Cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes – they seem to be everywhere I turn!!! I have always made and decorated cupcakes but I first came across cupcakes in large numbers when teaching in Australia last summer. Everywhere I visited seemed to have a cupcake shop just round the corner! On my return to the UK in September my publishers asked me to write another book – and yes, surprise surprise, it… Continue reading
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With Mother’s Day being just one week after this course it is a wonderful oppurtunity to make a beautiful cake for your mother, or someone special in your life!
Friday 5th March 2010: Floral Heart Cake Course
A stunning feminine cake!
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As many of you will be well aware we are completely snowed in here in Wendover, UK. Schools have been closed since last Wednesday and it’s been really tricky to get to work. Most of us have been staying put, snuggled up cosy inside. This kind of weather evokes a desire for warming comfort food… soups, rustic ’slow’ food, hot drinks and baking. Being forced inside gives us a chance to do all the… Continue reading
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As those of you that follow me on Twitter and the new Lindy’s Cakes Facebook page will know, I am busily making cupcakes for my next book. I have always made cupcakes and they have appeared in many of my book titles, as ideas to compliment my main cake designs. This book however is letting me put the humble cupcake centre stage and making it the… Continue reading
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