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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?
Harry the Hare in his edible wildflower meadow is a cake design that I am immensely pleased with. My original idea was to create an Easter bunny amongst grass searching for decorated Easter eggs. However, the timing wasn’t quite right. My cake was being published in a magazine just days before Easter and so I was asked […]
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Searching for answers is part of the human condition. We are constantly searching for answers…answers to satisfy our curiosity, to help us improve and solve our problems. Answers that make our lives easier and more fulfilled. Answers that help us enrich the world in which we live etc. As an author and cake decorator, I […]
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I adore using pretty mandala stencils, they are so easy and effective to use, yet therapeutic at the same time. I believe I first became properly aware of mandala designs when I was researching my early doodle cakes. This discovery, I am sure, influenced me when I created my Colourful Mandala Cake Design Project for Cake Decoration […]
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Last week I revealed some exciting news, the launch of Facebook Supporters – a project I am helping to pilot for Facebook. This project has got me thinking about how important it is that artists and creators everywhere are given the support and freedom they need to do what they do best. So much so, that I […]
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It’s thrilling to be able to finally share with you some rather exciting news. I hope you are going to really love it and want to become involved. Let me begin at the beginning and recount the story of how it all happened. The story of my exciting news Two months ago an email landed in […]
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WOW, I’m a cake blog award winner! What a delightful surprise, on a dull and gloomy Monday, to discover that I am ranked number four in Feedspot’s “Cake Blogs and Websites Every Cake Baker Must Follow” list. I’ve owned a website since 2000 and published my first blog posts in 2009, so I’m no stranger to […]
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I love developing new decorating ideas…it’s very rewarding and satisfying. These particular Easter egg cookies were designed so they could be easily decorated by everyone, no matter what their skill level or age. ‘Have a go’ cookie decorating activity Last weekend I had the great privilege of being invited to run a ‘have a go’ table at […]
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How thrilling, Cake Masters magazine has featured ‘yours truly’ as their cake icon in this months magazine. The March 2018 issue. Last month the magazine featured Alan Dunn and his beautiful life-like sugar flowers, this month it’s me! I feel so honoured, especially as I’m following on from Alan – the ‘King of sugar flowers’. I understand […]
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“As a leader in your field, please tell us your all-time favourite cake commission?” Often there is no obvious answer to questions such as these…favourite cake…favourite technique but a favourite commission is another matter. I know exactly which commission this is…it’s my Paris catwalk fashion cakes. Back in the early noughties, I was approached by […]
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