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Old Style Afternoon Tea Party
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Hi archiesdad,
I agree with meritaten....cucumber sandwiches are perfect, or a selection of sandwiches with the crusts cut off and cut into triangles. Decorate with some mustard cress. Scones (which can be made in advance and frozen then refreshed in a hot oven for a few minutes) served with jam and clotted cream. And a selection of cakes. All served with tea made with tea leaves in a pot.
This thread has more ideas:
Old Style Afternoon Tea Party
I'll add your thread to it once you've had some more ideas to keep the suggestions together.
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You have some lovely ideas there already. Scones and choux pastry both freeze very well so could be made in advance. Eclairs are always lovely fora treat.
Two other suggestions would be macaroons/macarons, however you like to spell it. And madeleines, if you can stretch to buying a special baking tin. Both are extremely pretty and a little bit 'posh'Madeleines are also very easy to make. Macarons are trickier (I've had only one attempt and it was disastrous, although I think it was the recipe that was at fault) but they are so lovely it's worth the effort.
Oh and if you make meringues, dye them pink and fill them with something chocolatey and sprinkle some chopped pistachios over them. Saw that in this month's Weightwatchers mag and thought it looked gorgeous! I so need an occasion to do an afternoon tea for other people so I can make pretty things myself...0 -
saying that I dont DO tea - I made some coconut kisses with granddaughter the other day (to keep her occupied). the easiest recipe in the book!
tin of condensed milk
a couple of boxes of dessicated coconut
pinch of salt
just combine the milk the salt and as much coconut as the milk will take.
put spoonfuls on baking parchment on a baking tray
bake in medium hot oven for about 15 to twenty mins until starting to turn golden.
cool
we then drizzled melted chocolate over them - absolutely delish!0 -
What a lovely idea. I've never really seen the point of cucumber sandwiches, but have had them at posh tea parties...in the old days when i socialised in more' affluent' circles, don't you know...LOL! (which incidentally, i always felt uncomfortable and out of place in). A sarny has to have something else other than cucumber in it if you ask me, but then potted paste has never been my favourite either! Salmon (possibly tinned) would accompany the cucumber perfectly. Crusts are traditionally cut off, of course. (though personally i love the crust!)
If i were 'doing' a tea party it would have to include scones (which i pronounce in the same way that i say 'stones' - that is something else that i've never understood, but pronunciation debates can take place another day eh?). Fresh whipped cream or clotted cream and either fresh strawbs or home made strawb jam.
Meringues are simple to make and require very little effort.
Home baked bread rolls, some nice English cheddar and perhaps some home made chutney?
A fruited tea loaf.
Shortbread.
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angeltreats wrote: »Macarons are trickier (I've had only one attempt and it was disastrous, although I think it was the recipe that was at fault) but they are so lovely it's worth the effort.
Oh and if you make meringues, dye them pink and fill them with something chocolatey and sprinkle some chopped pistachios over them. Saw that in this month's Weightwatchers mag and thought it looked gorgeous! I so need an occasion to do an afternoon tea for other people so I can make pretty things myself...
I have had many many macaron disasters - but I found a lot of really good tutorials on youtube that helped!
If you are going to dye meringue, powder colours work really well:staradmin:starmod: beware of geeks bearing .gifs...:starmod::staradmin:starmod: Whoever said "nothing is impossible" obviously never tried to nail jelly to a tree :starmod:0 -
Hi everyone
It is my birthday on Thursday and I am thinking of having some friends and family round on Saturday for afternoon tea (posh sandwichs with crusts cut off, cake stands and teapot etc) Was just wondering if anyone had any inexpensive suggestions for what I can serve. I will be trying to bake most of the stuff myself if possible. Thank youMoved in 12/09 Mortgage 126K0 -
Scones, both savoury and sweet. Little fairy-cakes. A banana-bread. Weetabix brownies. TWINK'S HOBNOBS0
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This is a really good recipe for the traditional cucumber sandwiches
http://www.cakebaker.co.uk/afternoon-tea--traditional-sandwich-platter.html
If you like fish paste/sardine then a good cheap filling is mashed sardine with a little salt and pepper and a good squeeze of lemon juice. Add some soft butter/marg to make the mixture more spreadable.0 -
Home made scones, made within the previous couple of hours. Nothing beats them and they're not difficult or expensive to make!
HTH
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yo udef need scones for afternoon tea, maybe a fruit cake/ loaf of somekind and something dainty like fondant fancies, cupcakes, macaroons, an a biccie or 2!People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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