The Hummingbird Bakery

It has been a great weekend, really busy, but I have managed to pack so much in it has been really satisfying. On saturday we headed north to Crouch End to pay a visit to a restaurant that serves up the best American/Californian breakfasts this side of the Atlantic, called Pick More Daisies. The food was to die for, it was seriously worth the 1 hour trek. Crouch end also has some great shops, it really is an independent shop honey pot. The icing on the cake, quite literally came when Miles and I decided to head over to South Kensington to The Hummingbird Bakery for some Sunday afternoon tea and cupcakes. Well, diet coke and cupcakes.
The Hummingbird Bakery is one of my favorite places in London, it is so damn cute! The colour scheme is bubble gum pink and brown and it does shabby chic very well. It is much more than just aesthetically pleasing - the cakes are totally dreamy. The vanilla frosted cupcake is yum, very smooth and really fluffy sponge. I love all the cakes, I love the shop, I love the displays, basically I just love everything about it..
So if your in London Hummingbird is really worth a try, their sponge is hard to beat for fluffiness. Plus the guys and girls serving you get the best uniform. They get little pink sweat tops with Hummingbird written across it - super cute!We finished our afternoon off with a 3 mile stroll around Hyde Park, it is so beautiful. The sun was setting, and the Serpentine was shimmering a gorgeous slate blue hue. The ducks were out and the leaves were all off the trees it felt like the perfect warm up to Christmas. Ice skating at Somerset House soon, I can’t wait…. now that will be Christmassy.
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I’ll second that! Californian brekkie and fluffy iced cup cakes - a good weekend for food! And well worth traveling for
I’ve bookmarked Hummingbird bakery on my iPhone - so I can quickly navigate to it from anywhere in London!!
Mmm… that last picture is awesome: I can almost taste it! Next time, we’ll have the strawberry flavoured cup cakes…
Mmmm…that looks very good!
When I will visit London this summer I will stop by Hummingbird bakery.
looks good helen…
the equivalent in NY, in my humble opinion, is buttercups bakery… best cupcakes HANDS DOWN!
I’m not so sure l.j, you need to check out these bad boys. I had one brought home for me by helen and miles and I have to say they are amazing - super fluffy and cute. I hope to go to the actual bakery soon…
Oh WoW! That looks so delicious!
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