Brad Smith is captain for a pirate ship challenge.

Haunted Pirate Ship

Brad Smith takes the helm as the teams present the judges with cakes capturing the afterlife on a haunted pirate ship.

The Big Bake

Ready, steady, bake! Can three pro bakers bake & decorate a grand cake?

Ready, steady, bake! Three professional baking teams battle it out to design, bake and decorate a grand cake creation based on a particular theme in just five hours.

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Battles between aliens and robots are the big bake theme for the teams this week.

Aliens vs Robots

The spaceships have landed and a futurist battle awaits, because the bakers must make cakes depicting aliens versus robots. Let the fun commence!

Will the bakers pull off gorgeous cakes that represent Frankenstein's lab?

Frankenstein's Lab

Frankenstein's lab is a place of bubbling beakers and ingenious concoctions - can the bakers create magic morsels that represent it?

Can the bakers whip up cakes showcasing sweet and scary baby monsters?

Ep 16 - Monster Babies

The bakers have five hours to create baby versions of their favourite monsters, striking a balance between super scary and super sweet. Can they do it?

The bakers attempt to construct a haunted hotel cake.

Ep 15 - Haunted Hotels

The bakers attempt to construct a haunted hotel cake, complete with skeletons in the closet and phantoms in the foyer.

Bring on the spooky romance - this week's baking theme.

Love at First Fright

Halloween romance is the spooky theme for this week's bakers, and their challenge is to make dynamic cakes that taste amazing.

Can the teams make cakes that transport the judges to a wintery, wooded wonderland?

Winter in the Woods

From frosty hikes to snowball fights, can the teams make cakes that transport the judges to a wintery, wooded wonderland filled with adorable creatures?

Host Brad Smith sets the bakers a toy-themed task - what mischief will they get up to?

The Secret World of Toys

The teams have five hours to turn their bakes into mischievous teddy bears, trains and toy soldiers in this toy-themed challenge.

The bakers must go full throttle and conjure up cakes to represent Santa's new transport.

Santa's New Sleigh

The bakers must go full throttle and conjure up cakes that represent Santa's new mode of transport. Could he ditch his sleigh for a helicopter?

The baking teams are challenged to imagine what Mr and Mrs Claus get up to on a day off.

At Home with Santa

What do the North Pole's most famous couple get up to in their spare time? The teams are tasked with including some of Mr and Mrs Claus' favourite hobbies in their bakes.

The baking teams capture Santa's reindeer enjoying their favourite sporting pastimes.

Reindeer Games

The teams are asked to capture Santa's reindeer enjoying their favourite games, and inspiration comes from curling, skiing and tropical volleyball.

The bakers create cakes featuring a verse from the 12 Days of Christmas.

The 12 Days of Cakemas

The bakers are challenged to create cakes that feature a verse from a festive favourite song, the 12 Days of Christmas. Will they attempt drummers drumming or swans a-swimming?

The baking teams are tasked with turning teatime on its head.

Topsy Turvy Tea Party

The baking teams are tasked with turning teatime on its head, as the judges look for enchanting and whimsical designs that defy gravity.

The baking teams branch out to create some tasty treehouses for the judges.

Treehouse of Treats

The baking teams branch out to create some tasty treehouses for the judges, all in the hope of winning $10,000.

The baking teams attempt to capture all the sights, sounds and flavours of a carnival.

Caketastic Carnival

When the weather heats up, everyone loves a trip to the caketastic carnival. The baking teams are told to go big or go home as they attempt to capture all the sights, sounds and flavours of a day at the carnival.

There are mermaids and seahorses aplenty in this ocean-themed round of baking.

Under the Sea

The baking teams take on mystical mermaids and herds of seahorses as they make cakes based on the mysteries of the ocean.

Can the bakers find confection perfection by making cakes inspired by sweets?

Wonderful World of Candy

The big baking theme this week is the wonderful world of sweets - can the bakers find confection perfection with their magnificent creations?

The baking teams create cakes based on their favourite mythical beasts.

Flights of Fantasy

The baking teams tackle fire-breathing dragons and mythical unicorns as they create cakes based on their favourite mythical beasts, transporting the judges to a world of fantasy and fondant.

The bakers must make cakes that imagine bunnies in wonderful places around the world.

Bunnies on Cakecation

To win $10,000, the baking teams must create cakes that imagine bunnies in wonderful places around the world. They will be judged on design, execution and taste. Can they hop to it?

