It was a fun show. Bob, the painting on your treasure map was amazing. I really hoped to see it finished but you handled yourself beautifully. FWIW, a friend of mine lives down the street from your bakery. She said she is in awe of your work and that your cakes taste amazing. If buttercream is your thing though, why not do the cake in buttercream? I couldn't do a buttercream cake to save my soul but I'd love to see more people do it on camera.

I thought the treasure chest cake was fantastic. It just reminded me of a rustic old haunted house. There were tons of great details and a lot of humor in the piece. They kept saying the work was sloppy but it didn't come through on TV to me. The ship cake was good too but the figures were amazing. They almost ellipsed the cake because they were so good.

just finished watching...i loved the pirate cake!...so much detail!...and he worked with his mom and sister the whole 9 hours!

I'm pissed that the judge said the girl's cake was sloppy--that was beyond uncalled for.

Hi Bob, you handled yourself beautifully and should hold your head high. Your cake was amazing. I'm the lights played havic on the buttercream. The map was awesome.

I think Susan's cake was awesome. I really thought she should have won the competition. I could not see why the male judge kept saying her cake was a mess. I am so glad she stood up for herself with such grace. She accepted it was not to her standards, but it certainly was not a mess. Whatever flaws she had was not visible on camera. And the fact that she had to lose 30 minutes of time and still finished. Even though the judge felt she could have slowed down and done more. What is with that???

Mike's cake was great, but the tears were visible on camera. I'm glad he had the opportunity to take the lead over his mom. What a great confidence booster.

All the cakes were great but there can only be one winner in the end. I do really like the show. Not as much drama as Cake Boss.

I just want to thank everyone for there very kind words of support!!!!!

Welcome and look forward to seeing more of your cakes.

Bob, you totally rock!

AM I confused or did Bob win the eating part of the cake competition? I think that was pretty important and OMG I wanted a piece of that yummy cake so bad....Bob made my grandson and I laugh with tears of joy when he road his cake into the room....too funny and what a real winner!!! I would have cried like a baby, and he was a real hero for kids to look up to..I am so proud of him. Great job Bob and better luck next time, and I hope we will see you again....great cake design

That reminds me that that same male judge was annoying about the uber coconut cake too. I'm not into the insulting critiques. He's kinda full of
himself huh.

MBoyd, thanks for chatting with us! Your kind words about the competitor cakes is really refreshing to hear. I really enjoyed watching the show. Not so much the competition part of it, but the creative part. I loved how the teams were considerate of one another and did not bring any nasty drama to the show. Each and everyone of you are very talented and I loved each cake for different reasons. To all involved with the creating the cakes "your cakes rocked!"

Yeah I actually thought the girls had a good chance of winning .........sloppy,,,,,,,,,,he should try competing and see how he does in such a short time......what a sh^%

He wouldn't, he's not a cake artist. So not qualified to judge in my opinion. He certainly swayed the client by his comments though, in my opinion. All judging is subjective anyway, but I think if there are rules, like it has to be 5' tall, that is not negotiable. The contestants really are the ones to be commended for doing these challenges. Shows a lot of talent and character for them and their teams. Congratulations just for being in this challenge and letting us watch.

I thought he was really quite nasty to her.

I agree, to me a tv camera does not give someone the license to rebuke a contestant Simon Cowell style. That schtick works for Simon. But it's been done and apparently it's an art form. For example, Kerry does it well. She offers legitimate critiques because she's walked the walk.

This judge on Ultimate has neither the art form nor the expertise. He's just lobbing mudballs not ginning up drama but making the show undesireable, less watchable, painful.

Yeah let's tune in and see how offensive the clueless guy is to the next hard working artist. Shooting fish in a barrel--captive audience--beneath dignity.

Wow I just checked the show website to get the bio on that judge, dude, he ain't even listed there. M. Braun has one paragraph, Leigh Grode has a detailed page long bio from Easy Bake oven to the stars.

Wow clueless guy's getting no respenct from the show either.

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/ultimate-cake-off/judges.html

And I'll stand corrected if I am wrong that he is indeed a cake make/designer but pretty sure he's a chef--regardless he needs to tone it down.

there is a link for a bio on the host:
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/ultimate-cake-off/host.html

Its my understanding that he's a chef that has some TV experience, but he's not a pastry/sugar guy.

I'm looking forward to next weeks show - I want to see if that judge continues to be ugly. I also want to pay attention to his intro to see what his area of expertise is. I had to let the dogs out and missed the intro for this show. (Gotta love my schnauzers!)

So I do stand corrected that he's the host not exactly a judge but he does offer up his critique.

He's out of his line of work there. He was successful when he said that he wished the work had been cleaner- it lacked precision--needed more clarity--was awkward. But give somebody a few hours to create something that it would take days to make and then douse them with a cheap shot (sloppy) demeans the process and the author of the remarks to me. It's hitting below the belt.

Yeah, and I have to agree, that Susan had a rough day with the judges... She stood her ground though!

And good for her!!!!!!!!

LOVED the show! In fact, my entire family loved the show! My daughter (7) was almost in tears for Bob, though. Great to see you here, Bob and company.

Bob, do you have a picture of the practice cake? Would be nice to see what the cake was supposed to look like.

At the TLC website, there's a slideshow of all three cakes and the original concept sketches.

You'll see a shot of Team Yellow's cake before it lost its brave battle with gravity....

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/ultimate-cake-off/slideshows/ultimate-cakes-episode-2.html

Y'know what though? Giving the team that wins the mini challenge an extra 30 minutes is a much better idea than pitting them against each other and penalizing a team.