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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?
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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I am inextricably drawn to chocolate and would describe myself as a bit of a chocoholic…but why is this, why is chocolate so desirable and irresistible? I thought I’d do a little research to see what the experts have to say. What is chocolate? Chocolate comes from the beans of the small evergreen cacao tree (Theobroma […]
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Have you spent your life tackling shyness? According to the BBC’s television programme ‘Stand up to Shyness‘ aired a few days ago, nearly half the population in the UK have some manifestation of shyness. Experts even suggest that everyone has a degree of shyness and that this is a good thing. For some, their shyness […]
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I’m delighted to have been shortlisted for ‘Cake Decorator of the Year‘ in the new Cake Decorating Heaven Magazine Awards! I had no idea these awards were happening so am thrilled to be in the running for this title. Can I ask for your vote? I am one of eleven cake decorators shortlisted for this […]
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Being in Germany in the run-up to Christmas is, I think, the best time to visit, so I was thrilled to be asked to be part of the Kuchenliebe exhibition in Bremen last month. The exhibition was being held in the Ova Arena, across a rather windy concourse behind Bremen railway station. Once inside, and […]
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Creating unique sugar snowflakes is a wonderfully absorbing and fun activity for a winters afternoon. I love the way dreaming up new variations stretches my creativity and makes me think. After all, we’ve all been led to believe that every snowflake is different, each one a unique crystalline art form. To me, it seems only […]
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