Storyline
Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.
Episodes
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Season 1
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First Date to Life Mate
Mar 09, 2018
Under the watchful eyes of an iconic cake designer, contestants decorate complicated cake pops and a bespectacled, three-tiered wedding cake.
Fantasyland
Mar 09, 2018
The bakers do their best to make jelly-filled doughnuts fit for a pirate before tackling an edible tower with a princess on top.
Head Under Water
Mar 09, 2018
Two daunting desserts -- a chocolate-filled "hot tub" and an open-mouthed shark cake -- have the hapless home cooks struggling to stay afloat.
Weird Science
Mar 09, 2018
Contestants loosen up a food scientist with a cupcake-cocktail pairing before serving him questionable slices of a bubbling volcano cake.
Big in Japan
Mar 09, 2018
A YouTube star known for her fondant work watches the bakers try to copy two of her most popular Japanese-themed cakes.
In Your Face!
Mar 09, 2018
Dogged contestants are seeing double when they're asked to paint their portraits on a cookie before building an edible bust of Donald Trump.
Season 2
Everyone's favorite amateur baking show is back with an all-new season of epic failures and a star-studded cast of culinary guests.
High Society
Jun 29, 2018
The contestants raise the bar with two half-baked "high society" challenges: late-night munchie-inspired pancakes and a gravity-defying tea cake.
Fictitious and Delicious
Jun 29, 2018
It's "happily ever after" or bust when the bakers try to make fairy tale cupcake pops, then stack cakes in the form of a majestic unicorn.
Tailgate, Failgate
Jun 29, 2018
The cooks divide and conquer to fill sections of a savory snack stadium before building a cake that looks like a barbecue grill.
Holi-daze
Jun 29, 2018
'Tis the season to be scary when the bakers try their hands at holiday cookies before constructing an elaborate gingerbread house.
Zoo You Bake?
Jun 29, 2018
The contestants face their fears (with very sharp knives) when they carve an animal out of a watermelon and bend cake into the shape of a snake.
Out of This World
Jun 29, 2018
Space-themed challenges throw the hapless bakers for a loop when they're asked to make cosmic cupcakes and a supersized solar system cake.
Bonus: 3, 2, 1...Ya Not Done!
Jun 29, 2018
Five fabulous "Nailed It!" fans visit the test kitchen for a challenge so extra, we had to make it a bonus episode.
Season 3
Nicole and Jacques are back to judge the chaos in the kitchen, from half-baked doll cakes to delightfully creepy edible clowns.
The Marvel Episode!
May 17, 2019
The bakers summon their not-so-super powers to make Marvel-themed cupcakes with detailed cookie toppers and a daunting "Black Panther" cake.
Cake-O-Phobia
May 17, 2019
What's scarier than a cook who can't read a recipe? A trio of creepy-crawly bug cookies and a terrifying clown cake that tastes like cotton candy.
Masterpiece or Disasterpiece?
May 17, 2019
The amateur bakers attempt to imitate the masters with gingerbread self-portraits and a sculpted cake replica of Michelangelo's David.
Prehistoric Bakes
May 17, 2019
The contestants turn back time -- and mangle time management -- with inside-out Neanderthal cupcakes and a tropical-flavored T. rex cake.
Oui Can't Bake!
May 17, 2019
The pressure's on to make perfectly puffed éclairs and a layered bust of Napoleon Bonaparte for not one but two esteemed French chefs.
Ready to Wear, Ready to Eat
May 17, 2019
Two high-fashion challenges put the bakers' hopeless skills to the test: fondant-covered doll cakes and an edible headdress heaped with fruit.
Season 4
A new season of substandard baking serves up several "Nailed It!" firsts, from kids in the kitchen to fun with liquid nitrogen. What could go wrong?
Let's Get Lit
Apr 01, 2020
Two bookish treats inspired by literature set the bakers up for epic fails: Shakespearean stained-glass window cookies and a pop-up "Moby Dick" cake.
The One with the '90s Theme
Apr 01, 2020
Edible ice cream boom boxes made with liquid nitrogen and a fresh and fly fondant-covered cake? Oh, snap — that sounds like a '90s challenge.
Indiana Fails and the Temple of Slop
Apr 01, 2020
Terror awaits the contestants as they take on two technically demanding desserts: chocolate eggs and a layered sphinx cake, both full of surprises.
