by bobbienoto | Jan 18, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Creations, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
With the playoff games tomorrow, being from Denver, and a Payton Manning fan we are having a small get together. Everyone loves my rose buttercream cupcakes piped on my rose flavored cupcakes. It might be the rose liqueur. I thought I would share a short tutorial on...
by bobbienoto | Jan 15, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Home, Videos, x
With lace once again being a romantic and popular choice for brides and weddings, I thought a sugar cookie decorated with a laced fantasy rose laying on a lace background and piped with a lace border would be perfect for a bridal shower or wedding favors. Not only...
by bobbienoto | Jan 13, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
I wanted to design a ruffle cupcake that reflected the soft beauty of frilled designer dresses incorporating the delicate flow that mimics the fabric frills, flowers, and ruffles that are in the runway’s lovely dresses. Using fashion as inspiration in my...
by bobbienoto | Jan 11, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Rose are a traditional gift (for that special person in your life), 196 million roses are bought on Valentine’s day. Everyone loves to receive that inciting long rectangle box with aromatic rose laying on a pillow of tissue paper. However within a few days your...
by bobbienoto | Jan 9, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
If you are familiar with my posts and videos you know I enjoy showing a week of cupcakes, next a week of cookies, and a week of cakes; I want to show that any of my designs will work for decorating all of these pastries. This week I have been showing different...
by bobbienoto | Jan 7, 2014 | Creations, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
January is an odd month, the holidays are over, friends and family have gone home, the weather (most places in the U.S) is cold, snowy, and we have the shortest days of sunshine. I find myself feeling melancholy. I am not one for giving into sad emotions for long;...
by bobbienoto | Jan 5, 2014 | Cakes, Creations, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I was asked to review New York Baking company’s silicone baking buddies. New york’s Baking Company was kind enough to send their very bright silicone cups in exchange for my honest opinion of the baking buddies. I have baked 3 batches of cupcakes using the...
by bobbienoto | Dec 30, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Nicolas Jebran’s designs are cutting edge yet classic; his dresses flow with movement. Sydney and I were looking at his Winter 2014 collection when we both were drawn to the same dress, although neither Sydney nor I can purchase the dress for New Year’s...
by bobbienoto | Dec 24, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Tutorials, Videos
I adore snow globes, they are all over our house. This year I wanted to capture Sydney’s first experience at the Nutcracker. She was barely two and although we had wonderful seats, she couldn’t see more than the shadows on the stage. I used a royal icing...
by bobbienoto | Dec 19, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Candies, Candy, Tutorials, Videos
I just had to share this fun and life-like Christmas tree piped with royal icing (including the ornaments)! Literally the entire tree including the drying time in between the leaves and the ornaments took 30 minutes, yet these christmas trees have a wow factor. After...
by bobbienoto | Dec 16, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Creating a Colorado Christmas cake has been a pet project of mine for a while now, since last Christmas. Sydney and I designed the cake together, she constructed the filigree templates and the trees. It was an incredible experience working with Sydney for our first ...
by bobbienoto | Dec 15, 2013 | Candies, Candy, Tutorials
Glacé fruit is no ordinary gift, it takes at least 3 days to properly candied the citrus fruit, however the succulent taste is well worth the effort. Purchasing glacé fruit can cost at least $60.00 for 2 pounds, therefore when the recipient of the glacé fruit receives...
by bobbienoto | Dec 11, 2013 | Cakes, Tutorials
The weather has been frigid here for the past week (6 degrees F/-15 degrees C), baking has become the best solution to keep warm, besides it is holiday baking time! Monday I decided to bake 6 of our traditional white chocolate cranberry cakes. These loaf cakes are...
by bobbienoto | Dec 8, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I was looking at cookie cutters when I am across Blossom’sWedding Cake – Roses Cookie Cutter & Stamp Set. I placed an order and waited for my cutters (plus a few other fun cake decorating materials). I baked a batch of the wedding cake cookies the...
by bobbienoto | Dec 5, 2013 | Candies, Candy, Creations, Home, Tutorials
Every year I am asked if I have an easy and economical recipe for holiday gift giving. Most people want to give a small gift to their milkman, post person, tutors et cetera to show appreciation. Candied spice nuts are perfect. You can package them up in a...
by bobbienoto | Nov 24, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Gluten Free, Home, Products, Tutorials, Videos
I have been wanting to create a tutorial on the art of scroll piping with royal icing. It is easier to learn on a sugar cookie prior to an entire cake, piping an entire cake can take hours (even days depending on design and layers), while a cookie is not as time...
by bobbienoto | Nov 19, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to share a quick royal icing technique, wet on wet. Wet on wet is a method of using a royal icing constancy of 10-12 seconds to top outline, coat, and decorate your cookies in a few minutes. For the poinsettia cookie above it literally took me 3.5 minutes...
by bobbienoto | Nov 13, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Gluten Free, Tutorials, Videos
I was asked by a friend if I could bake him a batch of gluten free sugar cookies. I have baked several pastries in the past that were gluten free (mostly bread and pastries), but I realized I had never tried to bake a batch of gluten free sugar cookies. I realized...
by bobbienoto | Nov 11, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to compose a unique Christmas video tutorial to start the holidays off with you. Sugar cookie christmas cards seemed to “fit the bill.” Who wouldn’t want a sugar cookie card? It is edible, personally designed for a special person in your...
by bobbienoto | Nov 9, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Tutorials
With the holiday season approaching (quite fast) I thought it might be fun to share a tutorial on a sugar snowman cake. I was inspired by Alan Dunn’s Christmas Cakes (a perfect gift for any cake enthusiast). I knew the cake would be a fun project, but I must...
