To Lindy, cake decorating is where her creative passions become poetic. Her sugarcraft designs always stem from something she’s seen. It could be a particular shape, a textured pattern or colour scheme that has caught her eye or a perhaps a particular place she’s visited or a page in a magazine. Inspiration a vital part […]
Cake Inspirations
We all need inspiration to be creative and to quote Albert Einstein:
"Creativity is contagious pass it on!"
We certainly love passing on our ideas. We hope this selection of posts inspires you to try something new or gives you the inspiration or courage to get started. Posts are from Lindy and her team and cover a wealth of topics and ideas.
Sugar and Spice: A Wedding Cheese Cake
There are wedding cakes and cheese boards but who would have thought of a Cheese Wedding Cake? The familiar three-tiers but made out of the most mouth-watering fresh, natural, local cheese … Cheese Wedding Cakes offer a modern and delicious alternative to traditional cakes – and great for when your guests get a little peckish […]
An Ideal Cause for Cake -The Marie Curie Cancer Care Blooming Great Tea Party
Creating cake really does give meaning to our lives. There’s something about making, baking and cake decorating that puts everything into its natural and rightful place, a way of celebrating or just getting together – gathering to enjoy and smile, eat and share. Sugarcraft is the perfect ‘icing’ on this experience – where we can […]
Wedding Cake Challenge Story, by Pat Cliffe
As an inspiration in sugarcraft, Lindy, and all of us on the team, love to hear how Lindy’s ideas and techniques have found their way into your world of cake decoration. A little while ago we ran a creative writing competition and Pat Cliffe was one of our joint runners up in the ‘Amusing Cake […]
Thank you for the music! Lindy’s NEW musical note cutters
The waft of music in the air. It’s the season of music festivals and open-air concerts, with something for everyone – whether it is Glyndebourne, a folk festival or the BBC Proms. This season, Lindy Smith is, as ever, in perfect harmony with her NEW set of exquisite stainless steel musical note cutters. Striking Supreme […]
Edible sugar buttons perfect for vintage style cakes
What is the secret of a successful sugarcraft design? There’s certainly no set formula but design is not just something that catches the eye but also that pulls on the invisible, very personal soul strings of our memory and so it is with buttons. Buttons are part of our heritage Do you remember twiddling the […]