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Share the love with The Hummingbird Bakery’s Treat a Friend Friday. Buy any cupcake and get a cupcake free on Fridays to give to a friend! Well, it...

There aren’t any snakes on a plane, but it there might be cakes on a plane! Everyone loves a holiday, no one more so than a hard-working cupcake, b...

From 18th September – 24th September it is National Cupcake Week. But of course at The Hummingbird Bakery, we live every week like it’s cupcake wee...

Want to make better buttercream and creamier cream cheese frosting for topping cupcakes and smothering over layer cakes? You’ve come to the right p...

We are obsessed with it and certainly have enjoyed our fair share of it at The Hummingbird Bakery, but what exactly is our bestselling Red Velvet f...

The authentic taste of American-style baking is coming to an event near you as The Hummingbird Bakery goes on the move with its new mobile bakery u...

The Hummingbird Bakery is making it easy to treat your Valentine to indulgent American bakes this 14th February with our new Valentine’s Day cake c...

Ever had your cupcake recipe turn out a flop? Peeling cases, sinking sponges and overflowing mixtures are just some of the cupcake baking problems ...

Sometimes cupcake frosting can go wrong. It can turn runny, go lumpy or split (gulp!). Luckily, with a little know-how you can turn your frosting n...

If you’re baking with substituted ingredients, here are a few of our tips so you can carry on baking. We’ll start by saying we generally don’t reco...

There’s nothing more satisfying than a tray of cupcakes all neatly risen to the same level or a stack of cookies all in perfect matching rounds. Ho...

Where did the cupcake craze come from? As an American bakery in London, it’s our duty to share a little history behind our all-time favourite bake:...