The "O-word"

Did you know the famous set of 5 rings, and the O-word (shh... Olympics) are both trademarked and really strict on their usage? Well, it's true.. and we found this out prior to creating a tiered celebration cake for the Winter Games Opening ceremonies viewing party held at Lagasse Stadium here in Las Vegas, hosted by 7-time US Olympian (Swimming)/Playboy centerfold Amanda Beard! exciting!

This tall 4-tier summer-winter games themed cake incorporated each of the 7 medals won by Amanda (2 Gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze.. to be exact) as well as the USA Flag, and the flames of the O-Torch. She even requested her favorite... Red Velvet and Cream Cheese! That's our girl!

XOXO

K&M

Busy Busy Bees...

So much to get caught up on.. laundry, check! Order everything we've been without for the past 2 weeks, check! and finally do some blogging, double check!

The past two weekends have been nothing short of crazy in our cake studio.. a handful more of great Celeb Cakes, along with Valentines Day madness. Needless to say, we've been majorly slacking on our new blog... if it were a goldfish, it would've been flushed down the toilet by now.

So to catch you all up to speed here's a recap of noteworthy events :)

UFC Badass Tito Ortiz and his well-known wifey Miss Jenna Jameson celebrating his belated Birthday at LAVO. Of course we had to incorporate the UFC cage and color motif.. The pics say it all... I'm pretty sure he loved his cake!

Kim Kardashian and beau/Superbowl champ Reggie Bush at her Pre- Valentines Bash at TAO Nightclub. We created a fun red bubble heart for the couple, complete with a golden chocolate queen's crown!

Paris Hilton celebrated her 29th Birthday at TAO Nightclub with a 5-tier Paris-centric cake! Lots of Pink, glitter, shoeboxes, and shopping bags. Fun details we added to the stack include a sexy black heel, chocolate diamonds, and a princess tiara!

Eva Longoria was honored with the Premio de Oro, for distinguished business leadership .. and the day was even proclaimed "Eva Longoria Day" here in Las Vegas.. kind of a big deal! .. she is the only female nightclub owner in our city... and it was an honor for us GSS girls to create a cake for her to celebrate with! Gold Embellished, check! Sexy spanish flair, check! Congrats Eva!

Hip Hop Artist Kelis made a first appearance for her comeback at EVE Nightclub, where she preformed a new single along with a remix of her famous previous one-hit-wonder "Milkshake" .. yup.. you know the song, even if you don't listen to hip hop music.. it's like not knowing Ice, Ice Baby.... Okay, back to the cake.. Of course, she celebrated the night with a GIANT Strawberry Milkshake cake, complete with chocolate straws and glittered fondant cherry! And if you need to know, yes... the milkshake cake brought all the boys to the yard... damn right it was better than yours... and we'd teach you, but of course we'd have to charge....

Kim Kardashian just launched her new Fragrance last weekend at TAO Nightclub with a killer cake replica of her sexy new perfume bottle...

Quick Cake Stats:

Height: 2 feet tall

Weight: Well, I was able to carry it all the way through the casino!

Flavor: White Butter Cake with Caramel Buttercream

Fun Fact: This cake is featured in this week's OK Magazine.. with a GSS shoutout.. woot woot!

xoxo

K&M

Paparazzi!

The last couple weeks have been full of celebrity cakes at TAO and LAVO.. two of the most popular and star-studded restaurants/nightclubs here in Vegas.

We are so very lucky to get the opportunity to create some fun cakes for celeb birthdays!

Whether it's a ginormous sculpted masterpiece or a small 6" round, we hope that it makes their celebration that much sweeter... We aim to make each cake unique to the celeb photographed with it.. hmm... in fact you could say it's probably a lot like the outfit they're wearing... it'll only be photographed once.. :)

Here's a short recap of our celebs and their unique birthday cakes!

Dan Finnerty (of the Dan Band) ...who was surprised with this Vegas-themed birthday cake by his wifey Kathy Najimy. His chocolate cookies & cream cake was also enjoyed by Ricki Lake, Camryn Manheim, Adam Corolla, Helen Hunt, and Nia Vardalos... quite the party!

Jessa, who happens to be the lucky bff of Miss Kirsten Dunst, celebrated her birthday at Lavo. After dinner, Kirsten suprised her bestie with a fun Lavo-inspired birthday cake!

