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Basics of baking: How to line a round cake tin

4th October 2020 by Lindy Smith 1 Comment

How to line a round cake tin

Are you struggling to line your round cake tins? My daughter Charlotte, tells me she can never remember how it’s done! If this is you too, let me demystify the art how to line a round cake tin. It’s not really as difficult or time-consuming as you may think. There are a number of approaches […]

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Gooseberry Streusel Recipe – a Summertime Bake

25th June 2017 by Lindy Smith

the delicious gooseberry streusel recipe

Gooseberry Streusel recipe is a delicious alternative to crumble and is an excellent way to help use up a bumper crop. To me, it is a true taste of early summer. The recipe is easy to bake and simply delicious. Serve it warm as a pudding with ice cream or cream or enjoy a small slice […]

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Happiness and the therapeutic power of cake decorating

8th November 2016 by Lindy Smith

Happiness and the therapeutic power of cake decorating

I think most of us can say that we strive to be happy. It’s been proven that money doesn’t primarily affect how happy we are, so what makes us happy and how can we bring more happiness into our lives? As a cake designer, I have known for many years that the process of designing, […]

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Recipe for Moist and Delicious Blackcurrant Flapjack Squares

4th August 2016 by Lindy Smith

Lindy's moist and delicious blackcurrant squares recipe

I must admit that of all the summer fruit that grow in my garden, blackcurrants are probably my least favourite. I guess this is because I find them rather too sour to eat straight off my blackcurrant bushes, so unlike raspberries and redcurrants, there is no instant reward for picking them! Blackcurrants are abundant and plentiful right now and I […]

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Is there a nut-free alternative to ground almonds that I can use in a cake recipe?

17th July 2014 by Lindy Smith

Nut-free alternatives to ground almonds when baking cakes - ideas and suggestions

Here at Lindy’s Cakes, we are asked questions all the time. Interestingly we receive many more questions about baking then we ever do about cake decorating!! Is there a nut-free alternative to ground almonds being one such question. Now I love baking and have been baking for as long as I can remember. However, I […]

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Baking and Street Market Inspiration in Taupo, New Zealand

29th November 2011 by Lindys Team

Siobhan's Cake Stall at the Taupo Riverside Market NZ

On a recent trip to my parents home in Taupo, New Zealand, my mother took me to the most wonderful market. The Taupo Riverside Market is a weekly market held every Saturday morning. With a focus on bread, arts and crafts, free-range eggs, baking, second hand goods, Murray’s second hand books, clothing, carvings, Hugh’s hand […]

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