Nina & Kevin's Shopaholic Cake: Fabrizio's $5,000 Win

Three elite cake designers race to build the perfect wedding cake for Nina and Kevin, a shopaholic bride and her groom, with $5,000 on the line. Who nails the fuchsia, orange and gold brief? Host Caroline Ray kicks off a high-stakes, seven-hour challenge judged by Alexandria Pellegrino, David McCarthy, and Gordon Bailey. Fabrizio leans bold and playful with carved tiers, a realistic stiletto, and a hot air balloon trailing Kevin’s love letters. Constellene goes luxe boutique with stacked blue boxes, jeweled details, a tiara, and a glittering clutch. Jeanette attempts a towering seven-tier gift-box build with a gold brooch bow, quilted tiers, and rows of tiny gum paste shoes. Mid-competition drama spikes: smack talk over a “salmon” orange, a risky fondant seam dubbed a potential fault line, and pearls that refuse to sit cleanly. One team ditches a seventh tier due to space and time. Another scrambles to repair cracks with colored fondant. Fabrizio even serves the judges espresso at the taste test, where mascarpone buttercream and vanilla bean sponge face off against cream cheese buttercream and strawberry fills. The judges weigh taste, design, execution, and how well each cake reflects the couple’s shopping-inspired story and proposal in a hotel room filled with balloons and hidden notes. From decorating in stilettos to carving youthful, energetic tiers, every detail counts. In the end, Fabrizio’s hot air balloon and fashion-forward touches capture Nina and Kevin’s brief and the $5,000 prize. If you love wedding cake design, fondant techniques, sugar flowers, and competition strategy, this episode delivers color, craft, and clutch-time saves all the way to the final Cake Walk. #CakeWalk #WeddingCake #CakeCompetition #ShopaholicBride #HotAirBalloonCake #FuchsiaOrangeGold #BakingShow