by bobbienoto | Mar 20, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Home, Tutorials
It was wonderful having Sydney baking and decorating with me this past week, however I admit saying goodbye has become harder as she visits more often. I began realizing our relationship will be a series of visits and goodbyes. She loves living in D.C. and will...
by bobbienoto | Mar 13, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Tutorials
I was inspired to create a sugar cookie with frills from a Craftsy video and a beautiful fluted egg cookie cutter I purchased at Copper Gifts. The design is a collaboration between Sydney and myself, we wanted something different and frills seemed perfect. The fondant...
by bobbienoto | Mar 6, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
DF asked me to bake cupcakes for the women in human resources (to thank them). With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner I thought they should be decorated for the occasion. I was inspired by, of all things, a 21 century insurance commercial. I realize how odd...
by bobbienoto | Feb 27, 2013 | Family Hour, Gluten Free, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Tutorials
I adore a warm buttery flaky croissant with a strong cup of coffee. A friend, Nancy asked me if I could bake some gluten free croissants (she has celiac disease) I was hesitant, but she was persuasive. Sydney explained I should go out of my comfort zone and try to...
by bobbienoto | Feb 22, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Home, Products, Tutorials
I have had a love for Judy Garland since I was a little girl; my father introduced me to The Wizard of Oz when I was two. From that moment on, I watched every Judy Garland movie I could find. I still can recall the first time I saw Judy Garland and Fred Astaire...
by bobbienoto | Feb 6, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Home, Tutorials
Every year D.F. romantically buys a dozen roses and chooses a card in which he meticulously underlines the words he feels is a representations of his feelings for me. He buys Sydney sweet cards for an daughter and 2 roses as well. This year I thought I would create an...
by bobbienoto | Jan 23, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Candies, Cupcakes, photography, Tutorials
Sydney started noticing personalized fortune cookies and thought it might be fun if we created fondant fortune cookies with a gumpaste personalized message. I thought it would be perfect to add cherry blossoms gumpaste flowers with cherry blossom flavored cupcakes....
by bobbienoto | Jan 16, 2013 | Cakes, Family Hour, Home, Inspirational, Tutorials
This past week Sydney and I did not have an opportunity to bake together; it was time to move her to George Washington University, her new home while she finishes her undergrad years. It seems strange to start a baking project alone in my kitchen, I find myself...
by bobbienoto | Jan 12, 2013 | Family Hour
This is a guest post from Michele of Mommy Blogger Directory. If you’re like most parents, you probably spend a lot of money on your children. Not just keeping them fed, but also keeping them entertained and educated. There are many ways you can “have it...
by bobbienoto | Jan 9, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Home, Tutorials
As I write this special post I am in Washington D.C. dropping Sydney off to start her junior year at George Washington University. It seem apropos to be in our nation’s capital while I write a gift box cake post dedicated to a New Year filled with peace and...
by bobbienoto | Dec 26, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Family Hour, Gluten Free, Inspirational, Tutorials
Poinsettias have become a staple during the holiday season, the plant is sold every year, and most homes have a few. It has become a family tradition to design a special cake that represents the season, last year we created a Buche de Nöel (Yule Log), I suggested we...
by bobbienoto | Dec 18, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Family Hour, featured, Tutorials
Sydney was looking through Alan Dunn’s, Christmas Cakes (A perfect gift for any cake enthusiast) when she came across a cake of the most adorable snowman. She insisted we create a snowman cake of are own. Alan Dunn’s cake inspired Sydney and I to design...
by bobbienoto | Dec 12, 2012 | Cakes, Family Hour, Home, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Tutorials
Every year at this time, for the past eighteen years, Sydney and I bake a Christmas Stollen. When Sydney was small, her job was to roll the almond paste (her favorite flavor) and pour all the ingredients, as she grew up so did her baking capabilities! This year as we...
by bobbienoto | Dec 5, 2012 | Cakes, Family Hour, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Tutorials
I am going through a fresh cranberry phase, Sydney and I have been finding ways to develop recipes that incorporate cranberries; putting them in stollens, brioche pockets, cookies, and a cranberry white chocolate cake. I believe we have started a new family...
by bobbienoto | Nov 28, 2012 | Family Hour, Pastries and Viennoiseries, Tarts and Pies, Tutorials
The day after Thanksgiving our family’s tradition is put up the trees and decorate them and the whole house while waiting for Sydney’s favorite holiday tart, an almond cream tart. The recipe has been handed down from my great great grandmother, through the...
by bobbienoto | Nov 21, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Candies, Family Hour, Tutorials
This year for our Thanksgiving Sydney and I thought Apple Cider cupcakes with gumpaste acorns and oaks leaves would be fun and festive place tags that will adorn our table! Apple cider starts the holiday, once you begin to see gallons of it in the food stores you...
by bobbienoto | Nov 14, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Home, Tutorials
Boston Cream Pie happens to be DF’s favorite dessert; Sydney and I normally bake him a special Boston Cream Pie for his birthday every year! This year Sydney thought, since DF’s birthday is two weeks prior to Thanks giving, Boston Cream Pie would be the...
by bobbienoto | Nov 7, 2012 | Cookies and brownies, Family Hour, Tutorials
With Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly approaching Sydney and I thought it would be adorable to create some treats of baking essentials. Over the summer I had found an awareness ribbon cookie cutter for pinktober, and I just happened to come across a kitchenaid...
by bobbienoto | Oct 30, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Family Hour, x
Halloween is as entertaining for adult as it is for children; Sydney and I are no exception. We become completely engaged in decorating, dressing-up, and baking treats to give to family and friends. These amusing cat, bat, pumpkin and ghost cupcakes are just one of...
by bobbienoto | Oct 24, 2012 | Cakes, Candies, Family Hour, French Macarons, Fruit Desserts, Tutorials
This time of year pumpkins and gourds are everywhere; we plan trips to arboretums to find that perfect pumpkin worthy of carving and placing on or near the front porch. I vividly remember carpooling a car of excited three and four year olds for their first arboretum....
