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 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 | 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....
by bobbienoto | Oct 10, 2012 | Cakes, Family Hour, Tutorials
The holiday season has officially begun with the month of October and Halloween; from now until Jan 1st celebrations will be happening each month. This month we have the opportunity to dress in costume, eat amazing goodies, help with school Halloween parties, and...
by bobbienoto | Sep 29, 2012 | Cakes, Candies, Gluten Free, Tutorials
Sydney and I were asked to create Daffodil cupcakes for a wedding, the daffodil happens to be the bride’s favorite flower.The bride, Tara wanted cupcakes in lieu of a traditional wedding cake, I must admit this was the first wedding Sydney and I prepared...
by bobbienoto | Sep 19, 2012 | Cakes, Family Hour, Tutorials
Pound cakes are so popular I decided to welcome the changing season (early September 22, 2012 the Fall season begins) with a blood orange white chocolate pound cake. As many of you already know DF enjoys pound cake; Sydney and I were lucky to be able to photograph...
by bobbienoto | Sep 12, 2012 | Cakes, Inspirational, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
I will warn you ahead of time, this will be a heartfelt article, if you want to jump to the cake recipe/instructions please feel free. Sydney, my miracle child after ten miscarriages, turned twenty. I know every parent claims time passes quickly, but her twenty years...
by bobbienoto | Aug 15, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Family Hour, featured, Tutorials
Sydney and I are always on the look for new tips/tubes for our kitchen; I happened to purchase a set with a #070 ruffle tip/tube. We had worked with quite a few of the ruffle tips/tubes, however we hadn’t had the opportunity to work with tip/tube #070,...
by bobbienoto | Aug 9, 2012 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Candies, featured, Home, Inspirational, Tutorials
Piping daisies for years has been my nemesis, this past weekend I was asked to create royal icing daisies decorations for cupcakes, for a baby shower. I must admit I thought of trying to talk the expectant mother into another royal icing flower or fondant daisies. I...
by bobbienoto | Jul 4, 2012 | Cakes, Tutorials
We, the entire family, were invited to spend an Old Fashion Fourth of July in Aspen, with some friends. Although due to the fire danger in the mountains the  Annual Fireworks Extravaganza has been canceled, it should still be a fun holiday.  Aspen is known for...
by bobbienoto | Jun 27, 2012 | Cakes, Home, Tutorials
Cakes come in all sizes and designs, some are elegant for a christening, engagement, or wedding. Some are wacky for birthday parties or celebrations. Others are designed to look like flowers in a vase; I could go on and on, but that might bore you. Sydney and I...
by bobbienoto | Jun 20, 2012 | Cakes, Home, x
With summer starting off in the 90 degree heat and a hail storm that plummeted softball size ice rounds, baking a rose chocolate marbled cake seemed atropos to our day. Warm and sweet in the early afternoon, like the rose cream part of the cake; Â and a stormy wild...
by bobbienoto | Jun 10, 2012 | Cakes, General Information, Tutorials
Almost everyone has their favorite type of cake, but might not realize the different methods used for baking cakes. Mine is an  Angel Food Cake, strawberry, is my ultimate favorite flavor! Angel Food cake is a egg white, fat free foam cake. Sydney’s happens to...
by bobbienoto | May 30, 2012 | Cakes, Inspirational, x
A friend of mine, Andie shared with us that her parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past memorial day and she asked Sydney and I if we could design an elegant cake for their party. I have known Andie’s parents more than half my life; I was...
by bobbienoto | May 28, 2012 | Cakes, Tutorials
Sydney and I were having pedicures when the woman in the next pedicure bath next to us over heard me talking and asked how can buttercream be frosted smooth. At first I was confused, but Sydney knew exactly what she was asking. After about 20 minutes of listening to...
by bobbienoto | May 23, 2012 | Cakes, Home, x
A while back Sydney, DF and I were on vacation, while dining at a favorite restaurant we were offered a piece of chocolate belgium cake. My eyes widened  as my tastebuds danced with delight. The cake was moist rich and almost sinful; I realized Sydney was having the...
by bobbienoto | May 16, 2012 | Cakes, Pastries and Viennoiseries, x
Last week a client, who is also my accountant, asked if I could bake a special dessert for a baby shower she was attending. Madeleines were the first pastry that came to mind. Â Madeleines are a french petit gateaux (little cakes) with a light delicate taste. The first...
