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On this episode of Cake Boss...

Lieutenant Joe.

I can't believe he didn't tell you. He didn't say two words.

For Joe's promotion cake,

I want a cake that catches on fire and puts itself out.

Move back. Ah!

That's on fire.

Kids, don't try this at home.

What can go wrong when you light a cake on fire?

Indoors? I don't think there are any problems.

Put it out, Mo. Put it out.

Oh, my.

My father-in-law's got a bocce court in his backyard

so I'm well-versed in the art of bocce.

Bring a team over to the bocce tournament

and we'll give you a slot. Oh.

You've got the best. Whatever you do, we better win.

How to make cake balls.

Bocce's in my blood, baby.

It's free cake for the rest of your life if you give us a point.

This is Carlo's Bakery.

Every week, thousands of cakes and pastries go out these doors.

This is the crew, mia famiglia.

We're gonna take this bakery to the top.

They call me Buddy. I'm the boss.

Look at that. Precision, Mauro.

What are you guys doing Friday? I want to have a party for Joe.

A party? For what? A party? What is it?

Birthday's not... His promotion?

Promotion? What did he get promoted to?

Lieutenant Joe.

Lieutenant Joe? Lieutenant Joe?

Joey got a promotion at the firehouse.

He's actually becoming a lieutenant,

and Grace wanted to throw him a little party

to celebrate and make him feel good.

He's coming out. He's going to get PO'd.

This is a really big deal for Joe. All right.

And we gotta make a cake. We gotta make a cake.

It's an event. Of course. What are you doing?

You didn't tell your guys about your promotion? No.

I thought they all knew. I don't want to jinx myself.

It's hard to get promoted. It takes a long time.

Listen, we're having a party to celebrate this promotion.

All right. You deserve it.

He really worked hard for the promotion.

It took a long time for the promotion.

I'm not shaking your hand, I got to salute you.

Get back to work. Congratulations.

I don't care how long it takes.

They're gonna take the time to make Joe

a really special firehouse cake.

Let's hear it for Lieutenant Joe!

You know, we've done a firefighting cake here,

which we did for a retirement home, a fireman.

Now, it's not a real fire, all right?

So nobody jump out of their chairs.

We've come so far from then

so it's kind of like almost we want to do something like that cake,

but on steroids.

Look at this.

You can tell I didn't worry too much about this drawing.

I want to do something crazy.

A cake that lights on fire and puts itself out.

So, here's the plan.

We're going to make a building that catches on fire.

And we're gonna start with the facades on the bottom.

And then we'll fill up the pieces as we need them. All right? Yeah.

Got it? Yeah, that's about right.

And then in front we'll have two fire trucks

with working ladders and lights. The whole nine yards.

That's the one that you need.

It's the one that you're gonna screw in?

I don't know how to use these.

I heard you guys are starting to work on the big cake.

Yup. It's almost done. Almost...

How you like? I've got some inspiration.

He's cute. That is very inspirational.

I mean, Joe looks good in his uniform, right?

Firefighter Joe. Don't make fun of my husband.

A lot of times he's grumpy, he's working two jobs.

He comes from, you know, disaster A to here, to disaster B.

I mean, how many people have to

deal with two disaster areas in one day, you know?

So we gotta, you know, kind of look at it from his perspective.

And I really just want him to know that we're proud of him,

I love him and I want him to have this moment.

So, we already did one firefighter cake.

And that cake was pretty cool.

So that's why we got to make this one even better.

Water is definitely something we need. It's got to have...

Cos we know how great water and cake mix already?

Right. The water, fire and chocolate and cake.

This is going to work out really well. I know.

All right? You need any help making the cake, don't call me.

No, I'm kidding.

Good job, guys. Thanks.

Are we gonna light that on fire? Yeah.

I feel like this pump is going to be way stronger than it should be.

I got Mo and Ralph playing with some water pumps

because I need the fire trucks on the cake to have working water hoses.

Come on.

Hooray, we're firemen.

The only thing I gotta figure out

is how do I light the cake on fire without lighting the party on fire?

We need more power.

