I’m now home after my Australian cake adventure… and have lots of pictures, thoughts, tips and ideas from my travels to share with you all. To get the ball rolling, I’m starting with the second workshop I taught at Iced Affair in Sydney – the novelty cake carving class. Cake carving class – cat cake […]
Archives for September 2009
Designer Wedding Cookies Class
‘I haven’t had this much fun in ages’ was one of the comments from a student at Lindy’s Designer Wedding Cookie Class on Friday. I absolutely agree! There was a real buzz amongst the students, it was a stunning day which always gets everyone off to a great start, and the excitement and anticipation were […]
Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-20
Arrived back in the UK safe and sound. I really love to travel but I always look forward to coming home, especially after a good trip! # Learnt that many wedding cakes in Singapore are provided by hotels as part of the wedding package, also that many of these are dummy cakes! # Saw Chinese […]
Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-13
Finished my last dem in Australia. Introduced a very friendly bunch of ladies to cake jewellery, they were fascinated – good way to end # Did you know that sugarpaste or fondant in Australia is known generically at RTR – ready to roll # Starting to feel a bit exhausted…. now been in Australia for […]
Sugar Lily cake class – Sydney
I am having such fun teaching my Australian students that I’ve not had much time to keep you all up to date, except via twitter! However today I’m flying down from Brisbane to Melbourne so you’re in luck – I’ve a few hours to kill! Classes are going swimmingly, I’ve taught quite and few now, […]
What is Gum Tragacanth?
When demonstrating I am often asked to explain the difference between the gums we cake decorators use. When making modelling paste I prefer to use gum tragacanth rather than its synthetic substitute CMC. Basically, because gum tragacanth gives me a firmer paste and I find it easier to work with. How to use Gum Tragacanth […]