What tool could you now not live without that you might not have known you needed when you first got into the business?

Agbay.
SPS

Agbay
KopyKake Projector
Magic Line pans
Heavy duty turn table
Bubble Tea Straws

I love my Agbay and thanks to Leah_s also the SPS system!

My square and rectanglar Magic line pans have saved me so much time when frosting with buttercream. I used to use the basic Wilton ones and could never get a sharp edge to the corners.

Believe it or not, this little inexpensive tool is the one thing that I never want to be without: http://www.karenscookies.net/Cookie-Scraper_p_607.html

I've used it on cookies and cakes...it's so versatile...I reach for it constantly when working on a project.

LOVE LOVE LOVE my Beater Blade!

Most useful:
Very small (Nicholas Lodge) spatula
Stitch marker
Non-stick rolling pin
Tappits

Would kill for:
A bigger KA
The KA blade that actually scrapes the side of the bowl
That plastic top for the KA that let's you feed ingredients into the bowl
An airbrush

An airbrush... I use to to color and shade gumpaste flowers and color cakes. Never thought I would put it on my MUST HAVE list... but it is definitely there.

I *heart* tappits too.

Would love an agbay, but I am pretty handy with my long serrated knife (that likes to bite me ), I need a 10qt mixer for icing, would love a separate kitchen...

Granted... we operate on a slightly different scale, but my absolute, can't live without piece of equipment is my Bravo Tritico. It makes ganache, pastry cream, egg based buttercreams, fruit curds, etc. all by just dumping in the ingedients and walking away. Awesome!

1. My KA mixer. If it ever breaks, it will be replaced by another KA mixer within an hour.
2. My electric turntable. Really speeds borders up.
3. My Agbay. I wish I had purchased tjis years ago!
4. My Merril clogs. I can stand 16 hours wihout pain.

Ooooh Kat... I am jealous!! I'll make SMBC??

Oooh.. I wear my nursing clogs when caking too... HUGE difference.

My ball tools!
http://designmeacake.com/catalog/i7.html

My extruder!

My Bench Scrapper!

My Celboard
Edna

My Marcato Atlas pasta maker and the veined PME cutters with plungers...

whats SPS? lol
Definitely my airbrush machine!

My silicone mat, no more corn startch!

My KopyKake..... airbrush..... blossom cutter/veiner set....OMG there is SO much!!!!

Jen

1. My Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer

2. wooden Lazy Susan (I used the professional aluminum ones for years, but nothing beats a good ole lazy susan)

3. Magic Line Pans and the 7x11 fat daddio

4. my odd-size measuring cups from williams-sonoma