What can go wrong when you light a cake on fire?

Right, indoors? I don't think there are any problems there.

Whee.

We got two options for you ball-wise.

We got the weathered used edition.

Then this is the newer one, brand new,

and just in case you want more detail or something.

I think this is more visual. Yup.

So, today I have a consultation with this guy Pat

who runs the Anthony Fasano Foundation.

Anthony Fasano's a professional football player

who grew up in New Jersey and he's throwing a bocce bash

to raise money for his charity which gives back to veterans.

What do you think we should do for the cake?

Obviously, bocce is an Italian game.

Well, I think maybe we'll do, like, a cannoli cream,

bring it back to the Italian heritage.

There'll be a lot of happy customers.

Forget about it. I think it's gonna be good.

Also, this event itself benefits veterans.

I don't know if there's a way to combine America, Italy together.

More of like an Italian-American-themed cake?

Maybe, like, something tiered?

That's great. Yeah.

I got to tell you, my father-in-law's got a bocce court in his backyard.

So I'm well-versed in the art of bocce.

So you know what you're doing? Of course. I'm Italian.

You might wanna get a squad then

and bring a team over to the bocce tournament.

We'll give you a slot. Ooh!

A little stiff competition.

There's actually guys that play in a tournament in Jersey

where they actually only speak Italian. Oh.

Yeah. With that, you know they're old school. Yeah.

Pat's telling me there's some fierce competition.

But do I look like I got worries?

Bocce's in my blood, baby.

So, for the bocce cake, we'll make a four-tiered cake

with bocce balls all over it.

Colourful, it's gonna look great.

And for the filling, we got some fresh ricotta for the cannoli cream.

It's going to make this bocce cake sick.

So, now I got to think about strategy.

And I got to think who are good bocce players that I know.

We need four guys. So, one, two, three.

You need a ringer.

There's only one other guy I know that's a good bocce player.

Mauro? My father-in-law. He is good.

When I had to pick people to come play bocce with me,

the first choice was my father-in-law Mauro.

My father-in-law's a great guy.

He sold his pizzeria

and now he's working with me and the family here at Carlo's Bakery.

I'm really, really happy about that

because not only is he a hard worker and a great guy.

But if he stays home, he drives my mother-in-law crazy.

Two for one.

I've been playing bocce for about 40 years.

As a matter of fact, I played in Italy where I come from.

Plus, first thing I did when I moved into the new home

is just build a bocce court.

Hey, there's Mr Bocce right here.

Listen, we've been asked to play in a bocce tournament,

but we need a fourth. You got the best. The best.

Up. Up.

You let it land down, right close to the little ball.

Whatever you do, we better win.

Well, we're going to do it, of course.

Like wine, you get better as you get older.

If there's one thing I know, it's how to light a fire.

Really get us going.

One fire extinguisher or two?

So, for Joe's cake, I want to test this idea that I have.

And if we just flambe it a little bit,

it's going to light but it's not going to be that bad.

I got this idea from lobster flambe.

You see the lobster, they're flambeing

and the flames and the flames.

But it just like burns off, right?

Should we be worried about this?

Yes, stay over here. Stay behind me.

I'm thinking, maybe we could do that type of flambe

on top of the building.

But then it'll go out.

We could hit it with the hose so it'll look like the hose put it out.

Move back. Move back.

Nothing's going to happen. Move back.

It's flambe. It's blowing this way.

Kids, don't try this at home.

It seems like a lot of fire. It's in there now.

Aah! Whoo-hoo!

That's on fire. Oh, my goodness!

Move back. Move back.

Nothing's gonna happen. It's flambe. Move back.

It's blowing this way.

Buddy's trying to top this fire truck cake

that he made a couple of years ago.

It seems like a lot of fire.

Oh, it's in there now. Oh, smoke. Aah! Whoo-hoo!

The building's gonna actually be on fire.

The fire trucks are gonna squirt water at the fire.

I could smell it.

It's going to burn out!

It didn't catch fire.

It's not a good thing.

Before it's cake,

fire and water and cake is OK because that's how it becomes cake.

