Just in time for this years wedding season ….. Lindy’s new waistcoat and top hat cookie cutters. whether you take your design inspiration from the groom’s waistcoat or from the embossers in your tool box, cookie favours for men are always a hit!

Wedding waistcoat and top hat cookies

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At the recent cake decorators seminar in Sydney I demonstrated how to decorate a selection of my cookie designs – this relatively new idea to Australians seem to go down a treat so due to the multiple requests for a good recipe, I have copied below my favourite  from my ‘Bake me I’m yours… cookie’ book.

Spiced Orange Cookie Recipe
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From all the fabulous comments and feedback that I received I know that many of you really enjoy my ‘bake me I’m yours….cookie’ book. It was a book I thoroughly enjoyed creating and I’ve still got the decorated cookie bug!  I’ve found decorated cookies make excellent small gifts….. what I do, is make a batch of different shapes



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Decorated cookies – what a great alternative to traditional Easter eggs, I’m sure the family and friends of Fridays students will be suitably impressed. Many students were completely new to sugarcraft so I think you’ll agree they did really well. We even had two ladies fly over from Majorca specially for the class!! – It never ceases to amaze me the distance that people travel to my classes, but



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Have you seen the extreme platform stiletto fashion shoes that are around at the moment? If you’re tempted to have a pair then New look have some vibrant high street versions – click here to see a hot pink example – I love the idea of these but I could never


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