Lola's Cupcakes, Summer Blooms and Angel Wings

During a jaunt to Oxford Circus, I stopped by the Topshop flagship store for another helping of the delectable cupcakes from Lola's.

Alongside my usual favourites of Red Velvet, Oreo and Rocky Road, there was a new flavour of the month for July: salted caramel. It was savoury goodness with the flavours perfectly balanced.

As pretty as they looked, these bite-sized confections were polished off in a jiffy.



Despite the chilly weather and incessant rain in London, I'm still enjoying the bright summer flowers on the streets.


Spot the little bumblebee doing his thing.




A verdant street corner outside a restaurant near Covent Garden with leafy arches and gargoyles.




A soaring angel wings sculpture by Wolfgang and Heron at the N1 shopping plaza in Islington near Angel station.

Somewhat undercutting its magnificence is the fact that under it sits an innocuous milkshake stand.

Snog Yogurt at Covent Garden

Discovered this Snog yogurt shop while strolling from Covent Garden towards Leicester Square earlier this afternoon.

The interior is like a kawaii character wonderland bathed in an ever-shifting rainbow of lights.



In case you're not familiar with the term, 'snog' is a British colloquialism for kissing.


They offered fat-free, sugar-free yogurt in four flavours (natural, chocolate, green tea and passionfruit) alongside a smorgasbord of toppings.



Our yummy confection of chocolate yogurt topped with brownies and fresh strawberries.

Fancy a snog? :-)

Oxford Covered Market

While in Oxford, we also took a walk through the Covered Market which is just off the High Street.




Fancy a milkshake from Moo-moo's? :-)


Glad to see that Brothers is still here. I used to love their baguettes!


The butchery in the middle of the market. You can't miss the smell!


I've never seen green irises before!




I brought my brother and sister-in-law to Georgina's, a cosy cafe on the second floor that is popular with the locals. It still has the same red interior with the ceiling plastered with posters.




The perfect antidote to a winter day: hot chocolate with marshmallows!

More comfort food in the form of nachos and spicy spud (potato) skins!

Lola's Cupcakes

Right in the centre of the ground floor of Topshop flagship store in Oxford Circus is a Lola's counter that sells the most eye-catching cupcakes.

The delectable treats are baked each morning without preservatives and come in more than a dozen flavours like red velvet, peanut butter, coconut, banana chocolate etc.

These tasted very fresh and yummy, with just the right lightness of texture. The generous frosting was also delicious without being too rich. The large cupcakes are about £2.40 while the box of 9 "tiny" cupcakes was £10.20.

Dark Chocolate Cherry (in the centre) is the current flavour of the month. I loved the red velvet cupcake (with the red sprinkles) with the cream cheese icing!


Rocky Road (left) and Chocolate.

Vanilla

Oreo



Doesn't this look almost too pretty to eat? :-)