Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

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I'm back! After along hiatus from this blog and an even longer hiatus from the United States, I am back to both. And I come bearing - what else? Carrot cake.

Bakery Review: The Hummingbird Bakery

This post is brought to you by Instagram, because I didn't have my good camera on hand. Apologies in advance for any hipster-induced traumas that may result.

In the absence of being able to bake myself, the next best thing is taking advantage of the many professional bakeries sprinkled throughout London. I have made it my mission to try as many of these bakeries I can in the upcoming months, the better to know which ones to take visitors to when they come!

Yesterday I made a visit to The Hummingbird Bakery, one of the most well-established bakery chains in London. This was actually my second attempt to try Hummingbird; a couple weeks ago I tried to visit their Notting Hill location but found it closed for renovations! Yesterday's visit was to their location in Spitalfields, only two tube stops away from my campus. It wasn't as quaint a location - tucked away in an alleyway in a rather business-y neighborhood near the Gherkin - but it was more convenient than going all the way out to Notting Hill (a good 30-minute tube ride away).