Season 5

1. Fitting In, Fed Up & A First Birthday

Buddy 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!

2012-05-28 • 30 min

2. Trash, Twirls & Tough Love

Buddy 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.

2012-05-28 • 30 min

3. Stained Glass & a Surprised Danny

Buddy 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.

2012-06-04 • 30 min

4. Fast Hands & a Flaming Pearl

Buddy 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.

2012-06-04 • 22 min

5. Liberty, Layups & a Loaded Dinner

Buddy 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.

2012-06-11 • 30 min

6. Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!

The 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.

2012-06-11 • ? min

7. Beer, Buttercups & Bumbling

Joey 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.

2012-06-18 • 30 min

8. Presidents, Peanut Butter & Popping-in

Buddy 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?

2012-06-25 • ? min

9. Working at the Car Wash

A car-wash cake features edible autos that can actually get cleaned; a couple celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.

2012-07-02 • 30 min

10. Silly Seuss & Surprise!

A Dr. Seuss cake is equipped with unbreakable gears and levers; the family plan a surprise for Buddy.

2012-07-02 • 22 min

11. Ice-ing on the Cake

Buddy 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!

2012-07-09 • ? min

12. Going Up?

Buddy 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?

2012-07-09 • 30 min

13. Under the Sea

Grace 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.

2012-07-16 • ? min

14. That's Some Nice Meat

Buddy 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.

2012-07-16 • ? min

15. Cakes on a Plane

A 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.

2012-07-23 • 30 min

16. A Bittersweet Homecoming

Buddy’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.

2012-07-23 • 30 min

17. A Golden Opportunity

Buddy is given 24-hrs to create a life-size Betty White cake. The family learns more about momma's condition.

2012-11-26 • ? min

18. Ugly Feet and a Fiesta

Mario 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.

2012-12-03 • ? min

19. From Fury to Furry

A 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.

2012-12-03 • ? min

20. Operation: Tank Cake

Buddy 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.

2012-12-10 • ? min

21. Hocus Pocus

Magician Dan Sperry commissions a cake that contains a secret prediction to be revealed during his act.

2012-12-10 • ? min

22. Buddy and the Rockettes

The 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.

2012-12-17 • ? min

23. Cut the Ribbon and the Cake!

A children’s hospital opens in Chicago needs a special cake to mark the occasion. A couple want a gray wedding cake.

2012-12-17 • ? min

24. Twirls, Whirls and Crashes

A 2000-lb carousel cake is delivered to the Steel Pier amusement park in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Carlo’s undergoes some necessary renovations.

2013-01-07 • ? min

25. Players, Lawyers, and Pranksters

Buddy bakes a cake for NFL coach Tom Coughlin’s charity organization; Marissa gets back at the guys with a prank of her own.

2013-01-07 • ? min

26. Light Up the Night

Buddy must create a 5-tier Bollywood wedding cake that incorporates special lighting effects; Marissa tries out her cookie recipe at the bakery.

2013-01-28 • ? min

27. Crane Cake and Puppy Love

Buddy must create a moving crane cake for a local scrap metal company; Buddy makes his first ever dog wedding cake.

2013-02-04 • ? min

28. A Cowboy in Hoboken

Tim 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.

2013-02-11 • ? min

29. Superheroes and Bakers Unite

Buddy 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.

2013-02-18 • ? min

30. We Will Survive

The 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.

2013-02-18 • ? min