But then after it's cake, that bad.

Water bad for cake. Fire bad for cake.

So, the point of the matter is,

if we do what I said, we're gonna be fine.

Look, Joey's my brother-in-law, more like a brother to me.

And so I wanna do something special for him, you know?

Are these the things that are gonna be on fire?

Eventually. Unfortunately, yes.

Am I concerned that the fire's gonna be too much?

Of course I am. But the test was on wood.

This is gonna be made out of fondant and icing

so we should be OK.

What do you know about this bocce ball cake?

I'm getting the balls scooped for it.

Just the bottom tier we're gonna do with balls.

Really? Yeah.

How to make cake balls.

For the bocce ball cake, I got Ashley making cake balls

which we're gonna put all around the base of the cake.

The cake balls are basically just big cake pops.

We take pound cake, throw it in the food processor,

add a little bit of butter cream to it

and kind of, like, just form little balls.

Can I have a circle cutter set? I got an idea.

Oh. Who's got smart ideas?

So, I had a good idea for the bocce balls.

To make the lines, we actually took

the opposite cutting side of a circle cutter

and embossed the fondant

so that we had two lines

and these lines really made the bocce ball pop.

I think that's pretty cool.

Are you making the Italian flag? Uh, basically, yeah.

It's a bocce tournament,

so I figured let's do the red, white and green.

I mean, I'm really trying to rush

because, you know, we got to finish this cake

and get to the Bocce Bash.

You know, we're kind of behind the eight ball right now.

Not the bocce ball, the eight ball.

I decided to do a little piping on the red and green tiers

just to give it a little bit more.

I think it actually brings it to life.

Yeah, a little bit. The white pops off.

This bocce ball cake turned out really, really great.

I mean, it's got bocce balls all over it,

and it's got green, white and red for the Italians

and red, white and blue for the veterans.

And that's how you do a bocce ball cake.

I just hope Anthony Fasano and everybody else likes what we did.

To tell you the truth, I'm less excited about the cake,

I'm more excited to... About the bocce.

Let's hope we don't get embarrassed.

Nice shot, Joe.

So, we're at the Anthony Fasano Foundation Bocce Bash.

There's a specific family that they identified,

who is a military veteran and also suffered damage

from Hurricane Sandy.

So, we're raising money to help them out with home repairs.

I heard you guys wanted to play a bit.

You guys got a team or no? Yeah. We got an All-Star team.

All-Star team? There's a couple of All-Stars. That's us.

Blue chip right here. We have our own team.

Blue chip. Absolutely.

So, why don't we have a game or two first

and then we'll bring out the cake. Perfect.

All right. Come on, let's go do it.

So, when you play bocce ball, you have a little ball

that's thrown on the other side.

There's four balls for each colour.

Nice and easy, Buddy.

The balls that get closest to the little ball win.

Attaboy, Bud.

And my team is going to have that little ball totally surrounded.

Give her this. He's got a shot.

Attaboy, Mauro. Attaboy!

Nice shot. Nice shot.

Boom!

Red's got it, it looks like.

Oh, no, he got closer. No. Thank you, Joe.

You hit the wrong one. You're supposed to knock them out.

What are you trying from the kill for? Go easy.

Just try to get close.

Ah, no!

Joey missed the layup,

I'm throwing fast balls and my father-in-law,

I don't know what the hell he's doing today.

Listen, it's free cake for the rest of your life if you give us a point.

He really wants that cake.

That's it. That's all we need. He just won.

Boo.

Good game. Nice game, Joe.

All the guys from the bakery should stick to baking cakes...

instead of playing bocce.

Nice game, Joe. We didn't win the bocce game.

We might not be the best team

but wait till these guys see my cake. They're gonna love it.

All right.

So, what do you guys think, huh? That's incredible. Unbelievable.

We're excited to be a part of this

because we know how much good it does,

so thank you guys for everything that we do here.

Yeah.

Buddy's cake was fantastic.

It completely captured the Bocce Bash,

the field, the atmosphere, everything.

It couldn't have been better.

Well, who wants to eat some cake?

