very little cake. Personally, I voted for Ursula
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I too liked the Ursula one. Even though she wasn't proportioned right and she was a little dark, it was the only one that was almost all cake (not including fondant, since wedding cakes are covered in fondant, too).
Originally Posted By poohbear14 crazedgiggles - How fun that you got to see it in person! I wish they would do them at DLR. Did all the sawing on the Ursula cake drive you crazy? :-D I thought the Ursula cake made the best use of cake too. I've seen her on other challenges on the Food Network and she makes really beautiful wedding cakes. I doubt these cakes are actually served to eat but does anyone else have a problem with all the hand touching on the fondant? I don't think I'd eat a fondant frosted cake unless I knew they wore gloves while making it.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs So apparently TiVo recorded it, but it's not in my list of programs that I can watch...odd...I'm going to record it again tonight and see if that works. I did see the end earlier though; it was the part where they judges were critiquing each of the chefs. I felt bad when Scar was beheaded, and I didn't quite care for the look of the Ursula cake. I barely saw the Jafar cake and it didn't look that great either. Cruella was nice, but it was Hook who had the visual thing going. I liked the fact that the chef included Smee and Tic-Toc, and was it me, or was Tic-Toc's tail animated? Hook's "victory" appearance at the end was amusing, but I do hope they re-design his current look.
