Cake Boss
The staff of Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, led by Buddy Valastro, shows how it prepares elaborate themed cakes for various occasions. Each episode typically features the preparation of two cakes for events including receptions, charity events and theme parties as well as weddings and birthdays.
Genre: Family, Reality-TV
Cast:Buddy Valastro , Mauro Castano , Danny Dragone , Joey Faugno , Frankie Amato Jr. , Anthony Bellifemine , Mary Sciarrone , Ralph 'Ralphie Boy' Attanasia III , Grace Faugno , Maddalena Castano , Remigio 'Remy' Gonzalez , Lisa Valastro , Maurizio Belgiovine , Mary Valastro , Dana Herbert , Lisa Gonzalez , Frank Amato Jr. , Sal Picinich
S1.E1 ∙ A Bride, a Boat & Bamboozled
Buddy Valastro has to crack the whip for his bakery to make a deadline after landing a photo spread in Brides magazine during a week already jam-packed with cake orders.
S1.E2 ∙ A Fire, a Fashionista & Family
Buddy and his team build a fire engine cake complete with working lights, a siren and smoke; Buddy re-creates his father's trademark cake for a family memorial dinner.
S1.E3 ∙ Bunny, Birthday & Burnt Food
Easter is the busiest time of the year with orders pouring in. To ease the crew, Frankie dresses as the Easter Bunny to keep spirits high...whether he likes it or not.
S1.E4 ∙ Weddings, Water & Whacked!
The bakery is asked to make a huge roulette table cake for a local business man; orders pile up with the advent of the wedding season.
S1.E5 ∙ Biplane, Bridezella & Busting Buddy
Buddy agrees to make a biplane cake for a hospital charity; an unreasonable "bridezilla" isn't happy with her cake; Stretch plots revenge against Buddy.
S1.E6 ∙ Undead, Unclothed & Unhappy Mama
Buddy is asked to make a zombie cake for "undead" clients; the team makes an erotic bachelorette cake for wild women; mama becomes unhappy.
S1.E7 ∙ Doves, Ducks & Delicacies
Buddy makes a wedding cake like his father used to make, tall, ornate and filled with live birds?! A dad-to-be enters the bakery to request a giant lobster tail pastry for his pregnant wife who is expecting a baby girl.
S1.E8 ∙ Museum, Mistakes & Mother Mary
The Carlo's team takes a trip to a local museum for a prehistoric mammal cake. A sweet 16 cake proves to be more work than anyone planned on and Frankie makes and decorates a cake all by himself for a very hard to please client...Mary!
S1.E9 ∙ Soldier, Sand & Salads
Buddy and Co are like kid's in a toy store, when they are asked to make a FAO Schwarz-themed cake for a twins birthday. They also have a beach-themed cake to create for a local beach club and the Carlo's team have a weight loss contest.
S1.E10 ∙ Chinese, Culture & Cannolis
The team has a unique and challenging cake to make, a traditional Chinese dragon cake for a dragon boat racing team. It's also a big week at the bakery preparing hundreds of cannoli shells for the annual $.25 Throw Back Cannoli.
S1.E11 ∙ A Blindfold, a Bikini & Breathing Fire
Buddy is used to putting out fires, not starting them but all that changes when he's asked to build a tiki cake that spits out fire. If that's not enough, Mauro challenges him to ice a cake blindfolded!
S1.E12 ∙ Leaning, Lobsters & Lectures
Buddy has to channel his inner-Italian to create a Leaning Tower of Pisa wedding cake. Then, he gets into hot water when he must pull together a show stopping lobsterbake-themed cake at the last second after a client mixes up the date!
S1.E13 ∙ Fireworks, Falling Fondant & Fathers
A fellow family owned business asks Buddy and the team to honor their patriarch by creating a special cake featuring their company's product....fireworks! Then Buddy attends 'Bring Your Dad to School Day' at Buddy Jr's elementary school.
S2.E1 ∙ Plants, Pranks & A Proposal
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden commissions a cake to honor wicked plants, a man wants a special cake by which he can propose marriage in Buddy's store, and Buddy finally pays Cousin Anthony back for dropping a finished cake.
S2.E2 ∙ Candy, Crash & Crisis
An über-sweet Candy Land cake for Dylan's Candy Bar is at risk from a juvenile cousin's greedy sweet tooth and a bumpy car ride. Meanwhile, Buddy's sisters pressure him to hire an assistant (ostensibly for his own sake), and Cousin Anthony has a traffic accident while on delivery.
S2.E3 ∙ Painters, Pool & Pink
Buddy's invited to join in on a celebrity billiards tournament for whom he's making a pool table cake, and painters pay for their awesome paint-themed cake by repainting the bakery, which is an agreeable arrangement till Mary re-determines the color choice.
S2.E4 ∙ Robots, Rollerskates and Relatives
Buddy's latest challenge: build a functional robot cake. Additionally, Buddy's niece Tessy wants a tie-dye cake from her uncle for her 8th birthday but also wants him to deliver it at a skating rink while on rollers skates, and little Cousin Buddy gives Cousin Anthony grief while accompanying him on deliveries.
S2.E5 ∙ A Battleship, Ballet & Burning!
The U.S. Air Force invites Buddy and his bakers to their base to commission a cake. Later at the bakery, as everyone begins work on a dance cake for Dance Now, Air Force veteran Joey's over-baked cakes set off a smoke detector.
S2.E6 ∙ Children, a Cage and a Challenge
Alfie the Talking Dragon, a very popular exhibit at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, turns 3-years-old, so Buddy decides to construct a talking cake - with himself as the voice of Alfie. Add to this, a bride-to-be orders a groom cake for her cage fighting fan fiancé, which prompts Buddy's 16-year-old nephew Robert, a high school wrestler, to challenge one of the much heavier bakers to a match. And it's game on!
S2.E7 ∙ Pizza, Poochies & Pop-in-Law
Buddy takes on a couple of unusual challenges: (1) a pizza cake for his father-in-law's pizzeria along with a pizza throwdown; (2) a dog cake for an animal shelter fund-raiser along with a sugarless, chocolate-free dog food cake for its animals residents. But who should become the unwary sampler of the dog food topping in the kitchen? Cousin Anthony, who else?
S2.E8 ∙ Golf Greens & Gravity
A solar system cake for a planetarium proves to be quite a structural headache for the bakers. In the meantime, outside the bakery Buddy takes his guys golfing for inspiration toward their golf course cake while, inside, Buddy's boast that he can make a cake using any tools at all nets him a challenge to make a cake of Carlo's Bakery quality using an Easy Bake toy oven.
S2.E9 ∙ Freaks, Fast Food & Frightened Frankie
Major League Eating gets an entire buffet table made of cake, the people of Coney Island Side Show get a freaky topsy-turvy cake, Frankie gets tested on the extent of his fear of clowns, and Grace, who wants to try cooking Thanksgiving Day dinner, is allowed a trial run.
S2.E10 ∙ Colorful Characters & Christmas Costumes
A festive drag-queen breezes into the shop to order a holiday cake s/he can pop out of; then, a couple of pretty clients turn the heads of the delivery boys (who subsequently beg Buddy to be allowed to deliver their cake), so Buddy makes 'em dress up for their Christmas delivery - as his happy elves.
S2.E11 ∙ Motorcycles, Manhattanites & Misbehaving
Buddy builds a motorcycle cake for the Hell's Angels. At the other extreme, he has to make a serving tray tea party cake for a Manhattan socialite who just wants something fabulous - even if she had to venture out to Buddy's bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey to get it.
