Nailed It!: Baking Challenges for the Rest of Us

Nailed It!: Baking Challenges for the Rest of Us

Nailed It!: Baking Challenges for the Rest of Us

Nailed It!: Baking Challenges for the Rest of Us

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Overview

The hilarious, family-friendly official cookbook of the hit, Emmy Award–nominated Netflix show Nailed It!, attempting the best in baking and celebrating the failures along the way.

“With this book, our fans can finally experience a taste of what it’s like to be part of Nailed It! too.” —Nicole Byer

In this official companion cookbook, the creators of Nailed It! share the tips, tricks, and detailed recipes behind the incredible cakes and baked goods from your favorite episodes, as well as simplified versions of some memorable challenges to give even the most inexperienced baker a fighting chance. With recipes ranging from stress-free cookies and cupcakes you can whip up with ease to the most intimidating cakes ever revealed behind Door #2, this book contains everything you need to put your skills to the test—and have an absolute blast along with way, whether your creation is a mouthwatering masterpiece or a delicious disaster.

Inside, you’ll also find tips for hosting your own Nailed It! challenge, an introduction and tricks of the trade from head judge Jacques Torres, exclusive interviews with some of our incredible celebrity guest judges, and odes to iconic host Nicole Byer. With this book, bakers of every age and every skill level can come together and get their hands (and their kitchens) dirty, and with hilarious stories from behind the scenes and throwbacks to the show’s most noteworthy baking disasters, it’s also a must-have companion for every fan.

Includes Color Photographs

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419752919
Publisher: Abrams Image
Publication date: 10/05/2021
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 314,273
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

In Netflix’s Emmy-nominated baking series Nailed It!, home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at recreating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It’s part reality contest, part hot mess. Starring comedian Nicole Byer and renowned pastry chef Jacques Torres, Nailed It! has released four regular seasons, two special holiday seasons, and the Double Trouble pairs season to universal acclaim and earned itself an adoring fanbase of all ages.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Bonjour! from Jacques Torres 6

Get Ready to Nail It! 8

Book Ingredients 10

Work It! Tips for Working with Our Favorite Ingredients 16

Modeling Chocolate

Fondant

Royal Icing

Rice Cereal Shapes

Buttercream Basics

Baker's Choice 24

Chocolate Emoji Cake 26

Sheep Cake Pops 28

Alien Cupcakes 30

Candy Apple Aliens 32

High-Fashion Doll Cake 34

Classic Maria Doll Cake 36

Rocket Ship Cake 42

Chocolate Animal Mud Bath 46

Late-Night Pancake Art 48

Jungle Toaster Pastries 52

Giant Exotic Pet Cracker Cookie 54

Garden Gnome Mini Pie 56

Nail it or Fail it 58

Volcano Cake 60

Unicorn Cake 66

Sweet Explosion Cake 70

Sylvia Weinstock Wedding Cake 76

Donkey Piñata Cake 84

Princess Tower Cake 90

Toy Robot Cake 96

Sushi Board Cake 102

Grandma Cookie Cake 108

Tuskegee Airmen Cake 114

Loch Ness Monster Cake 120

Jacques' Chocolate Adventure Cake 126

Nailed It! Holiday! 132

Jacques' Legendary Hot Chocolate 134

Wintry Cabin 136

Ski Vacation Flannel Cake 138

Sylvia Weinstock Hanukkah Cake 146

Nicole at the Pole Cake 152

Donut You Dare 158

Flamingo Pool Float Donut 160

Polar Bear Donut and Cub Donut Hole 166

How to Host a Nailed It! Party 170

Credits 174

What People are Saying About This

Nicole Byer

“What makes this show great is the lovely people who work behind the scenes to make it happen, the contestants, and last but most important Jacques Torres, who’s truly a person I adore and a dream to work with. With this book, our fans can finally experience a taste of what it’s like to be part of Nailed It! too. And after you buy this book, go to mrchocolate.com for his amazing chocolates and visit his shops in New York!”

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