Season 5
Episodes • 2012

1. Fitting In, Fed Up & A First Birthday
30 minBuddy makes a cake for Baby Carlo’s first birthday that’s fit for a prince! Marissa learns what it means to be a part of the crew. Things turn serious when Grace gets fed up with Mary’s lateness!
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2. Trash, Twirls & Tough Love
30 minBuddy makes a realistic Trash Truck cake for a family friend. Two ladies request a cake for the founder of their synchronized swim team. Mary is accused of being rude again to the work staff, forcing Buddy to take action.
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3. Stained Glass & a Surprised Danny
30 minBuddy has a divine inspiration when Father Bob orders a cake for an honored church member. Despite the crazy schedules, everyone finds time to surprise Danny for his 50th Birthday with some special guests.
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4. Fast Hands & a Flaming Pearl
22 minBuddy makes a Dragon cake for Chinese New Year celebrations. But first, the team creates a life-sized punching bag for a couple of mixed martial arts fighters at a local gym.
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5. Liberty, Layups & a Loaded Dinner
30 minBuddy celebrates his heritage by making a cake in honor of Lady Liberty. 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.
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6. Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!
minThe bakery is asked to make a cake for a high-roller bar mitzvah with a working slot machine! Then the crew celebrates Mardi Gras with a king cake and beads.
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7. Beer, Buttercups & Bumbling
30 minJoey and the guys are asked to make a cake that looks and tastes like beer! Then Buddy delivers a tropical wedding cake to two florists. Jay comes back from a delivery with bad news.
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8. Presidents, Peanut Butter & Popping-in
minBuddy makes a Mt. Rushmore cake! Marissa must make her famous Peanut Butter Cake to impress the Lisas. And Mary makes a return to Carlo’s, but for how long?
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9. Working at the Car Wash
30 minA car-wash cake features edible autos that can actually get cleaned; a couple celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
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10. Silly Seuss & Surprise!
22 minA Dr. Seuss cake is equipped with unbreakable gears and levers; the family plan a surprise for Buddy.
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11. Ice-ing on the Cake
minBuddy tours Blue Sky Studios, the creators of Ice Age, for a sneak peak of their latest movie, then sculpts a frosty cake inspired by the movie, complete with a pirate ship that floats!
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12. Going Up?
30 minBuddy must make a special birthday cake that works as a real elevator! And Mauro makes a cake for the North Jersey Spelling Bee, but can the Carlo’s staff spell the words correctly on the cake?
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13. Under the Sea
minGrace throws an Under the Sea themed party for her daughter’s Sweet 16 and Uncle Buddy has the perfect cake in mind — a real aquarium.
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14. That's Some Nice Meat
minBuddy makes a deli-case cake for a family friend and his sisters request a cake to mark three First Communions. Mary’s responsibilities grow at the new baking facility.
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15. Cakes on a Plane
30 minA team of skydivers want a cake to eat during a jump! Buddy makes a cake for his niece who just won first prize in a writing competition.
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16. A Bittersweet Homecoming
30 minBuddy’s Mama, diagnosed with a serious illness, returns to Hoboken for an Easter visit, and Buddy makes her a special one-of-a-kind cake.
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17. A Golden Opportunity
minBuddy is given 24-hrs to create a life-size Betty White cake. The family learns more about momma's condition.
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18. Ugly Feet and a Fiesta
minMario Lopez and Courtney Mazza ask Buddy to make a wedding cake for their Mexican ceremony. Also: A spa wants a cake for a contest involving men's feet.
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19. From Fury to Furry
minA pet-adoption Web site wants to celebrate a major milestone of 20 million adoptions; Buddy tries to find common ground for a bickering couple who need a cake for their party-planning business.
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20. Operation: Tank Cake
minBuddy makes a tank cake for the Army's 237th birthday celebration in Times Square in New York City, while another creation is sent to troops serving overseas in Afghanistan.
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21. Hocus Pocus
minMagician Dan Sperry commissions a cake that contains a secret prediction to be revealed during his act.
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22. Buddy and the Rockettes
minThe Rockettes’ 85th anniversary celebrated needs a cake that features miniature high-kicking dancers. A teen who wants to be a pilot gets a birthday surprise.
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23. Cut the Ribbon and the Cake!
minA children’s hospital opens in Chicago needs a special cake to mark the occasion. A couple want a gray wedding cake.
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24. Twirls, Whirls and Crashes
minA 2000-lb carousel cake is delivered to the Steel Pier amusement park in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Carlo’s undergoes some necessary renovations.
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25. Players, Lawyers, and Pranksters
minBuddy bakes a cake for NFL coach Tom Coughlin’s charity organization; Marissa gets back at the guys with a prank of her own.
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26. Light Up the Night
minBuddy must create a 5-tier Bollywood wedding cake that incorporates special lighting effects; Marissa tries out her cookie recipe at the bakery.
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27. Crane Cake and Puppy Love
minBuddy must create a moving crane cake for a local scrap metal company; Buddy makes his first ever dog wedding cake.
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28. A Cowboy in Hoboken
minTim McGraw is giving away a brand new house to a military veteran and needs a cake from Buddy to reveal the big surprise; the Next Great Baker winner begins work at Carlo's.
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29. Superheroes and Bakers Unite
minBuddy is asked to make a cake for Spiderman's 50th Anniversary. The Next Great Baker shows up late for work. Plans for Momma's benefit gala begin.
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30. We Will Survive
minThe family prepares for Momma's Benefit Gala and Buddy has invited a special surprise performer. Buddy is asked to make a life-size chair cake for a furniture company.
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