Haute Couture comes to Lindy’s Cakes… in the form of handbags! This new workshop, designed by Lindy, was a ‘runway’ success today! Whilst we love our regular workshops, and there will always be themes that are old favourites, it is lovely to work in a new direction. And ‘fashion’ is definitely a new direction for […]
Cake missing in action…I apologise!
My sincere apologies go to Verity, one of our students on our Friday workshop, because I left her cake out of the photograph on our blog yesterday. I am so very sorry Verity. It is rather fabulous for a first cake as you can see…. Verity worked really hard on this workshop and is very […]
Back to basics cake workshop
Seven students…seven good reasons to do Lindy’s Introduction to Celebration cakes… Debbie: “I have never done sugarcraft cakes before but my son is getting married in one month and he wants me to ice the wedding cake!! Argh!!” Verity: “I am getting married next year and I would like to make my own cake…even though […]
Profile of a student…Sarah Dawson
We are always interested, and intrigued, as to what our workshop students do with the skills they take away with them after a Lindy’s course. We get to know our students quite well, especially the ones that are ‘ frequent workshoppers’! Let me introduce you to Sarah Dawson. Sarah is a regular student of […]
Cutwork Mini Cakes Workshop
If there’s one style that, to me at least, epitomises Lindy’s style it’s ‘cutwork‘. The iconic ‘cutwork’ wonky cake is, in my opinion, her finest example. Take this concept one step further… a mini ‘cutwork‘ cake and voila you have something quite special indeed! I love little cakes. Dainty and pretty. Perfect for one or […]
How do I make coral pink sugarpaste?
We are often asked how to create the sugarpaste colours featured in Lindy’s ‘Pastel Flower Tower’ wonky cake – the one that’s featured on the front cover of her ‘Cakes to Inspire and Desire’ book. There are two approaches to getting the right coloured paste – full details given below. To create the coral pink […]