‘Is It Cake?’: Here’s Who Won and How Much Money They Took Home
Netflix’s new show Is It Cake? created an 8-part series out of an interesting fad. Hyper-realistic and over-the-top cakes aren’t a new thing, but they became an internet phenomenon when the “everything is cake” memes exploded in the midst of the pandemic. Videos of people cutting into everyday objects to reveal that they are actually cake took off. The Netflix series put nine bakers’ realistic cake-making skills to the test. No matter how silly the games might seem, there was a lot of money on the line. Here’s who ultimately won the competition and how much money they took home.
What are the rules to ‘Is It Cake?’
Is It Cake? threw nine bakers into a baking competition with a twist. For the bakers’ first challenge, host Mikey Day presents them with an array of everyday items and they must decide — you guessed it — which one is cake.
This first round determines which three competitors will move onto the baking portion. The bakers then select an everyday object that they must painstakingly create in cake form over the course of eight hours.
The bakers then present their cakes to a panel of judges. The cakes are disguised amongst similar everyday objects, and it’s now up to the judges to choose which one is cake. If the judges choose wrong, the baker is in the running to win $5,000.
If multiple bakers fool the judges, they ultimately decide whose cake wins the round, and the cash. The winner is then shown a bag of cash and a cake that looks like a bag of cash. If they correctly identify the cake, they win another $5,000. If not, that money is added to the next round’s pot.
Who won ‘Is It Cake?’
Is It Cake? is not an elimination game, and there were opportunities for all the contestants to win money. However, there was still an obvious winner. The final round pitted the three best-performing contestants against each other in one final competition.
These contestants were Andrew Fuller, Hemu Basu, and April Julian. The bakers were able to sculpt any hyper-realistic cake they wanted. Julian fooled the judges with her sewing machine cake, and Fuller advanced as well with a cake made to look like a trunk. However, Basu’s marble sculpture cake was found out by the judges.
After some deliberation, the judges named Fuller the overall winner. At the end of the final episode, an emotional Fuller stated, “I’ve never come this far in something. I feel like I’m finally stepping into the person that I’m supposed to be and it’s just a cake show but this is huge for me.”
Fuller is a cake sculptor, baker, and owner of Sugar Freakshow, a custom cake business located in Des Moine, Iowa. He specializes in hyper-realistic cakes, often creating products for clients who want to “gross out their guests.” Fuller also shared in the Netflix special that he delivers his cakes in a hearse with green flames painted down the side of it.
How much money did Andrew Fuller win?
Andrew Fuller won a massive prize of $50,000 for winning the final competition in Is It Cake? However, that’s not all the cash that he took home. Fuller started baking in episode 3, where his conch shell cake earned him $5,000. Although Fuller did not correctly identify the cake bag of cash, he continued on to compete in episode 4. His challah bread cake earned him another $5,000 and this time he correctly identified the cash cake, earning him another $15,000.
Fuller again secured $5,000 with his red solo cup cake in episode 5. However, he did not accurately select the money cake again. Regardless, Fuller’s final earnings totaled a whopping $80,000. According to The Ancestry, he plans to use the money to continue to grow Sugar Freakshow, as well as travel with his partner.
