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World AIDS Day Charity Cupcake

World AIDS Day Charity Cupcake

  All six London branches of The Hummingbird Bakery will be selling a limited edition red ribbon charity cupcake to raise money for Terrence Higgin...
Careers at The Hummingbird Bakery

Careers at The Hummingbird Bakery

Dear cake lovers everywhere, The Hummingbird Bakery is recruiting for all positions at our six London branches. And we want lovely people like you ...
NEW Piñata Cakes

NEW Piñata Cakes

  We got some stick for not making piñata cakes, so we thought we’d give it a whack. How did we do? (Peeps out from blindfold.)   Yes, we’ve had to...
Bake it for Babies 2018

Bake it for Babies 2018

The Hummingbird Bakery would like to let all bakers know about a great opportunity for fundraising coming up for The Lullaby Trust this year. Step ...
The Great Summer Cake Off!

The Great Summer Cake Off!

Two new Naked Cakes are battling it out to be your favourite summer dessert.   Raspberry Chocolate Cake and Mint Choc Chip Cake are two new strip...
Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity: Bake it Better 2018

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity: Bake it Better 2018

From 21st-27th May 2018, people will be busting out their best bakes in a bid to raise some dosh for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charit...
All about your stand mixer

All about your stand mixer

If you bake with a stand mixer at home, you might be a little unsure of what all the various attachments are for and how best to use this essential...
Easter 2018

Easter 2018

Time to get egg-cited for authentic American desserts this springtime.   Order fluffy and freshly made treats for the Easter holiday weekend from...
Kneading bread dough

Kneading bread dough

Baking your own bread at home is easy and starts with a simple dough. Kneading is the process that brings the dough together, develops the strands ...
St Patrick’s Day 2018

St Patrick’s Day 2018

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up on Saturday 17th March, we thought we would share our irresistible recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cake from our bes...
Deliveroo to give out 5,000 free Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes for their birthday!

Deliveroo to give out 5,000 free Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes for their birthday!

Deliveroo are living everyone’s birthday dreams this Friday by giving away not one, not two, but FIVE THOUSAND free cupcakes from yours truly.   To...
Up the styles stakes with cupcakes this London Fashion Week

Up the styles stakes with cupcakes this London Fashion Week

It’s a cupcake catwalk for two of our favourite limited edition flavours, Chocolate Orange and Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes, back for London Fash...