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Friends · SET 41393

Baking Competition

A baking competition with kitchen stations and a large central cake. Small utensils and decoration matter more than the structure's overall size.

Pieces: 361
Release year: 2020
Theme: Friends
Set number: 41393
LEGO recommended age: 6+
Archived regional retail price · Germany: 39.99 €

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Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026

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TIME TO BUILD

How long does it take to build Baking Competition?

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Editorial estimate · first build

Beginner

≈ 2 h 45 minSuggested range1 h 30 min – 4 h 45 min

Intermediate

≈ 2 hSuggested range1 h – 3 h 15 min

Experienced

≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range45 min – 2 h 15 min

Based on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.

How we estimate times · sources and method

Editorial assessment: A baking competition with kitchen stations and a large central cake. Small utensils and decoration matter more than the structure's overall size. Side stations arrange tools and ingredients around the centre. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks, subsequent play and any alternative models are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.

Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.

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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.

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BEYOND THE BRICKS

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The model, the history, the ideas

Inside the set

A cake-shaped sign

A large decorative cake tops the structure and immediately establishes the theme.

LEGO source

Side-by-side kitchens

Side stations arrange tools and ingredients around the centre.

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Beyond the set

The stories, places and inventions behind your build.

Flavour from an orchid

Natural vanilla comes from the fruits of Vanilla planifolia, an orchid.

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Natural vanilla comes from Vanilla planifolia fruit, with vanillin central to its aroma and flavour. Indigenous people domesticated it in what is now southeastern Mexico. A familiar ingredient connects botany with cultivation: its pods must first form, mature and be processed.

Smithsonian Gardens

Patient work

In many plantations outside its native range, the flowers must be hand-pollinated.

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Each flower lasts less than a day. Where suitable pollinators are absent, hand pollination is needed, followed by six to nine months of pod maturation. Smithsonian credits an effective 1841 method to Edmond Albius, then an enslaved twelve-year-old on Réunion; it remains in use.

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Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026

Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 26 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.

BEYOND THE BRICKS

Keep the story going

Films, series, games, books and music connected to this model or its universe.

TV series

LEGO Friends

2012

Another adventure in the same universe, for before or after your build.

Where to watch · Italy ↗

Title page on JustWatch.

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THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE

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Three separate scores from 1 to 10. For difficulty, 1 means very easy and 10 means very difficult.

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· Selected for the subject and atmosphere

Instrumental conversation and a small-club character accompany urban and sociable interiors. It is a way to imagine the completed place being lived in.

OUR PICK

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Rhythmic and lively

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