Weekend cupcake extravaganza

Well not really an extravaganza but LOTS of cupcake shopping :)

First Friday - PAYDAY!!!! I headed to Oxford Circus, and Selfridges to try and get my mother some cupcakes for Mothers Day today - however they only had the special "I heart mum" ones with a use by date of 29 Feb or 1 Mar which was no use as they had to be sent to Scotland. However I did manage to get a couple of cupcakes for myself and Manny - I just couldn't resist! Manny had a rocky road one - which had a really nice coconut base and I had a banana one with pink vanilla frosting which was lovely! Lola's (http://www.lolas-kitchen.co.uk/) are definitely in my top 3 cupcake places in the UK!!

Also on Friday I visited Primark (http://www.primark.com/) and got the two tea towels pictured above for a very reasonable �2!! Not only have they got cupcakes, they have pink pompoms too!!

Then a trip to Debenhams http://www.debenhams.co.uk/) where I finally gave in and got the mini-cupcake cookie jar for �10. I would've gotten the giant one but theres no room in my kitchen as cupcake memorabilia slowly takes over! They still have quite a range of cupcake items for the kitchen in Debenhams, including a lovely "tea for one" set that I think may be my next purchase there :)

Then is was a walk to Covent Garden to Candy Cakes (http://www.candycakes.eu/) - OH.MY.GOD - it was ADORABLE!!!!! The shop window was a sea of glorious, neon bright cupcakes and then I realised...I'd forgotten my camera, I took a few with my phone but as usual I can't find the lead to transfer them, so will go back this week and take some more pics! The shop itself was really small and cute, and all the staff were friendly and were wearing pink Candy Cakes aprons and baseball caps - I want one of each!!!! I had a coffee (v.nice and Fairtrade too!) and got 2 "cupcakes" to take away - a double chocolate for Manny and a banana toffee for me. I say "cupcakes" as when we had them although they were absolutely divine, they were more like muffins than cupcakes. Mine had chocolate covered honeycomb on top (like a scrummy big chunk of crunchie!) and Mannys had a very appropriate humbug! They were really nicely flavoured cakes and the icing was yummy!! Although not a cupcake they were still gorgeous and I shall definitely be going back!

Just for the record - we didn't scoff all the cupcakes in one day - Friday we ate the candy cakes ones (they were too beautiful looking to resist!) and Saturday after a long walk I had my Lolas cupcakes - Manny had walked nowhere but had worked up an appetite sitting on his butt!

Also why does Bloggers spellchecker suggest farted as an alternative for Fairtrade?? Bizarre!