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 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 24, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Tutorials, Videos
I adore snow globes, they are all over our house. This year I wanted to capture Sydney’s first experience at the Nutcracker. She was barely two and although we had wonderful seats, she couldn’t see more than the shadows on the stage. I used a royal icing...
by bobbienoto | Dec 19, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Candies, Candy, Tutorials, Videos
I just had to share this fun and life-like Christmas tree piped with royal icing (including the ornaments)! Literally the entire tree including the drying time in between the leaves and the ornaments took 30 minutes, yet these christmas trees have a wow factor. After...
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 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 | Dec 1, 2013 | Cupcakes, Tutorials, Videos
I was asked to design Santa Claus cupcakes for a client’s office party, as luck would have it Sydney was home for Thanksgiving break. I must admit it was exhilarating to be baking along side Sydney. I love when we work as a team and I take full advantage of our...
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...
by bobbienoto | Nov 13, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Gluten Free, Tutorials, Videos
I was asked by a friend if I could bake him a batch of gluten free sugar cookies. I have baked several pastries in the past that were gluten free (mostly bread and pastries), but I realized I had never tried to bake a batch of gluten free sugar cookies. I realized...
by bobbienoto | Nov 11, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to compose a unique Christmas video tutorial to start the holidays off with you. Sugar cookie christmas cards seemed to “fit the bill.” Who wouldn’t want a sugar cookie card? It is edible, personally designed for a special person in your...
by bobbienoto | Nov 7, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
With Autumn fully here I decided it might be fun to create some sugar cookie oak leaves with autumn colours. An airbrush is a wonderful method for cake decorating fondant or royal icing. With the airbrush method you have the option to layer a multitude of colors and...
by bobbienoto | Nov 6, 2013 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to create cornucopia sugar cookies for edible place cards on our Thanksgiving table; only I found I did not own a cornucopia cookie cutter. I wasn’t going to let that stop me I went into my cookie cutter storage drawers and found two cookie cutters to...
by bobbienoto | Oct 31, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
I promise on yesterday’s post “Take Your Sugar Rose to Ultimate Level with wired Petals” to add a bonus video: adding calyx and rose hips. Generally in a finished spray the calyx and rose hips are only sightly visible on an open rose or a fully open...
by bobbienoto | Oct 30, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Well, we finally are ready to take our gumpaste roses to fully open from open rose (the fourth stage). In the spray above I have one bud, 2 partially open roses, 4 open roses, and 3 fully open roses. To achieve a realistic fully open rose I will show you how to wire...