Well, why are you going for the green tier?

Because that's the Italian colour.

Give that a shot. You tell me.

Mmm.

Good stuff? Nothing better.

The cake is definitely not part of my diet.

But I'm going to make an exception.

I'll work a little bit harder next workout to work it off.

Cheers, fellas. Thank you so much. We appreciate it.

That's cool. MAURIZIO: Right?

So, Joey's getting promoted to lieutenant at the firehouse

and the party's tonight.

I have the storefronts and the firefighters.

I got Ralph making a replica of Joey

kind of, like, overseeing the fire on the cake.

It definitely looks like him.

It looks cool.

Of course, I came back to check on my cake.

I check on cakes on orders that I take,

I'm going to check out a cake that's for me.

Water's coming out of where?

Water coming out of there? Yeah.

If it was my birthday cake or something,

I wouldn't care as much.

But being that my friends and guys that trained me are gonna be there

and they're gonna be a little bit more picky,

I think I'd rather be involved in the process

and not be surprised.

Uh-oh, that's not something we really thought of.

This is going to swing over.

We don't have enough clearance.

Does it go up more? That's about it.

We'll hook it up and swing it.

Hm. All right. We'll just have to...

You got about the same amount of clearance.

You're hitting the building.

So, the ladder's supposed to shoot out the water

to put out the fire on the cake.

But the ladder's so close to the building,

it can't reach to put out the flames on the top.

Move back. Back and over.

If there's an actual fire and the ladder was hitting the building,

we would move the truck.

It's not rocket science.

Move the truck back, let the ladder clear the building.

Got it. That's where you want to be, like that.

You're good.

That's cool. Right?

And even the back has the two lights.

Mo did a great job with the lights and sirens.

It sounds and looks like a real fire truck.

I wanted Joe to be a little surprised at his party.

So I told him to leave

so we could put the finishing touches on his cake.

OK.

Pull, easy, easy. How's that?

Yeah.

Does this look good, like, right here?

Guys, you should come check it out. Light it up.

Fire! Siren.

I think Joey's gonna be blown away

because he appreciates how hard we work on these cakes cos he knows.

I think all the storefronts look beautiful.

I think the fire trucks are spot on.

I feel like, you know, the firemen...

It looks like a fire scene.

I mean, it's really, really good.

We're gonna actually light the cake on fire.

Yeah, we are. In here?

No, it's not gonna be in here.

Look, this cake's a one-shot deal.

Light her up.

You know, I can't light it on fire and put water on it.

It's got to all happen at the same time.

So you got to have your fingers crossed and...

I'm blessed because I have two of the greatest jobs in the world.

And wherever I go, I have family.

I'm at the bakery, I'm with family.

I'm at the firehouse, it's extended family.

You got it? OK, watch out.

We pull up, we bring the cake in.

And everybody loves the cake.

But I'm like, "Hey. Just wait a second."

So, we got the sirens.

How about the lights on the trucks?

Oh, look at that. Look at that.

OK, so, we got lights.

How about the ladder? Does the ladder go up?

Let's see. Oh, oh.

Does it spin? Let's see.

Ah, ah, ah! I'm just saying, all right?

And then the last thing it does over here, let's see.

Now comes the moment of truth.

A little flambe action.

Poof. That's a fire.

Put it out, Mo. Put it out. Oh, OK.

Put out the fire, Mo.

Cool cake! That's something! Stopped the fire with water.

The fire's out, baby. How you doing now?

Now, that's a fire.

So, we couldn't be prouder of you. Congratulations.

No, this is... We love you.

This one is unbelievable. Yeah, thank you. Thank you.

Mo, thank you. Thank you.

Yeah, you rigged it.

Who wants to eat some cake?

All right, Grace gets the first piece. Grace.

Grace gets the first piece.

I loved the cake. The cake was wild.

It was really impressive. It was cool.

And it means a lot to me. It really does.

I'm very blessed. I'm very lucky.

I make good cake.

A lot of people couldn't do what he does or handle it,

so we're proud of you, Joe. Thanks, Grace.

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