Season 1, Episode 4
Ultimate Recipe Showdown: Cakes
Food Network searched for the Ultimate Cake recipe. After a nationwide recipe contest, nine finalists competed in three rounds: Chocolate Cake, Cupcakes and Birthday Cakes. A panel of food experts determined whose cake was the best. See who walks away the winner of $25,000!
COMPETITORS: Chocolate Cakes
Janice Kollar -- CAKE GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Recipe: "Really Good" Chocolate Layer Cake Hometown: Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
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Erin Renouf Mylroie Recipe: Anniversary Chocolate-Buttermilk Layer Cake with Toffee and Toasted Almonds Hometown: St. George, Utah
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Jaclyn Esposito Recipe: Individual Molten Chocolate Coconut Cakes Hometown: Aventura, Fla.
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Cupcakes
Kelly Madey Recipe: Orange Chiffon Cupcakes with Meringue Buttercream Hometown: Quakertown, Pa.
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Lorie Roach -- Winner! Recipe: Tres Leches Coconut Cupcakes with Dulce de Leche Buttercream Hometown: Buckatunna, Miss.
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Channon Mondoux Recipe: Gingerbread Cake with Brandy Sauce and Whipped Orange Flower Cream Hometown: Portage, Mich.
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Birthday Cakes
Doreen Howarth -- Winner! Recipe: Put the Lime in the Coconut Cake Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
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Marie Belfiglio Recipe: "Honey, I'm Peanuts About You!" Cake Hometown: Chandler, Ariz.
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Debra Scruggs Recipe: Tropical Pound Cake Hometown: Toney, Ala.
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