I would pay dearly to have a KitchenAid pasta roller attachment that has a groove built into the middle of one of the rollers so I never have to roll out such small quantities of paste at a time on my ridiculously small CelBoard!

Could you imagine how nice that would be? *Sigh* I could make lily petals 100x faster by just rolling out a 3' long piece of paste with a nice v-shaped groove down the center of it.

What are some things you wish someone would invent that would make your cake-related tasks easier?

How about a Minnie Me but seriously though I love your idea.

An electric, self-warming icing spatula. No more hot water baths to get that smooth icing; the spatula stays the exact correct temperature at all times. You still have to wipe it between passes, but hey, progress is progress...

Transparent cake pans so i can just lift up and see if my cake is brown enough underneath,no more guessing

ceshell i think it's very possible,if they make it electric or gas and if you can control the temperature,i sure willl buy it,i hate the hot water part of smoothing buttercream.

cshell... you don't know how many times I have been smoothing a cake and thought the same exact thing... maybe it's time to start really brainstorming how to get that done because MAN would that be glorious!!

I love the idea of the heated spatula. it would have to be cordless of course, could you imagine the cord getting into the part you just finished smoothing. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to do either, for the pro's, cuz it wouldn't have to be very warm at all. One small heating wire down the inside of the knife part. Any inventors out there? I'm sure you would at least have everyone on cc buy one.

I don't know if this would be hot enough, but I love my ice cream scoop that warms just from the heat of my hand. That would eliminate the cord.

I'm no inventor, but if someone does design a heated icing spatula (battery operated, maybe?), I will be the first in line to buy one!

I'm no inventor, but if someone does design a heated icing spatula (battery operated, maybe?), I will be the first in line to buy one!

A magic wand so when I'm done making a mess in my kitchen I can just pull out my wand & 1,2,3 everything magically is clean!!!

Back to the heated spatula.

Does anyone remember the portable curling irons that worked on butane? Something like that, which just got warm to about 85-90 degrees, would be perfect. Just warm enough to smooth out the fat content.

Hey, I wonder if it would work on my hips, too?

Theresa

Love the heated spatula idea, what if it was something like half of a flat iron, and they do make those (flat irons) battery operated, because I used to have one. Hmmmmm, maybe someone will come up with something brilliant soon!!! I certainly would purchase it though!!!

I would love to have a machine sort of like one of those industrial ice cream machines in resturaunts where you get like 3 different kinds of ice cream, but what if all you had to do was dump in your ingredients and out comes a few different flavors of butter cream. Just imagine, no mixing, no bowl scraping, no powdered sugar all over the kitchen. Sounds good to me, LOL!!!!

Ashley

I'm not even laughing at this thread because I think it really is a legitimate, great idea. Some of you with handy husbands need to play with a battery operated spatula..... AA batteries in the handle with some sort of small heating element.......why not?????????

niquie,you read my mind,i was thinking the same thing... A FLAT IRON!

http://www.dickblick.com/products/r-and-f-heated-spatula/


They just have to modify this with a larger flat spatula attachment. I wonder how hot it gets and how well you can control the temp?

OK ceshell finish what you have started,contact Wilton,tell them we are not ready to pay more than $30 each,we need it max in 2-3 months time,it must be cordless .I humbly volunteer to test this product for you guys bcos i'm just nice like that ,you wouldn't have to pay me of course, for CC members my services are free.So please ceshell get back to us in a few days.........NOW OFF YOU GO,(remember us your humble nice friends if you become a millionaire thru this invention). lol

Something like this: http://www.glenbow.org/about/behind/parka.cfm (scroll down)

Or this: http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/mini-craft-iron--71325

http://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/iron.htm (scroll down)

It doesn't look that hard does it?

Ceshell, I've thought about that one before, too. It seems like a simple enough idea. I know at Kitchen Krafts, they have a disclaimer that if you've invented a new kitchen gadget, they want to hear from you. Maybe you could try that. But I would definitely talk to a patent atty first.

Yes I would like to be a tester of this wonderful product as well.

Here is my input on what I would like to see invented.

You know how they have the machine at Lowe's and Home Depot where you can bring them a swatch of any color and they can make the paint match that exactly. I want a machine like that that will color fondant for me or my BC. Heck I'd be happy if it would just color my fondant for me, forget the color match!