Cupcakes

There's something about cupcakes that always make me smile. I remember my first cupcake,I suppose every girl does!. It was a chocolate one, with shiny chocolate icing, a truly lovely deepest dark brown kind of icing that makes you go mmmm before its even in sniffing distance. Evere since they have seemed special, imbued with some magical quality guaranteed to raise a smile during even the darkest of days.

So I was rather pleased today to stumble on a new market stall in local town. There it was sprung from nowhere, opposite the plant stall and down from the bags.Sitting there, looking all lovely were homemade bundles of cupcake gorgeousness. Pink ones, brown ones, white ones all in lovely flavours strawberry, chocolate, vanilla. Yum. Brought a smile to my face straight away and of course a purchase had to be made.

Decisions decisions but the final selection was one Malibu & Lime and one Chocolate & Orange.

Malibu & Lime and Chocolate Orange cupcakes.

Lovely they were too. The Malibu & Lime, smelled delicious and it was a lovely coconut tinged sponge, with the dreamiest of butter cream toppings which hid a limey tang. The chocolate sponge was equally fantastic a lovely bittersweet sensation with orange icing laced with Cointreau for a little extra spicy punch. Scruffbag was very taken with both, but chocolate hound that she is her tail wagged at the first waft she caught on the breeze of that particular delight.

So on dark days or down days or even bad dog days, I would recommend a cupcake, maybe even two with a nice cup of tea. Or even on a good day, trust me the sun will shine brighter after a cupcake.

TTFN

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