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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 Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses on how they

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 6 - Magazines, a Mega Screen and Maurizio
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    #1 - Magazines, a Mega Screen and Maurizio

    S3:E6

    Buddy faces challenges while making cakes for Nasdaq and O Magazine. Also, cousin Anthony wants to spend more time at the bakery and less time delivering cakes.

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  2. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 9 - 6-foot Sub Sandwich, Zeppoles and a Sick Mauro
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    #2 - 6-foot Sub Sandwich, Zeppoles and a Sick Mauro

    S3:E9

    It's Easter time and the shop is busy as ever. Buddy makes a sandwich cake for the 100th anniversary of Fiore's, a sandwich shop next to the original Carlo's Bakery. Joey, Sal, and Cousin Anthony make items for the bakery in honor of St. Joseph's Day, and Buddy and Maddelena stage an intervention for Mauro, convincing him to make lifestyle changes to become more healthy.

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  3. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 13 - Mother's Day, Mama and Mom to be
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    #3 - Mother's Day, Mama and Mom to be

    S3:E13

    Buddy makes a Mother's Day celebration cake for the Adoptive Parents Committee, which is a nonprofit support group for adoptive parents. Buddy surprises his wife on Mothers day by having his children decorating a cake for her. The family celebrates as Lisa, Buddy's sister, gives birth to her child, a daughter named Isabella.

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  4. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 14 - Helmet Cake, Healthy Mauro, & Huge Train Cake
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    #4 - Helmet Cake, Healthy Mauro, & Huge Train Cake

    S3:E14

    Choo choo! It's National Train Day as Carlo's team has to make a HUGE cake complete with tunnels for model trains. Joey wants to make a firefighter themed cake for his retiring fire captain. Mauro's son helps his dad get healthy.

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  5. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 19 - Sandals, Sandwiches and Shelves
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    #5 - Sandals, Sandwiches and Shelves

    S3:E19

    A client travels from Myrtle Beach to order a Flip-Flop cake; Buddy is asked to make a kid friendly cake.

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  6. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 23 - Crazy Chocolate Cake & Carlo's Centennial Celebration
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    #6 - Crazy Chocolate Cake & Carlo's Centennial Celebration

    S3:E23

    Buddy makes an elaborate chocolate cake for a couple's anniversary, which includes ingredients consisting of Hershey's products. Carlo's Bakery celebrates their 100th anniversary since its opening in 1910 with a street party, complete with a huge "timeline" cake outlining its history. Buddy shows his bakers a huge warehouse he has leased, which will play a role in the bakery's future.

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  7. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 4 - Toilets & Textiles
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    #7 - Toilets & Textiles

    S4:E4

    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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  8. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 6 - Snow Globe, Story Book Cake & a Scare
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    #8 - Snow Globe, Story Book Cake & a Scare

    S4:E6

    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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  9. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 10 - Designer, Deadlines & Diagnosis
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    #9 - Designer, Deadlines & Diagnosis

    S4:E10

    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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  10. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 11 - Tulips, Taxes & Take It Easy
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    #10 - Tulips, Taxes & Take It Easy

    S4:E11

    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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  11. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 12 - Second Anniversary, Surgery and St. Paddy
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    #11 - Second Anniversary, Surgery and St. Paddy

    S4:E12

    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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  12. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 15 - Headphones, Helicopters, & Handcuffed
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    #12 - Headphones, Helicopters, & Handcuffed

    S4:E15

    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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  13. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 16 - A Big Bumblebee & A Bossy Grace
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    #13 - A Big Bumblebee & A Bossy Grace

    S4:E16

    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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  14. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 17 - Competition, Complications, & Communion
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    #14 - Competition, Complications, & Communion

    S4:E17

    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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  15. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 18 - Bugs, Break Ups & Burned-out
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    #15 - Bugs, Break Ups & Burned-out

    S4:E18

    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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  16. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 19 - Moving Cake, Marbles & Mess Ups
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    #16 - Moving Cake, Marbles & Mess Ups

    S4:E19

    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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  17. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 20 - Cheeseburgers, Cures and a Challenge
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    #17 - Cheeseburgers, Cures and a Challenge

    S4:E20

    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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  18. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 21 - Campfire, Computers and a Concern
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    #18 - Campfire, Computers and a Concern

    S4:E21

    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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  19. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 22 - Prize Cow, Pop-Tarts & Patience
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    #19 - Prize Cow, Pop-Tarts & Patience

    S4:E22

    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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  20. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 23 - Chandelier Cake & a Christening
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    #20 - Chandelier Cake & a Christening

    S4:E23

    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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  21. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 24 - Paleontology & Popping the Question
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    #21 - Paleontology & Popping the Question

    S4:E24

    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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  22. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 25 - State Fair, Syracuse Bound & Special Anniversary
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    #22 - State Fair, Syracuse Bound & Special Anniversary

    S4:E25

    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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  23. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 26 - Transport Troubles & Two Brides
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    #23 - Transport Troubles & Two Brides

    S4:E26

    The owner of a Rolls Royce dealership from Chicago requests that Buddy make a special cake with the city skyline and the Willis Tower as the focal point to commemorate its grand opening. Buddy gets a request from a same-sex couple in Long Island to celebrate their upcoming wedding. Buddy asks Grace to head up the renovation of Carlo’s Bakery.

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  24. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 27 - A Funny Regis & Fifty Weddings
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    #24 - A Funny Regis & Fifty Weddings

    S4:E27

    Talk show host Regis Philbin stops by Carlo's to learn how to decorate cakes from the Boss himself. Meanwhile, a bride requests a wedding cake to celebrate her 50th wedding! Finally, Joey gets a visit from his old fire chief about his future.

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  25. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 28 - Bees, Beware & Business
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    #25 - Bees, Beware & Business

    S4:E28

    Carlo's is all abuzz this week when Buddy makes a giant behive cake made with real honey! Later, Buddy gets a request from a wife who wants to prank her unsuspecting husband. Finally, all jokes are put aside when Grace and Buddy get down to business.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Magazines, a Mega Screen and Maurizio" is the worst rated episode of "Cake Boss". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/21/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "6-foot Sub Sandwich, Zeppoles and a Sick Mauro".