Review: ‘Cake Boss’ makes reality show out of baking

Imagine a chocolate cake, but instead of a regular circle it’s in the shape of a robot. Now imagine it lighting up with LED lights. And, if you can, imagine it moving. Normally, one would think it impossible to make a delicious cake that can move and light up at the same time. However, there is one man who makes the impossible in baking possible.

The show “Cake Boss” on TLC is a reality show about Buddy Valastro, who owns a family-run bakery called Carlos’ Bakery in Hoboken, NJ. While Carlos’ Bakery sells many different types of sweets and pastries, the bakery is best known for it specialty cakes.

Featuring everything from a robot cake to a pool table cake, the show documents how they make a specialty cake as well as the troubles that come with it.

The show starts out with a customer coming to Buddy with a proposal for the major cake of the show. He starts planning and, no matter how outrageous the demand, he always comes through with an amazing cake. Meanwhile, he concurrently makes another cake during the episode that may not be as complex, but is still a stretch for any normal baker.

The show started airing in 2009. As well as highlighting the baking and creation of the cakes, the show also focuses on the issues that Valastro runs into in his baking. Often the trouble is caused by various members of his family who work with him.

A particular troublemaker for Valastro is his third oldest sister named Mary Sciarrone. She often butts heads with Valastro. In my opinion she is an extremely annoying character, and one of the less likable members of the Cake Boss family.

This show is a great one, especially when you come home from a long school day like me, and you are channel surfing, trying to find something good to watch on TV. Often, I come home and find myself watching Cake Boss for a good 2-3 hours until I remember that I have an important assignment due the next day.

Though the plot of the show doesn’t really ever change, the various extravagant and tantalizing cakes always seem to pull me in and keep me watching. The only thing I would say is bad about this show are the commercials. I often see commercials about shows that I wouldn’t dare watch such as Say Yes to the Dress but hey, that’s just me.