Episode
Cake Boss: A Bittersweet Homecoming
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Cake Boss
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2012-07-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
A Bittersweet Homecoming is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Cake Boss. It aired on 2012-07-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 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.
Episode 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.
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Episode 13: Under the Sea
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Episode 19: From Fury to Furry
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Episode 12: Going Up?
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Episode 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.
Episode 11: Ice-ing on the Cake
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Episode 21: Hocus Pocus
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Episode 10: Silly Seuss & Surprise!
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Episode 22: Buddy and the Rockettes
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