Bollocks to Baking: Cox, Cookies & Cake

Oh look! Another cupcakery in London! How original.

I'll be honest, I'm a little bit over-cupcaked. I'm not sure we need anymore cupcakeries, do we? No. Probably not. And that's probably why I've avoided trying the cakes at Cox, Cookies & Cake. Despite the fabulous design, all neon sex shopped-up and enticing me in, I'd just... rather have a biscuit. Even the bare-chested men couldn't actually get me through the door to buy something. Mostly because they looked freezing.

Well that was a giant mistake. Because the cake here is nothing short of outstanding. There's no doubting that the cakes look fabulous. The designs are fab. If you want breast-shaped cake with your tea, anyway. I spend too much time avoiding marzipan icing to get too excited about that, but I was amused.


See, the shop might have been designed by Patrick Cox, but the cakes are from none other than Eric Lanlard, and he knows his way around a mixing bowl. I don't think I've ever had a better lemon cake than the one I had from here. The chocolate cake was less impressive, but I did eat it the day after I bought it. Wish I'd bought two lemon cakes now.

The arty cakes look lovely (especially the Warhol-inspired Pop cake my friend tried), but I'm not going to pay £4 for a cupcake. Ever. It's just a cupcake. Instead, I'll be happy to pay £2.50 for one of the less fancy cakes, they're pretty and super tasty.

I might be a little 'over' cupcakes. But Cox, Cookies & Cake is a little more special then pink and frosting and edible glitter. These guys are good. The shop is amazing (bet you walk past it thinking it's a sex shop) and the staff are super friendly. I'll never pay four quid for a cupcake, but I'll be back for their lemon cake as soon as possible.

Cox, Cookies & Cake is on Brewer Street in Soho. Go, eat their lemon cake.