The Sin City Mad Baker: 2 Year Anniversary!!!!!!!!

8.01.2008

2 Year Anniversary!!!!!!!!

Today my blog is 2 Years Old......
Time really does fly...
In the last 2 years, I have grown so much as a cake decorator.
I've taken classes at Wilton, with 3 master cake decorators and attended
some of the most fun conventions, ever.

I've amassed a cake decorating book collection that is totally amazing.

I also, have a ton of tools. I am so very fortunate to have found something that I love.

With that, I'll be attending school this fall at CSN to obtain my degree in Pastry Arts....

In other words, I'm on my path to become a world reknown Pastry Chef and to opening
one of the most awesome cake studios on the planet! Stay tuned;)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: WOW!!! I found your blog while doing a google for Lambeth. It was AWESOME to see how much you have learned in such a short time! I find your site VERY inspirational. I have only taken Wilton course one and I frequent Cake Central. Sadly, I've been in Iraq with the Army for 12 months now, and I fear my skills will be rusty when I go home in November. Watching your transformation through your cakes has TOTALLY assured me that my dream of being an awesome cake designer can also come true! (With hard work and time of course) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting your pics and sharing your knowledge and love for caking! Keep on caking (and be sure to check out cakecentral.com if you haven't already); 4:43 PM

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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

The Sin City Mad Baker