Lindy’s Cakes Blog

• Lindy and her team would like to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS
  Have fun and enjoy! http://bit.ly/6×1CSa #
• Just to let you all know that our ‘baby’s blanket’ cake decorating workshop has been re-scheduled to Tuesday 20th… http://bit.ly/8ilc9M #
• Ok we’ve started the discussion on the topping (sugarpaste or buttercream) so what’s your favorite cupcake

• How do you like your cupcakes decorated – buttercream or sugarpaste?
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• Currently working on the text of my new cupcake book, I can’t believe it

If you haven’t been to one of our workshops you won’t have sampled Sally’s wonderful Lemon Drizzle Cake which she sometimes brings along with her.  Students have requested the recipe so here it is.

Ingredients

4oz (100g) Soft Margarine

6oz (175g) Caster Sugar

6oz (175g) Self-raising Flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

4 Tablespoons Milk… Continue reading

We ended our 2009 workshop programme on a high today. A fabulous day creating cookies styled as christmas crackers, party frocks, party shoes and balloons.   We are feeling very festive here at Lindy’s Cakes. Even more so because myself and my colleague Sarah, from the mail-order team, had the day off real work today to be students in this class! Oh the perks of working for Lindy Smith… and before you ask… Continue reading

If there is one cake that epitomises Lindy’s work it has to be the Wonky Cake.  Which might just explain why this course is so popular and gets booked up faster than any other course.  It’s a fascinating course to observe. The pace is fast because there is a lot to get through in one workshop day. Oh and the process is very very clever.  You need a lot of… Continue reading

After several requests from workshop students, I am posting the “Madeira Cake” blog.  Good luck and hope this helps you.

Before working at Lindy’s I had never made a Madeira cake.  My first attempts weren’t great – they came out of the oven domed, very crispy on the outside and really dry.  I had conquered the decorating but the cakes weren’t getting eaten! So Lindy set me a challenge… Continue reading

And the winner is….

LISA BROWN from BARROW-IN-FURNESS

Congatulations Lisa – well done!

We had a fantastic selection of emails. It was wonderful to read about your work, inspirations and ideas . It’s what Lindy’s Cakes is all about. Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to enter this competition. Watch out for more competitions in 2010…who know’s next time the… Continue reading

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We are currently adding lots of cake and cookie photos, details of my books, clips from my… Continue reading

• I love teaching a room full of enthusiastic students and today cookie class was a great way to end the 2009 teaching year, thanks everyone! #
• Preparing for tomorrows Christmas party cookie workshop – last this season! Cookie crackers and balloons will help it start off with a bang! #
• Wonky celebration cakes DVD still our bestseller this month, it makes a great Christmas

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 were cosily tucked up inside our wonderful village hall which was bursting with a festive… Continue reading