Lalaloopsy, Cake And Fun!

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On Saturday morning, with a bit of a handy over if I’m truthfully honest, the children and I made our way into central London for a spot of cake decorating at the Primrose Bakery with Lalaloopsy and Martha Collinson from the Great British Bake Off.

Florence and I were totally new to GBBO this year but even though I hadn’t watched the series before, I’d still heard of Martha. When she was on the show she was the youngest ever contestant and now she has her own cookery book coming out which is amazing! She’s the same age as our favourite contestant from the latest series, Flora and when I showed Floence her picture she decided that Nartha was obviously last year’s Flora and would have been our favourite back then! Happy days!

So we might not have been terribly familiar with Martha before the event but we were already massive fans of Lalaloopsy and we LOVE to decorate cakes so we knew it was going to be a great morning.

Jimmy at the Primrose Bakery!
Jimmy at the Primrose Bakery!

The Primrose Bakery is where Carrie Bradshaw used to pick up her cup cakes in Sex And The City so we were excited to see the London store where my good friend Adriana always orders her party cakes – Adriana has the most impeccable taste, believe me! I love going to her parties and the cakes are always absolutely delicious so I’m not too sure why I’d not been to the bakery myself yet and now that I have, I may very well bankrupt myself in cake – inexpensive they are NOT but AMAZING they most certainly are!

Mars Bar, Crunchie and Malteaser inspired cupcakes... £3.25 made me owch when I bought my Mum a Crunchie cake as a treat when we left but I couldn't possibly make anything so delicious myself so I sucked it up!
Mars Bar, Crunchie and Malteaser inspired cupcakes… £3.25 made me owch when I bought my Mum a Crunchie cake as a treat when we left but I couldn’t possibly make anything so delicious myself so I sucked it up!

 

And the reason we’d been invoted to the bakery? Well, Lalaloopsy, one of our faves and a brand we are ambassadors for, has a cake fashion doll which you can decorate and play with just like you are decorating a real cake! She comes with everything you need to make cake inspired designs on her dresses, shoes and hair and the children thought she was fabulous!

Decorating the Lalaloopsy Cake Fashion Doll who can be cleaned up and decorated over and over again!
Decorating the Lalaloopsy Cake Fashion Doll who can be cleaned up and decorated over and over again!

Of course you can’t actually EAT the Lalaloopsy once ou’ve decorated her so because we were in the mothership of cake, WITH baking expert Martha, the children got to decorate some sweet treats they could actually eat too!

Jimmy immediately cut the tops off his cakes as the last time we did baking we'd made butterfly cakes. He was upset when he realised his mistake but we glued them back on with a bit of icing!
Jimmy immediately cut the tops off his cakes as the last time we did baking we’d made butterfly cakes. He was upset when he realised his mistake but we glued them back on with a bit of icing!
Both Florence and Jimmy had an ace time doing the cake decorating as did all the children!
Both Florence and Jimmy had an ace time doing the cake decorating as did all the children!
Florence made some really pretty designs!
Florence made some really pretty designs!
And it was delightful to meet Martha, I can't wait to read her book. I'm not sure why because she's the least scary person you could meet but Jimmy was petrified around her and spent the entire time hiding behind Florence. Sorry Martha, Florence and I thought you were super lovely!
And it was delightful to meet Martha so I’m not sure why (because she’s the least scary person you could meet) but Jimmy was petrified around her and spent the entire time hiding behind Florence. Sorry Martha, Florence and I thought you were super lovely and we can’t wait to read your book!

We had a great morning and special thanks have to be given to my friend Modern Mummy who knew how badly I’d exposed myself to three different types of alcohol the night before (I’m 36 but I never learn) and brought me coconut water to sort myself out – it did the trick chick, you’re a star!

The children would like to thank Lalaloopsy as they got to take their own Lalaloopsy Girl’s Cake Fashion Doll home with them. They’ve been arguing ever since over which one the yellow haired doll belongs to as she seems to be the firm favourite with my two!

Running away with his lalaloopsy!
Running away with his lalaloopsy!

We were invited to a fab event to phave a play with Lalaloopsy Girl’s Cake Fashion Doll and to decorate some cakes with Martha.

 

3 thoughts on “Lalaloopsy, Cake And Fun!

  1. I MUST visit Primrose Bakery, I’ve been meaning to for so long. Tilly was very lucky to be sent a gift bag of cupcakes from there by her Aunt earlier this year and they were divine! She would’ve loved this event actually because she loves all things cooking and baking but for some reason we’ve never got into watching GBBO. xx

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