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The Worst Episodes of Cake Boss

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Worst episode
S2E11 Motorcycles, Manhattanites, and Misbehaving
5.47 votes
Best episode
S1E1 A Bride, a Boat, and Bamboozled!
8.232 votes
Top season
Season 5
8.3avg
Binge time
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 11 - Motorcycles, Manhattanites, and Misbehaving
    5.4/10(7 votes)

    S2:E11

    Buddy is asked to make a cake for the Long Island Hells Angels; Buddy bakes a tea party-themed cake for Upper East Side socialites.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cake Boss Season 1 Episode 11 - A Blindfold, a Bikini and Breathing Fire
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    S1:E11

    Buddy is used to putting out fires, not starting them, but all that changes when he's asked to make a tiki cake that spits fire. Buddy also has to make a bridal shower cake for his sister-in-law and Mauro challenges him to ice a cake while blindfolded...or he'll have to walk around the bakery in a grass skirt and coconut bra!

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 9 - Freaks, Fast Food and Frightened Frankie
    6.1/10(9 votes)

    S2:E9

    After making a buffet-style cake for Major League Eating, the bakery heavyweights are challenged to an eating contest. While making a cake for the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, one of Frankie's biggest fears is exposed.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 6 - Children, Cage and a Challenge
    6.3/10(9 votes)

    S2:E6

    Buddy's got a real loudmouth in the bakery this week but it's not a customer, it's a talking cake! Then, when Buddy is tasked with a cage fighting cake, his teenage nephew is inspired to challenge Frankie to a wrestling match.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Cake Boss Season 5 Episode 6 - Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cake Boss Season 1 Episode 13 - Fireworks, Falling Fondant and Fathers
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    S1:E13

    A fellow family owned business asks Buddy and the Carlo's team to honor their patriarch by creating a special cake featuring their company's product...fireworks! It's also "Bring Your Dad to School Day" at Buddy's son's school and he's got a surprise for all the kids.

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  7. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 8 - Golf Greens & Gravity
    6.4/10(9 votes)

    S2:E8

    Buddy and team feel lost in space while creating a cake for a planetarium; the guys have to create a golf tournament cake, so they go golfing for inspiration.

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  8. Cake Boss Season 1 Episode 8 - Museum, Mistakes, and Mother Mary
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    S1:E8

    The Carlo's team gets to take a field trip to a local museum for a prehistoric mammal cake. A Sweet 16 cake proves to be more work than anyone planned on and Frankie makes and decorates a cake all by himself for a very hard to please client...Mary!

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  9. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 11 - Key to the City and a Key-tar Cake
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    S3:E11

    Buddy and the team are asked by an 80's tribute band to make a retro cake. Also, Little Ferry, New Jersey, Buddy's birthplace, presents Buddy with the key to the city.

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  10. Cake Boss Season 6 Episode 12 - Fire and Ice
    6.5/10(8 votes)

    S6:E12

    Ashley challenges Buddy to a head-to-head cake challenge; a survivor of a subway construction accident makes a request for Buddy to make a cake thanking those who saved his life.

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  11. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 4 - Painters, Pool and Pink!
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    S2:E4

    Buddy creates a billiards table cake for football player Justin Tuck and gets an opportunity to show off his pool skills. The bakery gets a make-over with unexpected results and Buddy makes a cake for the painters.

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  12. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 13 - Apples, Arguments, and Animal Prints
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    S2:E13

    An apple-tree cake for a local orchard inspires Buddy to try a new recipe. Meanwhile, Mary doesn't think Buddy's giving her 40th birthday cake enough attention, so she threatens to go to another baker.

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  13. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 5 - Hieroglyphics, Hearse and Happy Parents
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S3:E5

    A funeral hearse is made for a surprise cake. A mother and daughter cannot agree on a theme for a Sweet 16 cake, with one desiring an Egyptian theme, and the other a more girlish fashion-oriented theme. An animal-themed cake is made for an Indian baby shower.

