Florals are on the menu for ‘Spring Baking Championship’
Bees are buzzing and the birds are chirping, and that can only mean one thing. Jesse Palmer (“The Bachelor”) and his buddies, judges Duff Goldman (“Duff Takes The Cake”), Kardea Brown (“Delicious Miss Brown”) and Nancy Fuller (“Farmhouse Rules”), are back for another year of the “Spring Baking Championship,” continuing with an all-new episode Monday, March 11, on Food Network.
“Vibrant colors, fresh fruits and bright flavors are on display as 12 of the best bakers in the country compete in challenges for the title of Spring Baking Champion and the $25,000 prize,” the season’s logline describes. “To survive week to week, the bakers must prove their abilities in front of expert judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller and Duff Goldman. The array of springtime treats in this one-hour series is the sweetest way to kick off spring.”
During the season’s premiere, Palmer welcomed the competing bakers, introducing them to the championship kitchen before diving into the season’s first, tropics-inspired task.
“After grabbing an ingredient and flower that’s familiar to spring breakers,” an episode description reads, “the competitors have two hours to incorporate them into a baked dessert.” Afterwards, the bakers then conjured thoughts of relaxing vacations and sunny skies, with cakes that showcased their own favorite spring experiences.
This week, however, the group embraces the change of season with an episode celebrating the upcoming spring equinox. Palmer and the judges sit back and relax, basking in the heat radiating from the kitchen as the bakers wrangle one of this year’s trendiest ingredients — ube — and do their best to replicate the blossoming beauty of nature through flower-covered dome cakes filled with floral flavors, presenting desserts fit for mother nature herself.