And now for my first "proper" post....Hummingbird Heartbeat

While wandering around South Kensington last weekend with my Boyfriend, I stumbled across a small Hummingbird Bakery shop. South Kensington is not the place you usually find things to be inexpensive-these cakes are no exception. It is also usually the place you would expect more style than substance- but these are an exception. I was talked into buying four Strawberry Cheescake (muffin things) by the ever so helpful sales assistant. There I was merrily peering into my bag and pulling out the coppers and coins to pay for these cakes....and then I was told the price. To have to pull out the credit card for four cupcakes was a shock- a very embarrassing shock amongst the hoity toity in South Kensington who curled thier noses in distaste! (I like that one), especially when I asked the sales assistant if this was some sort of sick joke.


So anyway, I got home and tasted them with a nice cup of tea. I must say they were delicious, and my family and I agreed they were probably worth the £3 per cake. Were the biscuits dusted on top some kind of magical gold dust sourced out of Aladdin's cave I pondered? Or were the strawberries picked straight out of the garden of Strawberry Shortcake from TV? Or have I just been watching too much children's TV? Well, it turns out that anyone can bake these cakes with a little help from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, which I invested in.


Today my Mother and I set to work making the exact cheesecakes I had purchased. And I must say they were pretty easy and quick. AND they tasted moreorless the same as from the bakery. I was impressed! It is a much cheaper alternative, and you will be so pleased with yourself for coming anywhere near to the sheer deliciousness of the masterchefs at Hummingbird Bakery!

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/tarek+malouf/the+hummingbird+bakery+cookbook/6420607/