Episode
Cake Boss: Familia, Fishing and Family History
Overview
The Valastros embark on a family tour of Italy. Their first stops are Altamura and Lipari, the birthplaces of Mama, and Buddy Sr. While there, Buddy is asked to make a wedding cake and confections for his cousin's baby shower.
Details
- Series
- Cake Boss
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2010-10-11
Episode context
Familia, Fishing and Family History is Episode 16 in Season 3 of Cake Boss. It aired on 2010-10-11.
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Episode 15: Strawberries, Sinatra, & Sick Ovens
Buddy and Co. make a cake for Haagen Daz's 50th anniversary while also making a cake for the Broadway show Come Fly Away. But orders are difficult to fill this week when the ovens start acting up again.
Episode 17: Frescos, Fountains and Family Wishes
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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Episode 14: Helmet Cake, Healthy Mauro, & Huge Train Cake
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Episode 18: Cassata, Cheesecakes and Crates of Wine
Sicily is the last stop of the Italy vacation; after visiting a local winery, Buddy decides to make a wine bottle cake.
Episode 13: Mother's Day, Mama and Mom to be
Buddy makes a Mother's Day celebration cake for the Adoptive Parents Committee, which is a nonprofit support group for adoptive parents. Buddy surprises his wife on Mothers day by having his children decorating a cake for her. The family celebrates as Lisa, Buddy's sister, gives birth to her child, a daughter named Isabella.
Episode 19: Sandals, Sandwiches and Shelves
A client travels from Myrtle Beach to order a Flip-Flop cake; Buddy is asked to make a kid friendly cake.
Episode 12: Barbers, Babies and Bulls
Buddy wants to make a cake for the barbershop where he has been getting his hair cut since he was a kid in honor of their anniversary. Also, Buddy and the team are asked to create a mechanical bull cake, complete with movement.
Episode 20: Pipes, a Phoenix, & a Problematic Kitchen
Buddy and Co. create a Phoenix cake for a neighborhood Irish bar; Joey tests out the new ovens with his famous Irish Soda Bread.
Episode 11: Key to the City and a Key-tar Cake
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.
Episode 21: Snookie, Super Anthony & a Ship
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.
Episode 10: Color, Camouflage and Cupcake Day
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.
Episode 22: Sweet Sixteen, Stars & a Saber Sword
Mauro's daughter orders a sweet sixteen cake; the bakery makes a cake for the centennial of the Cadet Chapel at West Point.