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I was recently asked to contribute the Christmas cover cake design for a new Dutch cake magazine – Mjam Taart! My resulting Christmas tree cake is now in print and on the cover. Hoping you like it… Christmas tree cake I was really pleased with the cake itself, which is decorated using the Patchwork cutters […]
Read MoreCake exhibitions are always a good place to see new cake ideas and to gather inspiration to help you create your own amazing cakes. Cake International at the NEC, a couple of weeks ago, was no exception and although I spent most of my time on the Lindy’s cakes stand I did sneak out a […]
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What a lovely surprise to find out that my dragon cake has won the Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine’s iconic cakes competition. I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled and delighted I am. The magazine describes me as “one of the UK’s best-loved cake decorators” which is both humbling and gratifying. Iconic Cake Competition 2009 […]
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This cake truly deserves a much more glamorous name. I have been baking it since my mother taught me the recipe in the 1980s, an eager teenage cook desperate to emulate my mother’s glorious creations! It has a certain nostalgia in our family appearing at all birthdays and special events through the decades to this […]
Read MoreAll that glitters is … Lindy’s Cake Jewellery Class! Six plain cakes covered in white sugarpaste arrived at Lindy’s workshop this morning… six stunning jewelled cakes left this afternoon. Working with wires, of various widths and strengths Lindy began the class with a thorough explanation and demonstration of how to use them to create garlands […]
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