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  14. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 7 - Chopped Head and a Crazy Cravings Cake
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S3:E7

    Buddy has to make a cake for a Marie Antoinette party, a "cravings" cake for his sister, Lisa Gonzalez, for her baby shower. Mauro faces a short health care crisis. The rest of the clan is concerned while Mauro claims it to be "no big deal."

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  15. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 10 - Color, Camouflage and Cupcake Day
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S3:E10

    A war breaks out when the Carlo gang are challenged to show their shooting skills in order to make a paintball cake. It's also the annual Throwback Cannoli Day at the bakery, but everyone's in for a big surprise when Buddy decides to make a change.

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  16. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 21 - Snookie, Super Anthony & a Ship
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S3:E21

    A trip to the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City for a nautical inspired cake; a Jersey celebrity (Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi from MTV's Jersey Shore) orders a cake for her mom.

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  17. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 22 - Sweet Sixteen, Stars & a Saber Sword
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S3:E22

    Mauro's daughter orders a sweet sixteen cake; the bakery makes a cake for the centennial of the Cadet Chapel at West Point.

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  18. Cake Boss Season 1 Episode 7 - Doves, Ducks, and Delicacies
    6.9/10(17 votes)

    S1:E7

    Buddy is excited to create an old-school wedding cake like the kind his father used to make; tall, ornate and filled with... live birds?! A dad-to-be comes to the bakery to order a giant lobster tail pastry for his pregnant wife. Little Frankie goes on a mission to catch live birds for the wedding cake.

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  19. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 7 - Pizza, Poochies and Pop-in-Law
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    S2:E7

    An over-the-top space-themed cake is created for a local planetarium. Later the guys go golfing to find inspiration for a golf-tournament cake.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Cake Boss Season 2 Episode 17 - Aquarium Adventures & An Announcement
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    S2:E17

    Buddy creates an underwater-themed cake complete with live fish for a local aquarium.

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  21. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 20 - Pipes, a Phoenix, & a Problematic Kitchen
    6.7/10(8 votes)

    S3:E20

    Buddy and Co. create a Phoenix cake for a neighborhood Irish bar; Joey tests out the new ovens with his famous Irish Soda Bread.

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  22. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 17 - Frescos, Fountains and Family Wishes
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    S3:E17

    The Valastro's continue their trip around Italy; Buddy and the boys get a culture lesson when asked to make a cake inspired by a fresco painting.

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  23. Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 8 - Staten Island Chuck, Strange Oddities and Sal
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    S4:E8

    Buddy and his crew make a massive cake in celebration of Groundhog Day for Staten Island Chuck. They also make an upside-down cake -- which was a multi-tiered cake literally assembled upside down -- for a little girl's Ripley's Believe It or Not! birthday party. Also, the family pay their respects for Sal, who died on January 30th, 2011.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 1 - Governor, Giant Lisa & Good-bye Mama
    6.8/10(7 votes)

    S3:E1

    In the third season premiere, Buddy and his team are called on to make a special cake for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s inauguration ball. Buddy also decides to surprise his wife Lisa by making a life-size version of her in cake form for a surprise birthday party. Meanwhile, Mama Valastro surprises everyone at Carlo’s Bakery by announcing her retirement.

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  25. Cake Boss Season 3 Episode 4 - Tournament of Knights and a Tasty Tiramisu
    6.8/10(7 votes)

    S3:E4

    Buddy's Italian speaking skills are put to the test as he has to make an authentic tiramisu for a client who has family visiting from Italy. In addition, a knight comes to the bakery to ask for a cake for his king and queen, and challenges Buddy to a joust.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Motorcycles, Manhattanites, and Misbehaving" is the worst rated episode of Cake Boss. It scored 5.4/10 from 7 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 14, 2009. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Blindfold, a Bikini and Breathing Fire".

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