Tribal Citizen’s Business Featured on Oprah

Submitted by Tennessee T-Cakes, Inc.

Seminole Tribal citizen Gladys Bowers Bratcher and business partner Frances Barkley’s business Tennessee T-Cakes were featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show on May 16 during the segment titled “Best Cakes in the Country.” According to Bratcher, the two had to hire additional employees for baking and office work.

The cakes were also featured on an episode of The Food Network’s show Roker on the Road, which aired Sept. 12, 2005, and again in March 2006. This summer we will be featured again on The Food Network with a new show with current host Paula Dean’s two sons called Two For the Road.

Tennessee T-Cakes, Inc. was created by Bratcher and Barkley in 1992. The two started baking t-cakes in a home kitchen, but soon moved to the Nashville Business Incubation Center, which helps start up companies.

After five years Tennessee T-Cakes moved to its current location. The company has been at its current address, 200 Hill Ave, Ste. 3, Nashville, TN 37210, for about seven years. Although their kitchen is relatively small, the bakers can produce thousands of t-cakes in a short period of time.

In the early years, Gladys and Frances spent a lot of time perfecting the recipe, researching ways of packaging, shipping, etc. They attend many networking functions and started exhibiting at upscale holiday shows in a number of different states.

Currently, they bake the t-cakes in the classic original flavor, but have recently added flavored t-cakes such as lemon, key lime and truffle. To order t-cakes or for more information, please visit www.tntcakes.com.