February 4, 2012

Sugarcraft Inspiration at Cake International 2011

The cake show at the NEC is always very busy, but this year I seemed to have less time than ever to see all the amazing cakes and sugarcraft creations and unfortunately only managed to have a really brief look at some of the tables. Here is a selection of what I saw, I hope you find them inspiring.

I love the colours used on this cake and the… Continue reading

Cake International 2011 – The Lindy’s Cakes Stand

Over 25,000 people attended Cake International last weekend… so that explains it!  What a show, what a buzz, what a busy stand we had!  This is Lindy’s 9th NEC Cake show and this year was bigger and better than ever.  Months and months of preparation went into our stand. We spend hours brain storming about how to make our stand fabulous, relevant and accessible. Lindy ‘locked’ herself away in her… Continue reading

NEC: Making the most of Cake International 2011 – Our Tips:

It’s less than 2 weeks to go until Cake International 2011 and it’s all hands on deck here at Lindy’s Cakes, to get everything ready in time!!

We want you to get the most out of your day at the show, so here are some top tips to ensure you have a fabulous time. First and foremost, Cake International is a big show! With over 100 exhibitors and thousands… Continue reading

Inspirational wedding cakes at Squires 2011

On Friday I spent a very enjoyable day at the Squires Sugarcraft exhibition in Farnham. It makes such a nice change to be on the other side of the fence…. free to look around and even sit down for a coffee and chat with old friends – the height of luxury!!

One of my favourite rooms to visit at the exhibition is always the wedding cake showroom.  I was… Continue reading

KiwiRachel at Cake International!

12,000 pre-ordered tickets, sold-out demonstrations, record number of exhibitors,  more square footage than ever before…Cake International 2010…I think we can undeniably say was a HUGE success!  This is without a doubt the biggest date in our Lindy’s Cakes diary. For the months prior to November it feels like all roads lead to the Birmingham NEC. Hours of planning and preparation goes into designing our stand and getting stock levels right… Continue reading

More inspirational sugar creations

Cake International is a wonderful showcase for  sugarcraft talent from both the Uk and around the world. This year saw a staggering amount of entries in each class, for example the wedding cake class had 50 cakes entered! I am always so busy that it is never possible to see all the entries  but here are a few more that appealed to me (see yestursdays post

Sugarcraft inspirations at the NEC

I never have much spare time at Cake International,  as I’m  needed on my trade stand most of the time, however whenever I do escape I head straight to the competition area – there are always so many lovely competition peices to see. I never manage to see them all but here are a selection of some of the cakes and sugarcraft pieces that appealed to me… Continue reading

Setting up our stand – Cake International

Months of preparation went into the Lindy’s Cakes stand at last weekends very successful Cake International Show 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham. We know that many of you visited us there but due to the crowds couldn’t see all we had on offer…..so we thought you’d like to see a few pictures of the calm before the storm!

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Cake 2010, only 3 more sleeps…

Cake International 2010 here we come!

The Sugarcraft & Cake Decoration Show


5-6-7 November 2010


NEC Exhibition Centre


Squires Exhibition 2010

We’re just back from an exhaustingly fabulous day at Squires Kitchen Annual Exhibition in Farnham, Surrey.  This show celebrates sugarcraft, food and cake decoration. What a wonderful excuse to leave the office behind and surround one self in sugar heaven!  We exhibited over two days taking a selection of products to share. This year Lindy’s Cakes focused on cookies, cutters, cake jewellery, beads, wires,

2009 NEC Cake Inspirations

Cake exhibitions are always a good place to see new cake ideas and to gather inspiration to help you create your own amazing cakes. Cake International at the NEC, a couple of weeks ago, was no exception and although I spent most of my time on the Lindy’s cakes stand I did sneak out a couple of times to see what I could find that inspired… Continue reading

Lindy’s Cakes at the NEC – 2009

Cake International… the sugarcraft event of the year… what a show… we were there… and it was AMAZING!

There was an effervescent buzz around our stand within minutes of the doors opening that it made us newbies at Lindy’s Cakes realise what a huge following Lindy has.  We hardly had time to come up for air but managed to connect with lots of enthusiatic cake and cake jewellery fans over the course of… Continue reading

Cake International is this weekend!

It’s the big event in the diary of all Sugarcrafters! The Cake International Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham kicks off this weekend, 7th & 8th November. Lindy’s Cakes HQ is buzzing as we prepare for our 7th appearance at this prestigious event. We are building our biggest stand ever to showcase Lindy’s work and show you our fantastic products. Hours of preparation have gone into putting together a collection that… Continue reading

Inspirational sugarcraft at Squires 2009

I’ve just spent a very enjoyable day at the Squires sugarcraft exhibition in Farnham. It made such a nice change to be on the other side of the fence…. free to look around and even sit down for a coffee and chat with old friends – the height of luxury!!
As always there were cakes that caught my eye:


On

Squires Exhibition – I’m visiting on Friday

All change – for the first time since 1999 I’m going to the Squires exhibition as a visitor - what a luxury! I’m really looking forward to my day out.  I know the Lindy’s Cakes stand is going to be missed…..some of you have already told me that it won’t be the same, but I’m afraid a Lindy clone