A picture tells a thousand words, but I think the following photos really only say one word: Cupcake.

So why cupcakes? Really – because I can. I have the technology, the sweet tooth and the basic maths to do a little carb counting. With the ‘diabetic diet’ a thing of the past, with insulins that we can better match to the needs of our carbohydrate intake, having a cupcake now and then isn’t a big deal.

Also, this morning over breakfast, I was talking about today’s #DBlogWeek post. I had been thinking along the lines of a photo of my pump, or this morning’s fasting BGL. But as soon as I finished explaining today’s ‘diabetes in a photo’ mission, my husband said ‘cupcake’. So that’s what I did.

Anyone want to ask me if I should be eating that?

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Magnolia Bakery NYC. We may have visited there once or twice.

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Red velvet cupcakes are my favourite things in the whole wide world. And that little kid is pretty damn lovely too!

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On a cold Tuesday night in NYC, we donned our coats, hats and scarves, walked the four blocks to Magnolia Bakery in Bloomingdales and bought cupcakes. And we weren’t cold anymore.

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Cupcakes for the team. Because it was Thursday. Which is as good a reason as any to have a mini cupcake or three.

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A giant cupcake birthday cake for a big seven year old. Delight.

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Nothing says Easter like cupcakes. With Easter eggs on top.

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These? Not cupcakes. But beautiful jewel coloured macarons from a dear friend. And they make me smile.

 

So today, we headed to the city to find some cupcakes to photograph because I didn’t have any pictures already (?!?!?)

 

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My beautiful family indulged my silliness by being forced to eat chocolate-malted cupcakes. They’ll do anything for me. I’m a lucky gal!

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A work of art.

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A half-eaten work of art.

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All gone. And they were good!

This is my Saturday entry into this year’s Diabetes Blog Week. For information, click here. And I really recommend you do. Over 200 diabetes bloggers from all over the world are participating and it’s a great way to see what others with diabetes are talking about. Come back tomorrow for the final entry.