S2.E12 ∙ Blushing Brides & Busy Bakers
With the bakery inundated in orders for fifty wedding cakes over a single weekend (including one for Buddy's sister-in-law, for whom Buddy himself is a member of the wedding party), Buddy's ready to blow a gasket.
S2.E13 ∙ Apples, Arguments and Animal Prints
Proud Mary S. gets Buddy burning when he learns she called another baker to make her her birthday cake because Buddy didn't give her his undivided attention earlier. Buddy's creative wheels keep on turning as he rolls out a first-time apple-flavored cake for the orchard where he annually picks his fresh apples.
S2.E14 ∙ Sizing, Sleeping Stretch and Sesame Street
Sesame Street wants a cake for its 40th year anniversary so Buddy and staff make them one - eight feet long.
S2.E15 ∙ Chimps, Cinema and Crumb Cake
Buddy's idea for a cake celebrating the premiere of a movie theater doesn't find favor with those ordering it, while the execution of a cake for the Bronx Zoo's 110th year isn't finding Buddy's favor, and Mary goes out of everyone's favor when she sells a crumb cake that was waiting to be picked up by a customer.
S2.E16 ∙ Cars, Collapse & Couture
The president of the Retail Bakers Association of America brings Buddy a challenge - construct a life-size NASCAR cake for the annual convention in Pennsylvania. Mauro is put in charge of the bakery during Buddy's absence, but when designers order a high fashion cake, Mary strongly feels Mauro doesn't have enough fashion sense to pull it off and lets him know it.
S2.E17 ∙ Aquarium Adventures & an Announcement
For a colorful aquarium cake, Buddy incorporates a real fish tank. Buddy's sister Lisa has something to tell Buddy on the Q.T.
S2.E18 ∙ Castles, Cannolis & Cartoon Characters
Walt Disney World invites Buddy to come out and make them his famous cannolis. It's daughter Sophie's 6th birthday as well and, though they're all away from the bakery on a family vacation, she requests a castle cake from her dad, which Buddy finds hard to refuse (but even harder to execute).
S2.E19 ∙ Best of Cake Boss
In this special episode, Buddy counts down his top five favorite cakes and re-lives some of the most memorable moments from the past two seasons.
S3.E1 ∙ Governor, Giant Lisa & Good-bye Mama
After 50 years working the bakery, Mama announces her retirement. Buddy knows what cake he'd like to make for her party, but a prime ingredient is no longer manufactured. On top of that, New Jersey's Governor-elect wants a cake for his inauguration, Lisa's birthday inspires Buddy to make a life-size cake of his wife, and Buddy initiates an Employee-of-the-Month Award to raise standards.
S3.E2 ∙ Peppermint & a Polar Bear Plunge
Brrrr. It's winter and Buddy's feeling the cold extra-keenly. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club wants a cake and Buddy aims to join them with his bakers in their next ocean dip. Also, Buddy's son Marko wants an ice cream clown cake for his third birthday, a difficult cake which has to be iced inside the freezer.
S3.E3 ∙ Roses, Romance & a Romeo
A massive group-wedding requires wedding cakes for 14 couples, each a different flavor, which an out-of-style old-school idea ties all together. It's also Valentine's Day, which makes for a "crazy-busy" week at Carlo's Bakery; delivery boy Anthony takes out baker Danny's daughter, making it even more so.
S3.E4 ∙ Tournament of Knights & a Tasty Tiramisu
An unheralded knight bearing a double-edged sword cuts to the head of the line to beseech a cake from Buddy's ovens for the king of Medieval Times, an authentic Italian seeks an authentic Italian cake, and Cousin Anthony begins his quest to become a baker.
S3.E5 ∙ Hieroglyphics, Hearse & Happy Parents
The mother of a sweet sixteen wants an Egyptian princess cake, an Indian baby shower wants an animal cake, and a husband wants a pink hearse cake for his wife's birthday.
S3.E6 ∙ Chopped Head & a Crazy Cravings Cake
Danny's substandard fondant work on a Marie Antoinette cake leads Buddy into doing a superior make-up job, pregnant Lisa finds an eating companion as the baking staff works on her cravings cake, Anthony starts learning how to do pastries from Joey, and Mauro's health takes a nosedive.
S3.E7 ∙ Magazines, a Mega Screen & Maurizio
While cakes are desired for the 10th anniversaries of NASDAQ and O Magazine, Anthony wants to turn baker full-time, so Maurizio (Buddy's brother-in-law) is tested to take over on deliveries.
S3.E8 ∙ A Princess, a Pirate and a Perplexing Arch
Buddy builds a St. Louis skyline cake in which a replica of the St. Louis Arch proves most difficult. Mary's twins want a pirate and princess cake, but Mary goes too far in expressing her displeasure over Buddy.
S3.E9 ∙ 6-foot Sub Sandwich, Zeppoles and a Sick Mauro
Fiore's Deli, a former business neighbor, wants Carlo's Bakery to help celebrate their 100th year in business, so Buddy builds them a 6' authentic-looking deli sandwich cake. Maddalena clues Buddy in on Mauro's health issues, so Buddy summons the other bakers for an intervention. And while Joey guides Anthony through the annual making of cold cut pie, Danny gets heat for forgetting an oil change and burning the Easter zeppoles.
S3.E10 ∙ Color, Camouflage and Cupcake Day
Commissioned to make an All Star Paintball cake, Buddy accepts a fun challenge to take on two professional paintballers along with five of his staff. Back at the store, Buddy inaugurates the first annual Cupcake Day while plotting a paintball-inspired surprise for Anthony and Maurizio.
S3.E11 ∙ Key to the City and a Key-tar Cake
A rockin' sweet order for a gnarly 80's cake, and an invite to accept the Key to the City of Little Ferry (where Buddy grew up), sends Buddy and his stoked staff spazzin' on a radical retrograde trip down totally tubular memory lane.
S3.E12 ∙ Barbers & Bulls
For the 45th anniversary of his favorite barber shop, Buddy builds a barber shop cake with a rotating barber's pole; and, to help a cowboy bar celebrate the purchase of a new mechanical bull, Buddy builds a riding bull cake that moves.
S3.E13 ∙ Mother's Day, Mama and Mom-to-Be
It's Mother's Day. The Adoptive Parents Committee wants a special cake to celebrate new moms, and Buddy's very willing to execute an especially beautiful job for them. To beat the summer heat, Joey makes the old "lemon ice" recipes that the bakery hasn't made in years, and Lisa finally gives birth to Baby Isabella, to which Buddy follows up with a special announcement for the newest mother in the family that makes her day.
S3.E14 ∙ Helmet Cake, Healthy Mauro, & Huge Train Cake
A train cake for Train Day - complete with working model trains - is to be far bigger than Buddy first thought. Even with the whole crew working on it (and bumping up against each other in the bakery), it can't be completed except at Penn Station itself, where unmanageable heat could take its toll on it. Elsewhere, Mauro begins his doctor-prescribed mid-day constitutionals along with his son, Buddy C., and Joey helps decorate a fireman's retirement cake for his other boss.
S3.E15 ∙ Strawberries, Sinatra, and Sick Ovens
What a time for the old bakery ovens to start giving out! Häaden-Dazs Ice Cream wants to celebrate its 50th birthday with a three-flavor cake at their original Brooklyn location, and the Broadway production of "Come Fly Away" wants a Frank Sinatra cake to celebrate its 100th performance. Buddy informs the bakers of his plan to replace the ovens along with reorganizing the bakery.
