by | Oct 31, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes-Tutorials, Spray-Tutorials, 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 | Oct 30, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Spray-Tutorials, 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...
by bobbiebakes | Oct 25, 2013 | Cakes-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
This the third series Learn How to Create a Gumpaste Life-Like Rose. In the first two series we completed a rose bud and a partially open rose (the transition phase).On the last video we had taken the rose buds to transitioning from a closed bud to showing their...
by bobbiebakes | Oct 23, 2013 | Home, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
I have posted several tutorials with roses, the response has been wonderful. In fact I have had a plethora of requests to create a video. I wanted to be sure to give you as must detail as possible. I either had to have a VERY long video or compose a series of videos,...
by | Oct 16, 2013 | Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials, Videos
After spending the day at the arboretum picking out the perfect pumpkins and looking at the golden sunflowers I decided to bake up a batch of sugar cookies and paint them with sunflowers and sunflower leaves. Lately, my attention has turned toward edible painting on...
by | Oct 15, 2013 | Cookies-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
Autumn always seems to sneak up upon me; most likely due to Colorado ever changing weather from day to day. Sunday the temperature reached 27 degreesC/ 79 degrees F, and today the high will peak at 1 degree C/ 33 degrees F (It is snowing as I write this post)....
by | Oct 10, 2013 | Cookies-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
Witches, bats, ghosts, and skulls seem to be the theme everywhere, especially on cookies, cakes, and cupcakes during the month of October (due to Halloween). Although they are scary and fun to recreate into a treat, I wanted to design a terrifying symbol I have not...
by | Oct 2, 2013 | Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, 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 | Oct 1, 2013 | Cakes-Tutorials, Cookies-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
This is a continuation to learning how to hand paint on fondant. In the first tutorial, hand painting roses I showed you the one stroke technique of multi-loading a brush to achieve highlights, shadows and color changes in one stroke! The same method can me applied...
by | Sep 30, 2013 | Cakes-Tutorials, Cookies-Tutorials, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Hand painting on edible cookies, cakes, and cupcakes have become extremely popular. Brides love the idea of a fondant covered wedding cake hand painted, the cake becomes a one-of-a-kind exclusive cake for a wedding. Hand painting on fondant, however is not limited to...
by | Sep 11, 2013 | Home, Videos
This is part two of the Fashion Inspired Fondant: Great Gatsby Hat. The royal Icing filigree hatbox. You will need five sugar cookie squares 2-1/2 by 2-1/2 for each hat. As I mention in the Great Gatsby hat post the sugar cookies are for a wedding in May and I thought...
by | Sep 11, 2013 | Cakes, Cookies-Tutorials, 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 bobbiebakes | Sep 4, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cookies-Tutorials, 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...
