Buddy Valastro's Cake Dynasty - Season 1

Buddy Valastro's small Hoboken bakery has expanded into an empire that includes a family-run factory creating thousands of treats and savory items along with mind-blowing custom cakes. When Buddy is tasked with making a 20th-anniversary cake for the cast of the Broadway show Wicked, his team struggles to create a life-sized masterpiece in only three days. Meanwhile, when Buddy's oldest son, Buddy Jr., reveals that he might prefer to skip college and come to work for his father, Buddy puts Junior through the paces to see if he's ready for a baker's life.

The Mother's Day rush is one of the busiest times of the year, and Buddy is stressed! He needs to create a custom cake for the 50th Anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown win, shoot his first ever Lifetime Movie, while also helping his team to ship out thousands of Mother's Day cakes! As Buddy's panic attacks return, he struggles to get it all done on time while also meeting his ultra-high standard.

When Buddy is tasked with making a cake for International Country Superstar Walker Hayes, the team must find a way to transform the lyrics to his hit song "Fancy Like" into a sweet masterpiece! Meanwhile, Buddy Jr. starts his internship at the factory and soon realizes that there's a lot more to the business than building cakes. The question remains as to whether Buddy can juggle training his son, working on the Walker Hayes cake, and dealing with the many meetings, equipment challenges, and family responsibilities that keep pulling him in different directions!

When Buddy gets a request from Anthony Shriver to create a cake for the Best Buddies Challenge, a charity event held at the Kennedy compound, he's thrilled. But the team runs into some difficulties when they realize that this cake has to travel to Hyannis Port on a bumpy sea plane! Meanwhile, Lisa tries to get a troublesome employee in the vending department under control, and Buddy Jr. continues his internship but struggles to keep his dad happy... and off his back!

Work collides with family life when Buddy is tasked with creating a magic-themed birthday cake for Neil Patrick Harris on the same week as Junior's prom and graduation. Meanwhile, Buddy attempts to create a specialized box that will finally ship two-tiered cakes across the country without damage.

When a local Italian Social Club asks Buddy to create a cake for their "Prosciutto Open" golf event, Buddy and the team take an epic swing. Meanwhile, Sofia creates a beautiful cake for Marco and Carlo's religious confirmation, making Buddy wonder if maybe Sofia (and not Junior) is the frontrunner to take over Carlo's Bake Shop someday.

When Sofia earns an internship with Daniel Boulud, Buddy is tasked with making a cake for the famous French chef and his staff. But a New Jersey heatwave threatens to ruin everything, including Buddy's dad's famous cream puff cake recipe!

Buddy makes a cake for an old friend and the current Editorial Director of House Beautiful Magazine, Joanna Saltz. Meanwhile, when Danny "The Mule" announces his retirement, Buddy and the gang throw a surprise party worthy of Danny's forty-nine years at Carlo's Bake Shop.

When Las Vegas landmark Caesars Palace requests a cake from Buddy, it's all-hands-on-deck to create a giant cake replica of the casino, complete with statues and fireworks. But the stakes are doubled when Caesars offers Buddy the opportunity to pitch them a new restaurant concept for their most coveted spot in the Food Hall. It's a family affair when the Valastro's converge on Vegas to make the pitch and the cake reveal of a lifetime!

Buddy and the team embark on an enormous cake for the Meadowlands State Fair during the same week that a giant retailer tests Buddy's ability to produce 90,000 cakes per month for their nationwide stores! Buddy struggles with extreme shoulder pain as he juggles enormous pressure and Junior's looming decision on whether he wants to stay working at the factory or head off to college.