by bobbiebakes | Apr 11, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos
Pansies always fascinated my grandma she loved Spring and all the beautiful blooming flowers. Last night my beloved grandma past away, she was 101 years old. She blessed me with amazing stories of her life, her optimistic outlook, and her wisdom. She was the person...
by bobbiebakes | Mar 26, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Recipes, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos
While having a girl’s day out with Sydney, we noticed a cake in the window of Hyde Park Jewelers, that appeared to be inspired by Vera Wang. Her spatular ruffle dresses are beautifully breathtaking, romanic and classy; which is the perfect inspiration for cake...
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 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 | 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 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 bobbiebakes | Jan 25, 2014 | Home, x
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, x
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 15, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, 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 | Jan 9, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes-Tutorials, 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 bobbiebakes | Jan 7, 2014 | Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 | 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 30, 2013 | Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, 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 | Dec 24, 2013 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, 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 | 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...
