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...
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 27, 2013 | Home, x
Sydney loves bows on boxes, she thought a three tier gift box cake with whimsical flowers, swirls, and of course bows would be an awesome New Year’s Eve cake! We wanted each tier to have it’s own special gift, the bottom is filled with peace, the middle...
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 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 | Dec 3, 2013 | Candy, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I can remember watching Dr.Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” every December since I was little. The 1957 book was adapted into a short film during the 1960’s. It alway mesmerized me, these cupcake where inspired by The Grinch. You...
by bobbienoto | Nov 26, 2013 | Guest Blog, Home
When Heather Saffer asked me if I would be apart of her holiday blog tour I was more than willing to have Heather Saffer as a guest. If you are unfamiliar with Heather Saffer, she was a winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, and has recently released a book...
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...
