hummingbird reminiscing

at the end of march two of my friends and i went up to london with the university's disney society (oh yes, we have one of those!) to go and see the lion king in the west end (which is AMAZING!). we went up early so that we could have a wander around london during the day and i insisted that this began with a trip to the hummingbird bakery. we chose the south kensington bakery so that we could go around the museums afterwards (what could be more natural after tea and cake that looking at stuffed animals?!) i have only been to hummingbird once before - a day trip to london for my sixteenth birthday resulted in a visit to the portobello market shop. those were by far the best cakes i have ever tasted and so i had been pining for a visit ever since.

so here i am with my chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting:

and a close up:

my friends had a dark chocolate and ginger cake as well as a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting:

it was a gorgeous day and it was so nice to be able to sit and watch the world pass by!

unfortunately my cake was a little dry - chocolate cake is always harder to make and keep moist - but it was still delicious and it will not stop me from going back again!

on another note the university is starting up a baking society (finally!) and i am planning on running for the committee. currently debating between two roles: social secretary and events co-ordinator. clearly there is similarity between the roles, but the former deals with the socials whereas the latter is focussed on organising talks and workshops. i think i might go for the events co-ordinator as it will probably be better experience for my future event management career (my second dream job!). so i'll need to put a manifesto together and bribe my friends into coming along to vote. i'm going home a couple of days before so i might be able to whip up some brownies - which no one can resist! so i will let you know how the election goes - fingers crossed!

love,
nen
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