Would you like to be able to cover your Christmas cake in sugarpaste without tearing the icing or leaving bubbles under the paste? Would you like your cake to have a beautifully smooth, silky professional finish with nice sharp top edges? If so, I’ve made the perfect video for you….. Baking and covering introduction This […]
Lindy's Cakes News
Hot off the Press - News as it happens from Lindy's Cakes. From Lindy's TV appearances to book releases, radio interviews to new product launches, award nominations to reviews, magazine features to class reports. If it's news you're after, this blog archive is an excellent place to start. There is always a lot going on here at Lindy's Cakes...
Lindy’s Podcast Interview with the Sugarcraft Junkies
Have you ever been interviewed for a podcast? I certainly hadn’t until the Sugarcraft Junkies got in touch. Magazine interviews, yes. Newspaper interviews, tick. Radio interviews, definitely. Television interviews, certainly. However, Podcast interviews NO! This podcast interview was an unequivocal first. Yay, episode 10 is out today, and it’s a good one, even if I […]
How to marzipan a double-height fruit cake
The festive season is almost here again, so it’s time to bake, marzipan and cover our fruit cakes. Like all fashions, fashions in cake change. The current trend is bake and stack two smaller cakes to give a taller double-height finish. In this blog, I cover the basics of how to marzipan these double-height staked […]
Lockdown Launch – One Tier Party Cakes 2020
Lockdown launch – Publication Day for ‘One Tier Party Cakes’, a day when a normal book launch isn’t possible… Lockdown Launch – what is possible? At the book planning stage no one, of course, had ever heard of Coronavirus. Nor dreamt about the impact it would have on our everyday lives. So many things have […]
Cake inspiration interview – ‘Dancing in the Rain’ by Lindy Smith
I know that everyone loves to hear the stories and inspiration behind the cake designs I create. My latest book ‘One Tier Party Cakes’ gives you a little bit of an insight into the twelve unique designs it contains, however, I thought you might like to hear a little more… Cake inspiration interview Below you […]
One Tier Party Cakes – New Book Teaser
How exciting…I now have my hands on an advanced copy of my NEW book. I always love the moment a new book arrives. Months and months of hard work suddenly becoming something tangible, something you can touch and share. Finally seeing my latest creations in print is always a proud and very special moment too. […]