This is a tried and tested recipe at Lindy HQ. We all love our accounts lady, Olive’s flapjacks. They are oatylicious, not too sweet and have just the right amount of chew! Olive likes to adorn hers with a decadent topping of dark chocolate, but these flapjacks are just as delcious naked! Or, if you would like just a hint of chocolate try drizzling some randomly over the
Lindy’s passion fruit cupcake recipe
September 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
I have always adored passion fruit, such a fabulous flavour, exotic and tangy. So I thought I’d share this delightful recipe for passion fruit cupcakes, which I picked up in a supermarket in Singapore! I have tweaked it slightly. Passion fruits are now readily available in UK supermarkets so there is no reason why you also can’t enjoy this recipe.
Beautiful passion fruit – yum!
Chocolate and raspberry cupcake recipe
August 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Some taste combinations work beautifully together and one of my favourites at the moment is raspberry and dark chocolate. These two ingredients not only look fantastic together but compliment each other extremely well, as the tartness of the raspberries is balanced by the sweetness of the chocolate.
This year, the raspberries at the bottom of my garden are being wonderfully prolific, which has meant I’ve been able to experiment… Continue reading
Making edible metallic glitter – a recipe:
August 8, 2011 By 7 Comments
Is your glitter edible? I am a little concerned that many people are unknowingly adding non-toxic glitters to their cake and cupcakes, in the mistaken belief that they are edible. These glitters are often sold along side edible products but are intended for decoration purposes only – to be used on items that are removed not to be eaten!!
Edible products that add sparkle are available however it is much… Continue reading
Bake a Chocolate & Guinness Cake for Morning Coffee!
July 12, 2011 By 4 Comments
Morning tea or coffee is a very important part of a Lindy Smith workshop. Our expert assistant Sally is well known in our student circles for her baking – her Lemon Drizzle cake is divine. But today we were treated to the most glorious cake, it wasn’t baked by Sally… oh no…she is on vacation, but by our very own workshop co-ordinator, Jane, who came up with a beauty. A… Continue reading
Heavenly Ube Cake Recipe from the Philippines
May 24, 2011 By 12 Comments
Winner ‘Best Cake Recipe’ in the Lindy’s Cakes Creative Writing Competition.
Cecille Leano Sia – Manila, Philippines.
We are delighted to share with you this wining recipe, it is not only unique but also very special to the winner Cecille, you can read all about in her story in our separate blog post. The cake has been tried and tested by Lindy herself and everyone in… Continue reading
Royal Chocolate biscuit cake Recipe
May 3, 2011 By 9 Comments
I have always loved chocolate biscuit cake, but haven’t eaten it for years – however I think that after last Friday’s Royal Wedding, we are going to be seeing a huge rise in its popularity. The recipe for Prince William’s wedding cake was, we are told, taken from Princess Diana’s personal chef, Darren McGrady cookbook ‘Eating Royally‘, with a few secret ingredients added.
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Yummy Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
April 13, 2011 By 7 Comments
Invariably my teenage son and his friends arrive in my kitchen, just as I’m taking a cake or cupcakes out of the oven! They are of course ‘starving’ and simply have to cake…..however sometimes I feel very mean, as one of my son’s friends is allergic to eggs – a dry biscuit is not quite the same as a freshly baked cake!!! So when I stumbled across a vegan chocolate… Continue reading
Delicious chocolate fudge cake recipe as baked by Lindy
February 2, 2011 By 138 Comments
I have been experimenting recently with a chocolate fudge cake recipe that my sister gave me years ago. I love the chocolate cake recipe that appears in many of my cake books but it does take a while to make and creates loads of washing up to do afterwards! The Chocolate mud cake recipe on this blog is also very popular with my family but it is a… Continue reading
Sticky ginger cupcake recipe
September 9, 2010 By 5 Comments
My new cupcake celebration book is about to hit the shelves so I thought I’d tempt you with one of the cake recipes – a taster of what’s to come! If you haven’t yet ordered your copy why not do so now…!! Click to order
Easy to make – delicious to eat!
Layered Espresso Walnut Loaf
April 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
We are often asked for recipes for cakes. If you have ever attended one of our workshops you will know that Sally, our expert assistant, often brings a divine cake for all to enjoy with a cup of tea. She’s getting a little bit famous for it!
This one went down a treat… do try this at home!
This Layered Espresso Walnut Loaf, slightly adapted, is from… Continue reading
A Kiwi Carrot Cake Recipe!
January 11, 2010 By 26 Comments
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
Sally’s Workshop Lemon Cake
December 18, 2009 By 12 Comments
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
Baking The Perfect Madeira Cake
December 17, 2009 By 401 Comments
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
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