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
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 […]
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, […]
Recipe for Moist and Delicious Blackcurrant Flapjack Squares
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 […]
Is there a nut-free alternative to ground almonds that I can use in a cake recipe?
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 […]
Baking and Street Market Inspiration in Taupo, New Zealand
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 […]