In sugarcraft, painting with cocoa butter is a relatively new technique. It certainly wasn’t around when I wrote my best-selling ‘Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible’ 10 years ago. However, I wish it had been! It’s a fabulous technique and for me, at least, it is now my favourite way of painting on cakes and cookies. I […]
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Summer 2012 Introduction to Celebration Cakes class, humidity and cakes just don’t mix!!
Introduction to celebration cakes… yay… what a great way to end this collection of Lindy’s classes. You all know it’s my favourite class and as we down tools for the summer holidays Lindy and I have been reflecting on the classes of previous weeks. For the first time ever we have held two Introduction to […]
Introduction to Celebration Cakes 2: Sept 2011
Here we go again! Lindy’s ‘Introduction to Celebration Cakes’ workshop is so popular we decided we just had to run it again. Nine eager students, nine naked cakes ready for the Lindy Smith treatment! This is the most fabulous course for the beginner sugarcrafter. It is basic cake covering at it’s best, the humble beginnings […]
Celebration Cake Class May 2011
Our ‘Summer Workshops’ got off to a flying start on Friday with our constant favourite workshop ‘Introduction to Celebration Cakes’. This is the ultimate starting place for learning the basics of working with icing/sugarpaste. From the baking of the cake through to the adorning of a covered cake, Lindy leaves nothing to chance in helping […]
Introduction to Celebration Cakes Feb 2011
Introduction to Celebration Cakes is our absolute favorite workshop…we never leave this popular course off our workshop programme because it is just too fabulous! Time and time again we are told that even if you have some sugarcraft experience, this course is fantastic for perfecting the finish of your cake and for picking up hints […]
A beginners cake decorating workshop!
What a super way to kick off our Autumn collection of workshops…the ‘Introduction to Celebration Cakes’! We love this beginners course because our students gain so much in just one day. Having the oppurtunity to observe and be guided by Lindy in your sugarcraft is truly valuable, having an ‘expert assistant’ like Sally is truly […]