Cupcake ring

In my quest to find all things fabulous that are cupcake I discovered this beautiful ring at http://www.pnutjewelry.com/rings.aspx and I think I'm going to get it for my birthday - it is really rather sweet (pardon the pun) however I'm not really a jewellery person (apart from piercings - I still have an unworn wedding ring at home that Manny got made for me). Maybe 2008 should be the year of me eating cupcakes and wearing jewellery?

Daisy Bakes Cake Shop Greenwich - first visit (of many to come!!)

[Please note: these posts are not necessarily in date order - nor have I just suddenly visited all these cupcake shops in the last few days - this is my first attempt at a blog and I decided to update all the shops I've visited in the last few weeks/months that I have pics of - I do love to take pics of my cupcakes before eating them!!!!]

Whilst browsing cupcake sites at work at the end of January I found mention of a cupcake store in Greenwich, which is about 1/2 an hour walk away from my house (I think of everything in walking now that I walk most places..no more "its a bus ride away"!). I was disheartened to read that they dont serve cupcakes on weekends and kept meaning to get there in the week but it was impossible to sneak out of work early enough that week! However after a bit of a stomp round Greenwich park on the Sunday after a row with Manny I thought I'd just peek in and see the store and thankfully their website was lying and there were cupcakes!!!! My mood lifted at the sight of such beautiful cupcakes and I immediately had to buy a couple (including one for the aforementioned Manny - I was still in a sulk with him but even then I couldn't deny him such a lovely treat as a cupcake!) I opted for the vanilla (my favourite!) and got Manny a red velvet as they seemed to be quite romantic and cute (my friend from the states tells me that these are THE valentine cupcake!)

These cupcakes were UTTERLY gorgeous - some of the best I've had in the UK for sure. The cakes were really nice and light and the frosting was nice and not too sweet! I'm sooo happy this is within walking distance of my house -although I'm not sure that this is good for my diet..but if I walk there and back its an hours walk so therefore good for me..and calories consumed after excercise dont count :)

Daisy Cakes Bake Shop - the return

The first weekend in Feb as part of my new Fitbug regime I dragged Manny for a long walk around Greenwich park which was lovely and as a reward we popped into Daisy Cakes Bake Shop (http://www.daisycakesbakeshop.com/) after we left the park, stopping for a coffee in the Cellar Cafe opposite it for the best cappucino I've had (Manny had a fab spicy mocha which had chilli flavoured hot chocolate in!). We also finally made it to the Dog and Bell pub (http://www.thedogandbell.com/index.html) after about 3 years of meaning to get there, where sampled some rather scrummy kriek (only my second alcholic drink of 2008!)

Anyways back to the cupcakes - after a couple of drinks we staggered home and had our cupcakes - a white chocolate and raspberry for Manny and a carrot with cream cheese frosting for me. Sorry the pictures are a bit squiffy but so was I - I did take one of them in the box too but alas it looked like a cupcake massacre in there - I blame Mannys "helpfullness" in the pub of turning them upside down! Although the cake part of mine was lovely, the cream cheese frosting was a bit sickly sweet and I can't say I'd have this flavour again - definately worth trying if you like sweet frosting though! Mannys white chocolate cake I didn't try (it barely hit the sides going in I think!!!) but the frosting on his was really nice and I'd recommend this one, the fresh raspberries were a nice touch!

Theres music coming out of my cupcakes!

Another gift from my hubby last week was a set of fantastic cupcakes speakers that I spotted on one of the many cupcake blogs I read and just HAD to have!

They look utterly edible but unfortunately you can't take a bite out of them! It has also been pointed out they look rather like lady lumps- but perhaps thats just the men I know thinking dirty thoughts about everything!

I think these are sold out everywhere (they were originally available at Tesco.com) - Manny bought mine on Ebay so keep an eye out on there if your like them!

Happy Valentines day

Okay its 2 days early but my gorgeous husband realised he couldn't get to Selfridges on the day itself so he went today and got me four beautiful cupcakes from Lola's. Well when I say "got me" I mean us - Manny can't say no to a cupcake - especially a chocolate one!!!

I have had the pink one with the hearts so far today and it was fabulous - the base is more like a fairy cake than an American style cupcake but very nice and the frosting was lovely and not too sweet! I'm saving the other one for tomorrow but if you read this head down to Selfridges asap if you want to catch them - I think they only have the valentine ones till Thursday!! You can also order Lola's cupcakes from http://www.lolas-kitchen.co.uk/ but there are no slots left for the 14th Feb!

Thanks Manny for such a lovely suprise :)