Cakes are edible art in ‘Vegas Cakes’
Viva Las Vegas, baby! Everything is bigger, brighter and bolder in Sin City, and the food is no exception. World renowned chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, Tom Colicchio and Wolfgang Puck all have restaurants there, and the desserts can be some of the most elaborate culinary creations to be found anywhere on the planet.
When it comes to sweets for special occasions, cakes will always be a favorite, and in Vegas there’s only one place to go for the biggest and most awe-inducing cakes around: Freed’s Bakery. In business since 1959, the dessert hot spot is the focus of Food Network’s “Vegas Cakes,” which premiered a new season last week and currently airs Monday evenings.
From the front, Freed’s looks like a typical neighborhood bakery, albeit one with desserts that really stand out. The cameras, though, get to go where walk-in customers never do: into the back room where the artists make some of the city’s most elaborate cakes.
Previous episodes have seen the crew make some of the most jawdropping and beautiful cakes imaginable. We’ve seen them build and decorate a three-foot-long classic car, come up with a unique beer unicorn and even a cake made of giant tacos.
A bakery as established and wellknown as Freed’s is guaranteed to attract celebrities, and Las Vegas certainly has those in spades. Whether it’s magicians Penn and Teller looking for a custom cake to celebrate their Vegas show’s 25th anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Newton ordering a complicated dress cake for a bridal shower, or even Cirque du Soleil celebrating a performance milestone, big names are often attached to the desserts being prepared.
The real fun here, though, is watching the cakes come to life. These aren’t just desserts — they really are works of art, and the planning and execution that has to go into each and every one of them can be mindboggling. From conception to the baking to actual decorating, the team of bakers and decorators works like a well-oiled machine to create breathtaking wonders time after time.
Everything is bigger and brighter in Vegas, and the cakes are no exception. New episodes of “Vegas Cakes” currently air Monday evenings on Food Network.