Also this weekend !

Wow, its been another busy week in food in Lancashire, what with Lancashire Courting cake being featured on Great British Bake Off , this week end sees in addition to the normal fabulous range of farmers markets there are several other food festivals taking place in the county.

The Great British Food Festival comes to Stonyhurst College, near Clitheroe on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, check out our earlier post on whats on offer, including oneself judging cakes on the Saturday.

                   

Bolton Food and Drink Festival - Friday to Monday featuring demonstrations by many TV chefs and cooks and other events all around Bolton.

Its also Aughton plum pudding festival, this is only held once very 21 years and is being incorporated in Aughton village festival on Bank Holiday Monday.

And lastly if you are a fan of John Whaites Winner of last years Great British Bake Off you can catch up with him locally at Avant Garden Centre on Sunday for their Cake Festival along with BBC Lancashire's John Gillmore, who's show I regularly appear on.

Little Poppet Cupcakes

Little poppet Cupcakes - lovingly prepared for your special occasion or an everyday treat.

I was recently given the opportunity to review these beautiful handcrafted cupcakes from "Little Poppet Cupcakes" who are based in Bolton, the selection I was given to review were thoughtfully titled "Blooming Lovely ", and they were. 

A delightful selection of dreamy looking cakes are lovingly presented in a special presentation carrier which holds the cupcakes.The decoration was superb and tastefully presented, I particularly liked the Daisy flowers, all were stunning and any recipient of these cakes would feel very special. The buttercream topping was a dream not too sweet, the icing soft and yielding and the cake soft and vanilla flecked. What more do you need in a cupcake? Treat yourself today.