Afternoon tea is my favourite of all meals - primarily as it's an excuse to eat nothing but delicious cakes and biscuits! This weekend, I hosted a tea party for Kathy Brown and her lovely family and for Paula who is also a garden designer. Given the number of weeds in our garden, I decided there was nothing for it but to distract them with cake.
Now, as you know baking is my passion but even I accept that I probably got a bit carried away! 9 different cakes is slightly excessive for 7 people!
So alongside the smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches, we feasted on white chocolate and coconut cupcakes, rosewater meringues with raspberries and pistachios, gooey chocolate cake, strawberry scones with clotted
cream 
Rose and violet fondant fancies, praline and coffee fondant fancies, chocolate cupcakes, nut and chocolate flapjacks,
and lemon drizzle cake
!
A few pretty flowers decorated the table and we drank violet tea, homemade strawberry lemonade and violet prosecco!
!A few pretty flowers decorated the table and we drank violet tea, homemade strawberry lemonade and violet prosecco!
6 comments:
What a delicious tea menu! I hosted a proper "English" tea here at my cottage one summer's day a few years back and we had a lovely time! Looks like your guests are having a lovely time as well, no wonder, what with 9 cakes to choose from!
Those slices look delicious!
Congrats on going so far in Masterchef! I just found your website last week after seeing Masterchef in Oz.
I loved your food and was inspired by your visit to the Italian restaurant with four simple ingredients to make my own version!
Hi Hannah, I really enjoyed watching you and the other 3 finalists on Masterchef. You did a great job - some of those final tasks looked more than a little daunting. I have also been interested to read your blog. Your cakes look amazing and I'm sure they taste just as good. I love the idea of home-made strawberry lemonade - any chance of posting the recipe?!
Hi Hannah,
Great to see you last weekend. Tea was simply incredible. I've never been so gobsmacked! Tremendous stuff and such nice pictures too.
If it's ok with you can I put a pic or two on my blog and give you a very warm mention?
Super!
Violet prosecco! What a wonderful idea.
Hannah, this is in response to your comment on my blog, just in case you don't see it over there: Gingerbread prosecco is utter brilliance! How do you do it? I make a version for New Year's with star anise, cinnamon, clove, orange, and lemon syrup. No ginger though.
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