S3.E16 ∙ Famiglia, Fishing, & Family History
Buddy, Mauro and their immediate families visit Italy for Second Cousin Claudio's wedding. Of course, the happy couple wants a cake form him - seven tiers, no less. And as long as he's there, another cousin wants a baby shower cake for his expectant wife. But while in Italy, Buddy has three personal goals to check off as well: (1) learn how to make Mama's favorite bread, (2) snag a new cookie recipe for the States, and (3) spend one-on-one quality time with his son.
S3.E17 ∙ Frescos, Fountains & Family Wishes
A good client of the bakery back home wants Buddy to create an art cake for his art collector friend while in Rome. Later, Buddy and Lisa make a wish at a fountain.
S3.E18 ∙ Cassata, Cheesecakes & Crates of Wine
Still vacationing in Italy, Buddy returns the graciousness of a vintner by making him a wine bottle cake in honor of his new vintage. Irritated that their husbands are working on their family vacations, Lisa and Grace shop for skimpy Italian swimwear - for the men to wear. And while on a romantic dinner for two, Lisa cannot fully join in with Buddy on a toast.
S3.E19 ∙ Sandals, Sandwiches, & Shelves
Now back in the States, Buddy creates a 10' long flip-flop cake for a new pier opening at Myrtle Beach. Not only is it huge, it's a ton, requiring concerted effort and muscle from the staff to move. There's also a giant peanut butter and jelly sandwich cake for a 2nd grade class. Progress falters when the old ovens finally give out with a crash, requiring Buddy to step up his plan for new ones. Additionally, for a woman helping others in need, Buddy gives lessons in making better apple cakes (but not his family recipes).
S3.E20 ∙ Pipes, a Phoenix, & a Problematic Kitchen
The two-day installation of the new ovens, along with an exchange of the baking and decorating rooms, makes things a little tight at Carlo's Bakery. Mama gets riled when she finds herself left out of the loop on this, also when the transition impedes the store's ability to serve its customers. Meanwhile, an Irish pub wants a phoenix cake to celebrate their survival after a fire.
S3.E21 ∙ Snooki, Super Anthony & a Ship
Carlo's Bakery puts out two specialty cakes. A cake for the S.S. Normandie based on the ship's interior, and a cake for the mother of Snooki of Jersey Shore fame. To impress Snooki when delivering the cake, Anthony has the shop gals work on transforming him.
S3.E22 ∙ Sweet Sixteen, Stars & a Saber Sword
Mauro Castano's daughter Mary wants a sweet-16 cake with a Hollywood theme, and West Point gets ready to celebrate the 100th year of their cadet chapel. Meanwhile, Anthony makes a mistake with some cookies.
S3.E23 ∙ Crazy Chocolate Cake & Carlo's Centennial Celebration
It's a week of anniversaries. A man wants an all-out, over-the-top chocolate cake for his 15th wedding anniversary, and the Mayor of Hoboken wants to honor the 100th year anniversary of Carlo's bakery by renaming the street Carlo's Bakery Way. Buddy also reveals the new building to expand their business and gives out an extra-special award.
S3.E24 ∙ Santa, Sunrise & Smowmen Cupcakes
'Tis the week before Christmas and, in Buddy's bakery, the output quadruples on cookies and cakery. With honey balls, cupcakes and love knots to bake, its not a good time for machin'ry to break. But it's a small glitch in the bak'ry's survival, with customers well-served before Santa's arrival.
S4.E1 ∙ Circus, Celebrity Chef, & Surprise!
Its always a busy week at Carlo's as Buddy is asked to make a cake for The Greatest Show On Earth, complete with a "ring of fire" along with baking a special anniversary cake for celebrity chef Rachael Ray. But his biggest task will be to keep his surprise stork cake under wraps from his wife Lisa not to mention their pregnancy announcement from the whole Carlo crew!
S4.E2 ∙ Shark Cake, Scooter, & Smelly Fish
Buddy takes the bakery gang fishing to get inspiration for a lean mean shark cake. Later back at the bakery, Buddy has a surprise for Mauro and Madeline's birthdays.
S4.E3 ∙ Hot Air Balloon Cake & Happy Little Bakers
Buddy bakes with four little aspiring bakers, all suffering from a life-threatening illness, on their personal "Make-A-Wish" cake. And it doesn't stop there as Buddy plans to wow the foundation with a very special hot air balloon themed cake.
S4.E4 ∙ Toilets & Textiles
Buddy gets one of his hardest cakes yet - a request for a replica of a toilet that actually flushes! Later, Wendy, owner of the Denim Lounge, is having a baby shower and asks Buddy for an unusual baby shower cake.
S4.E5 ∙ Ships, Sonograms, & Sister Drama
Buddy showcases pride in his Italian heritage by making a tribute cake for the Columbus Day Parade with a cake so big it needs a forklift to lift it! Lisa and Buddy get her six month ultrasound but will the news be okay?
S4.E6 ∙ Snow Globe, Story Book Cake & a Scare
Buddy is asked to make a snow globe cake for a surprise engagement. Meanwhile, he surprises his daughter's 2nd grade class with a special story book cake inspired by his daughter. Later, Lisa is rushed to the doctor's office giving Buddy a huge scare.
S4.E7 ∙ Baby Special
Buddy and Lisa prepare to welcome their fourth child, and get the bakery ready for one of the busiest days of the year: Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, the couple have to pick godparents, get the nursery ready and navigate a difficult breech pregnancy.
S4.E8 ∙ Pucks, Pastries & Pushy Grace
Buddy gets a request from two hockey-loving boys who want a full size arcade-style hockey table cake complete with moving figures that can actually be played.
S4.E9 ∙ Staten Island Chuck, Strange Oddities & Sal
The crew designs a cake for "Staten Island Chuck." Later, Buddy makes a topsy-turvy cake for a client based off her favorite place in the world Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Finally, the famiglia pays tribute to Sal.
S4.E10 ∙ Punches, Psychics & Piping
The bakery gets a surprise visit from WWE Champion Santino Morella as he shows off some trademark wrestling moves and orders a massive "Road to Wrestlemania" cake.
S4.E11 ∙ Designer, Deadlines & Diagnosis
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi commissions Buddy to make seven fashion-inspired cakes that models will carry down the runway. Later, Buddy checks on construction of his new factory. And finally, Buddy visits the doctor and finds out he needs surgery.
S4.E12 ∙ Tulips, Taxes & Take It Easy
Buddy must create an 8-tiered flower cake for the Philadelphia Flower Show and a life-sized accountant cake in celebration of tax season. But will Buddy be able to take it easy before he goes in for his hernia operation?
S4.E13 ∙ Second Anniversary: Surgery & St. Patty's
Buddy is selected to be the Grand Marshall of Hoboken's St. Patrick's day parade, but Joey has issues with the selection. Later, a couple orders an intricate second anniversary themed cake, but with Buddy away for surgery, will Mauro be up to the task?
S4.E14 ∙ Space Shuttle, Stepping Up & Surprise!
Buddy attempts to create a space shuttle cake for NASA that lifts off! Meanwhile at the bakery, Buddy wants to change the Carlo's store display and catalogue with the help of his baking crew. Later Buddy creates a special cake for Momma!
S4.E15 ∙ Houses, Help, & Hitting the Road!
Buddy takes on one of his most difficult cake builds, creating a cake that must represent houses from around the world for Century 21's 40th anniversary. To add to the challenge, it must also feed over 4000 employees and deliver to Las Vegas.
S4.E16 ∙ Headphones, Helicopters & Handcuffed
Buddy makes a surprise cake for Anthony that looks like a DJ set up complete with lights and moving turntables! Meanwhile, a client stops by with a request to create a cake for their medivac unit and offers Buddy a chance to deliver it by helicopter.
