On a recent trip to my parents home in Taupo, New Zealand, my mother took me to the most wonderful market. The Taupo Riverside Market is a weekly market held every Saturday morning. With a focus on bread, arts and crafts, free-range eggs, baking, second hand goods, Murray’s second hand books, clothing, carvings, Hugh’s hand made furniture, honey, flowers, coffee beans, photographs, natural beauty products… and so much more! A… Continue reading
You are here: Home / Archives for cookies
Baking and Street Market Inspiration in Taupo, New Zealand
Filed Under: Cake Inspirations Tagged With: baking, Cake Inspirations, cookies, cupcakes, hand made, home made, inspiration
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
Filed Under: Sugarcraft Exhibitions Tagged With: books, Cake Inspirations, Cake show, cookies, cupcakes, Lindy's Bible, NEC, Stand, stencils, Sugarcraft Cake Exhibition
Cake Stencil Technique Workshop: October 2011
Our increasingly popular technique focus cake masterclass featured again this week with Lindy’s ‘Stencil Technique Workshop’. This type of class allows you to focus on one technique and spend a whole uninterrupted day practicing it… and we love it! This class is so much fun and produces fabulous results, this class has the ‘WOW’ factor!
Lindy is a big fan of stencils, in fact she loves them so much… Continue reading
Filed Under: Lindy's UK Classes Tagged With: cake, cookies, cupcakes, lustre dusts, royal icing, stecils, stencilling, sugarpaste, workshop
Cookie Couture at London Fashion Week 2011
When it comes to London Fashion Week you can always expect to be wowed. You might anticipate a plethora of thrilling fabrics and textiles to be on show; soft silks, luxurious laces and exotic prints will no doubt spring to mind, but how about a soft and chewy cookie? Well, in an entirely new collaboration, Millie’s Cookies has invited designers to down their needles and… Continue reading
Decorating cookies – Millie’s style
I saw a different form of cookie decorating last week – what would you create with soft cookie dough, piping consistency icing in 4 flavours (caramel, vanilla, chocolate and raspberry), smarties, marshmallows, glace cherries and sprinkles?? Any ideas?
I really enjoy decorating cookies, so when asked to be a ‘celebrity’ judge for the in house Millie’s Cookies ‘Ice off” competition, I thought why not, it could be interesting and… Continue reading
Filed Under: Lindy's Cakes News Tagged With: competition, cookies, decorating, millies
Flip-Flop cookie cutters – Try these out for size!
Summer holidays to us at Lindy’s Cakes means heading to the beach for some fun in the sun. But have you thought about baking and decorating some summer themed cookies to take with you along with the buckets and spades to charm and delight your family and friends? Summer cookies are also the perfect choice for an informal high summer celebration, whether it’s a birthday party or just a… Continue reading
Filed Under: Product Spotlight Tagged With: cookie, cookies, cutter, Cutters, flip flops, summer
Stencil Technique Workshop with Lindy Smith June 2011
This will come as no surprise to our cakefriends…Lindy loves stencils! So much so that she created the ‘Stencil Technique’ workshop to devote a whole day to this stunning effective and, dare I say it, simple technique. Our students adorned cupcakes, cookies and a celebration cake today. With expert tuition by Lindy, and a step-by-step format, our students had time to experiment with different patterns and colours. Lindy is well… Continue reading
Filed Under: Lindy's UK Classes Tagged With: cake classes, celebration cakes, classes, cookies, cupcakes, Lindy Smith, lindys cakes, Stencil Techniques, sugarcraft workshop, Sugarcraft Workshops, sugarpaste
Lindy’s Summer cookie workshop in Rome
25 degrees in the “Eternal City” – what could be more appropriate than a Summer Cookies Workshop. Flip flops, ice cream cones and swimsuits, and still only 1st April !
I had been lucky enough to be invited to Rome to assist Lindy with workshops hosted by three lovely Italian ladies, jointly known as 34U. These included two “Wonky” workshops and a cookie workshop.
Our second… Continue reading
Lindy’s Cake Stencil Workshop March 2011
We could not have been more excited about this new Lindy Smith Stencil Technique Course. Is this the start of a new sugarcraft technique love affair? We think it is! Cakefriends let me introduce you to the…drumroll…Stencil. Today Lindy taught her first Stencil class and judging by how well this class was received by our students, and the quality of the work produced, I… Continue reading
Filed Under: Lindy's UK Classes Tagged With: Cake Inspirations, class, cookies, cupcakes, Lindy's Workshops, stencil, Sugarcraft Workshops, workshop
Gorgeous Cookies for Easter
Create your own ‘Spring’ cookies for Easter or a special spring occassion!
Try placing in individual crystal clear party bags, tied up with pretty ribbon or filling a tissue lined box with a selection…or as Lindy has done, placed on cookie sticks and stuck into a terracotta pot. Simply Stunning!
A gift of hand made and hand
Filed Under: Product Spotlight Tagged With: baby chick cookie, bunnies, bunny cookie, butterfly cookie, cookies, duckling cookie, Easter, easter eggs, Lindy's cookies, spring, spring flowers, spring lamb cookie, tulip cookie
Designer Wedding Cookies Workshop
As the wedding season fast approaches……as the nation prepares to be captivated with a Royal wedding this summer… as talk of Kate, & the other Kate’s wedding dominate our glossy magazines…we at Lindy’s Cakes are getting into the Wedding spirit with sugar! Today we welcomed seven students to our Designer Wedding Cookies workshop, 2 came all the way from Italy and one from Spain!
[caption id=”attachment_4321″ align=”aligncenter” width=”450″ caption=”Beautiful… Continue reading
Filed Under: Lindy's UK Classes Tagged With: cookies, Designer Wedding Cookies, hearts, shoes, sugarpaste, wedding favours, wonky wedding cake cookie cutter, workshop
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
Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Author Lindy Smith, Bible, book, Cake Inspirations, cookies, cupcakes, sugarpaste, Techniques
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
Filed Under: Sugarcraft Exhibitions Tagged With: Cake Inspirations, Cake International 2011, cookies, cupcakes, sugarcraft
New Product: Japanese Flower Stencil
New Product
Lindy’s love of exotic design is what inspired her to create this beautiful delicate Japanese Flower stencil.
A generous sized stencil for use on cakes, cookies, cupcakes and minicakes. Transform your sugarcraft creation into something truly beautiful…it’s so easy!
Lindy's Japanese Flower and Scroll Pattern Stencil
Filed Under: New Products Tagged With: Cake Inspirations, cookies, cupcakes, japanese floral, japanese flower, minicakes, stencil, sugarcraft
New Product: Chinese Floral Stencil
New Product
Inspired by her travels Lindy has designed this pretty Chinese floral stencil to add to her fantastic stencil collection.
Adorn your cakes, cookies, mini cakes and cupcakes… it couldn’t be easier with a ‘Lindy’s’ stencil!
The results are stunning..
Filed Under: New Products Tagged With: Cake Inspirations, cookies, cupcakes, japanese flower, minicakes, stencils, sugarcraft
Recent Blog Comments