OK, so not only is this totally exciting, but I think it FINALLY gives the public an eye opening idea of just how ENDLESS the possibilities are when making a cake! Recently I was interviewed by one of the top blog sites, The Village Voice. During our interview I was asked all about the "hush hush" side of my business, erotic cake making! Take a peak into the stuff I bet you didn't know by clicking both links: Interview 1 Interview 2
In other news about the "dark side" of my field, take a look! Sugar Mama has been featured in the Cheap Eats issue of Time Out New York!
SUGAR MAMA NYC CELEBRATES WEDNESDAY EVENING PERFORMANCES AT WITH COMPLIMENTARY GOURMET CUPCAKES FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS
at The Black Box Theatre at The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 111 West 46th Street
“You wont find a more entertaining 90 minutes of first-rate country music.” – Associated Press-
“The cast could hardly be better! Lauren Kennedy, Sally Mayes, Teri Ralston, Gina Stewart & Liza Vann are first-rate singers and actors!” – Backstage, Critic’s Pick-
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The hit Off-Broadway show, GOOD OL’ GIRLS, is pleased to announce that audience members will receive a complimentary gourmet cupcake from Sugar Mama NYC at 8 p.m. performances on Wednesday from March 17 through April 7th.
Customers who call Sugar Mama NYC will receive 10% off their order if they mention, The Secret Discount Code in every cupcakes box.
The musical which opened February 14th, will now play Wednesday evening performances, beginning March 17th.
Two of Nashville’s leading singer/songwriters redefine the modern Southern woman in GOOD OL’ GIRLS, a musical about love, loss and laughter. Through the language of five unique southerners, GOOD OL’ GIRLS celebrates childhood through old age with big hair and bigger hearts. Featured in the cast are: Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot), Sally Mayes (She Loves Me), Teri Ralston (Company), Gina Stewart (“Dawson’s Creek”) and Liza Vann (Machiavelli). Adapted by Paul Ferguson, the musical, written by two prominent Southern authors, Lee Smith (The Last Girls) and Jill McCorkle (Going Away Shoes), has songs by Nashville hit-makers Matraca Berg (Reba McEntire, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill) and Marshall Chapman (Jimmy Buffett, Wynonna, Olivia Newton-John). GOOD OL’ GIRLS is directed by Randal Myler (It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues; Hank Williams: The Lost Highway; Love, Janis).
In three short years Sugar Mama NYC has produced hundreds of cakes, cookies, cupcakes and brownies; and can boast such clients as Virgin Atlantic Airlines, Paul Frank Industries, Thompson Hotels, J.P. Morgan Chase, John Legend and The Stephen Colbert Show, The Colbert Report. Sugar Mama NYC has also designed cakes for CitiBabes in SoHo and NBC’s Saturday Night Live. For more information, visit www.sugarmamatreats.com or call 718-953-0025.
The playing schedule for GOOD OL’ GIRLS is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $70. For tickets call (212) 352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or visit www.theatermania.com. For group sales call (212) 265-8500 or log on to www.theatre4groups.com www.goodolgirls.com
Yes! And it's our cake!! The prop department at SNL rocks and evidently they feel the same about us, because they called us again to do a couple of cakes for last week's episode hosted by Jude Law.
There are a couple of things that make this SNL job awesome.
The first, of course, is being called to have a cake appear on SNL. Also, instead of having to make 3 or 4 gigantic actual cakes, which would mean 3 days of no sleep, around the clock baking and schlepping cakes that weigh 60-80 lbs., they asked for 2 large dummy cakes colorfully decorated in any way I saw fit! Yay! And because the skit would be shot in black and white, the colors themselves weren't an issue. No caring about mixing cool and warm colors, wondering if it's too bright or too muted or any of that mess. Just easy to carry and colorful. Sure, I can do that, I thought as the tears of joy rolled down my cheeks.
Surely what has to be my favorite part of this experience was the skit itself. "Terror at 20,000 Feet" has to be one of the all time best classic Twilight Zone episodes, and definitely one of my faves. The original starred the incomparable Willie Shatz as a passenger that sees a gremlin, who I always thought looked like weird stuffed animal, on wing of the plane he's a passenger in. In this take, Capt. Kirk is replaced by Jude Law and the gremlin who is played to perfection by Bobby Moynahan, is engaging in different activity every time Jude Law sneaks a glance out of the window; from exercising, smoking, hanging out with the members of Pearl Jam & my favorite; moving his cake to the judges table, he truly made this skit hilarious. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself!
Well it's bake to work for me! Thanks for tuning in...until next time!
For the fourth time I was called upon by the awesome prop team at NBC's Saturday Night Live to make a prop cake for this week's show starring... Aston Kutcher!
I got the call on Thursday which seems to be my lucky day for last minute cakes.
