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About Me

I left corporate America in August of 2006 after working way too many hours and not having enough time to spend with my family. My father thought I had lost my mind! As a matter of fact the exact words from my father were, "You don't leave a 6 figure + job to bake cakes!!!!."The first time I even thought about baking a cake was after I saw a book by Debbie Brown called "Naughty Cakes", in the summer of 2006. It was during that moment I knew I had an interest in cake decorating and was amazed at the things that could be done with a cake. I started taking cake decorating classes as a means of reducing the stress in my life and fell in love. Later that fall, I spent 6 weeks in Chicago at Wilton taking their Master Course, Fondant, Gumpaste, Pulled Sugar, Australian Method and two classes with Colette Peters. I had the bug! Now all I want to do is create cakes out of fondant!

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My Interests

Having fun with the 3 most wonderful guys in the world...My husband and sons! Baking cakes for family, gratis of course! Cake Decorating....Shopping for cake gadgets...Reading cake blogs and websites.....Playing around with fondant, buttercream and gumpaste flowers...Searching for "forgotten" recipes...Reading cake decorating books...The study of cake science....Cake Art...Watching cake shows and pastry chef competitions...Blown and pulled sugar art..

I'd like to meet:

Debbie Brown...to thank her for opening my eyes to the whole new world of cake decorating!Preston Bailey...He's the wedding planner to the stars and has a keen sense of style and knows how it's all supposed to come together....Take me under your wing, Preston!Mich Turner...for her fabulous book, "Spectacular Cakes" and all of her creative inspiration!Peggy Porschen...I love her creative spark in decorating!Geoff from Charm City Cakes. I love his fondant work!Cake Man Raven...I would just like to watch him work for a few hours creating his masterpieces..Mike from Mike's Amazing cakes...Wow! What can I say other than his work is amazing?!Ron Ben Israel...His cakes are gorgeous works of art!Toba Garrett..now that would be a dream come true, to study Lambeth with a modern day master!I would like to spend some time at Cake Works in San Franciso...their work is awesome!

Music:

Kool Moe Dee .. ..
Slick Rick .. ..
Chub Rock .. ..
Boogie Down Productions .. ..
Heavy D .. ..
Public Enemy .. ..

Movies:

The Good Shepherd, The Prestige, Children of Men, Serendipity, V for Vendetta, Pay It Forward, The Waitress, Love Actually, View From the Top, Long Kiss Goodnight, 5th Element, Car Wash, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Sunset Blvd., The World According to Susie Wong, Green Eyes, Long Kiss Goodnight, The Full Monty, The Trouble With Angels, Sitting Pretty

Heroes:

...anyone that has taken lemons and turned them into a frosty frozen drink;)

My Blog

Substitute Ingredients

From Living Spaces...... Try these Ingredient Substitutions Almond extractUse Amaretto Brown sugar For each cup: use 1 cup granulated sugar mixed with 1 Tablespoon molasses ButtermilkFor each...
Posted by Sin City Mad Baker on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:07:00 PST

Better Buttercream Transfer Instructions

I'm writing these instructions because the set of instructions that I rec'vd from a couple sources left out key elements that were very important when I did my buttercream transfer for the first time,...
Posted by Sin City Mad Baker on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:00:00 PST

Airbrush Questions...

What system do you use....compressor and gun? What airbrush colors do you use? Finally, which airbrush gold and silver do you use? Thanks for your help! -The Mad Baker ...
Posted by Sin City Mad Baker on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:18:00 PST