by bobbiebakes | Apr 20, 2015 | Cake Decorating, Cakes-Tutorials, Cookies-Tutorials, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Spray-Tutorials, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Videos
These adorable roses are made using a cocktail stick/toothpick. Once you have mastered piping roses using the cocktail stick technique you’ll never go back to a flower nail head (this method also works with buttercream). You can pipe very small or large...
by bobbiebakes | Mar 26, 2015 | Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Videos
I love finding cookie cutters that have multiple uses. The fluted copper egg cutter from Copper Gifts is one of my favorites. I have use the fluted egg cutter for dozens of designs, through out the year. The cookie above is an exquisite frilled sugar cookie with a...
by bobbiebakes | Nov 12, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cupcakes-Tutorials, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Christmas time seems to bring out my inner child. I remember waiting for Santa Claus is Coming To Town to air every year (this was prior to VHS and DVDs). I could not wait to see Fred Astaire (he happens to be in another favorite Christmas movie, Holiday Inn) narrate...
by bobbiebakes | Oct 27, 2014 | Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Recipes, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
This Halloween I have created a “Bewitched” inspired sugar cookie. I have been a fan of Elizabeth Montgomery since I was quite young. Bewitched aired in 1964, prior to my birth, however WGN Chicago showed reruns every afternoon. I would arrive home from...
by bobbiebakes | Sep 10, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Home, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
Over the past few years I have been fortunate to meet some amazing people through social networking. Last January I become friendly with a wonderful lady on Pinterest, she asked me if I would create all the confections for an Autumn wedding. She wanted a dessert; I’m...
by bobbiebakes | Aug 27, 2014 | Cookies-Tutorials, Spray-Tutorials, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Videos
Last week was one of those crazy weeks, you know when adding an extra task makes you want to pull your hair out of your head. During my hectic week a friend needed 2 1/2 dozen cookies for a baby shower and asked if I could create them. Of course I didn’t...
by bobbiebakes | Jun 2, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Recipes, Sugar Art-Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos
Royal icing piped roses are generally quicker to learn how to create than flower paste roses. Although the flower paste roses can be designed to be life like, they are intricate, complex, and can take several days to finish. Once you master the piping technique of...
by bobbiebakes | Apr 30, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies-Tutorials, Spray-Tutorials, Tutorials
I love orchids of all kinds, they have majestic beauty. Depending on the size of the orchid (there are around 25,000- 35,000 species of orchids), they can be a filler flower or the focus flower on wedding cake. In this case I have taken tiny orchid, the Spathoglottis...
by bobbiebakes | Apr 23, 2014 | Cookies-Tutorials, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos
I was asked to create lingerie cookies for a bridal shower. There is fine line when you design lingerie cakes/cookies for bachelorette parties and/or bridal showers. You don’t want anything too risqué, that might offend a mother-in-law to be (for example), yet...
by bobbiebakes | Apr 7, 2014 | Cookies and brownies, Cookies-Tutorials, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Videos
I wanted to share a few cookies that I created this past weekend. I was hired by a neighbor from my past,(high school to be exact), who wanted some cookies for a church auction. She had seen my parrot tulips on Facebook and wanted me to design three dozen hand...
by bobbiebakes | Mar 28, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies and brownies, Tutorials, Videos
Hand painting on cookies/cakes (either covered in fondant or royal icing) are edible works of art. You can choose to paint a simple design or ornately elegant complex wedding flowers. Almost any design is stunning to look at. Like most cake decorating techniques, the...
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 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 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 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 | 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 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 | 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...
