Ideas for Canapes

tartantotty

I am bridesmaid for my best friend in June. The ceremony is in a castle, on top of a cliff, and involves a fair trek down steps on one cliff, and up another! (I am assuming we will be changing into our dresses there!!).

Anyhow, they want to serve canapes after the ceremony, with champagne, before we go on to the reception.

The canapes need to be easy to prepare, transport and cope with maybe sitting for a wee while. I suggested an afternoon tea type thing - mini scones, mini cupcakes and that sort of thing.

Any other ideas gratefully recieved! :T

nozzy6

Afternoon tea sounds lush, are you planning on making it yourselves? I'm going to make some of these http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-pops/
for while we're having our photos taken, and possibly some bitesize cookies to go with them.

tartantotty

nozzy6 wrote: »

Afternoon tea sounds lush, are you planning on making it yourselves? I'm going to make some of these http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-pops/
for while we're having our photos taken, and possibly some bitesize cookies to go with them.

Yes, they will be homemade. I thought the afternoon tea idea was quite good in that we can do the baking in advance and freeze the bits and pieces, to reduce the work in the week leading up to the wedding! Those cake pops are ace! I dont have the patience though, or the expertise! I can handle a cupcake with some edible glitter sprinkled on the top, but thats about my limit!!:rotfl:

tartantotty

Any ideas? I am really struggling to get my brain into gear today! I know its a few months off but we are trying to get it sorted so that we can work it into the budget!

hayleythedaisy

I really like the tea idea, you could have mini muffins, scones etc, although not sure how well they'd go with champagne.
You could have a search through here

floss2

Well they do champagne cream teas at the Ritz in London, so you've had a very posh idea!! Take a look here and here

I would go with tiny sandwiches if you can too, maybe cucumber on white bread or smoked salmon with black pepper & a squeeze of lemon on brown bread?

Then mini-scones, mini cupcakes, mini eclairs, even mini fruit jellies?

tartantotty

ooooh was trying to think of savory options, and could do mini savoury muffins,and quiches!

They could be made in advance and frozen as well!

Thanks ladies!

Stephb1986_2

You could have scotch eggs (I love them yum yum)
Mini sausage rolls, arrangement of sandwhiches, cocktail sausages.

Some horrid voluvonts (They are horrid) lol

Steph xx

tartantotty

Stephb1986 wrote: »

You could have scotch eggs (I love them yum yum)
Mini sausage rolls, arrangement of sandwhiches, cocktail sausages.

Some horrid voluvonts (They are horrid) lol

Steph xx

Lol! I love vol-au-vents! Great suggestions! A friend has quails so we could make mini scotch eggs with the quails eggs! I am definately thinking the 'mini' option is the way to go, anything looks cute when its mini!

Stephb1986_2

Mini pizzas too

I like normal eggs not too sure about quail eggs are they fish? :-s

Steph xx

hayleythedaisy

quails are tiny birds, like mini chickens