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Buddy Valastrohas made epic cakes for many a birthday celebration in his long career. But when it came time to celebrate his 45th birthday, theCake Bossstar’s wife and children took over the baking duties.
On Thursday, the New Jersey native shared a gallery of photos to Instagram of his birthday festivities, many showing the three-tiered cake created in his honor.
All layered coated in vanilla buttercream, the cake was decorated with Valastro’s favorite treats, like Wise potato chips and various Hostess and Drake’s desserts (Twinkies, Ring Dings, Devil Dogs, and Yodels).
“Thank you for all the Birthday wishes today,” he also wrote.
Buddy and Lisa have been married since 2001 and share four children together (daughter Sofia, 18, and sons Buddy Jr., 17, Marco, 14, and Carlo, 11).
All lent their support to Buddy when he crushing his hand in a gruesomeaccident at his home bowling alleyin September 2020.
“They definitely stepped up to the plate,” Buddy toldEntertainment Tonightlast April. “In times of crisis, you don’t know what people’s reactions are going to be. ‘How are we going to do this?’ ‘What are we going to do?’ We all came together and I am so proud of my boys and thankful to my whole family.”
Buddy injured his hand when his home bowling alley’s pinsetter malfunctioned. When he fixed the issue in the machine, his right hand became lodged in the machine and a metal rod impaled his hand three times between his ring finger and middle finger. Within five minutes, Valastro’s sons and brother-in-law,Joe Faugno, were able to free him using pliers and a saw.
Days after his accident, the Food Network star told PEOPLE that the injury was “the worst pain that I’ve ever encountered in my life.”
“I looked at my hand and blood was gushing everywhere,” Valastro recalled. “It looked like a Halloween movie. …. It was all a nightmare.”
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After undergoingfive reconstructive hand surgeriesand physical therapy, the celebrity baker has steadily improved. He documented his journey on a TLC special calledBuddy Valastro: Road to Recovery,and even filmed a third season of his Food Network and discovery+ series with Duff Goldman,Buddy vs. Duff.
The star toldTodayon Oct. 5 that while he “might have to get another surgery over time,” he’s healing.
He added toRachael Rayin September that his hand is “almost 95% healed.”
source: people.com
