Ok, so I went to the Home Depot to buy a " bench scraper" to smooth the buttercream. They looked at me like I was speaking a different language. Do I have the name correct?

I know that the bench scraper that I use for icing I got from a culinary store. You should be able to find one at any place that specializes in stuff like that.

Thanks, thats where I was going to go, but I read somewhere that I could also get one at a hardware store.

Go to your Williams Sonoma or Bed, Bath 'n Beyond....some place like that. They'll know what you're talking about!

Go to your Williams Sonoma or Bed, Bath 'n Beyond....some place like that. They'll know what you're talking about!

That's funny. When i went on the search for mine at bed.bath & beyond and told them what I was looking for they were like WHAT...well it is actually a chopper it's stainless steel and the handle is rolled. I found it in the utensil section. It was like $5.99 and hanging on the end of a rack.

It works great with smoothing...good luck finding it...

If you buy it from a hardware store, it's not called a bench scraper, lol. It's actually a tool to smooth plaster or something like that. If I'm not mistaken, you can find it in the paint section

I think the one you can get at Home Depot is used to spackle walls.

I know Wilton now sells one as well! I've seen them at Michaels with all the other yellow tools they put out last year

Go to the paint section. You'll want a 4", and 12" plastic putty knife.

Mike

Thats it Mike, I have a set, bought from Home Depot. Love them. Have also bought a diamond pattern paint can holder too. Oh Yeah!
Hammy

It really is called a bench scraper in the biz. The worktable that a pastry chef works at is called "the bench." You periodically need to scrape dough off the bench, hence you use a "bench scraper."

Just like the flour you use to dust the bench before kneading dough is called "bench flour." It's just flour - on the bench.

It's also used for cutting dough.

Pfeil & Holing, N.Y. (cakedeco.com) has the good ones (Dexter) on sale for only $1.50... heck, you can barely get a plastic scraper for less than that!