S4.E17 ∙ A Big Bumblebee & a Bossy Grace
Buddy is asked to create a giant Bumblebee cake to help promote the blockbuster movie Transformers 3 and the all new Camaro that will be on display at the New York Auto Show. Meanwhile, Grace is left in charge of the bakery.
S4.E18 ∙ Competition, Complications, & Communion
Buddy makes a bowling cake that leads to a good ole boys vs. girls match on the lanes. Meanwhile, it's Sophia's first communion and it's up to Buddy to make a special cake. Later, Buddy gets news that there are complications at his new factory.
S4.E19 ∙ Moving Cake, Marbles, Mess Ups
Buddy makes a giant Cheeseburger Cake in honor of National Hamburger Month. Later, Buddy and the crew are honored to make a special cake for the American Cancer Society.
S4.E20 ∙ Bugs, Break-Ups & Burned Out
Buddy creates a go-cart cake that has to move. Later, a friend of the family requests a special birthday cake for someone who is turning 101 years old!
S4.E21 ∙ Cheeseburgers, Cures and a Challenge
Buddy gets a special request from a client who wants to celebrate his annual camping trip with cake that has a real fire in it for roasting marshmallows! Meanwhile, a friend stops by with a request for a high-tech cake wired by phones and a computer.
S4.E22 ∙ Campfires, Computers and a Concern
Buddy gets a special request from a client who wants to celebrate his annual camping trip with cake that has a real fire in it for roasting marshmallows! Meanwhile, a friend stops by with a request for a high-tech cake wired by phones and a computer.
S4.E23 ∙ Prize Cow, Pop-Tarts & Patience
Buddy & the crew make a replica cake of a client's prize milking cow that actually milks! Also, a family who has just moved to Hoboken makes a special cake request to cheer up their son who is homesick.
S4.E24 ∙ Chandelier Cake & a Christening
Buddy is asked to create one of his most challenging cakes yet -- an edible chandelier cake that must hang upside down! Meanwhile, it's Baby Carlo's Christening and Buddy's pulling out all the stops to make it special.
S4.E25 ∙ Paleontology & Popping the Question
Wedding bells sound more like roars this week when Buddy makes a giant dinosaur cake for a dino-loving couple getting married in a museum. And for their 10-year anniversary, Buddy gets romantic by proposing to Lisa all over again.
S4.E26 ∙ State Fair, Syracuse Bound & Special Anniversary
The State Fair Meadowlands is celebrating their 25th anniversary and Buddy has the perfect cake in mind. Meanwhile, Joey and Grace's son Rob has been accepted to Syracuse University and celebrate with a SU themed cake!
S4.E27 ∙ Transport Troubles & Two Brides
Buddy helps celebrate Rolls Royce's new dealership in Chicago with a giant Chicago-themed cake, but building the cake is just half the problem. Meanwhile, it's time to make history as Buddy makes a cake for a very special couple in Long Island.
S4.E28 ∙ A Funny Regis & Fifty Weddings
Buddy helps celebrate Rolls Royce's new dealership in Chicago with a giant Chicago-themed cake, but building the cake is just half the problem. Meanwhile, it's time to make history as Buddy makes a cake for a very special couple in Long Island.
S4.E29 ∙ Bees, Beware & Business
Want to know how Buddy gets his fondant so smooth or how the sisters handle the hundreds of customers at Carlo's each day? In this special episode of Cake Boss, viewers finally learn all the secrets as Buddy and his crew answer questions from fans.
S4.E30 ∙ Chocolate Race Cars & Choosing a Dress
Racecar superstar Danica Patrick stops by Carlo's with a special request and Buddy has the perfect cake for the job. Meanwhile, Lisa's vow renewal plans are speeding along. Next stop -- Kleinfeld's as Lisa and the sisters try to find the perfect dress.
S4.E31 ∙ Spirits & Spumoni
Is Lackawanna really haunted? Buddy goes on a ghost hunt with some professionals ghost hunters to seek the truth, but will he get more than he bargained for? And later, Joey resurrects an old recipe for Spumoni ice cream cake.
S4.E32 ∙ Coffins, Costumes and a Cake on a Gurney
It's Halloween and a so-called vampire visits the bakery requesting a life-sized coffin cake. Meanwhile, a young man wants to propose to her med school girlfriend in the operation room. And nothing says Halloween like a good costume party.
S4.E33 ∙ Soap, Sonograms & Surprises
Carlo's Bakery is bubbling over this week when Buddy makes a washing machine cake for Tide. Will it be a wash-out? Also, a young couple asks Buddy to make them a gender reveal cake. Finally, Lisa's going crazy from the vow renewal secrets!
S4.E34 ∙ Props, Pies & Party Time!
Maurizio is turning 21! Watch the guys put together a huge tiki bar, complete with a drink-serving volcano for his surprise party. Later, a movie crew needs Buddy to make a wedding cake that's going to be featured in a film.
S4.E35 ∙ Church Cake, Carats & a Castano's Pool Party
It's Thanksgiving Valastro style! The whole famiglia is coming together with their culinary expertise to prepare one big Italian Thanksgiving feast. Plus, Buddy gives the bakery crew a surprise lunch complete with a massive turkey cake for dessert!
S4.E36 ∙ Bling, Barbecue & Blueprints
Buddy is asked to make the most expensive cake in his career -- a diamond cake with pearls. But can the sisters be trusted with so much bling? Later, Buddy thanks his construction staff with a good old BBQ and Grace starts her redecorating project.
S4.E37 ∙ Cake Block, Cruse & a Carlo's Ceremony
Buddy and Lisa Valastro renew their vows aboard a Disney Cruise with the whole family.
S4.E38 ∙ Touchdowns & Tattoos
The boys at Carlo's are in the football spirit when Buddy must make a replica cake of the Heisman trophy. Plus, it's Mauro & Madeline's 20th Anniversary and he has a special idea to show his love. And, it's the winner of the Next Great Baker's first day.
S5.E1 ∙ Fitting In, Fed Up & a First Birthday
Season 5 kicks off with a bang as Buddy makes a cake for Baby Carlo's first birthday that's fit for a prince! Meanwhile, Marissa learns just what it means to be a part of the crew. And things turn serious when Grace gets fed up with Mary's lateness!
S5.E2 ∙ Trash, Twirls & Tough Love
Buddy makes a realistic Trash Truck cake for a family friend. Later, two ladies request a special cake for their friend and founder of their synchronized swim team. And Mary is accused of being rude again to the work staff, forcing Buddy to take action.
S5.E3 ∙ Stained Glass & a Surprised Danny
Buddy has a window of divine inspiration when Father Bob orders a cake for an honored church member. But will he finish in time? And despite the crazy schedules, everyone finds the time to surprise Danny for his 50th Birthday with some special guests.
S5.E4 ∙ Fast Hands & a Flaming Pearl
Celebrate Chinese New Year Cake Boss-style! Buddy heads down to Chinatown with a Dragon themed cake to ring in the Lunar New Year. But first, the team must create a life-sized punching bag for a couple of mixed martial arts fighters at a local gym.
S5.E5 ∙ Liberty, Layups & a Loaded Dinner
Buddy celebrates his hertiage by making a cake in honor of Lady Liberty herself! Plus, Mauro finally realizes his goal of becoming an American citizen. But not everyone is in a celebrating mood as Mary gives everyone a piece of her mind at dinner.
S5.E6 ∙ Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!
Buddy makes a bowling cake that leads to a good ole boys vs. girls match on the lanes. Meanwhile, it's Sophia's first communion and it's up to Buddy to make a special cake. Later, Buddy gets news that there are complications at his new factory.
