Episode
Cake Boss: Botanical Cakes and Brakes
Overview
Buddy attempts to craft cake cacti for a New York Botanical Gardens' Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Meanwhile, Mauro and Madeline's son keeps them on edge during his first driving lesson.
Details
- Series
- Cake Boss
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2016-02-10
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Botanical Cakes and Brakes is Episode 3 in Season 8 of Cake Boss. It aired on 2016-02-10. The runtime is 21 min.
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Asbury PArk kicks off the summer season with a famous sand sculptor, and a giant sand castle cake from Carlo's. Buddy then navigates the tricky task of making a birthday cake for 10-year-old twins who couldn't be more different.
Episode 4: Tall Orders And A Tight Fit
It's a dumpling feast for the eyes when Buddy makes a cake for a New York food tour company. He then creates an iconic motorcycle jacket out of cake.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Pirates and Pastries
It's all hands on deck when Buddy and the team create a pirate themed cake; Buddy gets ready to open a new bakery in Connecticut.
Episode 5: Steins, Stethoscopes And Studs
The guys make a beer cake for a local Oktoberfest celebration. Plus, the hospital where all four Valastro kids were born has a special cake order.
Episode 6: Spies, Splashes and Bakery Love
Buddy makes a spy cake for a gaming convention in Las Vegas. Plus, Mauro's little brother and one of the Carlo's decorators are getting married.
Episode 7: Hay Bales and a Health Scare
A long-time customer's family farm wants a harvest-themed cake to kick off the fall season. And Mauro gets some shocking news and must undergo surgery.
Episode 8: Wine and Waltzes
The crew crafts a cake for a local winery, and Buddy decides he's going to make his own wine! Plus, a client comes in with a request for a life-sized piano cake!
Episode 9: Buddha, Brandenburg and Big Air
Mauro bakes a replica Brandenburg Gate for the German Embassy's party, can he impress the VIP guest? Plus, Ralph builds a gold Buddha statue.
Episode 10: Fairy Tales, Farewells and Fake Noses
Buddy Valastro makes a storybook cake for the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center in New York City. Then the guys help a gymnastics team with a farewell cake.
Episode 11: Creeps, Carvings and Coffins
It's Halloween in Hoboken, NJ and Buddy and company brave a haunted house for a consultation, while Frankie's coffin prank on Gabby nearly scares her to death!
Episode 12: Lumber Jacks And Giving Back
Buddy builds a tree-inspired wedding cake for two lumberjacks, and a touching consultation with Feeding America moves Buddy to cook for the volunteers.
Episode 13: Quinceaneras, Quarterbacks and K9's
A mom and daughter need a traditional, yet modern, cake for a quinceanera party. Plus, a cake that's for the dogs -- or at least the dog groomers.