Chariots of Failure
Apr 01, 2020
The bakers go for the gold — and miss masterfully — with sports-medal cookies and an elaborate swim cake that's topped with a waffle cone torch.
Jungle Bungle
Apr 01, 2020
Jam-filled animal pastries and a coffeecake shaped like a sloth push the contestants out of their comfort zones — and the results are wild.
Howdy, Failure!
Apr 01, 2020
A Western-themed round inspires deep-fried cowboy-duck doughnuts, a root beer-infused rodeo cake ... and really bad flavors.
The Big Bake Theory
Apr 01, 2020
From self-frosting bubbling beakers to record-breaking rockets, these science-inspired sweets ask the impossible — and invite kids into the kitchen.
I Do ... Hope I Don't Fail
Apr 01, 2020
The bakers commit to re-creating wedding day desserts, including wedding band mini-cakes and a Vegas-themed masterpiece with moving parts.
Double Trouble
Twice the fun. Twice the mess. From best buds to brothers and sisters: When two clueless cake "artists" team up, the baking is two times as bad.
An Ungodly Mess
Mar 26, 2021
Stacked Greek god statue cupcakes and snake-headed Medusa makeover cakes take Herculean effort and skill — and these awkward results are epic.
The Burbank State Fair
Mar 26, 2021
It's a Ferris wheel of fails as the teams make treats with a state-fair theme — from caramel corn knockdown-doll clowns to roller-coaster cakes.
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cake
Mar 26, 2021
Baking duos go off the deep end with desserts inspired by the wonders of the ocean, including marine animal mini cakes and enormous edible octopuses.
Travel Dos and Donuts
Mar 26, 2021
Putting their own spin on travel, the bakers make terrible spiced-doughnut tourists and deflated hot-air balloon cakes. It's destination disaster.
I've Failed and I Can't Get Up!
Mar 26, 2021
Candy-jeweled brooch cookies? Inviting cookie-jar cakes? These sugary sweets are just like the ones Grandma used to make — if Grandma couldn't bake.
Can't Believe It's Cake!
Mar 26, 2021
From splashy cereal-bowl cakes to towering hamburgers with fries, these attempts at hyperrealistic treats are so bad, you won't believe your eyes.
Season 6
Groundbreaking bakes, celebrity cameos and an entire episode themed around head judge Jacques Torres? This season delivers delight with every bite.
Im-Paw-sible Cakes
Sep 15, 2021
A funny, furry pet theme finds the cooks concocting giant exotic-animal cookies, then re-creating Nicole's adorable dog, Clyde, in cake form.
Paranormal Pastries
Sep 15, 2021
The bakers make candy apple aliens and a sculpted Loch Ness monster cake based on mysterious creatures from outer space... and the freshwater depths.
C'est Jacques!
Sep 15, 2021
Treats inspired by "Mr. Chocolate" Jacques Torres include lollipop portraits and a cake spiced with cocoa and cayenne. Mais oui laugh? But of course!
History in the Baking
Sep 15, 2021
From cupcakes celebrating famous Black women to a towering Tuskegee Airmen cake, this episode honoring Black history aims high — and achieves hilarity.
There's a Party in My Mouth!
Sep 15, 2021
Terrible bakers take on a trio of festive holiday-hat mini cakes before tackling a pop-up Groundhog Day cake that's full of surprises.
Everyone Romaine Calm
Sep 15, 2021
A gardening theme gives life to doughy gnomes atop miniature pies and a healthy-ish veggie-patch cake packed with carrots and zucchini.
Season 7
Spooky meets kooky as Nicole and Jacques don costumes for a Halloween-themed season of frightful baking with treats inspired by popular Netflix series.
Cobra Kai
Oct 05, 2022
Bake first. Bake hard. Have mercy! The hapless contestants dig deep to make colorful "Cobra Kai" soft pretzels and a Halloween dance fight cake.
The Witcher
Oct 05, 2022
Frosted creature faces and a cake conjured from the world of "The Witcher" beget wicked fails — just as the prophecy foretold.
Umbrella Academy
Oct 05, 2022
Delightfully offbeat treats scream "Umbrella Academy," from a trio of Griddy's Doughnuts action figures to a towering Hazel and Cha-Cha cake.
Slime Time
Oct 05, 2022
The going gets gross — really gross — when the bakers tackle ooey, gooey carved pumpkins and an alien autopsy cake leaking edible slime.