Easy Cake Finishes

Oreo, yum!  You know the easiest way to finish a cake?  Smush and smash something yummy all over it!   Oreo's,  chopped nuts, sprinkles,...

Happy Birthday Cole!

Bakers, do you know how to make a cake that has copyrighted material? According to Icing Smiles, give it away! That means don't post i...

Bakers Gotta Bake!

When do you not call your baker?  The day before the wedding!  Or the day of the wedding!  We had both happen recently and just wanted to te...

Naked Cakes

  We were asked to make a "naked"cake last year.  I was pretty excited until we actually did it.  So I had a culinary student as a...

Facebook Rant over Illegal Bakers

Graphic via KeepCalm-o-matic I joined a few Facebook "yard sale" groups in my area.  It seems like every other day someone asks fo...

Best Deals on Buying Cake Supplies

Photo borrowed from Yelp, because I forgot to take one! Buying supplies for a small business is a part time job in itself, especially if you...

Wedding Cake with a Twist...that I don't like!

Can I vent here?  Really vent because you are reading my blog, so it's OK right?  I have to say this cake just drove me crazy!  I don...

Gold Dots and Instagram

Loading Cup a Dee Cakes Making a gold dot & line cake #flipagram made with @flipagram View on Instagram We make cakes for a living, but...

Mini Kitchen Tour

I have had many public and private requests from a lot of you asking for a video tour of my baking kitchen.  Well, it's been a long time...

Gumpaste Flowers... Buy or Make?

 Do you buy any of your gumpaste flowers?  Let me guess!  If you are a cake hobbyist, you make your flowers.  It's fun and challenging a...

Sketchy Cake Designs

Click to Enlarge Image When most everything you make is a custom design, you have to make a lot of sketches.  The only thing I like about re...

Our 5th Blogiversary!

  We are five years old this week! Well actually The blog is five years old this week! Our little business is more along eight years old n...

Make Your Own Top Pot Doughnuts

As a baker, I enjoy cooking, but I'll admit that baking just cakes can become tiring at times.  But that doesn't mean that I don...

What Happens When You Can't Deliver?

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and survived the holiday sales rush.  I'm thankful for my family and friends, and for my eve...

New Life to Old Dummy Cakes

The life of a cake decorator is all about learning.  Learning new skills, new techniques, new ways to overcome obstacles.  At some point, ev...

A Tale of Two Shoes....

There are a lot of shoe box cake tutorials out there, so I won't bore you with another.  I do want to give you a few helpful hints I lea...

Texture on Buttercream Cakes

Almost all my customers say "I don't want fondant!" and they mean it, so I've worked hard at coming up with buttercream al...

Best Way to Sample at Bridal Shows

I posted a couple of weeks ago about my latest showing at the Chattanooga Bridal Show.  One of the comments on that post was about how I pro...

Quick Delivery Tip

Some weeks, I have to make several trips to get my cakes delivered.  Sometimes the timing of the deliveries just works out that way.  Some w...

Banjo Cake Armature Design

Last week I showed you guys the awesome banjo cake I made for Rachel and Daniel's wedding.  They were thrilled with the cake; I even he...