Haute Couture comes to Lindy’s Cakes… in the form of handbags! This new workshop, designed by Lindy, was a ‘runway’ success today! Whilst we love our regular workshops, and there will always be themes that are old favorites, it is lovely to work in a new direction. And ‘fashion’ is definately a new direction for Lindy. Edible handbags…food and fashion fushion…surely that’s the ultimate!

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If there’s one style that, to me at least, epitomises Lindy’s style it’s ‘cutwork’. The iconic ‘cutwork’ wonky cake is,  in my opinion, her finest example. Take this concept one step futher… a mini ‘cutwork’ cake and voila you have something quite special indeed! I love little cakes. Dainty and pretty. Perfect for one or two… sometimes you just don’t want a big cake.  As we tighten our belts and… Continue reading



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This cake truly deserves a much more glamorous name. I have been baking it since my mother taught me the recipe in the 1980s, an eager teenage cook desperate to emulate my mother’s glorious creations! It has a certain nostalgia in our family appearing at all birthdays and special events through the decades to this very day. A versatile sponge that works equally well iced simply, served with a cup… Continue reading



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Well I think a very enjoyable day was had by all on Friday’s cheeky chimp cake carving workshop.  I certainly enjoyed helping all the students achieve a cake that they were proud to take home.

The class was to introduce the students to the art of carving cake, something that many feel frightened of even attempting!

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Ummm who can resist a really good, moist chocolate cake? I’ve been experimenting with the Australian wedding favourite – mud cake. As many of you may know I am demonstrating at the National Cake Seminar in Sydney in August, so I thought a little background research would be good….. a great excuse to eat lots of chocolate!

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