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Follows the operations of Carlo's Bakery, a family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro, Lisa Valastro, Maddalena Castano, Grace...
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Season 1

  • A Bride, a Boat, and Bamboozled!
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    A Bride, a Boat, and Bamboozled!

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/2009

    Meet award-winning pastry chef and cake decorator Buddy Valastro and his over-the-top family at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey. After beginning a week completely jam-packed with cake orders, Buddy gets a call from a customer he cannot possibly turn down. Brides Magazine is offering Buddy an inside cover photo spread but he's going to have to create a cake unlike any he's ever done before. Between arguing with his family, producing the standard 300-plus cakes the bakery makes in any given week and running out of sugar, is there any way Buddy and Company are going to get this opportunity of a lifetime cake done in time? All the while Buddy's sisters are planning to throw their brother a surprise birthday party.

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  • A Fire, a Fashionista, and Family
    7.6/1019 votes
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    A Fire, a Fashionista, and Family

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2009

    Buddy and his team learn that where there's smoke, there's fire when they have to build a fire engine cake complete with working lights, siren and smoke. They also have to create a 30th birthday cake for two trendy fashionistas. This week also marks the 15th anniversary of Buddy's father's death so emotions are high as he recreates his father's trademark cake for the family memorial dinner.

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  • Bunny, Birthday, and Burnt Food
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    Bunny, Birthday, and Burnt Food

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/2009

    It's one of the busiest weeks of the year at Carlo's Bakery with orders pouring in for Easter, and a last-minute Easter Bunny cake turns into more than the team bargained for. There are also three members of the family celebrating birthdays this week and Buddy's sister Grace, who's never cooked for the family before, decides she's going to make Easter dinner.

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  • Weddings, Water, and Wacked!
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    Weddings, Water, and Wacked!

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/2009

    The team at Carlo's is hoping not to get whacked when they're asked to make a huge roulette table cake for a local businessman. It's also the start of wedding season and the time-consuming wedding cake orders are piling up. A mix-up by the sisters not keeping cake orders organized throws Buddy off the handle when a customer comes in to pick up a cake that's not ready.

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  • Bi-Plane, Bridezilla, and Busting Buddy
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    Bi-Plane, Bridezilla, and Busting Buddy

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/22/2009

    It's another busy week at Carlo's Bakery but Buddy can't say no to making a charity bi-plane cake for a local hospital. An unreasonable Bridezilla makes everyone's life difficult after the bakery crew makes a cake that she's not pleased with and Stretch, the bakery's delivery driver, plots a revenge prank against Buddy with unexpected results.

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  • Undead, Unclothed, and Unhappy Mama
    7.1/1021 votes
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    Undead, Unclothed, and Unhappy Mama

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/2009

    Buddy is thrown out of his comfort zone when he's asked to make a zombie cake for a couple of undead clients. This week the team also has to make an erotic bachelorette cake for some wild women. This cake seems likes it's going to be all fun and games until Mama finds out and bans the bakery staff from making sexy cakes.

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  • Doves, Ducks, and Delicacies
    7.0/1016 votes
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    Doves, Ducks, and Delicacies

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/6/2009

    Buddy is excited to create an old-school wedding cake like the kind his father used to make; tall, ornate and filled with... live birds?! A dad-to-be comes to the bakery to order a giant lobster tail pastry for his pregnant wife. Little Frankie goes on a mission to catch live birds for the wedding cake.

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  • Museum, Mistakes, and Mother Mary
    6.8/1019 votes
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    Museum, Mistakes, and Mother Mary

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2009

    The Carlo's team gets to take a field 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!

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  • Soldiers, Sand, and Salad
    8.2/1015 votes
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    Soldiers, Sand, and Salad

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2009

    Buddy and Company are like kids loose in a toy store, literally, when they are asked to make an FAO Schwarz-themed cake for a twins birthday party at the store. They also have a beach-themed cake to create for a local beach club and Buddy and his main men challenge the sisters to a weight-loss challenge.

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  • Chinese Culture and Cannolis
    7.4/1014 votes
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    Chinese Culture and Cannolis

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/27/2009

    The Carlo's team has a unique and challenging cake to make this week, 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 Day and on top of all that, Buddy and Lisa are celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary.

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  • A Blindfold, a Bikini and Breathing Fire
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    A Blindfold, a Bikini and Breathing Fire

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/10/2009

    Buddy is used to putting out fires, not starting them, but all that changes when he's asked to make a tiki cake that spits fire. Buddy also has to make a bridal shower cake for his sister-in-law and Mauro challenges him to ice a cake while blindfolded...or he'll have to walk around the bakery in a grass skirt and coconut bra!

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  • Leaning, Lobsters and Lectures
    7.3/1015 votes
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    Leaning, Lobsters and Lectures

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2009

    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 lobster bake-themed cake at the last second after a client mixes up the date!

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  • Fireworks, Falling Fondant and Fathers
    6.7/1014 votes
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    Fireworks, Falling Fondant and Fathers

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2009

    A fellow family owned business asks Buddy and the Carlo's team to honor their patriarch by creating a special cake featuring their company's product...fireworks! It's also "Bring Your Dad to School Day" at Buddy's son's school and he's got a surprise for all the kids.

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