Details of the Kate and Williams official wedding cakes were released after yesterday’s lunchtime wedding reception at Buckingham Palace for 650 close friends and family. The main centrepiece cake was an eight-tiered moist dark fruit cake, covered in sugarpaste with masses of floral and piped details. The fourth tier mirrors details in the room, with […]
Archives for April 2011
Lindy’s New Book Update…
Great news…Lindy’s new book ‘The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible‘ has gone to repro, so is well on the way to be published. Lindy has put a lot of work into this book to bring you a ‘bible’ full of step-by-step techniques, tips and design inspirations that will take your sugarcraft to a whole different level. […]
A Royal Wedding Cake
Oh, the anticipation… I am sure I don’t need to tell you that we at Lindy’s HQ can’t wait to see the Royal Wedding Cake, or should I say cakes! Prince William and Catherine Middleton have each chosen a cake for their big day. A traditional wedding cake will sit alongside the fun, more informal […]
Lindy’s Summer cookie workshop in Rome
25 degrees in the “Eternal City” – what could be more appropriate than a Summer Cookies Workshop? Flip flops, ice cream cones and swimsuits, and still only 1st April! I had been lucky enough to be invited to Rome to assist Lindy with workshops hosted by three lovely Italian ladies, jointly known as 34U. These […]
Yummy Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
Invariably my teenage son and his friends arrive in my kitchen, just as I’m taking a cake or cupcakes out of the oven! They are of course ‘starving’ and simply have to cake…however sometimes I feel very mean, as one of my son’s friends is allergic to eggs – a dry biscuit is not quite […]
First ever Italian wonky cake class!
Wonky cakes have certainly now arrived in Italy!!! My iconic wonky cakes are seen by many as one of the ultimate cake challenges, so with two fully booked wonky cake classes I knew my time in Rome last week was going to be fully occupied. With the help of Jane, my workshop co-ordinator, and the […]