The only thing wilder than baking competitions are the people who enter them. Maythe is a sugar artist and rising star in the baking world. As a professional baker already, contests are a chance to raise her profile locally and hobnob with elite business. Anamaria paid her way through college with her famous cheesecakes and is ready to see where else her passion for baking can take her. Monty is a former football player turned baker with a cupcake game that he believes is unparalleled. For all three of these competitive bakers, a victory could be the key to unlocking the next step in their culinary career.

Competitive baking has a few gigantic events, and Cookie Con is one of them. It's the Superbowl of cookie competitions, where bakers are challenged to create masterpieces on a small scale. Home bakers Maythe, RaChelle, Sumera and Kareem discover just how hard it is to win big with small, sweet details.

Dessert Wars is the largest desserts festival in America, and the nation's top cake decorators descend on Tampa, Florida, to determine who is the best of the best. Lili, RaChelle, Sumera and Kareem experience all the sugar highs and lows. Kareem is still new to the world of cake and cookie decorating, and after a humbling loss at Cookie Con, he's ready to try again with a medium he is more comfortable with -- cakes. Lili was a surprise winner at her first local competition, but the national stage is a big move up that she's not sure she is ready for. RaChelle is coming off a big win at Cookie Con and is hoping to keep her streak going with her most detailed cake yet. There is no event too big for Sumera and her personality, but has she learned enough from previous cake fails to score a win at Dessert Wars?