Season 9 • Episode 15
LatestFollows 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 make their cakes, and the interpersonal relationships among the various family members and other employees who work at the shop.
Practical Effects
Impossible gravity-defying cakes that shouldn't exist
Production
Hoboken bakery becomes unlikely TV empire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Launched the 2010s 'cake show' boom and made 'Ace of Cakes' look like public access. Suddenly every bakery needed a TV deal.
The famous 'flip test'—tossing cakes to prove sturdiness—wasn't originally planned. Buddy just did it once and producers made it a thing.
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