February 4, 2012

Lindy’s NEW cake bible book goes down a treat

I had a feeling that my new book ‘The contemporary cake decoratoring bible’ was going to prove popular with my students, fans and fellow cake decorators but nothing had prepared me for quite how popular it was to be at last weekends ‘Cake International 2011′ show at the NEC. I have never in my life signed so many books all… Continue reading

Lindy’s ‘contemporary cake decorating bible’ has ARRIVED!

It’s so exciting my ‘Contemporary Cake  Decorating Bible’ is here! It’s big, it’s heavy and it’s jammed packed full of techniques to try and ideas to inspire. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been receiving some lovely comments via our Facebook page, twitter, email etc so I thought I’d share a small selection with you…….

Roses are red cupcakes

NEW Book: ‘bake me I’m yours…Christmas’

Just published  – NEW Christmas cake decorating book

Perfectly timed to allow you to be ultra prepared this year! This exciting addition to the ‘bake me I’m yours…’ range of books published by David and Charles is a festive collection of more than 20 tempting projects. Edible ideas that are both modern and stylish, but simple enough to bake during the busy Christmas season.

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Lindy 11th cake decorating book is at the printers!

“The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible”

by Lindy Smith

This book encapsulates 20 years of sugarcraft knowledge coupled with fresh unique contemporary designs and Lindy’s exquisite use of colour…all bound tightly into 164 glossy pages.

150 techniques, over 80 projects…page after page of stunning colour photographs, step by step instructions, recipes, tips and advice…everything you need to know to create cakes, cookies and cupcakes with the wow factor.

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Lindy’s New Book Update…

Great news…Lindy’s new book ‘The Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible‘ has gone to repro, so is well on the way to be published.  Lindy has put a lot of work into this book to bring you a ‘bible’  full of step-by-step techniques, tips and design inspirations that will take your sugarcraft to a whole different level. No matter what your ability! We are very excited about this publication.  Having… Continue reading

Book feedback Competition: Have your say!

Having  packed away the cameras, sent the text off to the publishers for editing and tidied away the cakes  it’s time to start planning afresh for the book that will come after the uber fabulous Contemporary Cake Decorating Bible, which by the way will be published at the end of September.

Lindy is, as always, full of ideas but  we’d like your input too!… Continue reading

Our Photoshoot for Lindy’s new book!

Last week can only be described as a glorious shambles at Lindy’s Cakes HQ… all in pursuit of celluloid perfection of course!  Our office has been transformed into a photograhic studio and Lindy’s office is packed with beautiful props…fabrics, vintage crockery, jewellery, lace, toys…  Lindy and I have had the lovely task, not arduous at all, of choosing what should go with the beautiful cakes that Lindy has designed and… Continue reading

Winners Announced!

Thankyou to everyone who entered our ‘Cupcake’ creative writing competition to co-incide with the publication of Lindy’s cupcake book  ‘bake me I’m yours…cupcake celebration’


We loved reading all of the entries.  Lindy has chosen 10 winners

Lindy’s Mini Cake book is on it’s way!

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lindy’s second publication for 2010! Celebrate with Mini Cakes is a gorgeous compilation of Lindy’s finest mini cake creations…you could say this book has been years in the making!  This is the tenth book from Lindy, the highly experienced and talented British cake designer!

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Win Cupcake Cases!

We’ve had some wonderful feedback from you via facebook on Lindy’s new cupcake book.

bake me I’m yours…cupcake celebration.

We’ve popped some of these comments on our blog but because we know that our facebook audience and our blog audience are not necessarily the same, and vice-versa, we thought we’d give you all… Continue reading

Lindy’s cupcake book now published!

It is always exciting when the first batch of a new book arrives….there is  an air of excitement and a real buzz in the office here at Lindy’s Cakes. Then it’s all hands on deck to despatch the pre-orders, which we managed in record time this year due to our new and much more efficient postage system!

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It’s here! Lindy’s Cupcake Book has landed!

Lindy’s book has landed in the UK and is on it’s way to our office!  We are expecting a pallet of books to arrive tomorrow… it’s so exciting!  Lindy has her pen poised ready for the book signing…then it’s all hands on deck as we wrap and pack the ‘pre-ordered’ books to send out. We will start dispatching on Thursday in ‘date of purchase’ order.

Lindy’s Cupcake book is at the printers…

Lindy Smith

fashion cupcakes

love bird cupcakes

Cupcake Celebration book by Lindy Smith

Great news – We’ve just added Lindy’s cupcake book as a pre-order item  to our online shop. The book will hopefully be with us in late September and all pre-orders will be shipped as soon as stock arrives. Please remember to order the book separately to any other items you may wish to purchase.

Click here for more details.

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Cupcakes – behind the scenes

Ever wondered what it was actually like behind the scenes, well today is  the first photoshoot day for my cupcake book, so I thought I’d give you a brief glimpse of the action!! Photoshoots are never as glamourous as they sound, lots of equipment, lots of lights, leads, computers, cameras etc However thay are always exciting, as professional photographers always manage to  turn  my cakes from just being cakes to… Continue reading