Cake International… the sugarcraft event of the year… what a show… we were there… and it was AMAZING! There was an effervescent buzz around our stand within minutes of the doors opening that it made us newbies at Lindy’s Cakes realise what a huge following Lindy has. We hardly had time to come up for air but managed to […]
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Cake International is this weekend!
It’s the big event in the diary of all Sugarcrafters! The Cake International Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham kicks off this weekend, 7th & 8th November. Lindy’s Cakes HQ is buzzing as we prepare for our 7th appearance at this prestigious event. We are building our biggest stand ever to showcase Lindy’s work and show […]
Lindy’s dragon cake wins ‘iconic cake’ competition
What a lovely surprise to find out that my dragon cake has won the Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine’s iconic cakes competition. I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled and delighted I am. The magazine describes me as “one of the UK’s best-loved cake decorators” which is both humbling and gratifying. Iconic cake competition 2009 […]
Kiwi Rachel’s Quick Chocolate Cake!
This cake truly deserves a much more glamorous name. I have been baking it since my mother taught me the recipe in the 1980s, an eager teenage cook desperate to emulate my mother’s glorious creations! It has a certain nostalgia in our family appearing at all birthdays and special events through the decades to this […]
Cake Jewellery Workshop
All that glitters is … Lindy’s Cake Jewellery Class! Six plain cakes covered in white sugarpaste arrived at Lindy’s workshop this morning… six stunning jewelled cakes left this afternoon. Working with wires, of various widths and strengths Lindy began the class with a thorough explanation and demonstration of how to use them to create garlands […]
Cat Novelty Cake Workshop
‘This is the perfect day out’ remarked a student on this ever popular novelty cake course. The cat cake is an excellent course for the beginner to intermediate sugarcrafter. Lindy got things started by getting the students to cover their cake boards. The ladies used lovely shades of pinks & purples, the perfect background for a […]