Buddy makes a life-size wedding dress cake for a local bridal shop and the owners are giving away a free wedding dress to the bride who can find the golden coin hidden inside; Buddy creates colorful cakes for a cake smash photo shoot.

The crew works on a special cake for the Windham Mountain ski resort, which resembles a ski slope with a working chair lift; later, Buddy challenges the gang on a down-slope snowboard race, where the loser gets pelted with snowballs. Paul starts work at the bakery, to the discomfort of his Next Great Baker teammate, Ashley; but Buddy reminds both that the job should not be treated as a competition. And: Lisa and the kids make a cake for Buddy's birthday.

Buddy and his bakers are called upon to make a special cake for a Rebuild Hoboken fundraising gala after Hurricane Sandy. A Japanese restaurant owner comes by for a consultation, looking to make a sushi boat cake to celebrate a special pair of customers and their family.