So many cupcakes...so little time

I've not been online much in the last week but I HAVE eaten a lot of cupcakes and shopped a lot for items with cupcakes on so will be updating my blog over the next couple of days! One thing I've not bought but would do if I'd given birth (eugh the horror!) would be one of these gorgeous Yummy Mummy bags from Pink Lining! They're utterly adorable and cupcake cute!

Sorry the pics so small but if you click the link above you can zoom in and see it in all its glory on the Pink Lining website! Check out their little "home sweet home" cupcake logo!!

Cupcake pumps!

My favourite shoe style (apart from my beloved Uggs!) are pumps. I adore pumps - they're so cute and comfy and come with lots of pretty things on like skulls and stars! Now Rocket Dog have launched the ULTIMATE in cute pumps - called the Positive Cupcake pump. I've ordered the white ones and will be shopping tomorrow to see if I can get the black ones as they're sold out everywhere in my size online!

They are ultra cute and even have cupcake lining inside!! And best of all all the cupcake fun but no calories included :)

Does your dog love cupcakes?

Then now they can show the world that they heart cupcakes by wearing this rather fabulous doggy "dress" from GW Little. Oh how I wish I had a dog! Although I think it would probably fit our cats I dont think I'd be able to eat cupcakes with my hands covered in the massive scratches I'd sustain trying to get either of them into it!

Cthulhu cupcakes

Especially for my lovely hubby Manny, his favourite tentacled beast Cthulhu in cupcake form!

I've always preferred the Hello Kitty version Hello Cthulhu but Manny frowns upon such humour! Although he was terribly excited when I bought him a cuddly Cthulhu!

Anyways you can find the recipe to make the lovely Cthulhu type cupcakes on Martha Stewarts website (she calls them "tentacled alien", I prefer my description!)

Handbag alert!

Seriously are they making these JUST to tempt me to spend all my money on cupcakes??? The whole world seems to be going cupcake mad and although I think this is a great thing, (and lets face it a bag is one way I can enjoy a cupcake without having to worry that I'll have to lie on the bed to zip up my jeans afterwards!) I just can't afford to buy everything cupcake that I want as I want it ALL!!!

Check out Radley's official site if you want to see this bag in all its glory :) I think I'll have to decide between this one and the Betsey Johnson one on Monday (payday!!) - a trip to Covent Garden is called for!!

Back to work tomorrow....

so we just HAD to buy some cupcakes to cheer ourselves up at that horrific thought (and to celebrate the fact that we FINALLY got to Greenwich park on time to see the time ball drop which excited Manny no end!)

Once again it was Peggy's Cupcakes from Greenwich Market that we couldn't resist and as usual they were utterly gorgeous. I can't really explain but they have a lovely home-made feel about them which just reminds me of my mums cooking (which is a good thing!). Also they are just so beautiful ...nearly too beautiful to eat! I wish it was Easter every weekend just so Peggy could keep this lovely decorating style, I'm going to miss the chicks and bunnies!

Treacle - too much is never enough!!

After YEARS of saying we'd go to Columbia Road Flower Market we FINALLY made it on Sunday and we actually made it waaaay before closing! I found a way to get Manny to move and get out - I offered to take him to a good ale pub, The Royal Oak for Sunday lunch and a few pints of Harvey's Stout AFTER we'd been to the market! This was enough to put his bottom into gear and we got out of the house before midday which is generally unheard of with my faffing hubby in tow! Apart from wanting to see the market itself we also wanted to try some cupcakes as there are TWO places on Columbia Road with cupcakes available - Treacle and Cake Hole which is inside Vintage Heaven (both only open on Sundays). The market itself was really lovely - lots of lovely, and cheap, plants and flowers and lots of pretty old quaint shop where I could've spent a fortune if payday hadn't have been so far away - I did manage to pick up a lovely cat cream pourer though. Even walking to the market was a treat as there were loads of really nice unspoilt areas of old housing - it reminded me very much of Berlin round there!

We first saw Cake Hole, however it is at the back of the shop and the front bit was heaving with people looking at antiques so we carried on down the market to Treacle which was slightly quieter and absolutely gorgeous. They had lots of lovely old furniture/kitchen bits and some really pretty cupcake memorabilia, such as aprons and cake stands. And....LOTS of cupcakes in lots of pretty colours. They had both large and small ones available (I've read they do 3 sizes but I think we only saw 2). We opted for a box of 9 minis for £7 - 3 of each flavour; chocolate, lemon and vanilla - it was difficult to be so disciplined as everything looked finger-licking good!! They were all prettily decorated and I especially loved the glitter!

We waited till later that night before having them as we were stuffed after our lovely lunch at the Royal Oak (definitely recommended!) - and the cupcakes were worth waiting for - little bites of heaven. All three flavours were really tasty - soft and tasty bases and lovely and not too sweet frosting!! This is definitely worth the trip up to the market and as its only open on Sundays its a good reason to buy a little box to treat yourself!

We never made it into Cake Hole but will be popping back very soon to test their cupcakes!