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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 Smith launches ‘Decorar Pasteles’ her Spanish ‘cake decorating bible’ at the BCN and Cake fair in Barcelona
I’ve just returned from the very first ‘BCN and Cake‘ Fair in Barcelona. Cake decorating is a relatively new craft in Spain but judging by the crowds and long queues to get into the fair, I think is may be as popular right now as in many other countries in Europe. I was invited to […]
Lindy Smith awarded ‘Business Woman of the year 2012-2013’ by Insight Magazine
The last couple of weeks have been very eventful at Lindy’s Cakes and created a real buzz in the office. Firstly, completely out of the blue, Lindy’s Cakes was awarded a certificate of excellence by Insight magazine, a glossy weekly lifestyle and leisure publication, and then a week or so later we also learnt that […]
Lindy’s Cakes online shop – you have your say…
We received an amazing number of entries in our recent online shop feedback competition, so thank you if you entered. The five lucky winners drawn at random were: Jan Harding, Bettina Baker, Priscilla Trueman, Sue Wilson and Jane Westlake. Each winner received one of my ‘Insatiable desire to bake’ aprons. It seems that these aprons […]
Step by step photography – Lindy’s ‘creative colour’ cake book photoshoot
I know from what my students and customers tell me that many of you don’t actually READ my books per se, you tend to look at the step by step pictures and revert to the text only when you want clarification!! This means that when I plan the step by step photography for my books […]
Lindy’s ‘creative colour’ book photoshoot – styled cakes on location
I love creating and writing cake books and even though I do months of work before a first photoshoot, a book doesn’t feel real until the camera shutter clicks and the first cakes are safely digitally stored on a server, as well as in cake boxes!! This has definitely been true for the book I […]