On Sunday I invited my family round for ‘Afternoon Tea’.
‘Afternoon Tea’
‘Afternoon Tea’ was originally intended for just the ‘ladies’ of the family. However, all the men folk wanted to come too, so it became a whole family occasion.
This has now become a regular thing over the last few years, as everyone seems to enjoy it. This time there were 18 people including my 1 year old great nephew, so I was grateful that the weather stayed fine, so we could all sit and eat outside.
My China Tea Set
I took out my best ‘china’ tea set for the occasion (which I bought second hand from ebay).
This time I decided to have an ‘allotment’ theme.
I started by serving Patty Pan Soup and homemade bread.
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My wonderful sister made sandwiches for everyone this year to help me, so we served these next.
Afterwards I served the cakes.
To keep with my allotment theme, I served the following:
Chocolate Beetroot Cake, with chocolate butter icing and a chocolate topping:
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Pumpkin and Orange Cake
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Rhubarb and Ginger Cake
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Blackberry Flapjacks
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Apple & Yellow Plum Muffins
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Chocolate Courgette Cakes
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This was all served with lots of Tea and Coffee and homemade Raspberry Cordial.
It did take quite a while to bake all the cakes, but everyone seemed to have a lovely time.
The recipes for the Patty Pan Soup, Chocolate Beetroot Cake and the Chocolate Courgette cakes, are already in the ‘recipe section’ at the top of the page.
I will be writing the other cake recipes for you to enjoy, on my blog in the next few days.
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Yesterday, the four of us went for a lovely family day out to Skegness in Lincolnshire.
Skegness is a well known place for a day trip when you live in Leicester, as we do. It’s one of the nearest beaches to us.
It took two hours to drive there.
Skegness has a reputation of being a bit ‘tacky’ with the amusements and ‘cheap’ shops, but for a day on the beach you can’t beat it.
We took a big picnic, chairs, buckets and spades, etc. and had a wonderful cheap day, making sandcastles, playing cricket, collecting shells, etc and chatting about life.
The weather was good and the sea was calm and I had fun with my husband and daughters. What more could anyone want in life?
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