NaN/100 votes#1 - Pirates and Pastries
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2016
It's all hands on deck when Buddy and the team create a pirate themed cake; Buddy gets ready to open a new bakery in Connecticut.
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#2 - Sand Castles And Seeing Double
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2016
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.
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#3 - Botanical Cakes and Brakes
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2016
Buddy attempts to craft cake cacti for a New York Botanical Gardens' Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Meanwhile, Mauro and Madeline's son keeps them on edge during his first driving lesson.
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#4 - Tall Orders And A Tight Fit
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2016
It's a dumpling feast for the eyes when Buddy makes a cake for a New York food tour company. He then creates an iconic motorcycle jacket out of cake.
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#5 - Steins, Stethoscopes And Studs
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2016
The guys make a beer cake for a local Oktoberfest celebration. Plus, the hospital where all four Valastro kids were born has a special cake order.
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#6 - Spies, Splashes and Bakery Love
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2016
Buddy makes a spy cake for a gaming convention in Las Vegas. Plus, Mauro's little brother and one of the Carlo's decorators are getting married.
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#7 - Hay Bales and a Health Scare
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2016
A long-time customer's family farm wants a harvest-themed cake to kick off the fall season. And Mauro gets some shocking news and must undergo surgery.
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#8 - Wine and Waltzes
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2016
The crew crafts a cake for a local winery, and Buddy decides he's going to make his own wine! Plus, a client comes in with a request for a life-sized piano cake!
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#9 - Buddha, Brandenburg and Big Air
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2016
Mauro bakes a replica Brandenburg Gate for the German Embassy's party, can he impress the VIP guest? Plus, Ralph builds a gold Buddha statue.
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#10 - Fairy Tales, Farewells and Fake Noses
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2016
Buddy Valastro makes a storybook cake for the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center in New York City. Then the guys help a gymnastics team with a farewell cake.
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#11 - Creeps, Carvings and Coffins
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/2016
It's Halloween in Hoboken, NJ and Buddy and company brave a haunted house for a consultation, while Frankie's coffin prank on Gabby nearly scares her to death!
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#12 - Lumber Jacks And Giving Back
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 4/18/2016
Buddy builds a tree-inspired wedding cake for two lumberjacks, and a touching consultation with Feeding America moves Buddy to cook for the volunteers.
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#13 - Quinceaneras, Quarterbacks and K9's
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/2016
A mom and daughter need a traditional, yet modern, cake for a quinceanera party. Plus, a cake that's for the dogs -- or at least the dog groomers.
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#14 - Snowman, Mentor And Model Mary
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2016
Can Buddy make a life-size snowman cake for a group of pre-schoolers? It's a heart-warming reunion when Buddy's former teacher stops by the bakery.
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#15 - Seasons Greetings And Saintly Surprises
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2016
It's Christmas and the Valastros throw their annual party to give back to their community, so Buddy creates a magical Christmas tree cake.
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#16 - Bugging Out And Big Cheers
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 5/16/2016
A local science center asks Buddy create a cake in honor of their new ant exhibit, and Mauro makes a cake for cheerleaders celebrating spirit week.
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#17 - Wintry Wonderland Wedding
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 5/23/2016
A winter wonderland-themed wedding inspires Buddy to leave his comfort zone. He enlists sugar artist, Jacques Torres, to help complete the icy dream cake.
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#18 - Mary Models, Toys and Turkish Marbling
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 5/25/2016
Buddy must re-create traditional Turkish water marbling on a cake -- will he succeed? Meanwhile, Mary follows her dream of being a foot model!
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#19 - Gems, Geodes And Cake Boss Junior
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/26/2016
Buddy and the team rock a crystal cake for a gemstone gallery's 50th anniversary celebration, and his five-year-old son takes over Carlo's Bakery!
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#20 - Monkey Business and Mary In Charge
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/27/2016
Buddy and his family go snow tubing in the Poconos Mountains, and back at the bakery Mary goes bananas with a special cake for the zoo.
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#21 - High Kicks, Hockey Sticks and Capoeira
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 10/26/2016
Buddy tries his hand at a cake representing Capoeria, a Brazilian martial art, for a local studio celebrating their graduating class. Then, Mauro helps a boy celebrate his Bar Mitzvah with a cake that shows off his love of hockey.
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#22 - Mummy Mia!
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 10/26/2016
Buddy and the crew get wrapped up in their work by creating a cake resembling an ancient Egyptian mummy sarcophagus. Then, Mauro, Joe, Danny and Frankie make a pancake cake, but Mauro's cake filling flavor choice may be too hot to handle.
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#23 - Camels, Ostriches and Cake Wishes
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 11/2/2016
Buddy heads to Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ, where they are asked to make a cake for the camel and ostrich races. The bakery is visited by families with the Make-a-Wish foundation, and Buddy turns the kids' cake wishes into a reality.
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#24 - Classic Cars and Grace's Surprise
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 11/2/2016
Joe has big plans for Grace's 50th birthday and wants to give her an ice cream cake, but extreme heat may melt his surprise. Then, Buddy must turn a classic car into an unforgettable cake and deliver it to a prestigious car auction.
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#25 - Home Runs and Rabbit Holes
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 11/9/2016
Buddy is asked to make an Alice in Wonderland cake for a children’s theater and incorporates every aspect of the book into his creation. Then, Mauro knocks it out of the park with a vintage baseball-themed cake for the Carlos Beltran Foundation.
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The Best Episodes of Cake Boss Season 8
Every episode of Cake Boss Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cake Boss Season 8!
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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Network:TLC
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Pirates and Pastries" is the best rated episode of "Cake Boss" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/3/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Sand Castles And Seeing Double".