Plot Synopsis

In each half-hour episode of DUFF TILL DAWN, two new teams try to outdo each other after hours at host Duff Goldman's bakery, but at sunrise only one team is crowned the winner for their original cake creation. Competitors must amaze a panel of rotating judges -- Haylie Duff, Elena Fox, Carrie Keagan, Geof Manthorne, Catherine McCord, Alysia Reiner, Kelis Rogers, Aarti Sequeiria, Kevin Smith, and Sherry Yard -- with the most impressive cakes for the chance to win bragging rights and the coveted golden whisk. In one challenge, the bakers race to make their creations come to life. In other episodes, one team sinks and the other swims, as they create their dream ships out of cake; the teams hang loose in a Hawaiian-themed luau challenge; the teams aim for the stars with gravity defying confections; the decorators are challenged to make magical fairy cakes; and the bakers joust in a castle clash. Competing teams include: Michelle Honeman & Liz Marek, Artisan Cake Company (Portland, OR); Kim Simons & Michelle Boyd, The Food Artist Group; Jackie New & Wiley Saccheri, Sublime Cake Design (Redding, CA); Kelly Zubal & Pete Ngau, Inticing Creations (San Francisco, CA); Tiffany & Gonzuela Bastarache, KupKake Tree (Moncton, New Brunswick); Karolyn Plummer & Jasmine Frank, Sweet Red Peach Custom Cakes (Inglewood, CA); Karolyn Plummer & Jasmine Frank, Sweet Red Peach Custom Cakes (Austin, TX); Reva Alexander-Hawk & Karah Williams, Merci Beaucoup Cakes (Santa Rosa, CA); Aya Saravia & Lachlan Oliver, Heaven Sent Desserts (San Diego, CA); Kimberly Bailey & Rainbow Dickerson, The Butter End Cakery (Santa Monica, CA); Amanda & Tyler Oakleaf, Oakleaf Cakes (Boston, MA); Kara Andretta & Avalon Yarnes, Avalon Cakes (Denver, CO); Julia Doubleday & Natalie Sideserf, Sideserf Cake Studio (Austin, TX); and Sarah Myers, High Five Cakes (Waverly, OH) & Timbo Sullivan, Cakes by Timbo (Columbus, OH). Food Network aired a sneak-peek episode of this series on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 11pm ET/PT, four days before the official series premiere on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 10:30pm ET/PT.