Linsey Lam

The season kicks off with a new take on everyone's favorite: cake! Duff and Valerie throw a curve ball at the 12 kid bakers by asking them to make tiered and beautifully decorated cookie cakes.

Duff and Valerie have a special delivery for the kid bakers when they challenge them to use their creativity and turn pizza into a dessert.

The Kids Baking Championship finale turns into a 10-year birthday celebration for Food Network Magazine as the three finalists are challenged to create a Food Network Magazine birthday cake worthy of the $25,000 prize.

Duff and Valerie challenge the kid bakers to work with the classic combination of cake and ice cream to create unique desserts.

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the six kid bakers to look at lunch in a new way. From a PBJ sandwich to chicken nuggets, the bakers have to turn common lunchbox foods into lookalike dessert masterpieces.

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the five kid bakers to make colorful and imaginative intergalactic desserts. The bakers must also use freeze-dried ingredients in their out-of-this-world creations.