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I knew Lindy was never going to be artistically content with plain coloured sugarpaste! Famous for her eye catching colour combinations Lindy has blended her love of colour with her love of pattern and design, taking sugarcraft to a new level of gorgeousness. For the first time ever we bring you a workshop uniquely focused […]
“Sharpen up Afternoon tea” is the title of an article that has just appeared in the BBC’s Olive magazine, June 2011 issue – if you are not familiar with this publication, olive is a stylish, monthly magazine for food lovers. It is beautifully presented and brimming full of culinary ideas. You will see from the […]
“Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment” is a quote from Claude Monet, the founder of French impressionist painting…And yesterday I had to agree with him! I am sure many of you know that I love to use colour on my cakes and I like to try new combinations to see what I can […]
The workshop team at Lindy’s Cakes all love Fridays, it’s our chance to have a little fun and to inspire our students to have as much pleasure from cake decorating as we do!! Yesterday was no exception, in fact it was one of my favourite classes – carving and decorating a handbag cake, also known […]
We are delighted to share with you this winning ube cake recipe. The recipe is our winner of the ‘best cake recipe‘ category in our recent Lindy’s Cakes creative writing competition. The cake is not only unique but also very special to the winner, Cecille Leano Sia from Manila, Philippines. Read all about in her […]
We are thrilled to bring you the second of our winners in our ‘Creative Writing Competition’. We loved this entry by Cecille Sia in the ‘Best Cake Recipe’ category. Cecille is one of our international cake friends and customer! She is from Manila in the Philippines, she grew up in the UK and says that her […]
This was an eagerly anticipated workshop by Lindy and the workshop team, and we weren’t disappointed. The new Lindy Smith ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ workshop was an absolute joy! The ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ idea is based on the Victorian wedding tradition of hanging handmade balls of flowers in archways, doorways or outdoors. They were also carried […]