7.3/108 votes#1 - Circus, Celebrity Chef & Surprise!
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2011
Buddy makes a special cake for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; Rachael Ray pays a visit to the bakery for her show, in which Grace was an irrepressible fan; Buddy and staff make a special cake for Lisa to celebrate her fourth pregnancy, but the staff doesn't know who the cake is for. (This episode is dedicated to longtime Carlo's Bakery employee Sal Picinich, who died the day before broadcast.
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7.2/107 votes#2 - Shark Cake, Scooter & Smelly Fish
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2011
Buddy makes a great white shark cake for a fisherman; he also makes a Vespa birthday cake for Madeline and Mauro, whose birthdays are close to each other.
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8.4/107 votes#3 - Hot Air Balloon Cake & Happy Little Bakers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/2011
Buddy makes a special cake for the Make-A-Wish Foundation; he also plays host to four girls who rely on Make-A-Wish to make their common dream come true -- they all want to be bakers. But it's Buddy's brother in law Joey who has a special connection -- his daughter was also a Make-A-Wish kid.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Toilets & Textiles
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/2011
A plumbing supply company asks Buddy to make a toilet bowl cake with one special condition -- the cake must actually flush. A nightclub owner who's a fan of denim requests a baby shower cake -- that looks like denim. Meanwhile, someone in the bakery has accidentally made a tiered cake with uneven tiers; with the cake on a deadline, Buddy demands who's at fault.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Ships, Sonograms, & Sister Drama
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/21/2011
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?
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Snow Globe, Story Book Cake & a Scare
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/28/2011
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.
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8.8/108 votes#7 - Pucks, Pasteries and Pushy Grace
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/7/2011
With Buddy's fourth child Carlo born, Buddy decides to leave simple baked goods such as cookies to the staff while he concentrates on the complex cakes, so he can spend more time with his kids; however, Grace oversteps her boundaries, as she attempts to make herself the "Cake Boss" in Buddy's absence. Also, Buddy makes a table hockey game cake for a B'nai Mitzvah.
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7.0/107 votes#8 - Staten Island Chuck, Strange Oddities and Sal
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2011
Buddy and his crew make a massive cake in celebration of Groundhog Day for Staten Island Chuck. They also make an upside-down cake -- which was a multi-tiered cake literally assembled upside down -- for a little girl's Ripley's Believe It or Not! birthday party. Also, the family pay their respects for Sal, who died on January 30th, 2011.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Punches, Psychics & Piping
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2011
Buddy makes a cake for WWE star Santino Marella, for a promotion for the upcoming WrestleMania XXVII; he also makes a cake for a psychic. Grace also becomes a control freak when the bakers were unable to make pastries just right.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Designer, Deadlines & Diagnosis
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Tulips, Taxes & Take It Easy
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 4/4/2011
Buddy's doctor advises him to take it easy and not lift anything heavy in advance of his hernia surgery; however, Buddy does not know the meaning of "take it easy". The crew makes a cake for the Philadelphia Flower Show, but in order to get the flowers just right, Buddy turns to outside help to assist. The guys also make a special cake for Buddy's accountant friend, to celebrate the coming end of tax season; however, on account of his hernia, the cake may be more taxing on Buddy.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Second Anniversary, Surgery and St. Paddy
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/2011
Buddy undergoes surgery for his hernia; in his absence, he had Mauro take over making the cakes. Mauro's first assignment -- making a second anniversary cake for a gay couple, who previously had their wedding cake made by Buddy (in the first season episode "Weddings, Water and Wacked!"). Also, Buddy was made Grand Marshal of Hoboken's St. Patrick's Day parade; however, Joey was jealous, as Buddy is not Irish.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Space Shuttle, Stepping Up & Surprise!