S5.E7 ∙ Beer, Buttercups & Bumbling
Joey and the guys are commissioned to make a cake that looks and tastes like beer. Then Buddy delivers a tropical wedding cake to two florists getting married. But not everything is rosy when Jay comes back from a delivery with bad news.
S5.E8 ∙ Presidents, Peanut Butter & Popping-In
Buddy takes on a monumental task when he's asked to make a Mt. Rushmore cake! Will he be able to chisel cake into perfection? Then, Marissa must make her famous Peanut Butter Cake to impress the Lisas. And Mary makes a return to Carlo's, but for how long?
S5.E9 ∙ Working at the Car Wash
Everybody's working at the car wash...cake that is! Buddy builds a fully automated car wash cake, complete with edible cars that really get clean. Later, a couple celebrates a huge milestone: their 75th wedding anniversary.
S5.E10 ∙ Silly Seuss & Surprise
One cake, two cakes. Cat cake, hat cake! Watch Buddy make a Dr. Suess cake using gears and levers that won't break. Then, the family tries to surprise Buddy himself, but tricking the king of Carlo's won't be easy.
S5.E11 ∙ Ice-ing on the Cake
Need a lift? Buddy is put to the test when he must make a special birthday cake that works as a real elevator! And Mauro is charged to make a cake for the North Jersey Spelling Bee, but can the Carlo's staff spell the words correctly on the cake?
S5.E12 ∙ Going Up?
Need a lift? Buddy is put to the test when he must make a special birthday cake that works as a real elevator! And Mauro is charged to make a cake for the North Jersey Spelling Bee, but can the Carlo's staff spell the words correctly on the cake?
S5.E13 ∙ Under the Sea
Happy Sweet 16! Grace throws an Under the Sea Themed party for her daughter Bartolina's Sweet 16 and Uncle Buddy has the perfect cake in mind -- a real aquarium, surrounded with a colorful cake reef and edible sharks circling overhead.
S5.E14 ∙ New Deli, New Design
It's a busy week when Buddy makes a special deli case cake for a family friend. Meanwhile, his sisters request a special cake to celebrate three first communions. And Mary's confidence grows as she takes on more consultations at Lackawanna.
S5.E15 ∙ Cakes on a Plane
A Carlo's creation goes higher than ever before when a team of skydivers decides to take a cake with them during a jump-- and eat it as they fall. Then Buddy makes a cake for his niece Tessy, who just won first prize in a writing competition.
S5.E16 ∙ A Bittersweet Homecoming
A crisis rocks the Valastro family when Buddy's Mama returns to celebrate the Easter holiday in Hoboken: Mama has been diagnosed with a serious illness. To lift Mama's spirits and the rest of the family, Buddy decides to make a special one-of-a-kind cake.
S5.E17 ∙ A Golden Opportunity
Buddy is given 24-hrs to create a cake for legendary actress and comedienne Betty White. This "golden" opportunity turns serious when Buddy reveals the cake has to be a life-size replica of Betty! Meanwhile, the family learns more of Momma's condition.
S5.E18 ∙ Ugly Feet and a Fiesta
Celebrity couple Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza commission Buddy to make them a one of kind wedding cake and get it to their ceremony in Mexico! Can Buddy deliver? Meanwhile, a local spa orders a cake for a Men's Ugly Foot Contest.
S5.E19 ∙ From Fury to Furry
Celebrity couple Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza commission Buddy to make them a one of kind wedding cake and get it to their ceremony in Mexico! Can Buddy deliver? Meanwhile, a local spa orders a cake for a Men's Ugly Foot Contest.
S5.E20 ∙ Operation: Tank Cake
To celebrate the 237th anniversary of the U.S. Army, Buddy is creating two very special cakes. One must wow an audience of troops in Times Square, while the other cake will travel thousands of miles to reach a unit of troops in Afghanistan.
S5.E21 ∙ Hocus Pocus
Buddy must conjure up a magic-themed cake for shock illusionist Dan Sperry, who challenges Buddy to make a cake with no instructions, only a prediction to be locked unopened inside the cake. At delivery, will the prediction come true?
S5.E22 ∙ Buddy and the Rockettes
To celebrate the Rockettes 85th Anniversary, Buddy is creating a Rockettes themed cake with the famous Radio City Music Hall neon sign! Plus, a teenager with dreams of becoming a pilot is surprised with a one-of-a-kind birthday cake.
S5.E23 ∙ Cut the Ribbon and the Cake!
Buddy and his team create an amazing cake for a new Children's Hospital in Chicago. Plus, a couple decides they want a wedding cake that matches their gray invitations. The only problem is, Buddy can't stand gray on a wedding cake!
S5.E24 ∙ Twirls, Whirls and Crashes
This week Buddy creates a 2,000-pound moving carousel cake for Steel Pier Amusement Park in Atlantic City. But with dainty chocolate horses and delicate spinning motors, will this cake arrive in one piece? Also, Carlo's gets a much needed facelift.
S5.E25 ∙ Players, Lawyers, and Pranksters
The Carlo's Bakery team rallies around their head coach Buddy as they build a special cake for NY Giant's Coach Tom Coughlin's charity foundation. Then, Marissa decides it's prank payback time for the boys.
S5.E26 ∙ Crane Cake and Puppy Love
It's time for some heavy lifting! Buddy must create a moving crane cake for a local scrap metal company, but will the engineering of the crane prove to be too difficult? Also, puppy love is in the air when Buddy makes his first ever dog wedding cake!
S5.E27 ∙ Light Up the Night
Hit the lights! Buddy must create a 5-tier Bollywood wedding cake that incorporates special effects lighting for a young couple. Plus, Marissa is given an opportunity to try out her cookie recipe at the bakery. Will it be a success?
S5.E28 ∙ A Cowboy in Hoboken
Hit the lights! Buddy must create a 5-tier Bollywood wedding cake that incorporates special effects lighting for a young couple. Plus, Marissa is given an opportunity to try out her cookie recipe at the bakery. Will it be a success?
S5.E29 ∙ Superheroes and Bakers Unite!
With great cake, comes great responsibility. This week Buddy takes on a superhero challenge when he's asked to make a cake for Spiderman's 50th Anniversary! Meanwhile, the Next Great Baker shows up late to work and plans for Momma's benefit gala begin!
S5.E30 ∙ We Will Survive
With great cake, comes great responsibility. This week Buddy takes on a superhero challenge when he's asked to make a cake for Spiderman's 50th Anniversary! Meanwhile, the Next Great Baker shows up late to work and plans for Momma's benefit gala begin!
S6.E1 ∙ Hurricane Sandy Strikes
Days after Hurricane Sandy, Buddy and the crew return to Carlo's to assess the devestation it's left behind. With no electricity and clients who still need cake orders, the team will have to work their decorating magic in near darkness, but for how long?
S6.E2 ∙ Welcome Back Robin!
Buddy is asked to create a special cake for Good Morning America's Robin Roberts! But can Buddy deliver a cake that will wow Robin and millions of viewers? Plus Mauro, makes a cake for a spinning instructor who wants to honor his mentor.
S6.E3 ∙ Cake Smash
Buddy makes a life-size wedding dress cake for a local bridal shop, and the owners are giving away a free wedding dress to the bride who can find the golden coin hidden inside the cake. Later, Buddy creates colorful cakes for a cake smash photo shoot.
S6.E4 ∙ Sugary Slopes
Buddy must create a massive ski mountain cake with a working chairlift and have it delivered to the top of a mountain. And Ashley's Next Great Baker 3 nemesis Paul returns after he loses everything in Hurricane Sandy. Will a ski race end their feud?
