In the supersized season premiere, Duff meets the six exceptional Super Mega Cakes teams and learns the theme of each challenge. In the first head-to-head battle, Duff is joined by his invaluable righthand man Geof Manthorne and the Charm City Cakes team in a life-sized Superman-themed challenge against a renowned British cake artist and her team. Each must create cakes with designs and flavors inspired by Superman that include an animation element. Judges Sherry Yard and Amaury Guichon are joined by actor Beck Bennett to determine which Superman creation flies above the rest. Upcoming cake themes include an Under the Sea challenge that must have a floating element and Alien Invasion requiring a lighting scheme.

For this challenge, Duff Goldman and his squad face off against Timbo Sullivan and his teammates, Sarah Ono Jones and Sarah Myers. The cakes must feature dazzling architectural detail on the outside and inside. The bakers take very different approaches, and it will be up to judges Amaury Guichon, Sherry Yard and Drew Scott from Property Brothers to decide which cake wins $10,000 and becomes eligible for the grand prize.