Craving cupcakes...Daisy Cakes to the rescue

So today I was home alone and craving cupcakes - I have gone nearly 2 weeks without a "fix" so I woke up thinking FROSTING! Then I realised I really wasn't in a 'getting on the bus and listening to each stop being announced then jostling with a zillion people' mood so I decided to ditch my idea of going to Buttercup and went to Daisy Cakes Bake Shop in Greenwich instead.

As soon as I walked into Daisy Cakes and smelt the fresh cupcakes baking I knew it had been a good idea - I quickly got a red velvet and a vanilla and headed home to enjoy a people free Saturday!!

Both cupcakes were gorgeous (I liked the red velvet base best and the vanilla frosting...go figure!) and my people free day has been great :)

Tarts are coming to Soho!!!!

One of my favourite cupcake bakers are coming to Soho, London this Monday, 21st July! I can't wait - although I shall have to ensure I don't visit too often or I'll explode!

Info below from their blog

Is it Monday yet?!? yes, this Monday we will be open for business. We are not letting little things like the kitchens not being completely finished and our entrance not open stop us! So try and come down to see us next week on Frith Street. 56 Frith to be exact, inside Profile, London W1D 3JGNow between now and then we have our markets so here is what's on offer this week.

I CANNOT wait :)

A sweet surprise

I found this very cute shop on my daily trawl of Etsy - I think I shall be ordering the necklace when pay day comes around :)

The necklace is $8, the barrettes are $3 and the earrings are $6. Some of the items come in different cupcake styles, such a cherry and chocolate so click here for all cupcake goodies! Check out her other items too - there's some fab panda and octopus things :)

A font thats good enough to eat!

Thanks, once again, to the fabulous All Things Cupcake for alerting me to this superb font! Isn't it cute - not sure I'll be able to type all my emails in it though :)

Available free from Font Cubes.

Hello Kitty cupcakes

I adore Hello Kitty and I heart cupcakes so when I saw these I thought I might explode with glee - that frosting is just crying out to be scoffed! From Sugarcrushmiami via the ever fabulous All Things Cupcake.

Just adorable!!

I wish every day was cupcake day!!

I made it over to Richmond early on Saturday - mainly cuz I left a very hungover Manny in bed feeling sorry for himself so was able to get out of the house without too much faffing, and this early start paid off as they still had a full range of cupcakes left when I arrived!! I had been drooling since reading their flavours for "cupcake day" and they were worth every second I spent drooling!

I bought 4 - strawberry vanilla and red velvet for me and brownie chunk and Boston cream pie for Manny and all 4 of them were utterly fantastic! The strawberry one was SO good I didn't want it to end - each bite of frosting was like having a zillion of the yummiest, juiciest strawberries you've ever eaten exploding in your mouth all at once! Seriously it was THAT good! My red velvet was utterly fabulous too, nice and soft with a really moreish frosting! Manny seemed to enjoy his also (I swiped a fingerful of his filing from his cream pie one and it was very good and a nibble of his chocolate frosting which was incredibly tasty!)...there were no complaints and lots of yummy noises and it seemed to help cure his hangover - see cupcakes can heal!

The guys from Outsider Tart were really friendly and gave me a gorgeous jute bag to carry my goodies home safely!! I really hope their business grows and grows, like I would if it was cupcake day every day ;)

Go buy their cupcakes ASAP - if you don't you'll only regret it! My only regret - I was so eager to get stuck into eating them my pictures suck..sorry guys!

Pink pandas!!

I saw these on Bakerella (which I ADORE!) and I simply MUST buy some of these lovely pink Oreos when we go to NY next March so I can make these. Pandas and cupcakes are two of my favourite things in the world so these will definitely be FAB!

I do hope Bakerella don't mind I've borrowed their picture to show you how great these look. You can find the recipe for these in Hello Cupcake (a really great book!)