{"id":2387468,"date":"2026-04-24T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2387468"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:30:49","slug":"cake-boss-star-buddy-valastro-celebrates-daughters-golden-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cake-boss-star-buddy-valastro-celebrates-daughters-golden-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cake Boss\u2019 Star Buddy Valastro Celebrates Daughter\u2019s Golden Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prepare to feel old, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/cake-boss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Cake Boss;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cake Boss<\/a><\/em> fans: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/buddy-valastro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Buddy Valastro;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Buddy Valastro<\/a>\u2018s daughter, Sofia, just turned 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Valastro took to social media on Thursday, April 23, to celebrate Sofia\u2019s big day, which happened to be her golden birthday. \u201cHappy golden birthday to my daughter Sofia! I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re 23!!\u201d he wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXeiBKoFuHC\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cThis past year has meant so much to me getting to watch you work so hard and seeing the passion you bring to everything, especially working side by side with me. You are hardworking, loving, and such a bright light in our lives. I love you so much Fia!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Valastro\u2019s post featured several photos of himself and Sofia from over the years, including her as a baby at Carlo\u2019s Bakery, snaps of them baking together, and sweet vacation pics. \u201cLove you,\u201d Sofia commented underneath the post. Valastro replied, \u201cLove you more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans flooded the comments with their own birthday messages for Sofia. \u201cWhat a cutie patootie! Happy birthday Sofia!\u201d one person wrote. Another added, \u201cHappy birthday. Have a wonderful blessed day, May your day be filled with lots of happiness, prosperity, joy to come @fiav_21.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Someone else shared, \u201cHappy Birthday to your beautiful daughter!\u201d A different person posted, \u201cHappy birthday beautiful have a beautiful day on your special day @fiav_21.\u201d A separate commenter stated, \u201cWell Sofia has a wonderful Daddy! She looks a lot like you Buddy! Happy Birthday Sofia! May all your wishes come true!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sofia commemorated her special day with a handful of Instagram posts. \u201cIn my golden era #23,\u201d she captioned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXevGo3hkj8\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:video;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">video<\/a> of her blowing out candles on her birthday cake, which was decorated with gold accents. Sharing more <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXfbJ1OkeG3\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:photos;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">photos<\/a> of her festive cake, she wrote, \u201cThe celebration has just begun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sofia is the eldest of Buddy and his wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/cake-boss-fans-react-buddy-144136219.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Lisa Valastro;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Lisa Valastro<\/a>\u2018s four children, including sons Buddy Jr., Marco, and Carlo. Lisa shared her own heartfelt birthday tribute for Sofia via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXejjNLjhho\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, writing, \u201cHappy birthday to my beautiful daughter Sofia!! 23 on the 23rd\u2026your golden birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, \u201cWatching you grow into the incredible woman you are today has been my greatest joy. Your energy lights up every room you walk into and you have such a special way of making everyone around you smile. My forever little girl, I love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sofia rose to fame alongside her famous family on <em>Cake Boss<\/em>, which ran for 10 seasons on TLC and Discovery Family from 2009 to 2020. Outside of baking delicious treats with her family, Sofia graduated from the University of Delaware in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo proud of my baby girl! Watching you walk across that stage today was one of the proudest moments of my life. You did it baby!!\u201d Buddy wrote alongside Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKAPnFPuUW-\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:pics;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pics<\/a> from Sofia\u2019s graduation ceremony. \u201cToday my brilliant daughter Graduated from the Lerner Business &amp; Economics program at the University of Delaware, ready to take on the world. Love you always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her own <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKAfiCtORP5\/?img_index=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:post;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">post<\/a>, Lisa wrote, \u201cWords can\u2019t express how proud I am of my incredible daughter Sofia on her graduation from the University of Delaware! Watching you grow into the strong, brilliant woman you are today has been the greatest gift. Congratulations baby girl, this is just the beginning! Go chase every dream, Mommy will always be cheering you on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:TV Insider;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare to feel old, Cake Boss fans: Buddy Valastro\u2018s daughter, Sofia, just turned 23. Valastro took to social media on Thursday, April 23, to celebrate Sofia\u2019s big day, which happened to be her golden birthday. \u201cHappy golden birthday to my daughter Sofia! I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re 23!!\u201d he wrote via Instagram. \u201cThis past year has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2387469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[465476,366372,366374,465477,465475,319377,465474],"class_list":["post-2387468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-beautiful-daughter","tag-buddy-valastro","tag-cake-boss","tag-golden-birthday","tag-happy-birthday-sofia","tag-post-on-instagram","tag-sofia-valastro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u2018Cake-Boss-Star-Buddy-Valastro-Celebrates-Daughters-Golden-Birthday.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387470,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387468\/revisions\/2387470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}