Summertime Hop

Yesterday Chris and I went to the Made in the Shade Summertime Hop event at the Roxy Arthouse in Edinburgh. It was a craft fair with vintage clothes, jewellery, cards, art, homeware etc. I got a cute retro T-ball league t-shirt and we got a free gift when we entered. It was a quirky hanging fabric ornament with lavender inside it of Frank Butcher from Eastenders - I can't wait to hang it up in our new place soon!

However, the highlight was sampling some delicious cake from Aunti M's popup Cake Lounge. Auntie M's Cake Lounge is a cute 1950s vintage coffee lounge in Glasgow and luckily for us she had brought some of her fabulous home baked delights to the Summertime Hop for us East-coasters to guzzle. I imagine that the name Cake Lounge has something to do with the indulgent experience of enjoying the cake over a relaxing cup of tea or coffee - mmmmm. I'm getting hungry writing about this! I had a large slice of the more-ish sweet potato cake, which was lovely and moist with delicious carrot cake style cream cheese icing. Chris had the chocolate cake which had a yummy buttercream topping. Other cakes on display included chocolate peanut butter cake, carrot and passion fruit, chocolate brownies, lemon drizzle cake and cup cakes. I will definitely be stopping at this place next time I'm in Glasgow. Some of the best cake I've had!