S6.E5 ∙ Rebuilds & Raw Fish
Buddy and his team are making a cake to raise money for hurricane relief Buddy makes a cake for a Japanese restaurant
S6.E6 ∙ Seeing Double
Buddy and his team are making a cake to raise money for hurricane relief in Hoboken, that is if they can spell everything right on the cake! Later, Buddy makes a sushi boat cake for a local Japanese restaurant.
S6.E7 ∙ Snowed Out
After months of hard work on the new Carlo's Bakery, a blizzard threatens to delay the grand opening. Meanwhile, Mary takes a cake order for an action figure volcano cake and needs Ralph's help to lead the design. Will Ralph save the day?
S6.E8 ∙ From Russia with Cake
Two demanding Russian restauranteurs ask Buddy to make a cake recreation of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. Meanwhile, Buddy's sisters stage an intervention between Next Great Baker 3 enemies Paul and Ashley.
S6.E9 ∙ Glow in the Dark Cake
Buddy is asked to do the impossible when two fashionistas order a glow-in-the-dark zombie cake for a fashion show. Meanwhile at Ridgewood, a family asks Buddy for a specialty cake on the spot, but with limited supplies, will he be able to come through?
S6.E10 ∙ Muscles and Marriage
It's time to flex! This week Buddy builds a life-size cake for a female bodybuilder and is pumping up the flavors as an extra bonus. Meanwhile, Mauro goes undercover to help with a surprise marriage proposal at the bakery.
S6.E11 ∙ Easter Basket Case
It's Easter and Buddy and the family are put to the test for their busiest Easter yet, managing two bakeries. Meanwhile, Buddy creates a massive Easter basket cake for a local charity. And Momma returns home for a visit and an all important checkup.
S6.E12 ∙ Fire and Ice
Ashley challenges Buddy to a head-to-head cake challenge when the bakery gets an order for a fire and ice cake. And a survivor of a subway construction accident makes a special request for Buddy to make a cake thanking the many heroes that saved his life.
S6.E13 ∙ Hair Raising
A client asks Buddy to make her an unusual cake -- one that grows a mustache! Will he be up for the challenge? Meanwhile, he faces his toughest critics -- his family - when he attempts to make the perfect First Communion cake for his son Buddy Jr.
S6.E14 ∙ Buttercream Submarine
Buddy is asked to create a submarine cake for the U. S. Navy Submarine Ball, but can he make this stealthy submarine pop or will it fall flat to the bottom of the ocean? Meanwhile, Mauro is asked to make a very special Bat Mitzvah cake.
S6.E15 ∙ Camp Carlo's
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of a summer camp for kids, Buddy has his hands full when he is asked to make a cake that pops out from inside another cake! And, Buddy makes a cake for a dodgeball team celebrating their latest victory.
S6.E16 ∙ Momma's Birthday Surprise
Buddy joins the Habitat for Humanity's Rebuild Atlantic City Project and makes a special cake in the process. And to celebrate Momma's 65th birthday, the family has a special video prepared and a bigger announcement that could change Momma's life.
S6.E17 ∙ Gator Bite
Buddy is making a 14-foot, 800-pound replica of Mighty Mike, an alligator at the New Jersey Aquarium. The former Mrs. New Jersey asks Buddy to make her a dazzling pageant cake. Momma prepares for a long journey to Israel to receive medical treatment.
S6.E18 ∙ On the Road Again
Buddy gets an order for Willie Nelson's 80th birthday cake and the famiglia can't wait to meet him-- until Buddy realizes he has a prior commitment with his wife Lisa on the same night! Also Buddy creates a birthday cake for his daughter Sofia's birthday.
S6.E19 ∙ Aviva Cake Boss!
Buddy makes a Cinco De Mayo cake for a local mariachi band's fiesta. Later, a local salon requests a spa inspired cake to celebrate their grand opening and the sisters and wife Lisa get makeovers in the process. But will the results wow the crowd?
S6.E20 ∙ Pimp My Cake
Buddy gets an order for a Low Rider car cake that really bounces! An event promoter wants a Coliseum cake for a Roman costume party, which means Buddy and his team need to dress the part too. Later, Buddy and the team take a yoga class, Hoboken-style.
S6.E21 ∙ Next Great Bride
Next Great Baker Ashley is getting married, and Buddy is making the wedding cake and groom's cake. Sounds like an easy order except her vision for the cakes includes taxidermy animals and ping-pong! Will Buddy be able to deliver the cake of her dreams.
S6.E22 ∙ Carlo's Cowboys
This week Buddy saddles up to create a giant cake-- a cowboy riding a horse for a professional rodeo association. Also, a couple who are surprising their families with an impromptu wedding asks Buddy to make them a cake for their top-secret celebration.
S6.E23 ∙ Sicilian Samurai
Buddy creates a samurai cake for the 50th Anniversary of a New York martial arts school. Also, Buddy makes a patriotic cake for the Mayor of Jersey City. When things get stressful at work, he turns the decorating room into a sumo-wrestling ring!
S6.E24 ∙ Down the Drain
Buddy's making one of his weirdest cakes ever for a client's boyfriend who is like a human garbage disposal when it comes to eating. A couple also wants a tow truck wedding cake. Anthony's mistakes leave Buddy questioning his cousin's future.
S6.E25 ∙ Icing the Cake
Buddy is making a goalie cake for the National Hockey League Draft, which will be delivered on live television. Buddy re-creates a wedding cake for a couple celebrating 50 years of marriage. Momma, returns from Israel with news about her health.
S6.E26 ∙ Biceps and Birthdays
Buddy rolls up his sleeves and shows off his muscles when he must make a cake for a family of professional arm wrestlers. And, Mauro and his kids plan a surprise romantic birthday celebration for Madeline inside the bakery.
S6.E27 ∙ Fiery Competition
Buddy celebrates Joe's firefighter promotion by making a firetruck and burning building cake. The team makes a Bocce themed cake for a charity tournament. The bakery's pride is on the line as the team is challenged to compete.
S6.E28 ∙ Up, Up & Away
Buddy makes a cake that has to be delivered in a hot air balloon! Tensions are high in the baking room as Cousin Anthony questions Buddy's authority. Momma put her hopes into a trip to Israel for an important step in her treatment for her ALS.
S7.E1 ∙ Everything Old Is New Again
After 50 years and millions of customers, it's time to renovate the original Carlo's bakery. It's a bittersweet process as the family reminisces over the memories they've made spanning the past half a century. It's as if the walls can talk when the crew uncovers a long buried message left for Buddy's Dad decades ago. Even though the bakery is under construction the cakes must go on. Buddy is asked to honor Hoboken's most famous resident, Frank Sinatra, by making a cake to commemorate the crooner's 100th birthday. It's all hands on deck this week and even Mary and Madeline pitch in to keep a longtime customer happy. Everyone is feeling the stress with only a week to get it all done. Nothing can go wrong... but something always does.
S7.E2 ∙ Kid Crush and Carnival
Buddy creates a Carnival cake for a local Brazilian restaurant, hopefully nothing gets lost in-translation. At home, Buddy helps his 7 year-old-son, Marco, impress his Valentine by doing what Valastro guys do best, bake!
S7.E3 ∙ Naked Fishing
Things quickly get out-of-hand when Buddy fills an order for an ice-fishing cake. An important client requests a naked cake. This naked trend may have made its way to Jersey, but Buddy has yet to embrace this controversial cake. Joe and Grace are recently "empty nesters" and they're handling it very differently. Joe? He's happy to have some time to himself. Grace? She is ready to fill up the house all over again.
