. hEllo aUgust .

jUly went by in a flurry of pink { & mud ! } . lots of tea & coffee was sipped { & a few cookies and cakes were baked . & . ate } . pretty things were purchased at the sUmmer mArket . & . summery things were spotted at bUbble lOndon .

so we wave gOodbye to jUly & say hEllo to aUgust .

aUgust { for me } is a month of birthday celebrations .

&

that { of course } means cake

. lots of cake .

i'm ridiculously excited about the return of the GreatBritishBakeOff

so much so that i've even had to start a Pinterest board just to save all the GBBO baking inspiration

i'll be spoiling my dAd with this { wonderfully bOozy } cake

&

then my mUm gets treated to a ferrero rocher inspired { indulgently chocolatey & delightfully nutty } cake

complete with homemade ferrero rocher truffles

&

in between all the cake making i think i'll be running

. lots .

. have a hAppy day .