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I’m now home after my Australian cake adventure …. however I have lots of pictures, thoughts, tips and ideas from my travels to share with you all. To get the ball rolling I’m starting with the second workshop I taught at Iced Affair in Sydney – the novelty cake carving class.
This cake was designed, literally, on the back of an envelope, whilst talking to my publishers on… Continue reading
‘I haven’t had this much fun in ages’ was one of the comments from a student at Lindy’s Designer Wedding Cookie Class on Friday. I absolutely agree! There was a real buzz amongst the students, it was a stunning day which always gets everyone off to a great start, and the excitement and anticipation was intoxicating. We had some students who had experience in sugarcrafting and some… Continue reading
Hi Lindy’s Cakes fans!
My name is Rachel. I just wanted to introduce myself as the newest member of Lindy’s team. They are going to call me ‘Kiwi Rachel’, I’m from NewZealand, because there are two Rachels working at Lindy’s Cakes HQ! My role will be to do creative writing for Lindy as well as assist Lindy and Jane at the sugarcraft workshops. Gosh do I have a… Continue reading
I am having such fun teaching my Australian students that I’ve not had much time to keep you all up to date, except via twitter! However today I’m flying down from Brisbane to Melbourne so you’re in luck – I’ve a few hours to kill!
Classes are going swimmingly, I’ve taught quite and few now, all full of very enthusiastic sugarcrafters keen and eager to learn what I have… Continue reading
When demonstrating I am often asked to explain the difference between the gums we cake decorators use. When making modeling paste I prefer to use gum tragacanth rather than its synthetic substitute CMC basically because gum tragacanth gives me a firmer paste and I find it easier to work with.
The proportions I use in the UK are 1tsp to 250g sugarpaste. Knead the gum into your sugarpaste and… Continue reading
At the recent cake decorators seminar in Sydney I demonstrated how to decorate a selection of my cookie designs – this relatively new idea to Australians seem to go down a treat so due to the multiple requests for a good recipe, I have copied below my favourite from my ‘Bake me I’m yours… cookie’ book.
Spiced Orange Cookie Recipe
75g (3oz) butter
75g (3oz) soft brown… Continue reading
If you’ve been following me on Twitter you’ll know that I’m now in Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. Today was my first official appointment here, a book signing at Kitchenware Plus - a fabulous kitchenware store on the Pacific Highway at Loganholme.
I spent a delightful morning talking to a variety of their customers, who I discovered originated from all parts of the world including… Continue reading
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