James Martin's great American cake adventure starts in Virginia, with a classic apple pie; he also discovers the New Orleans King Cake in a southern bakery.
James visits Washington, D.C., to find out about America's obsession with cupcakes; sampling a 10-layer, fudge-topped Smith Island cake; a chestnut and chocolate cake.
James goes to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he trades his car for a buggy and ventures into Amish land; he visits a bakery famous for its pie and tries his hand a twisting pretzels.
The cake-loving chef heads into Philadelphia, makes a Fire and Ice cake, and hunts for the notorious pumpple cake, which is baked with sweet pies inside.
James visits a bakery made famous by 'Sex and the City'; back in the kitchen, James whips up a strawberry gateaux and has some fun with cornflake cookies.
James heads to Brooklyn, where a local baker shows him around, before making some Whoopie Pies; he then meets a larger than life Brooklyn baking master.
James travels to Harlem to find a bakery famous for its carrot cake, then to Glastonbury in Connecticut, to find a blueberry farm which is over 100 years old.
James visits an American diner for a traditional pancake breakfast before stopping by a food magazine office to find out why baking is such a big business in the states.
James ventures into the kitchens of a Boston hotel to find out what makes the Boston cream pie worthy of the title of Massachusetts State dessert; tasting the Boston-born chocolate brownie.
A visit to a Boston distillery where James meets two brothers reviving the city's rum making history; boozy rum cake; a BBQ joint with a taste of traditional southern pecan pie.
James finishes his cake travels in a town not only famous for its witches, but also its donuts; inspired, James shows us the trick to making donuts at home.