S7.E4 ∙ The Butcher and the Baker
The guys go for a consultation at a butchers and take a slab of inspiration home for lunch. Meanwhile, baby Carlo is turning 4! Hard work runs in the family, and Buddy's nephew, Little Buddy, wants to prove he's got what it takes to make it at the bakery.
S7.E5 ∙ Bacon, Banana and Bling
One part St. Patrick's Day... one part pig roast... it's St. Piggy's Day, and it's a huge deal in New Jersey. This year, the people behind the event asked Buddy and his team to make a cake fit for a pig - both outside and in. That means real bacon butter cream, baby! Frustrated to learn his famous banana cream pies aren't selling, Buddy calls on Joey and Mauro to try their traditional recipe against a brand new one. May the better pie win! Buddy's sister, Mary, sets her sights on merchandise. But, her flair for fashion includes more bling than Buddy bargained for... a lot more.
S7.E6 ∙ Pizza, Petals & Pandemonium
This week size does matter as Buddy makes everything larger than life. One of America's oldest pizzerias is turning 110 and they need a cake worthy of the huge milestone. Buddy's sister, Madeline, takes an order for a cake covered in small sugar flowers. Madeline promises a traditional cake, but when Buddy goes rogue and tries something new it may not be a bed of roses. Meanwhile, Buddy decides it's time his boys learn discipline at the bakery.
S7.E7 ∙ Hats, Hamantaschen & Head Baker
Spring has sprung at the bakery and everyone's buzzing. Buddy puts on the pressure while making an Easter bonnet cake for the hat makers' guild. Plus, the crew puts a new twist on an old favorite when they're asked to make the traditional Jewish cookie called Hamantaschen. In the bakeshop, Joey promotes German to a lead role. German quickly learns that tempers will rise just like the bread if he's not careful.
S7.E8 ∙ Bridges, Beaches & Bad News
Buddy is asked to make a cake for Academy Award winners Common and John Legend. Plus the team must find a way to bring the beach's hot sand to the green pastures. But everything gets put on hold once Buddy finds out Mauro has been rushed to the hospital!
S7.E9 ∙ Big Beast, Brownie Blunders & Back to Baking
Buddy and the guys go global when they're asked to make a giant Merlion, the mythical beast that's half lion, half fish for Singapore's 50th birthday. At the bakery, the brownies are dried up and the bakers find unexpected inspiration from the past. After a health scare, and some much needed recuperation time, Mauro heads to therapy at the bakery... But is it too much too soon?
S7.E10 ∙ High Tea and Hot Rods
Buddy and the guys are feeling rather sophisticated as they make a cake for a couple of expats celebrating the upcoming birth of the royal baby, Charlotte. The team lifts their pinkies as they drink tea and make a cake fit for future royalty. Plus, sparks fly when Mary's brother-in-law orders a hot rod cake for his auto repair shop.
S7.E11 ∙ Lights, Camera, Cake
Buddy and the guys are feeling rather sophisticated as they make a cake for birth of the royal baby, Charlotte. Plus, sparks fly when Mary's brother-in-law orders a hot rod cake for his auto repair shop.
S7.E12 ∙ Cake of Thrones
Buddy learns of Ralph's secret life as a Live Action Role Player when he is asked to make a cake of a mythical griffin. Buddy creates a worldly cake for foreign exchange students. Plus, the ladies give a reluctant Mauro a makeover and a headache!
S7.E13 ∙ College, Cherry and Challenges
The Carlo's crew welcomes spring with a Cherry Blossom cake for a local park. Grace and Joey celebrate Rob's graduation. Plus, a young culinary student from England dares to claim he can make a cannoli better than the boss. Challenge accepted!
S7.E14 ∙ Sweet Chicken and Sweeter Revenge
This week Buddy has one of the tastiest consultations yet. A local restaurant is celebrating its anniversary, and their specialty is chicken and waffles. Once Buddy has a taste of this combination he's totally inspired. Plus, the guys get their cute on by creating a monster cake for a daycare center. This delivery makes a bunch of toddlers very happy and very messy! Frankie has been the prank master for years, but now Grace, Marissa and Gabby get their revenge!
S7.E15 ∙ Mother's Day and Men in Uniform
When the warm weather hits, that means one thing for the Valastro family...Momma's back from Florida! This time around is extra special, because she'll see the bakery for the first time since the renovation. There is one thing Buddy knows Momma will love, an old school flower cake made by him just for her! Buddy is honored to make a cake for the US Navy as they celebrate Fleet Week in NYC. As a new empty-nester Grace wants a hobby to occupy her free time and her sisters are happy to assist, but people may need to duck and cover as they practice their new sport in the bakery!
S7.E16 ∙ Best Buds and Baseball Gloves
Play Ball! A local Little League Association makes a pitch for a huge cake to kick off their baseball season. Buddy's boys play and he's even an assistant coach so this cake's got to be a home run, baby! Plus, there's a cake order for a 50th birthday... with a twist. This cake is for 6 guys who have been best friends for 5 decades and they want each tier to represent a different decade. After Mauro's health scare, Buddy Castano wants to be more prepared to help in an emergency. He attempts a CPR course, but Buddy C's bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired as he learns how to save a life.
S7.E17 ∙ Crabs, Communion and a Comeback Pastry
A local marina orders a crab cake to kick off the crabbing season. If that's not enough, Buddy's son Marco is receiving his first Communion. Plus, Joe and Mauro teach the art of the Zeppole and the sisters teach them the art of a sale.
S7.E18 ∙ Miss Richfield, Matryoshkas and a Melt Down
She's back! One of Buddy's most memorable clients, Miss Richfield 1981, returns to Carlo's. She needs a cake for New York City's Gay Pride Family Night and Buddy's got a cake in mind that's as colorful as his client. Plus, a cake to celebrate Russian heritage month needs to feature the iconic nesting "matryoshka" dolls. For Buddy it's a cake that's easier done than said! Wedding season is taking it's toll on everyone. Liz is challenged like never before with a wedding cake so massive it may not even make it to the wedding!
S7.E19 ∙ Windmill, Wedding Cake Twist, Winding Down
What happens when the Cake Boss takes a break? Buddy takes off for a week, but the cake orders don't slow down. In fact, they get bigger. Mauro attempts a windmill cake that not only needs to spin but also has to feed 1000 people. Madeline takes a last minute consult for a wedding cake with an unusual topper. But it's not all work. While Buddy is away the team decides this is the perfect time to bring back an old Italian tradition... the social club.
S7.E20 ∙ Picky Nikki, Fresh Catch, and Date Night
This week, Buddy's got a very special order. His longtime employee, Nikki, is getting married. But being around Cake Boss cakes for years doesn't mean Nikki knows what she wants for her own wedding. Buddy's going to have to dig deep for this one. Plus, when Buddy reels in a cake order for some fishermen, he plans a cake that will rival any catch of the day. Buddy's wife, Lisa, decides enough is enough when it comes her husband's long hours. She's got plan to get Buddy a home cooked meal... just not at home.
S8.E1 ∙ Pirates and Pastries
It's all hands on deck when Buddy and the team create a pirate themed cake. Buddy and the family get ready to open a new bakery in Connecticut, but opening Carlo's Sweet Room is a lot more complicated than everyone expects.
S8.E2 ∙ Sand Castles and Seeing Double
Asbury Park kicks off the summer season with a famous sand sculptor, and a giant sand castle cake from Carlo's. Buddy then navigates the tricky task of making a birthday cake for 10-year-old twins who couldn't be more different.
S8.E3 ∙ Botanical Cakes and Anti-Lock Brakes
The NY Botanical Gardens is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and they want Buddy to make the cake. Repeat customers return 10 years later with plans in hand. Carlo's made their original wedding cake and now they want 5 full cakes to celebrate.
