- You guys look so fantastic.
I just, you know,
the crew when they hoop and holler, and you guys...
(audience cheers)
I know, I can't tell you,
I hope that you feel it too,
because it really does just warm my heart to no end.
And as we feel so isolated in 2020,
it's like a warm blanket, and it just feels so good,
which is exactly why we're doing Cake Week.
Because what is more fitting than Mangia Mangia
with a bunch of flour and sugar?
And as we celebrate throughout the week,
we thought we would sprinkle
in a little cake decorating competition.
And we're calling it The Ultimate Frost Off!
(audience cheers)
That's right!
And here from Columbus, Ohio, hello, Columbus, Ohio.
Please welcome Juana and her daughter Takia
from J's Sweet Treats and Wedding Cakes.
Hello ladies. (audience claps)
- Hi.
- All right, who's the mom, and who's the daughter?
I'm not even joking, you guys look the same age.
- I'm mom. - And I'm daughter.
- Okay, I'll take your word for it.
You're both so youthful and beautiful, my goodness.
Mothers- - Thank you.
- It's true, meow.
(all laugh)
I love mothers and daughters.
It's my entire universe
and my karma journey here on life.
So how did you get into business with your daughter?
Well actually, I was just baking
for family and friends, it was a hobby.
And one of my friends asked me to
create a two-tier cake for her birthday.
And so I said, okay,
having never done it before, I am fearless.
And it came out awesome.
And the next thing you know,
the whole town was asking us to bake cakes.
And so my daughter and I put together a pop-up shop.
And we refer to that as the pop-up shop that keeps
on giving because we've never stopped.
So we started out of our home, and we outgrew that.
My husband basically said enough is enough.
When he asked what's for dinner
and I say, cake, cupcakes and cake pops,
he wasn't excited about it.
So he asked what we were gonna do.
So we moved into a brick and mortar.
My daughter was helping me out part-time,
and here recently came on full-time to be my right hand.
- I love it.
And I know that 2020 has been such a difficult year.
What are your hopes for 2021, may I ask?
- Well, first of all, we would like COVID-19 to go away.
It really has put a damper on our foot traffic,
the way that people celebrate.
A lot of our large weddings were canceled.
So it really has affected the bottom lines.
For 2021, we're hoping to just get back to where we started.
And that's a booming business with lots
of custom cakes and a lot of foot traffic.
- Well, I wish that for you.
And I do believe that we are on the verge
of a new year and a new hope.
And for today, let's take all of that,
get rid of it and have a competition.
All right, let's see who takes the cake
when it comes to decorating.
I'm challenging you both to decorate your own cakes
with one of my favorite things, flowers.
- Flowers. - Flowers!
- All right, are you ready to go?
All right, let's do this!
All right, we're gonna check in with you all show long.
And by the end, we just might have
a little prize for the winner.
Juana, Takia, ready, set, frost!
(audience claps)
Okay, thank you beautiful ladies.
Before we dive into our next guest,
I wanna check in on our Frost Off competition.
Juana, Takia, how's it going?
- It's going good, going good.
- Ooh, I likey what I see, ooh.
All right, we're gonna keep checking in with you
gorgeous, gorgeous ladies all throughout the show, BRB.
Here we go, Takia and Juana, welcome back.
We got 30 seconds, who is gonna be the winner?
Whoever it is, gets a thousand dollars.
Let's look.
(audience claps)
Oh my gosh, those are both so gorgeous.
- Ooh, who am I gonna pick?
God, this is too hard.
Oh God, I really love all those flowers
and I love that cake, you know what?
A thousand dollars for both of you.
I love you, thank you so much.
(audience cheers)
You're both winners.
Thank you Takia and Juana and to everyone watching at home.
(upbeat music)