February 4, 2012

Lindy’s vintage rose cupcakes feature on magazine cover

How exciting to discover my cupcakes on the cover of Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine! I find it is always thrilling to see my cakes in print  but this is especially true when they are transformed into the cover of a magazine. The cupcakes themselves are decorated with piped buttercream roses and originally first appeared in my latest book  ‘The contemporary cake decorating bible‘.

Lindy's vintage rose cupcakes

Lindy's vintage rose cupcakes

I created these cupcakes to show one of my students how to pipe buttercream roses successfully, I hope the instructions to be found  in my bible book and in the magazine also help you create beautiful roses.

Tip: If you find buttercream too sweet for your taste, why not try Swiss meringue buttercream as it is less sweet and has a beautiful glossy finish that doesn’t fade – you’ll find the recipe in my cupcake and bible books.

To see more examples of my cakes on the covers of cake decorating magazines click here

 

The perfect diary for 2012 and a treat for Christmas!

We love this diary! Beautiful to look at, well laid out and a great size for your bag. Full of ‘cakespiration’… recipes and gorgeous photos and featuring the work of Lindy.

As a special Christmas treat we have reduced the price to £6.99 + p&p.

(was £9.99) and Lindy will sign it for you with a personal message if you wish.

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Baking and Street Market Inspiration in Taupo, New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

Floral cupcake class with Lindy Feb 2011

It was cupcakes galore on Friday and a fabulous day was had by all! There was a complete mix of students, from total beginners making their first forays into the world of cake decorating to experienced students with City and Guilds cake decorating qualifications.  However as you can see below everyone produced a fantastic array of decorated cupcakes. Perfect for baby showers.

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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

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

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

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..

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

Autumn Inspired Cupcakes Workshop

Inspired by the changing season, cupcakes took centre stage today at our Autumn inspired Cupcake workshop.  The timing was perfect because Lindy’s cupcake book ‘Bake me I’m yours…Cupcake Celebration’ was published just a few weeks ago. We are huge fans of cupcakes at Lindy’s Cakes and the workshop team do love a cupcake class!  Lindy has spent much of the last 12 months researching and developing her unique style of… Continue reading

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