The baking teams create cakes for a holiday hoedown.

Santa's Ho Ho Hoedown

The baking teams create cakes mixing 'do-si-do' with a side of 'ho ho ho' as Santa and his friends hit a holiday hoedown.

The teams create cakes that are nice and not naughty!

Naughty or Nice

The baking teams must be on their best baking behaviour as they create a cake inspired by Santa's famous list for the judges.

The teams create cakes capturing naughty Santa elves!

Elves on the Loose

When Santa's away, the elves love to play - the baking teams must create cakes that capture the elves up to 'snow' good...

The baking teams make cakes for a Santa Claus Parade.

Santa Claus Parade

From marvellous marching bands to fabulous floats, the baking teams are taking it to the streets with cakes for a parade.

The teams make cakes featuring the Nutcracker Suite.

The Nutcracker Ballet

The teams are tasked with creating some standing ovation-worthy cakes capturing Tchaikovsky's iconic Nutcracker Suite.

The baking teams create a cake for Santa Paws.

Santa Paws

The baking teams must hop to it when they create a cake for Santa Paws, the Father Christmas of the animal kingdom.

The teams create cakes inspired by festive tunes.

Cakemas Carols

There's jingle bell rockin' as the baking teams work in perfect harmony to create cakes inspired by a favourite festive tune.

The baking teams serve up some scrumptious cakes that capture hungry skeletons.

Bone Appetit

Host Brad Smith sets the table for judges Danni Rose, Eddie Jackson and Ron Ben-Israel as the teams serve up some scrumptious cakes that capture hungry skeletons!

The teams create cakes with monsters on the move.

Monsters on the Move

Brad Smith gets things moving as the teams screech into the season of scares with cakes that capture monsters on the move.

The teams creates cakes of a zombie high school.

Zombie High School

Larger-than-life baking competition. Brad Smith sees which team is top of the class when they use their brains to create some A+ cakes of a zombie high school.

Brad Smith raises the stakes in a vampire challenge.

Camp Vamp

Brad Smith raises the stakes as the teams impress the judges with cakes from a vampire summer camp.

Brad Smith challenges the teams to make clown cakes.

Creepy Clowns

Brad Smith challenges the teams to juggle frightening and fun by creating creepy clown cakes for the judges.

Brad Smith dares the teams to scare the judges...

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Brad Smith dares the teams to scare the judges with cakes that bring life to things that go bump in the night.

Three returning teams serve up jolly Jurassic cakes.

Dino-Mite Cakemas

Three teams of returning Big Bake champions seek another win as they serve up some jolly Jurassic cakes for the judges.

The teams must create colossal creepy crawly cakes.

Buggin' Out!

The baking teams create cakes that feature colossal creepy crawlies for judges Ron Ben-Israel, Eddie Jackson, and Danni Rose.

The teams create cakes featuring daring demons.

Scare Devils

The teams must take some big risks as they create cakes that feature Halloween's most daring monsters for the judges.

Three teams of returning champions create bog bakes.

Supernatural Swamp

Three teams of returning Big Bake champions seek another win as they serve up some big bog bakes featuring wicked wetlands.

The teams create dangerous doll cakes for the judges.

Diabolical Dolls

Fun and games turn to frights as the baking teams seek to sew up a win with dangerous doll cakes that toy with the judges.

The teams create cakes that feature witches.

Witch and Famous

Witches are the talk of the town as the teams must wave their magic whisks to create cakes featuring the queens of Halloween.

The teams create chilling cakes for the judges.

Creepy Carnival

Cotton candy dreams and funhouse screams are on the menu as the teams create chilling cakes and take the judges on a wild ride.

Three teams of veterans create spooky salon cakes.

Scary Salon

Three teams of Big Bake veterans are back to seek redemption by creating cakes of the best 'boo-ticians' in town and their clientele.

The Big Bake

The Big Bake

Series 3

14. Santa's Ho Ho Hoedown

13. Naughty or Nice

12. Elves on the Loose

11. Santa Claus Parade

10. The Nutcracker Ballet

9. Santa Paws

8. Cakemas Carols

7. Bone Appetit

6. Haunted Pirate Ship

5. Monsters on the Move

4. Zombie High School

3. Camp Vamp

2. Creepy Clowns

1. Things That Go Bump in the Night