The beautiful, perky and talented Michelle Bommarito was back in Nashville this week to teach more of her cake tips and techniques.  For those of you who don’t know, Michelle has competed in several Food Network cake challenges in the past few years and worked for Martha Stewart.  She has been featured in wedding magazines and prominent wedding across [...]

This past weekend I had the pleasure of being a part of a special wedding at the Spring Haven Mansion in Hendersonville.  This historical beauty has been labeled as one of Nashville’s top 25 outdoor wedding venues and one look will explain why.  Not only is the 1825 house beautiful, but it boasts 3 acres [...]

In the course of the summer, there are weekends a decorator must just put a large red X through to give themselves time to visit, enjoy their family, regroup, or bake cakes for personal reasons.  Sometimes these are my favorite times to bake.  There are no contracts, no expectations except for the simple expectation that [...]

You may or may not know that last Saturday was the hottest day of the year to date.  It was 98 degrees in the shade and felt like 105-or so I’m told.  I don’t know if you can really tell the exact temperature when it gets past 90 or so…it’s just varying degrees of HOT.  [...]

Kathy Wise of Sweetwise, Nashville’s Premier Cake, Candy, and Pastry Supply Store, hosted the 2009 Tennessee Cake Festival at the Music Valley Events Center February 28-March 1.  My weekend started on Friday, February 27 when I drove to Sweetwise to bring some display cakes that were not being judged.  I walked in and began talking [...]