Cakes to Inspire and Desire

by Lindy Smith

*Written by a popular and experienced cake designer *Range of techniques and skill levels ensures broad appeal *Lindy's other best-selling titles include Celebrate with a Cake (28,000 copies sold) and Party Animal Cakes (20,000 copies sold) Readers will discover a collection of 15 truly inspirational and deceptively simple celebratory cakes, each with a modern and distinctive finish. Lavish colour photographs display a unique variety of traditional and contemporary styles from florals and frills to stripes and beadwork. Each cake is accompanied by exquisite mini-cakes to put a creative twist on the main theme, or to make as an alternative when time is short. Chapters are divided by shape, showing how a simple square or round design can be the basis for the most desirable of cakes.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks, Food

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

World renowned for her designs, writing and teaching Lindy Smith is a highly experienced and talented British cake designer & sugarcrafter. Recognised for her exquisite attention to detail and eye for colour Lindy has been translating her designs into sugarcraft for many years From humble beginnings in her home kitchen, experimenting with the 'basics' she learnt from an inspirational teacher, she soon discovered that sugar was the perfect medium through which to express her creative abilities and original ideas. In 1997 Lindy entered her first set of competitions and much to her own amazement received 3 gold awards. She had arrived in the 'cake' world! In 1998 she started writing regular features for "Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine". Her first cake decorating book was published in 2000. She has continued to write books ever since, loving the freedom it gives her to be highly creative and original. Lindy travels extensively for her work, gathering inspiration along the way, she has been very privileged to see first hand how sugarcraft and cake decorating is constantly evolving around the globe. Lindy runs a successful company, Lindy's Cakes Ltd, based in Buckinghamshire, UK. The online shop side of the business specialises in sugarcraft products that she has 'hand picked' herself and uses in her books. She teaches sugarcraft at regular workshops throughout the year and continues to write about sugarcraft on a regular basis. Lindy Smith is passionate about her art and brings a fresh contemporary look to sugarcraft and cake design.

Reviews

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book! Fantastic designs that are actually attainable! Although all the cakes in this book are highly stylized and very ornate and detailed, no technique is difficult. The only pre-requisite anyone might need is a beginning fondant class, just because I think it's kind of impossible to learn how to properly (and prettily) cover a cake in fondant by reading about it in a book. So if you've had instruction in covering a cake in fondant, know how to make fondant cut-outs stick to the sides of the cake, and know how to stack a tiered cake, you have all the know-how needed to go crazy with this book! The only thing that makes the designs in this book even the least bit daunting is simply the time required. The designs are all over-piped and layered and ornate, so these would be cakes you'd work on over a few days, not simply one afternoon. My only criticism is that some of the designs require certain fondant cutters that only Lindy Smith sells. She is based out of the UK, so you have to order them well in advance and pay for shipping. But, the cutters are so great (I ordered the Indian designs) it's worth it!

[Suzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i absolutley love this book!

the cake on the cover is going to be my weding cake, just in other colours and flowers.

lindy smith is an amazing cake designer and has really god recepies and step-by-step tutorials in this book.

[Sara]

This one has unique ideas, really for advanced decorators. She focuses a lot on metal "cake jewelry".