by bobbienoto | Jan 29, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Home, Tutorials
I just adore tufted billow weave on a cake, and have decorated quite a few cakes with the tufted billow weave method. Susan Trianos started the puffing trend and it would behove you to visit her website. She has an exquisite cake gallery! Back to the cake above: after...
by bobbienoto | Jan 27, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I know I have gone cake decorating “crazy” when I see an ice cream cone and instead of thinking what flavor ice cream I want; I picture a vase holding long stem modeling chocolate roses. My husband wanted to grab ice cream on Saturday due to our unusual...
by bobbienoto | Jan 25, 2014 | Home, x
I want to thank everyone for there wonderful comments on my sugar rose videos. To show my appreciation I have combined all 5 videos into one package, all five videos are HD. I will take you step by step from a bud to a fully-open rose adding wire petals for a...
by bobbienoto | Jan 24, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Home, Videos, x
I love working with both sugar paste and royal icing together; especially when designing with the broderie anglaise technique. You could use either medium alone, however I think it adds a special touch when combined. Broderie Anglaise is a French/English needlework...
by bobbienoto | Jan 22, 2014 | Cookies, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I own, as many of us do, a plethora of square cutters. I use them for mini cakes, sugar cookies, and biscuits. I try and use them as much as possible, however I sometimes find myself in a rut. It was literally kismet that I was playing around with scratch piping...
by bobbienoto | Jan 20, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
You know you have achieved cake/cookie decorating mania when you see a comforter online and it inspires you to recreate the effect on a cookie (this technique could be constructed on a cake as well). I was extremely pleased how eloquent the final result looked. My...
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...