Is It Cake?
Is It Cake? is a 2022 game show style cooking competition television series created by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, and hosted by Mikey Day. The series premiered on Netflix on March 18, 2022. Contestants create cakes that replicate common objects in an effort to trick celebrity judges. Winners of each episode receive $5,000 and a chance to win more money by identifying which display of cash is real and which is cake. Gameplay. Throughout each episode, contestants and celebrity judges are presented with multiples of an object, with a cake replicating that object presented amongst  the real objects. Three contestants are able to compete by baking a cake within eight hours which actually replicates the look of an object selected for that episode. Celebrity judges are then presented with three separate sets of objects presented themselves in sets of five of the same object. Amongst each set of five is one cake baked that day by one of the contestants. If the judges correctly guess which object is actually a cake, that contestant is eliminated from that episode. When multiple contestants are able to trick the judges, the judges then select a winner based on  quality of the cake to break the tie. The winner of each episode wins $5,000 and is able to win an additional $5,000 if they can correctly identify between a visually identical pair of bundles of cash which is actually a cake. If they do not correctly identify the cake, the $5,000 is added to the cash bundle round winnings in the next episode. The winners of the three episodes leading up to the finale then compete in the finale to win $50,000. The show does not eliminate any of the eight contestants and they are  able to stay throughout the season and observe even if they are not competing in that episode. Some not competing in the finale were selected to help support the finalists' baking efforts. Production. "Is It Cake?" was created by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz and is produced by their company, Alfred Street Industries. It is hosted by Mikey Day. It is based on the TikTok and YouTube videos and memes asking "is it cake?". Each episode is approximately 40 minutes. Release. "Is It Cake?" was released on Netflix on March 18, 2022.