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Cake Decorating Escapism in Lockdown… it works!

31st August 2021 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

cake decorating escapism in lockdown

Love your latest book It’s always good to receive positive feedback about a project I’ve worked on, especially when that project has taken over a year to create. Writing a book is a very solitary occupation and it’s not until it’s out in the world that reactions start to slowly filter through. I am always […]

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Filed Under: Book News, Lindy's Cakes News Tagged With: cake decorating, cake decorating book, Cake Inspirations, escapism

Why do we celebrate birthdays and eat birthday cake with candles?

15th January 2021 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

Why do we celebrate birthdays with cake and candles

We all celebrate birthdays but have you ever wondered why that might be? It was my birthday a couple of days ago and it got me thinking…why do we celebrate birthdays and why do we eat cake decorated with candles? Time to do some digging… Timekeeping – a key ingredient to why we celebrate birthdays […]

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A delicious slice of Christmas Cake – lockdown style

5th January 2021 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

Lockdown Christmas Cake by Lindy Smith

It’s a few days after Christmas and finally time to cut into our cake. Like most of us this year I wasn’t able to celebrate with my nearest and dearest, so I created this lockdown cake to bring everyone together. Wishing I could offer you a slice of cake too… Let’s hope we’ll all be […]

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10 quirky, surprising and interesting facts about New Zealand

16th December 2020 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

10 interesting facts about New Zealand

It’s hardly surprising that a country on the other side of the world, one that has been inhabited by humans for ONLY 700 years, is full of the unexpected and quirky. I love travelling, but in these days of Corvid-19 and lockdown restrictions, physically exploring our wider world is not an option for any of […]

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How to cover a cake with sugarpaste

24th November 2020 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

how to cover a cake with sugarpaste

Would you like to be able to cover your Christmas cake in sugarpaste without tearing the icing or leaving bubbles under the paste? Would you like your cake to have a beautifully smooth, silky professional finish with nice sharp top edges? If so, I’ve made the perfect video for you….. Baking and covering introduction This […]

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Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

16th November 2020 by Lindy Smith Leave a Comment

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Have you ever been interviewed for a podcast? I certainly hadn’t until the Sugarcraft Junkies got in touch. Magazine interviews, yes. Newspaper interviews, tick. Radio interviews, definitely. Television interviews, certainly. However, Podcast interviews NO! This podcast interview was an unequivocal first. Yay, episode 10 is out today, and it’s a good one, even if I […]

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