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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?

how to cover a cake with sugarpaste

How to cover a cake with sugarpaste

By Lindy Smith | 24th November 2020 | Comments Off on 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 smith poscast interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

By Lindy Smith | 16th November 2020 | Comments Off on Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies

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 | 1 Comment

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 | Comments Off on Lockdown Launch – One Tier Party Cakes 2020

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 | Comments Off on Cake inspiration interview – ‘Dancing in the Rain’ by Lindy Smith

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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new book teaser

One Tier Party Cakes – New Book Teaser

By Lindy Smith | 18th September 2020 | Comments Off on One Tier Party Cakes – New Book Teaser

How exciting…I now have my hands on an advanced copy of my NEW book. I always love the moment a new book arrives. Months and months of hard work suddenly becoming something tangible, something you can touch and share. Finally seeing my latest creations in print is always a proud and very special moment too. […]

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Seeing cakes in colour - a new perspective by Lindy Smith

Seeing cakes in colour – a new perspective

By Lindy Smith | 27th August 2020 | 1 Comment

I have a question for you…what colour are the stripes on this cap? I’m asking because this is an ongoing discussion in my household. Now, I see orange but I’m told, in no uncertain terms, it’s pink – REALLY!!! In the sugarcraft world, I’m known for my use of colour, colour is my speciality. I’ve […]

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How to paint with cocoa butter by Lindy Smith

How to paint with cocoa butter – a beginners guide

By Lindy Smith | 28th July 2020 | 4 Comments

In sugarcraft, painting with cocoa butter is a relatively new technique. It certainly wasn’t around when I wrote my best-selling ‘Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible’ 10 years ago. However, I wish it had been! It’s a fabulous technique and for me, at least, it is now my favourite way of painting on cakes and cookies. I […]

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fascinating facts about honeybees

Fascinating facts about honeybees

By Lindy Smith | 18th July 2020 | Comments Off on Fascinating facts about honeybees

I often use honey in my baking but have never given much thought to where this honey comes from…until now! So what have I learnt? Well, let me share some of the fascinating facts about honeybees that I’ve discovered. Honey fact: Did you know that to produce a pound jar of honey, honeybees have to […]

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