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Are These Items From Is It Cake? Real Or Delicious Deceit?

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New to Netflix, 'Is It Cake?' is a delicious new competition show. Photo via Netflix
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In Is It Cake?, bakers work to create hyperrealistic cakes to see if they can fool judges — all before host Mikey Day dramatically cuts into the cake (or not) for the big reveal. But how would you do? Click ahead and test yourself with these photos from the show.

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Are these tacos cake?

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No! But they’re very controversial.

To throw off judges, contestant Jonny Manganello put fake tomatoes on the real decoy tacos (that’s why they look so... off). He wasn’t penalized for the trickery, but many viewers were skeptical of the move.

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Is this sack of money cake?

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Yep! A really unappetizing one.

Fortunately, the prize for correctly guessing this fake cake was getting real money — so, it all worked out.

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Is this purse a cake?

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No! It’s maybe a little damaged now, though.

And it kind of looks like Polly Pocket?

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Is this seashell a cake?

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Nope! Thankfully no one tried to bite into that.

This one fooled the judges — so if you missed out, you’re not alone.

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Are these rubber duckies cake?

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Yes! (RIP, little guy.)

Though Dessiree Salaverria wasn’t able to fool the judges, they did seriously love the flavor of her chocolate chip cookie dough-inspired creation.

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