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If you need to know the difference between fondant and buttercream, how to cleanse your palate during a cake tasting, or just how to save the cake's top tier, Buddy Valastro is your guy. The star of TLC's Cake Boss and Next Great Baker and the owner of Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey, knows wedding cakes like the back of his pastry knife. And we grilled him on just about everything—from groom's cakes to how to find your wedding cake baker—so that your wedding cake experience is sweet from start to finish.
See more of the Buddy's wedding cake tips in the complete slideshow.
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