Ep 3. Waves, Watermelons And Wipe Outs

It's summertime in New Jersey and Buddy Valastro and his team of expert bakers at Carlo's Bakery are busy creating delicious cakes, sugary treats and unique pastries for their customers. In this episode of Cake Boss season 15, titled Waves, Watermelons And Wipe Outs, the team focuses on creating a cake that perfectly blends two of summer's most iconic elements: the beach and watermelons!

Buddy and his team of bakers are approached by a couple who are celebrating their anniversary and want a beach-themed cake for their party. The couple indicates they want a giant wave crashing and filling up half of the cake, and the other half decorated with realistic watermelon slices and syrupy green melon juice oozing through. Buddy and his team are excited about their new project and get to work on creating a cake that will leave their customers awestruck.

The cake creation starts with making the waves using frosting and buttercream. This proves tricky as the waves must be layered to provide a 3D effect. Buddy's team members Frankie and Alex take charge of creating the wave. Frankie starts by trimming the cake layer to give it a shape that blends well with the base half of the cake, while Alex works on the frosting. After several icing layers, they make deep accents and impressions on the icing with a spatula or serrated knife to create the white water effect. They also add different shades of blue to the waves' icing to make it more realistic.

Next, the team works on creating the watermelon half of the cake. They treat the watermelons in such a way that they look freshly sliced with oozing droplets of melon juice. The team uses green and pink food coloring mixed with flavored syrup to create a syrupy, gooey pink glaze and drizzle it over the sliced melons. They then layer the watermelon atop the cake along with the syrups to create a charming illusion of biting into a fresh slice of melon. The team then decorates the watermelon and wave elements of the cake with hand-sculpted fondant decorations of beach balls, flip-flops, sunglasses, and shells.

As with each Cake Boss episode, there's a challenge that puts the team's baking and creativity skills to the test. In this episode, the store receives an order for a cake that's not only decorated with watermelons but has a whole watermelon baked inside. Buddy and his team are up for the challenge and aim to deliver a cake that's not only attractive but also delicious. First, they have to carefully hollow out the watermelon flesh and add layers of white and pink cake batter with real watermelon juice added, and fill the center of the fruit with the remaining pink and white cake mixture. The cake is then baked, cut into slices, and decorated. The end result is a cake that brings together the taste of watermelon and cake.

In between working on both cakes, Buddy takes some time off to indulge in one of his favorite summer traditions - surfing. He enlists his longtime friend Michael to join him at the beach for a few surf lessons. Although he's a novice surfer, Buddy is determined to catch some waves, with Michael coaching him from the shore. After much struggle, Buddy is finally able to stand up on the board, even if only for a few seconds.

At the end of the episode, the team gathers to see off both cakes, which are a hit with customers. The wave and watermelon cake are transported to a beach-themed party, where the party guests rave about the attention to detail that Buddy's team puts into their work. The watermelon cake is delivered to a family gathering, where the addition of a real watermelon is a highlight for the party.

This episode of Cake Boss season 15, offers an insight into the creativity and skill that goes into creating cakes that are both stunningly beautiful and undeniably delicious. It shows that with creativity and hard work, any cake concept can come to life with stunning results. Waves, Watermelons And Wipe Outs is a fun-loving episode that will leave any cake lover in awe!