by bobbienoto | Dec 13, 2014 | 5th Avenue Cake Designs, Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Most cake decorators refer to this style of royal icing extensions as Australian string-work, but it actually originated in the UK, by master cake decorator Ernest Schulbe around the late 1800s early 1900s. It is also known as ‘wing work’ and associated...
by bobbienoto | Nov 30, 2014 | Cakes, Cakes, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Oriental string-work looks complicated, but actually it is not as hard as it appears. If you have an understanding to the the three essentials of cake decorating and good royal icing recipe You can recreate the cakes above or elevate your string to another level. You...
by bobbienoto | Mar 19, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Creations, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Cherry blossoms have a delicate and mysterious presence. They bloom in early spring and the aroma the blossoms give is enticing. They are perfect blossoms for wedding cakes, you can add them to almost any sugar spray for an extra special touch, they also are perfect...
by bobbienoto | Mar 10, 2014 | Cakes, Cakes, Creations, Tutorials, Videos
I adore how intricate, unique and artistic celebration cakes have become! It seams the skies the limit, more often we are seeing cakes with vision and uniqueness. Hand painted cakes have become a trend over the past couple of years and it seems the trend is here to...
by bobbienoto | Mar 5, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
I realize the world’s most famous weather forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow and declared six more weeks of Winter. I however refuse to except that forecast! This winter has been insane, with my daughter’s university shutting down four times...
by bobbienoto | Feb 23, 2014 | Cakes, Candy, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
It is time for us to have fun and good fortune with a special St. Patty’s Day pot of gold and leprechaun hat created with modeling chocolate tutorial. Dating back to Medieval times, in Europe , the legend of the pot of gold is enthusiastically told by the...
by bobbienoto | Feb 14, 2014 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to share a fun Valentine’s Day tutorial with you (my way of saying Happy Valentine’s Day)! I began by baking up a batch of cupcakes and a batch of royal icing, while the cupcakes were doing their own thing, baking, I used the time to sketch some...
by bobbienoto | Feb 11, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I was recently commissioned to create vintage cupcakes for a wedding. The wedding, itself, will have a turn of the century theme and cupcakes will flow with the theme. The bride graciously invited me to her bridal gown fitting,in order to have the cupcake be inspired...
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 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 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 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 | 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...
by bobbienoto | Oct 5, 2013 | Cakes, Cakes, Tutorials
A little package arrived the other day from Smiley360 Pompeian olive oil, a flexible chopping board and sliding measuring spoon. I racked my brain to create a unique recipe for this product; when I finally had a light bulb go off..Spicy Chocolate-Vanilla Pound Cake....
by bobbienoto | Oct 2, 2013 | Cakes, Cakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I am so pleased to be able to teach you how to paint “Limoges” style roses on a cake, as well as cookies or anything else you might cover in fondant. I am completely infatuated with hand painted fondant; brushstrokes on a smooth fondant surface allows for...
by bobbienoto | Sep 25, 2013 | Cakes, Cakes, Tutorials
While grabbing a few ingredients the other day at the food market I noticed out of the corner of my eye …Blood oranges. I was elated I couldn’t believe my luck, organic blood oranges in September imported from Italy. Generally blood oranges are not...
by bobbienoto | Sep 11, 2013 | Cakes, Cookies, Tutorials, Videos
I had a client contact me after seeing the 1920 Antique Lace Royal Icing Brush Embroidery Clock; inquiring if I could design wedding favor cookies from the Great Gatsby era. Her daughter’s May wedding is fashioned inspired from the movie. I thought hats and hat...
by bobbienoto | Sep 4, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cookies, Tutorials, Videos
Sydney’s favorite book is the Great Gatsby ( by F.Scott Fitzgerald); I had promised her when Baz Luhrmann rendition of the movie was available I would purchase two copies. One copy of the movie for Sydney and one copy for D.F. and I, therefore we could all...
by bobbienoto | Aug 14, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
DF has been going through pound cake withdrawal, as you know from reading past posts DF, my husband, LOVES my pound cake flavor combinations. He was used to having a different flavored pound cake every other week (he would have a piece for breakfast each morning),...
by bobbienoto | Jul 24, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Gluten Free, Home, Spray, Tutorials
I mentioned in the last post Sydney saw Alan Dunn’s Mariposa Lily cake and liked the look; so I created my version of this peaceful spray to adorn the top of a fabric billow weave cake. Mariposa (or “butterfly”) in Spanish are peaceful beautifully...
