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From all accounts a fabulous time was had by all at Lindy’s ‘Wonky Cake’ workshop last Friday. A masterclass in carving, and covering, and adorning this iconic cake! Here’s a few photos from the day
Wonky Cakes in Production!
And here they are…
Wonderful 'Wonky' cakes and a class photo!
Cakefriends, we have a fantastic new ‘Classes’ section on www.lindyscakes.co.uk.
Featuring our new design and user friendly layout we are excited to show you our next collection of workshops in this beautiful new format. Eventually our entire website will look like this.
We’ve made it super easy to get all the information you need to book a Lindy Smith Sugarcraft Masterclass. From our essential… Continue reading
This was an eagerly anticipated workshop by Lindy and the workshop team, and we weren’t disappointed. The new Lindy Smith ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ workshop was an absolute joy! The ‘Kissing Ball Cake’ idea is based on the Victorian wedding tradition of hanging handmade balls of flowers in archways, doorways or outdoors. They were also carried by flower girls at weddings. Lindy based her own design on this traditional floral arrangement… Continue reading
Our ‘Summer Workshops’ got off to a flying start on Friday with our constant favourite workshop ‘Introduction to Celebration Cakes’. This is the ultimate starting place for learning the basics of working with icing/sugarpaste. From the baking of the cake through to the adorning of a covered cake, Lindy leaves nothing to chance in helping you achieve a professional finish when working with sugarpaste. This is a back to basics… Continue reading
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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Introduction to Celebration Cakes is our absolute favorite workshop…we never leave this popular course off our workshop programme because it is just too fabulous! Time and time again we are told that even if you have some sugarcraft experience, this course is fantastic for perfecting the finish of your cake and for picking up hints and tips that will become invaluable! I think our cake friend, and serial workshoppper, Julie… Continue reading
Wonky cake classes are one of our most popular workshops and Friday’s class was no exception, in fact we’ve never had such a long waiting list! Students travelled from far and wide, including one international student from Italy, many were familiar faces but we also welcomed some new students as well.
Wonky cakes, for many, are the ultimate cake challenge, not only does the cake shape have to be… Continue reading
Lots of beautiful, delicate, white, sparkling snowflakes plus a scattering of stars were created at todays very festive Christmas mini cake workshop, aren’t they lovely. The snowflakes were created from pastillage – look carefully each one is different, just like the real ones!! The snowflake outlines are created using snowflake cutters and the patterns cut out with smaller cutters and piping tubes.
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The countdown to Christmas has officially started at Lindy’s Cakes! As we commence our festive inspired workshops we are all feeling very Christmassy indeed! Our hugely popular ‘Bauble’ workshop got off to a great start with so many familliar faces. It is lovely to see students coming back to our workshops, a testament to Lindy’s teaching!
I remember when I first saw Lindy’s Bauble cake at HQ…I simply couldn’t… Continue reading
Gingerbread 'Family' Cookies
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Continuing our Autumn theme, and our penchant for exquisite little sweet treats, we spent a wonderful day creating ‘Autumn Inspired Mini Cakes’. I say ‘we’ not in a proverbial way but in a ‘I actually made them too’ way. Yes, Lindy very kindly made me become a student on this course to futher enhance my sugarcraft skills. And cake friends don’t for one minute think that just because one works… Continue reading
This is the workshop where food meets fashion…couture meets cakes…sugarpaste meets style! This is our second handbag workshop and judging by the feedback and interest this course has evoked it will remain on our programe for some time! Lindy loves fashion and is very interested in design. Every day she arrives at the office with either a design idea, an object that has inspired her or a photograph of something… Continue reading
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