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Lindy’s Blog

Lindy's Cakes Blog

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Passionate about being creative and love sugarcraft? You are absolutely in the right place!
Discover posts to inspire and excite you... News, insights, sneaky peaks from behind the scenes, delicious tried and tested cake recipes, cake decorating video tutorials etc... Lindy also regularity shares her thoughts, ideas and knowledge with you, exploring topics such as success and creativity. What will you discover?

cake decorating escapism in lockdown

Cake Decorating Escapism in Lockdown… it works!

By Lindy Smith | 31st August 2021 | 0 Comments

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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Why do we celebrate birthdays with cake and candles

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

By Lindy Smith | 15th January 2021 | 0 Comments

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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Lockdown Christmas Cake by Lindy Smith

A delicious slice of Christmas Cake – lockdown style

By Lindy Smith | 5th January 2021 | 0 Comments

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 interesting facts about New Zealand

10 quirky, surprising and interesting facts about New Zealand

By Lindy Smith | 16th December 2020 | 0 Comments

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

How to cover a cake with sugarpaste

By Lindy Smith | 24th November 2020 | 0 Comments

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 smith poscast interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

By Lindy Smith | 16th November 2020 | 0 Comments

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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How to marzipan a double height fruit cake

How to marzipan a double-height fruit cake

By Lindy Smith | 13th November 2020 | 0 Comments

The festive season is almost here again, so it’s time to bake, marzipan and cover our fruit cakes. Like all fashions, fashions in cake change. The current trend is bake and stack two smaller cakes to give a taller double-height finish. In this blog, I cover the basics of how to marzipan these double-height staked […]

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lockdown launch for Lindy's One Tier Party Cakes

Lockdown Launch – One Tier Party Cakes 2020

By Lindy Smith | 3rd November 2020 | 0 Comments

Lockdown launch – Publication Day for ‘One Tier Party Cakes’, a day when a normal book launch isn’t possible… Lockdown Launch – what is possible? At the book planning stage no one, of course, had ever heard of Coronavirus. Nor dreamt about the impact it would have on our everyday lives. So many things have […]

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dancing in the rain cake inspiration interview

Cake inspiration interview – ‘Dancing in the Rain’ by Lindy Smith

By Lindy Smith | 28th October 2020 | 0 Comments

I know that everyone loves to hear the stories and inspiration behind the cake designs I create. My latest book ‘One Tier Party Cakes’ gives you a little bit of an insight into the twelve unique designs it contains, however, I thought you might like to hear a little more… Cake inspiration interview Below you […]

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How to line a round cake tin

Basics of baking: How to line a round cake tin

By Lindy Smith | 4th October 2020 | 1 Comment

Are you struggling to line your round cake tins? My daughter Charlotte, tells me she can never remember how it’s done! If this is you too, let me demystify the art how to line a round cake tin. It’s not really as difficult or time-consuming as you may think. There are a number of approaches […]

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Award winning, best-selling author and sugarcraft artist, who loves to design beautiful colourful cakes, inspire, teach and supply you with her own range of quality cake decorating products. Read More…

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