Continuing our Autumn theme, and our penchant for exquisite little sweet treats, we spent a wonderful day creating ‘Autumn Inspired Mini Cakes’. I say ‘we’ not in a proverbial way but in a ‘I actually made them too’ way. Yes, Lindy very kindly made me become a student on this course to futher enhance my […]
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Cutwork Mini Cakes Workshop
If there’s one style that, to me at least, epitomises Lindy’s style it’s ‘cutwork‘. The iconic ‘cutwork’ wonky cake is, in my opinion, her finest example. Take this concept one step further… a mini ‘cutwork‘ cake and voila you have something quite special indeed! I love little cakes. Dainty and pretty. Perfect for one or […]
Christmas Mini Cakes Workshop
Good things come in small packages… this is how I feel about the Christmas Mini Cake workshop! What a treat… what a fabulous idea. And, as per usual, they are amazing in true ‘Lindy Smith’ style. Continuing our Christmas workshop theme, these little beauties did not dissappoint. It was a bitterly cold day but we […]
Autumn leaf mini cake class
We are now well and truly into winter, but during the last few sunny days of autumn we ran a very successful autumn leaf inspired mini cake class and I just wanted to share with you some of the work that the students created. The students worked hard all day, some covered and decorated lots […]
Tips for Baking Mini Fruit Cakes
Contrary to popular opinion, many people do like fruit cake and it’s not just the older generation. Fruit cake is one of my favourite cakes, as it is my 14 year old sons! The secret, I think, is to have a really good recipe – try the one in my ‘Contemporary Cake Decorating bible‘ book, […]