by | Mar 5, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
I realize the world’s most famous weather forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow and declared six more weeks of Winter. I however refuse to except that forecast! This winter has been insane, with my daughter’s university shutting down four times...
by | Feb 23, 2014 | Cakes, Candy-Tutorials, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
It is time for us to have fun and good fortune with a special St. Patty’s Day pot of gold and leprechaun hat created with modeling chocolate tutorial. Dating back to Medieval times, in Europe , the legend of the pot of gold is enthusiastically told by the...
by bobbiebakes | Feb 14, 2014 | Cakes, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to share a fun Valentine’s Day tutorial with you (my way of saying Happy Valentine’s Day)! I began by baking up a batch of cupcakes and a batch of royal icing, while the cupcakes were doing their own thing, baking, I used the time to sketch some...
by | Jan 20, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 bobbiebakes | Jan 18, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 | Jan 15, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Videos
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 | Jan 13, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes-Tutorials, 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 | Jan 5, 2014 | Cakes, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 | Dec 19, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Candies, Candy-Tutorials, 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 | Dec 16, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 | Dec 15, 2013 | Candies, Candy-Tutorials, Tutorials
Glacé fruit is no ordinary gift, it takes at least 3 days to properly candied the citrus fruit, however the succulent taste is well worth the effort. Purchasing glacé fruit can cost at least $60.00 for 2 pounds, therefore when the recipient of the glacé fruit receives...
by | Aug 18, 2011 | Cakes, Home
Well, it is birthday week again in the Noto home. Though each birthday is special, Sydney’s week always is a little more exceptional, and this is her nineteenth birthday. Time seems to leap, gallop, and sprint by, as each year passes. It was only a blink away...
by | Mar 5, 2011 | Home, Mousse Cakes, Pastries and Viennoiseries
My Chocolate friends are waiting I’m always the last dressed and ready! All Dressed Up Since every year my Oscar invitation seems to get lost in the mail, rather then sitting around and sulking I implemented my own Oscar bash about 10 years ago! I am sure...
by | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each year our family takes turns picking out what our Christmas dinner will consist of; this year Sydney is the person to choose the main course and it is my turn to choose all of the desserts (generally there are about three different ones). Lucky me! Last year...
by | Nov 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
The DF birthday week has reached it’s conclusion, DF will finally have his “Boston Cream Pie.” The celebration week started with a scrumptious Chocolate Genoise Cake with a Raspberry Crème Fraiche filling covered in a Marshmallow Meringue Frosting...
by | Nov 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the last 23 years my family has had a wondrous tradition: each member of our family has a week of celebrating his or her birthday, (we refer to this tradition as “BIRTHDAY WEEK”). The actually story behind this fabulous tradition started with a blunder...
