The Sin City Mad Baker: The 40th Birthday Kickoff Celebration!

4.05.2007

The 40th Birthday Kickoff Celebration!

God knows I love Prince, but we didn't get to see him at $250 a head. You might ask, just what does one get for $250? Entrance into the "standing room only" night club. No food, no drinks, just entrance to the club. Only in Las Vegas! I'm sure he rocked the house. He puts on, by far, the best concert I have ever experienced.

Me and the love of my life. My husband, Dougles!

Standing on the Voodoo Lounge Staircase

Ok...

I know this blog is dedicated to cupcakes and cakes, but I could not resist posting a few pics from my kickoff celebration. I have vowed to party the whole month of April as a tribute to my 40th birthday! High atop the Rio Hotel at the Voodoo Lounge on the 52nd floor, we partayed til the wee hours of the morning!

FYI....My 40th birthday is April 12th:)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday Vicky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's look like you had a great time. I loved your figurines. How did you learned to make them? Did you go back to Wilton school to take any classes? I'm planning to take Collete Peters in Oct. at Wilton.
Take care. I'm always happy to see yours projects.
Tania Goosby - Maui; 12:58 AM
The Sin City Mad Baker said...: Thank you Tania:)

I just started playing with some old fondant and it was actualy pretty easy. I haven't taken any new classes, but wouldn't mine taking Massie Parish's class one day. I missed it in April of this year.

Thank you so much for stopping by and you're gonna love Colette's classes!

Take care,
"The Sin City Mad Baker"; 7:16 AM

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Who is the Sin City Mad Baker?

Aug. 2006, I left a 6 figure job as a District Sales Manager for a leading supplier of interior design products. On the surface I had success...awards and the financial trappings that come along with success....but on the inside, I longed for creativity, fun and breaking free from corporate slavery.

While visiting a local bookstore in July of 2006, a vision out of the corner of my eye caught my attention. It was Debbie Brown's little red book, "Naughty Cakes." Amazed at the wonderful things that could be done with cake it turned out to be my introduction to Sugar Arts and the first of many books purchased over the years.

I quickly enrolled in classes at Joann's Fabrics and took Courses 1 and 2 in cake decorating. The classes were not moving along fast enough, so I made a decision that would open a magnificent new world to me. I signed up to take classes at Wilton Headquarters in Sept-Oct 2006, and spent 6 weeks at their headquarters studying Wilton's "Master Course", "The Lambeth and Australian Methods", ""Intro to Fondant", "Intro to Gumpaste", "Sugar Artistry", "Gumpaste & Fondant with Colette Peter's" and finally "Advanced Gumpaste & Fondant with Colette Peter's.

The 6 weeks spent at Wilton laid a solid foundation and put me on a path which has lead to discovering new cake artists and studying with other cake decorating masters, including, Bronwen Weber, Norm Davis, Colette Peters and the one who sparked my career....Debbie Brown.

As a result of my new found passion, I enrolled in the Pastry Arts program in Aug. 2008, at the College of Southern Nevada, excelling in a rigorous program. In May of 2011, I graduated with High Honors. While attending school, many opportunities were presented, including the opportunity to open the Aria Resort in City Center as a baker for Jean Philippe Patisserie, working for the largest cupcakery in the country, and currently as a union baker for a prestigious resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

-The Sin City Mad Baker, February 2012

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