Season 8

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

Buddy builds a tree-inspired wedding cake for two lumberjacks, and a touching consultation with Feeding America moves Buddy to cook for the volunteers.

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.

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.

It's Christmas and the Valastros throw their annual party to give back to their community, so Buddy creates a magical Christmas tree cake.

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.

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.

Buddy must re-create traditional Turkish water marbling on a cake -- will he succeed? Meanwhile, Mary follows her dream of being a foot model!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The team creates a helicopter cake complete with spinning rotors, and Mauro's intense fear of heights is triggered. Then, Grace takes an order from a doughnut-obsessed bride who wants her shower cake to be cake and doughnuts.

Buddy makes a giant hot dog cake for the famous 4th of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island. Then, Joe attempts a pork belly cake filling on an order for a barbecue pit master.

An Indian couple makes a special wedding cake request: an exact replica of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. However, the intricate design of the iconic building may be more than Buddy and his team can handle.

Buddy and the crew make a cake for professional soccer team F.C. Internazionale that's visiting Hoboken from Italy. Then, Mary dips her toes into becoming a foot model.

Buddy makes a cake for an all-female motorcycle club and uses a trick to create the look of leather and lace. Then, the crew goes girly to make the perfect, pink princess cake for one lucky 5 year old.