Delicate to the touch, delicious to the taste, gorgeous to the eye … what more could we ask of a cake? When it comes to flavours, what could be more perfect than combining the most divine in food and drink – dark chocolate and red wine? I know, some things are just meant to be together, […]
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Cupake and cookie – texturing technique class with Lindy Smith March 2012
Lindy is constantly striving to create new and fresh designs and ideas and this class is a great example of that. The Texturing Technique class is a new blend of sugarcraft ideas and techniques which focus on embossing, brush embroidery and fabric flowers. Our 10 lovely students arrived with cupcakes, cookies and an arsenal of […]
Cakes in all shapes and sizes seen whilst window shopping in Rome!
‘Snow in Rome for the first time in 25 years’ was headline news, whilst I was visiting the city on a recent teaching trip. My first two cake decorating classes went ahead as planned, however the third was unfortunately cancelled due to lack of students. For me, however, it meant an extra free afternoon to […]
Lindy’s ‘contemporary cake decorating bible’ has ARRIVED!
It’s so exciting my ‘Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible’ is here! It’s big, it’s heavy and it’s jammed packed full of techniques to try and ideas to inspire. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been receiving some lovely comments via our Facebook page, twitter, email etc so I thought I’d share a small selection with […]
Chocolate and Raspberry Cake Recipe
Some taste combinations work beautifully together and one of my current favourites is chocolate and raspberry. These two ingredients not only look fantastic together but compliment each other extremely well, as the tartness of the raspberries is balanced by the sweetness of the chocolate. This year, the raspberries at the bottom of my garden are […]
Lindy’s cupcake celebration book now published!
It is always exciting when the first batch of a new book arrives….there is an air of excitement and a real buzz in the office here at Lindy’s Cakes. Then it’s all hands on deck to despatch the pre-orders, which we managed in record time this year due to our new and much more efficient […]