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Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne are ready to party! There are sweet surprises baked into three rounds of celebration, pushing the competitors to bring big birthday energy and rise to the occasion.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne task the bakers to bake up a picnic spread complete with bug cookies, pull-apart cupcake pies, and realistic picnic basket cakes. Every baker wants to be picked, but there can be only one picnic champ.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne set the table for a sweet homecoming. The bakers must create cookies inspired by their favorite rooms, cupcakes tailored to their favorite people and flavors, and cakes that actualize their dream home.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne task the bakers to get cheesy in a cookie charcuterie board throw down before they go full vegetable in the cupcake round. In the end, the best grocery store-inspired cake design will bag the triple C crown!

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne see which of the four bakers will bloom in this episode's flower power face-off. The bakers put petals to the metal to out garden their competition, with one baking genius emerging as the floral champ.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne have the competitors pack their bags for an epic road trip adventure. They start stateside with their cookies and cupcakes, but the final cakes showcase the bakers' dream destinations.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne are feeling vacation vibes as they task our four bakers to get tropical. While the competitors sweat it out, the judges are transported to the islands with bold tropical sweets and colorful designs.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne get wild. Literally. Competitors bake their favorite 4-legged friends as cookies. Round two gets zooey with cupcake animals. Then, bakers find themselves underwater and atop a city skyline with their cakes.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne have the bakers bring their glam game with jewelry-inspired cookies, cupcake couture gowns, and accessory cakes that look so real the judges (almost) don't want to eat them. Bakers, time for your closeup!

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne task the four bakers to rewind time and create retro-themed delights. Inspired by yesteryear, they make ‘wow-worthy' desserts that look vintage but impress today's most discerning judges. Let's get groovy!

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne request three square meals: breakfast cookies, food-truck inspired cupcakes for lunch, and dinner-style cakes as the final course. It's a BLD dash to the finish line.

Hosts Buddy Valastro and Samantha Seneviratne vow to find "the one." The bakers say "yes" to wedding cookies and honeymoon-inspired cupcakes. To top the competition, they must make a 25-year anniversary cake that Buddy and his wife Lisa say "I do" to.