Plot Synopsis

Sixteen former winners of CUPCAKE WARS return to the kitchen to compete against each other for a $50,000 grand prize and the title of ultimate cupcake champ. Just like CUPCAKE WARS, each episode pits four bakers against each other in three elimination culinary challenges, but now they must bring their cupcake creativity to outbake the best. Each of the winners in the first four episodes of this series return for the finale, a cupcake-off during which the champion bakers create a cupcake work of art inspired by the brightest Food Network stars. Returning contestants include: Lily Fischer and Nima Etemadi (A Cupcake Wonderland; Philadelphia, PA); Deborah and Heather McDonnell (Cupcrazed Cakery; Fort Mill, SC); Ron and Ruth Bzdewka (House of Cupcakes; Princeton, NJ); Rebecca Ybarra and Christiana Grammer (Suite 106 Cupcakery; Rancho Cucamonga, CA); Winnette McIntosh Ambrose and Kristi Delich (The Sweet Lobby; Washington, DC); Corey Fanfa and Andrea Ballus (Sift Cupcakery; Santa Rosa, CA); Kyra Bussanich and Jackie Schonbron (Crave Bake Shop; Lake Oswego, OR); Alyssa Magliato and James Waninger (The Perfect Circle Cupcakery; Orange, CA); Marianne Martin and Bill Jones (Jones Bros. Cupcakes; Omaha, NE); Emily Bao and Victoria Donnelly (Cakeology; Dorchester, MA); Steve and Michelle Spell (Ava's Cupcakes; Rockaway, NJ); Kevin Vanderra and Shane Penoyer (Cupcake; Minneapolis, MN); Jane Marie Kane and Michele Kenno (Cake Dreams; Rockville, MD); Titus Pinkston and Paul Conti (Casereccio Cakes; Vero Beach, FL); Megan Faulkner Brown and Hilary Cavanaugh (The Sweet Tooth Fairy; Lehi, UT); and Annette Starbuck and Rebecca Cho (The Goodie Girls; Glendale, CA).