But instead of being called on to make one giant cake, I was asked to make 4!! And they needed to be delivered to NBC Studios by Noon on Saturday! And they need to be buttercream free! And they couldn't have a sturdy structural support so a) they could be easily knocked down, b) they wouldn't ruin the costumes & c) they wouldn't create a dangerous slippery surface for the performers. The last time I did giant wedding cakes for the show, I saw Steve Martin slip and almost fall in some frosting and I saw my whole career flash before my eyes. No buttercream. Got it.
"ok. cool." I said, trying to contain my panic and focus on the money. Four giants cakes, Three days, No supports, No buttercream... no problem. I can do this. Oh, and yes, I did have other orders for this weekend.
So after 3 days and two nights of no sleep (not true, I got about 6 hours, which I think is worse than no sleep. I equate it to taking a lick of your favorite ice cream cone and then dropping it on floor. You could pick it up and continue eating it, but the consequences are to scary to consider) and using every ingredient in my kitchen and cleaning out my local grocery store of eggs, we were finally done!! The only problem was it was 1:15 pm. We loading up the cakes in my office managers massive Jeep, along with the cupcakes that became this weeks cake of the week and headed to NBC with the speed of one of Zeus' lightning bolts.
We made it there by two. I was met by my favorite stage hands and no one noticed we were late. We got the cakes upstairs, unloaded and signed for. I saw Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg. And best of all I get to keep the money!! Good day, until...
I finally got back to Brooklyn, collapsed on my bed (fully clothed) slept for about 90 minutes when my phone rang. It was SNL. They loved the cakes but want them taller. Would it be possible to add another tier? Hmmm. There was no more flour, not one egg or a scrap of fondant to be found in the joint. Let's not mention the time to bake four tiers of cake, cool them, fondant them & deliver them. Even I couldn't pull that off. After I hung up the phone with a heavy heart I got an idea. I called back and suggested taking four huge cakes and making 2 gigantic cakes. I tried to suggest this in way that made it sound so easy that someone else could do it, but to no avail. They wanted me and offered to pay me to come back so of course I said yes.
I rallied to rebuild one cake had to wait around to see if it worked so I would know whether they wanted me to build the second one (which they did) Even though I was exhausted,I must say hanging out at SNL is always pretty cool. You get to see how the show is put together, see the actors and hang out in the prop room and backstage. I even got to pig out at the NBC commissary which was pretty amazing. The props department is pretty cool too. Every body's really funny and laid back... unless you touch one of the props. I got busted playing with a stunt knife. Sorry, guys.
Rule #1: Don't touch the props.
Out of every SNL episode that has featured one of my cakes this one is definitely a fave. All the extra time and effort was worth the fantastic result. Check it out!
Hope you enjoyed it! Fist fight in the Parking Lot is my new favorite song. :o)
We'll it's bake to work for me! Thanks for tuning in. Until next time...
Very recently, Sugar Mama NYC was asked to participate in a fabulous cocktail event at the legendary lingerie mainstay Town Shop on The Upper West Side hosted by a fabulous new lingerie company called Dirty Dolls.
I was contacted by Mel Gorski of GoGoMedia to add a wedding cake and delicious cupcakes to the lingerie party which focused on soon to be brides. I was joined by make up artists, provided by The Glam Fairy and Jo Weldon from The New York School of Burlesque, whom provided saucy striptease lessons. Top it off with vino-a-plenty and a fabulous swag bag filled with goodies from Bust Magazine and Booty Parlor and this was definitely not your mama's panty party!
* photo courtesy of Raquel Lauren www.raquellauren.com* Sugar Mama Cupcakes decked out with The Sugar Mama and Dirty Dolls logo. Flavors included Pink Champagne (gone in 15 minutes!) , Red Velvet, Chocolate and Butter Cake all topped off with Vanilla Rum Buttercream... yes, you can eat the logos!
* photo courtesy of Raquel Lauren www.raquellauren.com* Courtney Leigh(left)and Erica Rosalind of Dirty Dolls Lingerie making a Sugar Mama sandwich and showing off the goodies... and the cupcakes! Check out my gorgeous make over courtesy of The Glam Fairy!
* photo courtesy of Raquel Lauren www.raquellauren.com* My burlesque inspired topsy turvy creation topped with The Dirty Dolls silouette, provided by the dolls. On the right, you can see The Glam Fairy herself, Alexa Prisco working her make up magic!
So, I'm pretty sure this photo was also taken by Raquel but since she used my functional but by no means professional quality camera, I'm sure she wouldn't mind not being credited here. Here we three glamorous ladies are made four by Mel Gorski of Go Go Media Inc. Mel and Erica met while working for Playboy! I was the lady walking around in "the boots."
This photo was lovingly borrowed from the Dirty Dolls Society page, thanks ladies! This is the fabulous Jo Weldon modeling the same lingerie set I snagged from Dirty Dolls. Click here to snag your own! Bra & Panty. You can definitely see the Playboy influence in the style, but it's infused with class, couture and best of all COMFORT! It's sexy lingerie that you actually want to wear because it fits so well! I love, love, love my Dirty Dolls lingerie!
