“Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment” is a quote from Claude Monet, the founder of French impressionist painting, and yesterday I had to agree with him! I am sure many of you know that I love to use colour on my cakes, I like to try new combinations to see what I can […]
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Creating handbags made from cake!
The workshop team at Lindy’s Cakes all love Fridays, it’s our chance to have a little fun and to inspire our students to have as much pleasure from cake decorating as we do!! Yesterday was no exception, in fact it was one of my favourite classes – carving and decorating a handbag cake, also known […]
Lindy’s Kissing Ball Cake Workshop May 2011
This was an eagerly anticipated workshop by Lindy and the workshop team, and we weren’t disappointed. The new Lindy Smith ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ workshop was an absolute joy! The ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ idea is based on the Victorian wedding tradition of hanging handmade balls of flowers in archways, doorways or outdoors. They were also carried […]
Lindy’s New Book Update…
Great news…Lindy’s new book ‘The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible‘ has gone to repro, so is well on the way to be published. Lindy has put a lot of work into this book to bring you a ‘bible’ full of step-by-step techniques, tips and design inspirations that will take your sugarcraft to a whole different level. […]
First ever Italian wonky cake class!
Wonky cakes have certainly now arrived in Italy!!! My iconic wonky cakes are seen by many as one of the ultimate cake challenges, so with two fully booked wonky cake classes I knew my time in Rome last week was going to be fully occupied. With the help of Jane, my workshop co-ordinator, and the […]
A Wonky Cake Workshop Feb 2011
If there is one cake that epitomises Lindy’s creative style it’s the Wonky Cake. It features on our logo, it gets the most ‘oohhhs’ and ‘ahhhhs’ when on display at cake shows, it even stars in it’s own DVD ‘Lindy’s Wonky Celebration Cakes‘ This is surely Lindy’s ‘celebrity’ cake and we love it! Cakefriends, today […]