Buddy vs Duff 3: Archi-cake-tural Wonders are everywhere

Going into Week 7 of Buddy vs Duff 3, cake masters Duff Goldman and Buddy Valastro were in a dead heat. The score was tied and whoever could take the lead going into the season finale would have a serious advantage to become, once and for all, the King of Cake.

However, things didn’t quite work out that way. If you were the suspicious type you may have been screaming “Shenanigans!” at your television after the episode ended. It got us thinking that it was very reminiscent of what happened going into the Final Four of Tournament of Champions 2.

Regardless, once again the cake masters made some incredible cakes, and while the final outcome may not have reflected it, to us there was a clear winner. But before we get to that let’s talk about the cakes themselves.

For Week 7 the theme was architectural wonders, which immediately gets you thinking about some of the great buildings that have been built throughout history. The Empire State Building. The Tower of Pisa. The Coliseum in Rome.

For Week 7 of Buddy vs Duff 3, the bakers went in very different directions.

Buddy decided to go big for his cake. Really big. He recreated the Valley of the Kings in cake form. The monstrous cake included several pyramids and a Sphinx that was almost entirely made of cake. It was the definition of go big or go home and included some of the most detailed work Buddy and his crew have done yet.

While Buddy created cake greatness, Duff went in a completely different direction and made … a treehouse.

Yes, a treehouse. Now I understand that Duff just welcomed his first child into the world and yes, a treehouse can indeed be an architectural wonder, but if we’re being honest, nobody really thinks that this is what was meant when they picked the theme.