Julia Betz

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman have a special challenge boxed up and ready to deliver to the 11 kid bakers; the kids have to get creative to turn pizza into a sweet treat by creating dessert pizzas.

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the eight kid bakers to use their imaginations to create a unicorn cake that illustrates a specific emotion.

Creativity is the name of the game, and Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli have a classic combination in mind -- cake and ice cream.

Judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli surprise the 12 kid bakers for their first challenge. They must make layered, tiered, stacked and decorated cookie cakes!

Duff and Valerie have citrus-based challenge for the 10 kid bakers. They are tasked with creating lemon bar desserts that highlight its zingy flavour.

Duff and Valerie challenge the three finalists to create a Food Network Magazine birthday cake worthy of the $25,000 prize and the title of Kids Baking Champion.