by | Mar 21, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Recipes, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos
Generally blossom flowers are considered as a filler flower; however the exquisiteness of Cherry Blossoms puts the flower in a class above the rest. There are not many flowers that can compete with dreaminess of the cherry blossom. If the alluring pink colour...
by | Mar 12, 2014 | Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
Easter is just around the corner and every year I create special Easter baskets filled with custom cookies,candies, and other treats. I found this large egg cookie cutter and visioned an exquisite frilled sugar cookie with a light ombre effect. After applying the...
by | Mar 10, 2014 | Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Recipes, Tutorials, Videos
I adore how intricate, unique and artistic celebration cakes have become! It seams the skies the limit, more often we are seeing cakes with vision and uniqueness. Hand painted cakes have become a trend over the past couple of years and it seems the trend is here to...
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 | Mar 2, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
EVERYBODY’S GOT AN OPINION. When it comes to the Academy Awards’ red carpet, that’s about 40 million or more will be handing down judgments about this actress’s ill-fitting dress or that one’s overly done. It’s enough to give both...
by | Feb 28, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, Tutorials, Videos
Creating edible figures for cake toppers is a popular cake decorating technique. Lately pregnant mommies for baby showers have been showing up all over the internet. Brides and grooms are also a favorite. There are many mediums that can be used for sculpting these fun...
by | Feb 24, 2014 | Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
The world of cake decorating has exploded with new techniques and methods. Over the past 25 years or so cake decorating has evolved, from simple cakes that were made mainly for flavor, to complex, multi-layered, multi-tiered delicacies that are shaped like realistic...
by bobbiebakes | Feb 19, 2014 | Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, Tutorials, Videos
I thought it might be fun to learn a new method of brush embroidery..Victorian brush embroidery. Although the name sounds fancy the technique to create victorian brush embroidery is quite simple. Victorian brush embroidery generally is applied with two colours of...
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 | Feb 9, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
The 86th Oscars will be held on March 2, 2014 with Ellen DeGeneres hosting. The anticipation for those few minutes the actors/directors et cetra will walk the Red Carpet starts with finding the perfect designer and commission them to create a one of a kind dress. The...
by bobbiebakes | Feb 4, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
The key to an original inspired fashion cake is having a keen sense of the world around us. Nothing is insufficient from vintage craved fireplace, to the card you received on your birthday. I once found inspiration from an antique vanity. The colors that grab your...
by | Feb 1, 2014 | Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, Tutorials, Videos
Tomorrow at 4:30 kick off will begin for Super Bowl XLVIII. Payton Manning and Russell Wilson will be face to face in New Jersey at the MetLife stadium (freezing there tush off). Unlike Super Bowl I, where The Green Bay Packer’s quarterback Bart Starr and The...
by bobbienoto | Jan 29, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials
I just adore tufted billow weave on a cake, and have decorated quite a few cakes with the tufted billow weave method. Susan Trianos started the puffing trend and it would behove you to visit her website. She has an exquisite cake gallery! Back to the cake above: after...
by | Jan 27, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Home, Recipes, Tutorials, Videos
I know I have gone cake decorating “crazy” when I see an ice cream cone and instead of thinking what flavor ice cream I want; I picture a vase holding long stem modeling chocolate roses. My husband wanted to grab ice cream on Saturday due to our unusual...
by bobbiebakes | Jan 25, 2014 | Home
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 | Jan 24, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Videos
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 | Jan 22, 2014 | Cookies-Tutorials, 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 | 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...
