- Oh, well, that was cool.
- Hello!
I'm Nicole Byer and I'm the host of
Nailed It! on Netflix.
This is my
head judge.
He is a French bulldog.
Jacques Torres!
- Bonjour, everyone.
- And today, we have Jen from Ladylike!
(sirens blaring)
(yelling)
(laughing)
- Nailed it!
- So, today,
you are making a --
what? How do I say it?
- Croquembouche.
Classic French cake. I'm so impressed if
you are going to do that.
- Thank you, yeah, me too.
- Sounds hard.
Jen! You should go start now.
- Yeah, okay.
- Go!
- Alright!
Alright! Croquembouche.
Combine five cups of milk.
- Put it in a stove! What are you waiting for?
- Why can't you just assemble all the ingredients
and then put it on the stove? - No because
you need the milk to boil.
- Oh.
- So, you put the milk to boil,
you assemble everything,
and then you cook it.
- Apparently, this is supposed to be in here,
just a bunch of sugar, which I didn't know.
The next part of the recipe involves
eggs.
One cup of milk, cornstarch,
and mix until a slurry firms.
Mix until a slurry forms.
Alright, so, apparently--
(bowl rattles)
Chill.
Now, gently, strain the mixture.
It's frothing!
- What she was doing on the phone? Sexting?
- Maybe.
- Oh! During the show?
- Maybe, who knows?
- We need to ask her.
- I think we're ready for butter. Sure, why not?
Butter should melt really--
(gasps)
It's fine.
Oh, shit, it's boiling.
Okay, cool, that's taking care of itself.
She's fine.
- She has the water. - Okay.
- She has the butter and she's stir it. So, she's
supposed to bring that to a boil and add the flour.
- Okay.
- Let's see what happening.
- Alright. I trust you 'cause I literally
don't know what she's making.
- Oh! This is boiling! Okay, cool, alright.
So, we're gonna take this off the heat,
then sift
the flour.
Yeah. I think she's ready.
(dough plops)
(laughs)
(mixer whirring)
Yeah, that's actually purring like a kitten.
(cat purrs and meows)
Wow, this is really satisfying and
this dough is really pliable.
(egg cracking)
- Uh oh, they're going to be crunchy for us.
- I don't want it to be crunchy!
- Oh, she won't eat it! Oh no!
- I have eaten so many shells on our show
that it's sad.
- It's calcium. You're nails are going to be stronger now.
- Yeah, but my nails are fake.
- I have piping bags.
Nope, no, no, no, no, no, no, nope!
It's okay. Cool. Hot.
She's pretty.
So, I'm going to take these and we're gonna
pop them in the oven and I will be seeing them later.
So, these are my beautiful pastries!
They're fresh out of the oven, and I'm not gonna lie to you,
they are a little flat.
- If it's too flat, you cannot put the pastry cream in it.
- Mhm!
- It's a little burnt on the bottom.
And, we're just gonna try and fill it.
So, you just have to create a little divot with your finger.
Like so. Happy Pride Month, everybody.
Now we can fill it. There we go!
Once it's filled, you just sort of poke, so it looks
like it never had an opening.
Combine sugar and water.
Once this is ready, I'll be able to start constructing
my croquembouche. So this is my cake stand and
my dunce cap.
What is this? What did I make?
So, yeah! I think we should just do it.
Yeah, alright, fuck it.
Come here, little bastard.
One.
Ow!
Oh my God.
- Oh no.
- Why she put the cream in?
- Alright. So, this is attempt number two of the caramel.
Making progress. Love it. That's too big.
- They look like pitas.
- They do!
- A little bit of caramel.
This does look like a bunch of mini pancakes.
Alright, so, this is my croquembouche.
She's beautiful, she's finished,
and I can't wait to show it to Jacques and Nicole.
- I think Jen is done! Let's taste what she's made!
- So, everybody, this is my final croquembouche.
Nailed it!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I like it!
- Really?
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- They look like flat little cookies.
I know they're filled with something tasty.
I don't mind that it doesn't look like it's supposed to.
- [Jen] (laughs)
- [Nicole] Jacques, what do you think?
- Look, I might not be very impressed with that,
but I'm impressed with you,
because attempting something like that,
it's a big project.
- Should we taste them now?
- Let's do it.
- I think it's good.
- Somehow! It's actually tasty.
- You guys have been super generous with me.
I really appreciate it.
It's been a lot of fun - No, it's good.
I wouldn't lie to you.
If it was disgusting, I would have spat it out like
(spitting noises)
- Jen, what a fabulous, gorgeous, tall job you did
on those crumpets!
- Thank you so much, Nicole!
- So, you get bragging rights!
- Oh, thank you!
- The Golden Whisk Cake.
- [Nicole] Yes.
- What an honor.
And, I'm also really excited because now, I and everybody
else, we can check out Nailed It! on Netflix June 29th,
season two.
Tell me a little bit about the new season.
- The new season is filled with more nasty cookies.
Nasty cakes. Wild-looking things where you look at it
and go, "how on Earth did the grown adult make that?"
- (laughs)
- But, truly, they are beautiful in their own way.
- Lots of laughter.
- [Nicole] Yes.
- A lot of laughter.
- We laugh so much.
Alright. Should we get out of here?
- Yeah.
- Alright.
- Nicole, I am taking your cake too.
- [Nicole] Oh!
- Bye bye!
(laughing)
- [Man] Oh, yes!