After eight weeks of baking heaven, the BBC’s ‘Great British Bake Off ‘ has come to an end with Joanne Wheatley pronounced the 2011 winner. The show started with twelve amateur bakers who battled it out against each other, during eight weeks of challenging tasks under intense pressure. Joanne Wheatley, Holly Bell and Mary-Anne Boermans […]
Archives for 2011
Lindy’s ‘contemporary cake decorating bible’ has ARRIVED!
It’s so exciting my ‘Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible’ is here! It’s big, it’s heavy and it’s jammed packed full of techniques to try and ideas to inspire. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been receiving some lovely comments via our Facebook page, twitter, email etc so I thought I’d share a small selection with […]
Introduction to Celebration cakes – 16th Sept 2011
Yay… our Autumn Winter collection of workshops have started ! ‘Introduction to celebration cakes’ is one of my favorite classes because our students arrive with a basic knowledge of sugarcraft, sometimes not even that, and leave with a beautifully covered cake and a pocketful of hints & tips. Lindy has perfected the step-by-step style of […]
Lindy’s passion fruit cupcake recipe to bake, decorate and enjoy
I recently discovered a passion fruit cupcake recipe, one I picked up in a supermarket on a trip to Singapore. I have always adored passion fruit, such a fabulous flavour, so exotic and tangy, so I knew I simply had to bake this recipe. It was a big success, so I’m sharing this delightful recipe, […]
Cookie pops or biscuits on sticks – what fun!!!
I’ve made cookies on sticks on many occasions as children, particularly, seem to adore the novelty value of eating a cookie as if it was a lollipop! In my very popular ‘bake me I’m yours…cookie‘ book I included two examples, with my favourite being my ‘up, up and away’ ballooon cookies – so easy to […]
Decorating cookies – Millie’s style
I saw a different form of cookie decorating last week – what would you create with soft cookie dough, piping consistency icing in 4 flavours (caramel, vanilla, chocolate and raspberry), smarties, marshmallows, glace cherries and sprinkles?? Any ideas? I really enjoy decorating cookies, so when asked to be a ‘celebrity’ judge for the in house […]