by | Jun 26, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Gluten Free, Home, Tutorials
Sydney flew home this paste weekend to help teach a platform shoe class on Friday and demo how to create a sugar paste/ fondant shoe. We hadn’t had the opportunity to work together since spring break; it was wonderful to create the shoes with her. I had already...
by | Jun 19, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
Exciting and eloquent fashions from Stephane Rolland’s Spring/Summer Haute Couture Collection during Paris Fashion Spring Week, 2013-14. The collection is immediately recognizable as Stephane Rolland designs. The angular shapes, strong emphasis on curves, and floral...
by | Jun 13, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
Sydney has been asking me if we could create a sugarpaste full blown rose spray for a cake for sometime now. I figured with Roses being June’s flower now would be perfect. I based the roses for this cake after the Glowing Peace Rose, named after its grandparent...
by | Jun 5, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
About two weeks past, I posted a tutorial on how to create an open sugar paste Peony, since then I have had serval requests asking how to create the Tuberose in the peony spray. I chose Tuberoses for their dainty appearance, and the Tuberose is a flower that is both...
by | May 30, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
Pansies are vibrant, breathe taking, fragrant, an edible bloom and the flower most people take for granite. The pansy is linked forever to the viola, its ancestor, violas includes both pansies and violets, violets most loved for their perkiness and the their pretty...
by bobbiebakes | May 22, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Products, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
While Sydney was home this past weekend, for a VERY short time, we visited the Botanical gardens. As we walked around the flowers and greenery I saw a Flamboyant Mayflower and became mesmerized by it’s beauty! The Flamboyant Mayflower is known for its...
by | May 1, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Products, Tutorials
I posted a few days ago Sydney will be turning 21, and I am creating a few different cakes for her to choose from for her party. This is the first cake for her to view. This cake is a billow weave, Susan Trianos has a wonderful video explaining how she creates a...
by | Apr 27, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Products, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
I love a full open rose sitting on top of a cake. It is a simple touch of elegance. I had planned on designing a few cakes for Sydney to choose from for 21st birthday party. The first element I need is for her to choose from is the type of topper; she is leaning...
by | Apr 24, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Products, Tutorials
It would seem Colorado wants to hold onto winter, we have had 3 major snow storms every Tuesday for the last 3 weeks; today we finally seem to be warming up. I thought if I decorated some daisy cupcakes I might give colorado a punch in the arm, so to speak. If know...
by | Apr 17, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Products, Tutorials
I was organizing my cookie cutters, and I came across a beautiful copper corset cookie cutter Sydney had given last summer. I couldn’t believe I had not used it yet. Since Sydney loves fondant I covered them in strawberry flavored and mocha-cinnamon fondant,...
by | Apr 2, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, featured, Gluten Free, Tutorials
Shoes are the number one accessory; women brag about how many pairs of shoes they have in their closet. Mariah Carey had Mario Buatta design an elegant space with gold-leaf and bleached-wood floors for her stilettos. Although my husband has to share his closet with my...
by | Mar 27, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, featured, Home, Tutorials
I was showing Sydney a two tone royal icing brush embroidery (that is a mouthful), and she thought the cookies would be a wonderful dessert to create for Mother’s Day. I must say I agree, the cookies would look exquisite in a clear top box with a blush pink...
by | Mar 20, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, 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 | Mar 13, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, 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 | Mar 6, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes-Tutorials, 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 | Feb 22, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, 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 | Jan 23, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Candies, Cupcakes-Tutorials, 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 | Jan 9, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, 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 | Jan 2, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Family Hour, French Macarons, Inspirational
Sydney and I are presently working on a very special post, but in the meantime we thought it might be fun to revisit 2012. We were blessed with an amazing friend who travels home, to Japan, twice a year, and generously brought us back a plethora of cherry blossom...
by bobbiebakes | 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...