Miss Laura Croft, Playboy Model, Miss July 2008, and star of new reality show "Holly's World" celebrated her birthday at Tao with bf and co-star Holly Madison. Sparklers were lit, Dj was spinning 50 cent "in the club", her pretty pink birthday cake was brought out.. and she probably partied like it's her birthday..

Nick Carter .. Backstreet Boy approximately 8 years ago, and star of hit reality series "House of Carters", celebrated his 30th Birthday at TAO. He looks thrilled to be there.

I'm not quite sure why the zero is missing from the 3, or why there is a giant hole in the front of the cake... party animal couldn't wait to take a bite..

Melissa Arseniuk, The Associate Editor of Vegas Seven at Wendoh Media celebrated her birthday at TAO with a pretty little black & pink striped birthday cake!

Last but not least, Miss Vanessa Rousso.. Pro Poker star and Sports Illustrated Model celebrated her 27th Birthday at TAO. Her fun birthday cake featured a cluster of pink glittery poker chips on top (although the pic has a major glare from the flash... hmm. maybe too much glitter.. wait, no such thing!

On a side note... since they are such popular questions...

No the celebs themselves do not typically order the cakes from us... they have their people to do those things for them.

No, we don't get the chance to meet them, party with them and/or serve the cake at the club... ...unless that celeb happens to be on the list... yes, the list.

The list includes our top 5-ish people that we would love creating a cake for... no we won't tell, it might jinx us.. and we can't risk that!

We'll make sure to let you know when we check one off...

xoxo

Happy Birthday to Kid Rock!

... As promised (and only a little late) here are the pics of our latest celeb birthday cake!

Mr Kid Rock celebrated his 39th birthday at LAVO this past Sunday, and we sweetened the celebration with not one, but 2 cakes. The first was enjoyed at his dinner reservation, and the other, which has been seen everywhere from People.com to nightlife websites, and even TMZ... was brought out to the birthday boy later that night in the nightclub!

Quick Cake Stats:

GIANT Jim Beam Bottle

Height: 20"

Flavor: White cake filled with chocolate ganache.

Construction details: To prevent the tall bottle from falling over the cake was built on a large wooden dowel connected to the base.

Design Details: The logo was in fact, hand piped

Photos by Al Powers

Only in Las Vegas.

What a week it was.. lots of wedding consultations, and a couple great "only in Las Vegas" tales to tell...

The first, was a display wedding cake for a very unique couple who were having their wedding ceremony in the middle of the AVN Convention... yes... at the Hustler booth. For those of you who are unfamiliar, please do not google.... it's otherwise known as the "adult expo" held at the Sands Convention Center every year. Eric & Vicki, who also happen to be in the adult industry, decided that was the perfect time and place to finally tie the knot... and then the next day, the reception was held at Sushi Samba, where we delivered their real 3-tier wedding cake. Although very untraditional and unconventional in all aspects, the one thing I can admire is that they made their special day about them. It's what every couple should do.. forget about all traditions and what your guests will think.. have fun and keep it uniquely you.. not necessarily endorsing marriage at the AVNs .. but I hope you get the underlying message..

So, I'm sure you are all wondering.. what does a porn star's wedding cake look like?

Well, at first I was very afraid of what they might want.. we keep things very pg-13 at Gimme Some Sugar, and their industry..well.. isn't so pg-13.

However, much to my surprise they wanted to keep both the display cake and actual wedding cake very traditional and classy. The display cake, of course, was more playful and had a little sexy going on... bow chika wow wow..

The wedding cake, definitely what you wouldn't expect... white on white with pearl beading

The following day, we had a few wedding consultations.. one of which couldn't help but stand out. The couple chose to opt out of a traditional wedding cake, and instead requested a tower of our boobylicious cupcakes to grace their wedding reception... with each cupcake decorated to match the bodice/corset of her wedding dress. Surprisingly, this is a first at GSS.. we've had quite a few bachelor, bachelorette, and bridal shower orders... but until now, not a wedding!

Again.. untraditional and unconventional, but they're keeping their wedding uniquely them... I guess even if that means having a boobylicious cupcake for each of their guests.

.. Gotta love Las Vegas...