I was playing around with some pulled sugar for an upcoming dessert video, and it reminded me just how much I dislike those ever-popular, themed cake battles on the food networks. In case you’ve never seen one, I thought I’d take a little break and describe what happens…in every episode: “Contestants, please make a cake that looks like a working Victorian merry-go-round… if his pulled sugar breaks, the entire design will collapse… he’s almost to the judge’s table… it’s starting to wobble… [BEEP]… well, that’s a real shame.”