A swarm of creepy crawlies is on the menu as Duff Goldman challenges the bakers to create cakes that have become infested and decayed.

Professional bakers must prove their expertise by creating elaborate Halloween-themed showstoppers.

Professional bakers must prove their expertise by creating elaborate Halloween-themed showstoppers.

Professional bakers must prove their expertise by creating elaborate Halloween-themed showstoppers.

Professional bakers must prove their expertise by creating elaborate Halloween-themed showstoppers.

The four competing bakers must beware of evil spells as Duff Goldman provides cursed ingredients like blood oranges, black garlic and forbidden rice in the first round challenge.

Duff Goldman welcomes talented bakers to an unconventional baking and design competition; in the first challenge, the four bakers must create Halloween-themed cakes that incorporate a surprise selection of candies and treats.

Duff Goldman officiates the monster of all wedding cake competitions as the bakers create cakes fit for monstrous matrimony; following an elimination, the remaining three competitors return to their home bakeries to craft monster-sized cakes.

The bakers design cakes with a dead-to-alive theme, mixing ingredients that are dead and dark with those that are alive and colorful; one competitor's cake is deemed dead on arrival; the remaining three bakers head home to create their showstoppers.