S8.E4 ∙ Mary Models, Toys and Turkish Marbling
Buddy is asked to recreate traditional Turkish water marbling on a cake. Plus, a cake for a toy company brings out everyone's inner child. Mary takes steps to realize a life-long dream of becoming a foot model.
S8.E5 ∙ Wine and Waltzes
The Carlo's crew crafts a cake for a local DIY winery. Buddy decides he's not just making the cake, he's going to make his own wine! Meanwhile, a client comes in with a request for a life-size piano cake that needs to be delivered to Virginia!
S8.E6 ∙ Fairy Tales, Farewells and Fake Noses
Buddy makes a special storybook cake for the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center in NY. A gymnastics team wants to throw a going-away party for a teammate with a special best friends cake. Plus, Grace disguises herself as a customer.
S8.E7 ∙ Bugging Out and Big Cheers
Buddy bugs out when he's asked by a local Science Center to create a cake in honor of their new ant exhibit. The ants may be tiny, but the cake is larger than life. Mauro makes a cake for cheerleaders celebrating spirit week.
S8.E8 ∙ Spies, Splashes and Bakery Love
Buddy makes a spy themed cake for a gaming convention in Las Vegas. The guys love the challenge until they realize someone's got to drive the cake across the country. Then, Mauro's little brother and one of the Carlo's decorators are getting married.
S8.E9 ∙ Steins, Stethoscopes and Studs
The team makes a beer cake for a local Oktoberfest. The hospital where all 4 Valastro kids were born is celebrating 150 years in business, and want a special cake order. Then, the sisters put together a hot baker calendar featuring the bakery guys!
S8.E10 ∙ Buddha, Brandenbury and Big Air
Mauro bakes a replica Brandenburg gate cake for the German embassy's party. Buddy and the team make a Buddha cake for a local Hoboken restaurant.
S8.E11 ∙ Lumber Jacks and Giving Back
Two professional lumberjacks tie the knot and Buddy makes a tree inspired wedding cake. Plus, Carlo's Bake Shop gives back to Feeding America and Buddy promises an amazing meal for all the volunteers at the Hoboken shelter.
S8.E12 ∙ Monkey Business and Mary in Charge
Buddy and his family snow tube in the Poconos. Meanwhile, Mary and Carlo's team make a cake for a zoo to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Monkey. Buddy Castano is getting ready for college, but Mauro and Madeline are having a hard time letting go.
S8.E13 ∙ Tall Orders and a Tight Fit
It's an international dumpling feast for the eyes when Buddy makes a cake for a NY food tour company. Buddy is asked to create the iconic motorcycle jacket out of cake! Plus, the Hoboken spaghetti dinner block party needs focaccia bread for the event.
S8.E14 ∙ Gems, Geodes And Cake Boss Junior
Buddy really needs to rock it when he and the team create a cake for a precious gemstone gallery's 50th anniversary celebration. But the process becomes more difficult than they imagined and Buddy finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard cake.
S8.E15 ∙ Creeps, Carvings, and Coffins
It's Halloween in Hoboken and the cakes are getting creepy at Carlo's Bake Shop! The team heads to a haunted house for inspiration. Plus, professional pumpkin carvers want one of their amazing Jack-O-Lanterns replicated in cake.
S8.E16 ∙ Quinceaneras, Quarterbacks and K9's
A family needs a cake for an upcoming quinceanera celebration. Plus, a cake that's for the dogs... or at least the dog groomers. Then, Buddy and Lisa go head to head over their son Marco playing football.
S8.E17 ∙ Snowman, Mentor and Model Mary
A chill is in the air and snow is on everyone's mind. Some preschoolers melt Buddy's heart when they request a life-size snowman cake. It's a heartwarming reunion when Buddy's former teacher stops by. Plus, Madeline and Grace try out an art class.
S8.E18 ∙ Hay Bales and a Health Scare
A longtime customer wants a harvest themed cake to kick off the start of their farm's fall season. Buddy and the team come up with a cornucopia of ideas. Meanwhile, Mauro gets some shocking news and must undergo surgery.
S8.E19 ∙ Wintery Wonderland Wedding
A winter wonderland themed wedding inspires Buddy to venture out of his comfort zone. So, he enlists his friend and legendary sugar artist, Jacques Torres, to help complete the icy cake of the couple's dreams.
S8.E21 ∙ High Kicks, Hockey Sticks and Capoeira
A martial art's studio is celebrating their graduating class and wants a fantastic cake that represents the Brazilian tradition Capoeira. Plus, Mauro helps a boy celebrate his Bar Mitzvah with a cake that shows off his love of hockey.
S8.E22 ∙ Mummy Mia!
Buddy and the crew get wrapped up in their work by creating a cake of an ancient Egyptian mummy sarcophagus. And, Mauro, Joe, Danny, and Frankie make a pancake cake. But Mauro's jalapeno bacon cake filling flavor choice may be a little too hot to handle.
S8.E23 ∙ Camels, Ostriches and Cake Wishes
Buddy heads to Meadowlands Racetrack where they are asked to make a cake for the infamous camel and ostrich races.The bakery also receives a visit from a few families with the Make-a-Wish foundation.
S8.E24 ∙ Classic Cars and Grace's Surprise
Joe has big plans for Grace's 50th birthday. He wants to surprise her with an ice cream cake, but extreme heat may just melt the surprise before Grace arrives. Plus, Buddy must turn a classic car into an unforgettable cake.
S8.E25 ∙ Home Runs and Rabbit Holes
The bakery has gone mad, hatter that is! When Buddy is asked to make an Alice in Wonderland cake for a children's theater, he falls deep into the rabbit hole. Mauro creates a vintage baseball themed cake for the Carlos Beltran Foundation.
S8.E26 ∙ Helicopters and Hypnosis
The team creates a complicated helicopter cake complete with spinning rotors. Mauro's intense fear of heights is triggered, so Buddy decides to bring in a hypnotist. Grace takes an order from a donut obsessed bride.
S8.E27 ∙ Red, White and Chew
Sugar and spice and everything... meat? Buddy makes a giant hot dog cake for the famous4th of Julyhot dog eating contest at Coney Island. An order for a BBQ pit master has Joe attempting a pork belly cake filling.
S8.E28 ∙ Taj Mahal and Prom Proposal
An Indian couple asks for an exact replica of the Taj Mahal, but the intricate design may be more than Buddy and his team can handle. Grace helps a couple of boys ask their girlfriends to prom with an over-the-top surprise 'Promposal' cake.
S8.E29 ∙ Soccer and Mary's Big Break
The professional soccer team F.C. Internazionale is in Hoboken from Italy, and Buddy and the guys are making them a cake. It's a dream come true for Mauro and Danny, who have been fans since childhood. Mary dips her toes in becoming a foot model.
S8.E30 ∙ Leather, Lace and a Princess Cake
Buddy makes a cake for an all female motorcycle club. These women want a cake that's feminine, but tough, just like them. Plus, the team goes girlie to make the perfect, pink princess cake for one lucky little 5-year-old.
S9.E1 ∙ Farewell to Momma Mary
We reflect on the life of Momma Mary, and the legacy she left behind. While the family grieves, they also celebrate the triumphant life that she lead. Hundreds of family members and friends join to celebrate and reflect on the incredible life of Momma.
S9.E2 ∙ Momma's Day, Floral Flavors and Cake Clinics
It's a busy Mother's Day at the bakery when the team runs out of a key ingredient. Plus, the Valastro clan gathers to celebrate Momma.