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/30/2011
Buddy takes his mother on her first visit to the new factory to show her around, where he discusses the fact that the new factory represents his personal dream, just as the original bakery was his father's dream -- this inspired Buddy to make a special birthday cake for her, in the same style and fashion as how his father had done in the past, which literally says what he and the employees say about her. Later, Buddy makes a special cake for the Kennedy Space Center in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle program; however, in its request, they would like to see the cake "lift off" -- literally. Then, Buddy also requests each of its bakers to make a cake that would be included in the bakery's new online catalog -- the only trouble is deciding which one would make the cut. Also, Sunshine, the bakery's best cake artist, announced that she will soon resign from the bakery to pursue a nursing career. All this work at the bakery, and the stresses of fatherhood after the birth of Carlo, has started to become a little too much for Buddy.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Houses, Help, & Hitting the Road!
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 6/6/2011
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
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Headphones, Helicopters, & Handcuffed
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 6/13/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - A Big Bumblebee & A Bossy Grace
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 6/20/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Competition, Complications, & Communion
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 6/27/2011
Parkway Lanes hires Buddy to make a cake commemorating the 40th anniversary of their bowling alley. The owners allow Buddy to get his old bowling team back together and bowl; however, Mary decides to get in on the action and creates her own team in a men vs. women match -- the loser gets to cut the cake. Also: Buddy's daughter, Sofia is turning eight and Buddy makes a cake for her communion. Meanwhile, trouble arises at the new factory over wiring, delaying construction.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Bugs, Break Ups & Burned-out
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 7/11/2011
An entomologist wants Buddy to make a cake for his bug club; also, he wants a cake made of bugs -- for his bug club members to eat. Also: Buddy makes a cake for a woman who's celebrating the breakup with her boyfriend. Then, Joey, who is stressed out after holding two jobs at once, is faced with a decision on deciding what job is more important -- his firefighter job or his job as head baker.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Moving Cake, Marbles & Mess Ups
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 7/11/2011
A veteran go-kart driver wanted a cake made for the championships, so Buddy makes a cake in a shape of a go-kart, actual size, but Buddy wanted to go the extra mile by making it drivable. Also: Buddy makes a cake for a friend of Joey's father, a former marbles champion, who's becoming 101 years old.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Cheeseburgers, Cures and a Challenge
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 7/18/2011
Buddy makes a cake for a hamburger enthusiast; this encourages the guys at the bakery to see who can eat the most burgers. Also: the bakery makes a cake for the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, a fundraiser that practically touches Buddy, Joey and Mauro personally.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Campfire, Computers and a Concern
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 7/25/2011
Maddalena takes an order for a camping cake, but when the customer requests that the campfire in the cake be an actual campfire, Buddy is concerned that the fire would melt the cake. Also, Buddy makes a telephone cake for an Avaya convention -- that really takes phone calls. Then, Buddy and Joey go to the factory to take a look at the new ovens, but they are concerned that they won't work.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Prize Cow, Pop-Tarts & Patience
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 8/1/2011
The bakers make a cake for a dairy farmer's prize cow; not only do they make it life-size, Buddy also has it set up so it can be milked. Also, Buddy makes a cake for a boy whose family recently moved to Hoboken, with the cake being mostly made of Pop Tarts. Later, Joey, still having trouble on deciding between his firefighter or baker careers, asks Grace for advice.
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#23 - Chandelier Cake & a Christening
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 9/26/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Paleontology & Popping the Question
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 9/26/2011
Buddy gets an unusual request from a client: the curator of a nearby science museum would like a dinosaur-shaped cake to celebrate his upcoming wedding. Meanwhile, Buddy comes up with an over the top way to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary with Lisa: he and the kids proposing on top of the roof of the new cake factory.
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#25 - State Fair, Syracuse Bound & Special Anniversary
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 10/3/2011
Buddy and the crew are commissioned by the State Fair Meadowlands to make a cake to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a Ferris wheel as the focal point. Grace and Joey’s son Robert got accepted to Syracuse University, Joey and Buddy make a special Syracuse-themed cake to serve at a special celebration. Meanwhile Lisa attempts to get some information on what kind of vow renewal Buddy has in store for their anniversary.
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The Best Episodes of Cake Boss Season 4
Every episode of Cake Boss Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cake Boss Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Circus, Celebrity Chef & Surprise!" is the best rated episode of "Cake Boss" season 4. It scored 7.3/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/31/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Shark Cake, Scooter & Smelly Fish".