Old Style Afternoon Tea Party

Fairy_dust

Not sure of the family ages but if there are adults there how about cocktails in a teapot as well as normal tea?

But agree with finger sandwiches, scones, etc. M&S have mini sub rolls if you want something different from bread sandwiches.

Sounds like a lovely idea

room512

My mum went to an afternoon tea party yesterday (everyone took something) and she took some open top bridge rolls that she'd cut in half and topped

Cheapskate

For a child's party I bought some plastic shot glasses from a pound shop, popped one small piece of fruit in and added jelly, eg mandarin with orange jelly, grape with raspberry jelly. You could add a drop of vodka or Pimms if they're for adults. One pack of jelly went a long way!

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DD had Afternoon Tea in a nice hotel resturant a while ago, they were offered a glass of champagne as they arrived and the tea was crustless finger sandwiches, each two bite sized, some smoked salmon, some cucumber, some egg mayonnaise and cress and some with olive pate, they had tiny cheese scones with butter and some wafer thin slices of bread and butter too. Cakes were tiny sweet scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam, chocolate tarts, iced genoa sponge, ginger cake, queen cakes ,slices of fruit cake and some lemon tartlets, there were strawberries and cream too and the tea was proper leaf tea of your choice, with limitless top ups served on blue and white china and any food left over was packed into boxes and they took it home at the end. Expensive but unsurpassed as a treat in her estimation.

maman

Serve Prosecco or cava if appropriate or champagne if money no object!


What about a range of teas? I like Earl Grey or Lady Grey at teatime certainly more classy than builders.


Flapkjacks and fairy cakes or tray bakes are cheap and easy as you're doing it yourself.

zippychick

our existing thread will help. Ill merge this later

Zip

meritaten

I don't usually eat 'tea' but when on holiday I love it as a 'Treat'! and yes proper presentation is key!
Crisp white tablecloth, Nice china cups and saucers, milk and cream in jugs, lump sugar in a bowl - its making me smile just picturing it! and of course you have to have a three tier cake stand! (often to be found in charity shops).

and my mouth was watering reading the food suggestions!

richardvc

Wow ! You lot are brilliant, some tremendous ideas !


Thank you so much.


Richard

suzybloo

Lovely to have a high tea for a treat, mini bridge rolls are lovely as well as the dainty sandwiches, i tend to do ham, egg mayo, and finely grated cheese as I know everyone will eat them. I have done mini Victoria sponges, bake a sponge in a Swiss roll tin and then cut out into small rounds and slice through the middle and sandwich with jam and a little cream, then sprinkle icing sugar on the top, I keep the trimmings to make a small trifle for the next evenings dinner. You could do mini sausage rolls and use a bun tin to do mini quiche if sandwiches are not your thing!

meritaten

can I just say, if you are serving my favourite sandwiches (smoked salmon with cream cheese on wholemeal bread and Egg and cress on white bread) can I please please please be invited?