Today, after work, we had cocktails and a President Obama cake.  I love working in a place where these things matter, are talked about, are celebrated.  Where I wasn’t the only person taking a picture on her mobile phone.

I’m pretty sure the cake was ordered from Lola’s Kitchen, a North London company which specialises in cupcakes.  While the Democrat blue icing might seem a bit off-putting at first, it was absolutely delicious – as was the chocolate cake inside.

I have to admit that cupcakes weren’t something I paid a lot of attention to before coming to London, but there are a few places here that do them very well.  I love the red velvet cupcakes from The Hummingbird Bakery in Notting Hill and the ’six packs’ of tiny cupcakes which are sometimes sold in egg cartons at the Whitecross Street Market on a Thursday or Friday.

And people say that there’s no decent food to be found in London…

Tash