It's the quarter-finals, and the five remaining bakers will be partaking in the show's first ever Caramel Week, with the bakes either inherently caramel or a caramel version of what is requested. Regardless, the caramel must shine through respective of what other flavors the they choose to incorporate. They are each asked to make twelve each of two different versions, both in flavor and design, of Florentine cookies, which use caramel as their structural base. Beyond the finicky baking times, the challenge may be to make a version that stands out from the crowd while retaining those characteristics standard to the cookies. Moving to the technical, they are each asked to make a baker's dozen yeast raised doughnuts that are caramel forward in being filled with a praline infused pastry cream, covered with a caramel glaze and topped with praline pieces. And they are given free reign in their showstopper. which is for each to make a caramel layer cake.
—Huggo