It has been a while since I have posted an Afternoon Tea for you all. Earlier this week a friend celebrated her 70th birthday, so we helped welcome this milestone birthday with a quiet but simple afternoon tea.
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| Afternoon tea treats! |
Chicken finger sandwiches
Cheese finger sandwiches
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Raspberry and cream shortbread
Fruit cake
Butterfly fairy cakes
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Harvey Nichols Afternoon tea blend
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| An array of Afternoon Tea ideas |
The shortbread was made using the Shortbread Fingers recipe, but this time I used a standard pastry cutter along with my homemade stamp, which I have been waiting to use since last June. You can make the biscuits the day before, then pipe on a little fresh cream and top off with a few raspberries - simple but highly addictive!
I also defrosted a few butterfly fairy cakes from the freezer that morning and the fruit cake was made a few days earlier. An afternoon tea that did not require hours of preparation and just as enjoyable as if hours were spent on it.
How delightful. I have to cater for my mother's 80th birthday lunch in March, I don't think finger sandwiches are going to do it, and I have to transport the whole lunch and cake 200+ miles :o
ReplyDeleteThanks Janice hope your mum has a wonderful 80th birthday !
DeleteSo pretty! I love your crockery too - I am kicking myself for not having kept my grandmother's china tea set (I blame my ex who said we didn't have room for it!) - eating off vintage china makes afternoon tea even better!
ReplyDeleteCaroline what a shame you don't have your grandmothers china - but you are right eating off vintage china makes the cakes taste even better :)
DeleteAngela
Wow, that is certainly an impressive homemade afternoon tea spread. I especially like the picture of the fruit cake x
ReplyDeleteOh that is so lovely. I adore afternoon tea, both the making and devouring! Your shortbreads look delicious :)
ReplyDeleteEverything looks really lovely - the mismatched vintage crockery looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Maggie - I do love a bit of vintage crockery
DeleteI would pay a lot of money for that!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really pretty and very thoughtful. I love all the delicate china! I enjoy afternoon tea. I adore drinking tea!
ReplyDeletewow look lovely x
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute idea. I love afternoon tea x
ReplyDeleteWhat a. Beautiful idea
ReplyDeletegreat idea, will use in the future
ReplyDeleteLooks good enough to eat!!
ReplyDeleteI'm now thinking of doing something similar for a 50th birthday coming up soon, just got to scour some local fairs and charity shops for some vintage china!
Wow! That looks amazing!
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