kitchen tour

Hello! This is my catering kitchen where I prepare cakes and food for catering. I have a collection of items over the years, as I opened in 1986. You will see a...

Buttercream floral designs #5: Buttercream roses galore!

1/2 sheet cake frosted in buttercream. #104 rose tip for #26 pastel roses in pink, yellow, peach, 2-tone shades as well of same colors. Also added #44 rose buds...

Buttercream birthday cakes #2: Wagon wheel buttercream design

I frosted sides w/ chocolate buttercream, or you can tint BC brown. Then I added small amounts of black around sides w/ #3 or #4 tip and smoothed up around top. Then I piped white...

Buttercream birthday cakes #1: Tractor farm cake in 100% buttercream

100% Buttercream~ I frosted entire cake in white BC. Then I took one or two different shades of green and put small amounts here and there on bottom 1/2 of cake and smoothed....

Buttercream floral designs #4: Forget-me-nots in beautiful tones

Frost 1/4 sheet red velvet in buttercream. I pipe a little buttercream in opposite corners to raise bouquet a little. I then make vine design, where I will place flowers,...

Buttercream floral designs #3: Vibrancy in Buttercream roses! Wedding cake~

Frost a 10 & 6 inch 2-layer cakes in buttercream. Use #104 tip to make icing roses (of which you can find online tutorials for). I made red and deep purple per request...

Tiered birthday cakes #2: Wizard of Oz Buttercream creation.

100% buttercream 2-tiered Wiz of Oz cake theme for March of Dimes benefit. Frost top and bottom tiers in buttercream. On top tier add 2-tones of blue for sky effect and...

Scary cakes & Halloween!!! #1: Walking Dead in buttercream!

I frosted a 1/4 sheet red velvet w/ buttercream and smoothed w/ very warm water w/ knife dipped in and shake off excess. * (tip) I also pre-spray lightly water before...

Buttercream floral designs #2: Pink and white roses in reverse colors

Bake and frost 1/4 sheet cake in Pink (I used princess pink color in gel). I pipe #3 or #4 white BC vines in corners, then pipe #104 roses on flower nail and place in corner...

Fall or Autumn designs #1: Maple leaves and vines in 100% buttercream

Bake and frost 1/4 sheet cake in buttercream frosting. Using buttercream icing tinted w/ paste or gel colors in red, orange, brown, teal and olive green. Use #3 tip to make...

Wedding cakes in Buttercream #2: Rustic warmth BC wedding cake

bake 3-tiers in 6-8-12-in 2-layers each. Frost in buttercream, smooth w/ spatula dipped in very warm water completely sides and top. Start at back of cake and take angled spatula...

Rosette cakes #1: Pretty in Pink

Frost 2-layer 8-in. round in a light regular buttercream covering, since you are putting more icing on w/ rosettes. Strip inside of bag in deeper pink icing & medium pink …or small amount...