Hi, I’m so happy you’re here. I’m Lynsey the face behind Cakes by Lynz. I’m a self taught cake decorator from the UK and I’ve been making cakes now for almost 20 years.
Where it all began…
I remember the first time I made a batch of cupcakes, I was hooked! I started as many of you probably did, just baking for family and friends.
After a while I started experimenting with fondant and this is where my love of cake decorating was born; practicing different techniques, whilst reading and watching every tutorial I could find.
Selling my Cakes
In 2012 after working as a designer for many years I set up my own wedding stationery company, making couples wedding invitations and other stationery for their big day and this allowed me to start selling my cakes alongside. I continued to sell my cakes for 5 years until I decided to focus more on the stationery, but this leads us to the start of Cakes by Lynz as you know it today!
Setting up my YouTube channel
When I was first learning to make cakes I used to say that I learnt through the ‘School of YouTube’. I would spend hours watching all the tutorials I could find and way back in August 2011 I filmed my first video tutorial and uploaded it to YouTube. It was actually another 2 years before I uploaded another video, but this was the start of the Cakes by Lynz YouTube channel.
I spent the next few years making 100s of cakes until I felt confident enough to start adding more tutorials to the channel.
YouTube has given me the opportunity to continue doing what I love, making and designing cakes, sharing all the tips and tricks that I’ve learnt and adapted along the way. As the channel grew, so did my confidence and my love of uploading videos.
In 2020, like for so many other small businesses, Covid changed the vision I had for my wedding stationery company. Suddenly there were no weddings or parties, but I’d actually been splitting my time 50/50 at this point between my company and the Cakes by Lynz YouTube channel so this lead me to start working full time as a content creator.
In 2023 I had my son, so I know split my time between the cake tutorials and being a Mum, which I’ve come to realise is a full time job in itself, lol.
A Huge Thank you
Over the years the Cakes by Lynz YouTube channel and this blog has continued to grow both in the amount of tutorials now available and also the amount of people following along. I am so appreciative of everyone who watches the tutorials, comments and subscribes to the channel, my blog and across all my social media.
This website is a combination of my video tutorials, recipes, reviews and all my cake adventures. I love nothing more than designing cakes, testing out techniques and just trying to figure out the best way to do something, in the hope that I will help someone who is on their own cake adventure.
Thank you so much for reading about my journey and I really hope you enjoy following the blog!
