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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!
Here we go again! Lindy’s ‘Introduction to Celebration Cakes’ workshop is so popular we decided we just had to run it again. Nine eager students, nine naked cakes ready for the Lindy Smith treatment!
This is the most fabulous course for the beginner sugarcrafter. It is basic cake covering at it’s best, the humble beginnings of sugarcrafting, and that’s exactly where Lindy starts. Her ’back to basics’ approach works equally… Continue reading
Such is the interest in Lindy’s approach to her work that she has created a collection of technique workshops. We trialled them last season and by popular demand have kept them on our Autumn workshop programme. I have a feeling they are here to stay!
The focus today was on patterning paste. Lindy’s love of colour, her eye catching colour combinations and her pattern designs are getting a lot… Continue reading
It’s Wonky time again! Today seven cake, sugarcraft and Lindy Smith fans learnt how to make Lindy’s iconic Wonky style cake. We do love a Wonky workshop. This step by step format, created by Lindy, is the ultimate way to learn the techniques needed to carve and create this leaning tower of cakeness! We had a truly international class with students from as far away as Australia, Spain and Venezuela… Continue reading
I knew Lindy was never going to be artistically content with plain coloured sugarpaste! Famous for her eye catching colour combinations Lindy has blended her love of colour with her love of pattern and design, taking sugarcraft to a new level of gorgeousness. For the first time ever we bring you a workshop uniquely focused on these fabulous paste and pattern techniques. Stripes, swirls, checks, marbling and the beautiful Millefiori… Continue reading
We are thrilled to bring you the second of our winners in our ‘Creative Writing Competition’. We loved this entry by Cecille Sia in the ‘Best Cake Recipe’ category. Cecille is one of our international cake friends and customer! She is from Manila in the Philippines, she grew up here and says that her Grandparents were hugely influential in her life. To us this story encapsulates what baking
I find that many newbie cake decorators become easily confused with all the different names given to the soft roll out icing that we use these days to cover most of our cakes. However, basically yes, sugarpaste is the term most widely used in the UK for this soft icing and the term fondant when used in the US, is the US equivalent.
BEWARE, in the UK
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.
In Australia these are also known as… Continue reading
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
Food and Fashion… girls and handbags…handbags that you can eat… now you’re talking! What a great way to start our 2011 classes with Lindy’s Designer Handbag Course. In the sugarcraft world this is Cake ‘Accessories’ Couture at it’s finest!
Today we had 6 students who have completed courses with us before. That’s 6 out of 10 familliar faces! We love welcoming back students, it makes for a very relaxed… Continue reading
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