Boys Cooking Challenge

The same head-to-head structure as the other contest title in this section, with a summer theme and a different cast. You pick a character, the rival works alongside you, and the winner is whoever gets a finished cake onto the table first.

Where it diverges is the decorating palette, which is bright and fruit-heavy rather than themed around a holiday. Strawberries, citrus slices, mint and glaze all place quickly, which suits a game measured in seconds — nothing in the set takes long enough to cost you the race.

Short and repeatable. A round runs a couple of minutes, and the reason to play it more than once is to find out how much of the finish you can get away with before the rival catches up, which is a more interesting question than the recipe itself.

1. Pick your character.
2. Follow the highlighted steps through mixing and baking.
3. Decorate quickly with the summer toppings offered.
4. Finish before your rival does.

Glaze first, fruit second. Glaze applied over placed fruit slides it out of position, and repositioning is the one action here that costs you the race.