The carnival is in town for the Kids Baking Championship kick off! It's a thrill ride when Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 12 best kid bakers in the country to create carnival-themed cupcakes and incorporate carnival treats like kettle corn, frozen bananas and cotton candy.

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Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the remaining nine kid bakers to pay tribute to the 1960s by creating outrageous psychedelic tie-dye cakes.

Eight kid bakers remain for the challenge of updating old-school desserts, including coconut cream pie and German chocolate cake, into trendy éclairs.

Breakfast desserts is the theme for a challenge in which waffles or pancakes must be used to make layer cakes.

Six kid bakers remain for the challenge of designing mobile app icons out of sugar cookies.

Cute little pets serve as the inspiration for incredible sweets when the last five kid bakers standing must create a dessert inspired by the animal they are paired with, which could be a guinea pig, turtle, rabbit, mini pig or silkie chicken.

Kids Baking Championship goes mad scientist! Using futuristic tools, the final four bakers fight for a spot in the finale with molecular gastronomy inspired desserts. Which three kids will make it through the high-tech gauntlet?

For the finale, the last three kid bakers are given five hours to create an original superhero cake and describe their superhero's powers during tasting. Who will win this last challenge and fly off with $25,000?