About this season
Ace of Cakes is an American reality television show that aired on the Food Network. The show focused on the daily operations of Duff Goldman's custom cake shop, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore, Maryland; including small-business ownership, working with various vendors, tasting with customers, constructing cakes, and delivering his products.
Episodes (13)
1. Chi-Town and Wedding Gowns
Aired 18 January 2007 • 30 min
Weddings and a birthday populate the second season premiere, as a delivery requires Duff's personal services, and the standard-bearer for groom cakes is created.
2. The Boss Is Gone
Aired 24 January 2007 • 30 min
Chaos ensues while Duff is gone, since there are 39 cakes to prepare this week, and Mary Alice must deal not only with her regular duties, but dip her finger into repairs when a broken cake comes back in. Meanwhile, Duff is having a grand old time on his version of a road trip which includes using the van as his stove.
3. Great Scot
Aired 24 January 2007 • 30 min
Duff employs some unusual methods to get inspiration for a Scottish wedding cake, a cake is ordered with an addition, and the team is challenged with a flower-themed cake.
4. Four Weddings and a Rat
Aired 8 February 2007 • 30 min
Duff and his team are faced with two weddings that each want two cakes, one for the groom and one each for three brides. All of these cakes are technically challenging, but none quite as much as the wedding cake for one of the assistant decorators – emergency surgery is required. Elsewhere, Geof gets to do a repeat of a popular groom's cake.
5. Monkey Business
Aired 15 February 2007 • 30 min
Replicas make up this week's work. First the team must create a ship, then a famous gorilla, and last is a DJ's groom's cake. Everything still must be transferred, of course, and potholes may ruin a christening.
6. Tributes and Tribulations
Aired 1 March 2007 • 30 min
Duff has a special cake to make for a charity flag football event held by the Baltimore Fire Department, a theater group wants a fairy godfather, and Duff helps his father celebrate a milestone.
7. Flying High
Aired 8 March 2007 • 30 min
It's a week of complicated and artistic cakes that put Geof and Duff to the test with a cake interpretation of the Dance of the Veils, a renowned ski slope and a plane.
8. Milestones and Monuments
Aired 15 March 2007 • 30 min
A cake for a tree lighting ceremony presided over by Duff guarantees fireworks; Geof gets to create a cake for one of his idols, a tennis star; and Duff creates a surprise for a party given by dear friends.
9. Cake-Tastrophe
Aired 29 March 2007 • 30 min
Duff and crew are experiencing their busiest week to date, with 40 cakes in the offing. A birthday party requires three cakes, Starbucks asks for a holiday-themed one, and just for a change they get to create a goth one as well.
10. Shell Shocked
Aired 12 April 2007 • 30 min
A slow week with only seven cakes turns out to be more difficult than expected when the bakery seems to be cursed. Cakes include a difficult turtle, a hamburger and the Taj Mahal.
11. Dr. Duff
Aired 17 May 2007 • 30 min
The bakery focuses on birthdays and doctors. A radiology company asks the team to create a CT scanner, complete with patient inside. It's also a time for reflection at Charm City Cakes as the staff reflects on moments from the past with a series of flashbacks and outtakes.
12. Playing Games
Aired 19 April 2007 • 30 min
Lettered tiles and a cake of squares add up to a famous game replica for a mom.
13. The Super Cake
Aired 26 April 2007 • 30 min
Duff and his staff head for Miami to create the bakery's largest cake ever for the Super Bowl.