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The contestants split into teams of men and women to create theme cakes for the bakery’s portfolio, but a late change in the rules by Buddy intensifies the competition.

Making cakes inspired by horror movies; gory cakes and a guest judge who is a scary film villain.

The contestants' speed and agility are tested when they unload the industrial ovens at the new factory. Meanwhile, animal cakes are needed for a New Jersey zoo.

The remaining chefs are tasked with creating a cake for the cast of Broadway's newest musical, one that pays homage to the holiday film, "A Christmas Story", after which their creations are judged by the movie's star, Peter Billingsley.

Contestants create cakes resembling classic Italian meals.

The top three teams remain, but only two will move on to Vegas; each team must create a masterpiece revolving around each judge's specialty.

The bakers switch partners to build a cake for a destination wedding, while Buddy gets help from two celebrity guest judges.

The chef-testants prepare to construct and decorate 3-foot-tall cakes that pay homage to their favorite childhood fantasies by creating a superhero cake; a surprise judge for the week worries the participants that they may be smashed to pieces.

The teams must create barbeque inspired cakes and present them to Buddy's family; a six-foot long hot dog and a 4-foot wide hamburger.

A trip to Rachael Ray's show will decide the winner of a competition involving the creation of cakes that defy gravity.

In the series premiere, the competitors put their baking skills to the test when they are paired up into teams to create a 4-foot tall theme cake. But when Buddy presents an interesting challenge to win immunity, will it be every baker for themselves?

The final three contestants look back at the most-memorable moments from Season 3.

Ten pastry chefs begin vying for a chance to work alongside Buddy Valastro at his famous Hoboken, N.J., bakery in the series premiere. Their first task is to create elaborate celebration cakes that showcase their baking and decorating skills.

The remaining chefs form two teams to create life-size cakes of guest judges, Comics Judy Gould and Carol Leifer.

The gals battle the guys in a Christmas-theme bake-off for the American Cancer Society.

Things get heated in the kitchen when the hopefuls work in teams, creating Monopoly-theme cakes to mark the 75th anniversary of the board game.

It's wedding day at the bakery! The bakers must team up to create an off-beat wedding cake for a true bridezilla! It's the ultimate test to see how these bakers will handle a difficult client, but will the bride's requests be too demanding?

A special-effects company needs an extreme cake to mark its 20th anniversary, so the hopefuls must incorporate special effects and pyrotechnics in their confections.

An eliminated group returns when the teams unveil their creations at the Cake Boss Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.

Being the Next Great Baker means creating cakes that are magazine worthy. The stakes are raised when the competitors are asked to create elaborate wedding cakes inspired by the latest wedding trends for Brides Magazine.