Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman shake things up by asking the bakers to work in teams to create designs made of doughnuts. Each baker will individually bake and decorate two dozen mini doughnuts, and then they will need to combine them to create a unified design. One baker will fall in the hole and be eliminated.

With only 6 bakers left Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman test their skills with lunchbox imposters, where they must make a dessert that looks like a common lunchbox food item, and they must also create a side dish to go along with it.