Mikey Day presides over nine bakers who must decide whether the object in front of them is an everyday item or an elaborately disguised cake. Each episode presents three rounds where contestants recreate items like bowling balls, sushi platters or vintage typewriters using only sugar, sponge and food colouring, with USD 5,000 awarded to whoever most deceives the rotating panel of celebrity judges. The format keeps the tension light, leaning on Day's improv background as he banters with judges including Fortune Feimster, Rebecca Black and Tony Rock while the bakers race against the clock.
The series arrived on Netflix in March 2022, riding the wave of a 2020 meme where users posted videos slicing into apparently ordinary objects to reveal cake interiors. Production designer Therese McKeon and prop master Joshua McDonough stock each set with convincing decoys, from rubber ducks to cash registers, forcing judges to lift, tap and even sniff before committing to their guesses. Contestants include Texas-based Justin Salinas, who specialises in hyper-realistic portraiture, and Hemu Basu, a Mumbai-born engineer turned sugar artist whose sewing-machine cake required 200 individual fondant pieces.
Netflix renewed the show for a second season within weeks of its premiere, and a third arrived in October 2023, maintaining the eight-episode structure and rotating guest judges drawn from comedy, music and fashion. The streaming service lists the programme as an ongoing property, though no fourth season has been announced.
Production Details
Netflix / 3 Seasons / 24 Episodes / 2022 - Present
Main Cast
Mikey Day as Self - Host
Chris Witaske as Self - Judge
Daym Drops as Self - Judge
Fortune Feimster as Self - Judge
Jason Bolden as Self - Judge
Michael Yo as Self - Judge
Camille Kostek as Self - Judge
Courtney Parchman as Self - Judge
Finesse Mitchell as Self - Judge
Arturo Castro as Self - Judge
Rebecca Black as Self - Judge
Jon Gabrus as Self - Judge
