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, […]
Archives for 2009
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 […]
Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-06
Students did well, lovely colour combinations – fuschia, black and white, brown and dusty pink, wonder what tomorrows wonky class will bring # Teaching my Op Art cake today in Brisbane, this is going to be slightly different for the students, wonder how they’ll get on? # Met some very intersting cake decorators today at […]
Spiced Orange Cookie Recipe
At the recent cake decorators seminar in Sydney, I demonstrated how to decorate a selection of my cookie designs. This relatively new idea to Australian’s seems to have gone down a treat. Due to multiple requests for a good recipe, below you will find my favourite spiced orange cookie recipe from my ‘Bake me I’m […]
Lindy’s Book Signing in Brisbane
If you’ve been following me on Twitter you’ll know that I’m now in Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. Today was my first official appointment here, a book signing at Kitchenware Plus – a fabulous kitchenware store on the Pacific Highway at Loganholme. I spent a delightful morning talking to a variety of their customers, who […]
Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-08-30
Did you know sugarpaste originated in Australia? I’m told that it’s popularity was spread by the Country Women’s Association in the 1950’s # If you are in Sydney and you’d like to see me dem my op art cake tomorrow evening, please contact Iced Affair http://www.icedaffair.com.au/ # My students created some fantastic cat cakes today. […]