Sweet Music: Record Album Cupcakes!

Victoria Gadsdon of Victoria's Kitchen has done it again. Following on her widely popular book topper cupcakes, she's made a record album version for her brother's 50th birthday - a collection that represents the music that has shaped his life.

As soon as I saw these I was reminded of something from my childhood in Canada. Now this is going waaay back, to a time where ABBA was current (although past their heyday). At the corner store you could buy these mini reproduction albums that had bubble gum records in the sleeve - does anyone remember that? The only ones I can recall were ABBA (who I didn't really like) and Blondie. Even back then I dismissed almost everything if the artwork wasn't colourful and evoking some kind of excitement.

Ha, I found some thanks to the internets. They were called Chu-Bops!

And back to Victoria's brilliant, edible albums: