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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?

Cat Novelty Cake Workshop

By Lindys Team | 26th October 2009 | Comments Off on Cat Novelty Cake Workshop

‘This is the perfect day out’ remarked a student on this ever popular novelty cake course. The cat cake is an excellent course for the beginner to intermediate sugarcrafter. Lindy got things started by getting the students to cover their cake boards. The ladies used lovely shades of pinks & purples, the perfect background for a […]

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whale of a time cake carving class by Lindy Smith - a students view

Whale Novelty Cake Workshop taught by Lindy Smith

By Lindys Team | 20th October 2009 | 2 Comments

Today I had a day off work to attend one of Lindy’s courses, today I made a whale cake, today I got totally hooked on sugarcrafting, today it all made sense! There’s no going back!  Having said to Lindy that even if my whale turned out like a blue blob my little boys would love it, […]

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Beginners Celebration Cakes Class

By Lindys Team | 6th October 2009 | Comments Off on Beginners Celebration Cakes Class

Eight keen students embarked on their introduction to celebration cakes workshop and eight fabulous cakes were created! Lindy got things underway by introducing the students to sugarpaste. She did a taste test of four different makes of sugarpastes to show how they can differ and to see which one the ladies liked the best. She then moved […]

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Cat cake carving workshop, Sydney

By Lindy Smith | 30th September 2009 | 3 Comments

I’m now home after my Australian cake adventure… and have lots of pictures, thoughts, tips and ideas from my travels to share with you all.  To get the ball rolling, I’m starting with the second workshop I taught at Iced Affair in Sydney – the novelty cake carving class. Cake carving class – cat cake […]

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Designer Wedding Cookies Class

By Lindys Team | 29th September 2009 | 3 Comments

‘I haven’t had this much fun in ages’ was one of the comments from a student at Lindy’s Designer Wedding Cookie Class on Friday. I absolutely agree! There was a real buzz amongst the students, it was a stunning day which always gets everyone off to a great start, and the excitement and anticipation were […]

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Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-20

By Lindy Smith | 20th September 2009 | 1 Comment

Arrived back in the UK safe and sound. I really love to travel but I always look forward to coming home, especially after a good trip! # Learnt that many wedding cakes in Singapore are provided by hotels as part of the wedding package, also that many of these are dummy cakes! # Saw Chinese […]

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Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-13

By Lindy Smith | 13th September 2009 | Comments Off on Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-13

Finished my last dem in Australia. Introduced a very friendly bunch of ladies to cake jewellery, they were fascinated – good way to end # Did you know that sugarpaste or fondant in Australia is known generically at RTR – ready to roll # Starting to feel a bit exhausted…. now been in Australia for […]

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Sugar Lily cake class – Sydney

By Lindy Smith | 9th September 2009 | 8 Comments

I am having such fun teaching my Australian students that I’ve not had much time to keep you all up to date, except via twitter! However today I’m flying down from Brisbane to Melbourne so you’re in luck – I’ve a few hours to kill! Classes are going swimmingly, I’ve taught quite and few now, […]

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what is gum tragacanth

What is Gum Tragacanth?

By Lindy Smith | 7th September 2009 | 89 Comments

When demonstrating I am often asked to explain the difference between the gums we cake decorators use. When making modelling paste I prefer to use gum tragacanth rather than its synthetic substitute CMC. Basically, because gum tragacanth gives me a firmer paste and I find it easier to work with. How to use Gum Tragacanth […]

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Aussie Tweets – Week 2009-09-06

By Lindy Smith | 6th September 2009 | 3 Comments

Students did well, lovely colour combinations – fuschia, black and white, brown and dusty pink, wonder what tomorrows wonky class will bring # Teaching my Op Art cake today in Brisbane, this is going to be slightly different for the students, wonder how they’ll get on? # Met some very intersting cake decorators today at […]

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