- All right y'all, we are back!
And you may remember earlier this week we had
Minnie Driver and Kaci Walfall here,
and it was a packed show with great conversations.
So much so, that we couldn't fit everything
we taped that day into one hour.
It's hard to do, I'm a talker. So are some people.
So here's a bonus segment you didn't see with Kaci,
and a good friend of our show
from Cake by Courtney, Courtney Rich.
Well, say hello to Kaci.
- Kaci, it's so nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- Have you piped buttercream before?
- A Little bit. - Okay. Okay.
- I'm ready to learn some more though.
- I love that. I never done anything at your age,
you're so advanced. It's fine.
What? I'm not nervous at all,
or in competition with you at all, Kaci.
What are we making?
That I'm gonna do way better than Kaci at.
- All right. So we're coming off Mother's Day theme,
and everyone loves to get fresh flowers,
but my favorite kind are buttercream flowers.
So we're gonna do these darling buttercream flowers
that look really professional and hard.
But ladies, they are so easy to pipe and to make.
So we're gonna do a little practicing
and we'll talk about the different
- See, you say that. Okay.
- The different tips. - Okay.
- No, you are a pro at this part.
We've piped so much. Our rainbows, our monsters.
(Kelly laughing)
- So how do we get started?
- Okay. We're gonna start with your, this is a big rose tip.
We can call it our yellow Texas rose, look at that.
So, aren't these so clever? Because they're cut out-
- Oh!
- [Courtney] to make the design
- It's like cheating! I thought we were gonna design it.
I was like, oh, this I love. Okay. Okay.
- Okay? Okay.
So, to hold the piping tip I'm gonna show you really quick.
This is really important. Twist tightly at the top.
- [Kelly] Oh yeah.
- And then lock it with your thumb
and you're gonna apply pressure with your fingers over here.
Now, with the piping tip
we wanna hold it straight up and down.
You're gonna apply a little bit of pressure
and then pull away quickly.
So, a little pressure and then pull away quickly.
- Oh.
- [Courtney] Look at those.
- Oh, that one got sad.
- [Courtney] Oh you're overthinking it now.
Look, this is a tulip rising from the ashes.
- [Courtney] There you go.
- Yeah. Okay. Okay.
- Look at these cute liners though, too. This is super fun
'cuz one, the green is fun with our flowers.
- [Kelly] It's adorable.
- And how darling is it to put it in a little pot?
- [Kelly] The pot thing is- stop it.
- [Courtney] This, like a cute gift. Are you kidding?
- You could use the pot after.
- [Courtney] Yes! - [Kelly] That's adorable.
It's like a recycle. Yeah, renew, reuse, like it.
- So let's start with the yellow,
our biggest piping tip.
And then we'll work our way down to the smaller tulip
and then our leaf that we're gonna do in just a minute.
So just again, press down just a little bit
and pull away quickly.
- [Kelly] Okay. How many you doing?
- I'm gonna do three, kind of like our samples here.
- Okay. Okay.
- But start with the big flowers that you're gonna do first.
Yes, yes, yes! Yes!
And then we'll fill in with some of the smaller.
Kelly!
- [Kelly] I mean, it's okay.
(audience cheering)
It's okay.
- Let's grab the purple.
- No. Okay.
I sing with everything.
It's annoying.
- And same thing.
Same technique with the smaller one.
We're just gonna fill in and don't worry if you have
a little space left that we're gonna see some of our
we have chocolate cupcakes in here.
This is like our soil.
And then look how cute these are.
And you got, we're just piping.
This is
- [Kelly] Okay.
- Right? How are you doing?
- Yeah. Yes.
- Yes. How are you doing?
- Pretty good.
- [Courtney] You're so good.
(audience clapping)
- Yours looks good.
- Okay, before you do the leaf on the cupcake.
Let's practice on our table again real quick.
Now you notice how this has a V?
You actually don't want the V pointing down.
You want the point to tip pointing down?
- Oh, like this?
- Like this, perfect, yeah.
Okay. So you see like that?
Yes. Yes, yes.
Okay. So point that down
and then we're going to create the leaf.
So just squeeze and then pull away quickly
and you're gonna see it gives you this shape of a leaf.
- Ah, that's pretty cute.
- Okay, so let's grab our cupcake.
- Okay. Okay.
- And again, just a short and sweet little piping.
- [Kelly] I did a big leaf, ooh.
- But this is really fun and cute.
How it just kind of fills in how are you doing Kel?
- [Kelly] Great.
Great, I'm not nervous about it at all.
- [Kaci] That's the good
- Now look at how those just come out to these little leaves
- [Kelly] Like this looks good.
- [Courtney] Don't we feel so professional right now?
- [Kelly] Always in life.
- This is pretty cute, an awesome thing.
- That is so good, Kaci.
Show us yours.
- Cheers, let's see yours.
You did great!
- [Courtney] Yes, you did good.
- Okay, so now's the best part where we get to eat it.
- Yes we do.
- And look at that.
- Unwrap it.
- Get the leaf.
Oh, I just took a flower.
Flower down!
- [Courtney] Look at that chocolate cake.
- Oh my gosh.
- Look at Jesse looking at me right now.
Jesse is like, I want one.
These are so good, oh my God.
It's a moist cupcake, I love a moist cupcake.
- I got you.
I got you, gotta have that moist cake, right?
- Oh my God, do you like yours?
- I'm not even speaking right now.
(audience laughing)
Courtney's recipes for her chocolate cake,
and buttercream frosting can be found on our Facebook page.
But all her incredible recipes that are so tasty
are in her book "Cake by Courtney" available now,
wherever books are sold.