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James Martin's United Cakes of America Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Virginia
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.
Episode 2
Washington DC & Maryland
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.
Episode 3
Baltimore
James tries a Pimlico Cake in Baltimore, before heading for the Maryland countryside to taste a cake which is only made for six weeks of the year.
Episode 4
Pennsylvania
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.
Episode 5
Philadelphia
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.
Episode 6
Philadelphia and Brooklyn
Foodie fun as James samples Butter Cake and meets a man who has brought a taste of Florida to Brooklyn, making authentic Key Lime Pies.
Episode 7
Manhattan and Brooklyn
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.
Episode 8
Manhattan
James's cake adventures leads him to find out about two of New York's classic puddings, the New York cheesecake and Baked Alaska.
Episode 9
Brooklyn - Passion Fruit Whoopie Pies
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.
Episode 10
Harlem and Connecticut - Carrot Cake & Blueberry Muffins
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.
Episode 11
Connecticut - Mixed Fruit Shortbread & Bacon Waffles
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.
Episode 12
Hartford - Chocolate Chip Biscotti & Spiced Oatmeal
A Connecticut woman makes James a Jewish holiday honey cake; James lends a hand at a local cooking class; spiced oat cake and chocolate chip biscotti.
Episode 13
Boston - Choc & Coffee Meringue Cake, and Brownies
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.
Episode 14
Massachusetts - Banana Pecan Cake and Orange Pound Cake
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.
Episode 15
Salem - Butter Pudding and Doughnuts with Pannacotta
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.