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Recipe: Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries

Recipe: Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries

Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries What is Welsh Tea Bread: Welsh Tea Bread is a delicious loaf bread/cake full of dried fruit which has been soaked in strong tea for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight. How long do you soak the dried […]

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake What is Crumb Cake: Crumb cake is a simple sponge cake with some of the dry mixture kept aside and sprinkled on top of the finished batter before baking. Is Crumb Cake the same as Coffee Cake: In the United States […]

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake No matter which British Christmas tradition you and you family observe and no matter what you serve on the big day nothing beats having a homemade Christmas Cake. Traditionally you would put a layer of marzipan paste on top […]

Traditional Welsh Tea in a Gift Box

Traditional Welsh Tea in a Gift Box

 Traditional Welsh Tea in a Gift Box (ad-gift) Anyone who knows me is well aware that my favourite meal of the day is Afternoon Tea!  This current coronavirus pandemic has changed how we get out and go to our favourite places for Afternoon Tea. This current […]

Afternoon Tea: Leila Moroccan Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea: Leila Moroccan Afternoon Tea

Moroccan Afternoon Tea at Leila Ealing. You may or not know but Afternoon Tea is my favourite meal! I love the classical, however it is a real treat to sample Afternoon Tea with a difference. Recently I was invited to try the Moroccan Afternoon Tea […]

London: Honey Afternoon Tea and a Bee at The St Ermin’s Hotel

London: Honey Afternoon Tea and a Bee at The St Ermin’s Hotel

I have often said and written that Afternoon Tea is one of my favourite meals.  I love lingering with friends and family over plates piled high with thin sandwiches with no crusts (I hate crusts on sandwiches so this is a plus point for me!), […]

The Wallace Collection – Afternoon Tea

The Wallace Collection – Afternoon Tea

If you are new to my blog then let me tell you I love afternoon tea and if you are a treasured reader then you already know that!  In fact afternoon tea is the one British tradition I would lobby Parliament to keep if it […]

Afternoon Tea for Men with Mr R – 108 The Pantry

Afternoon Tea for Men with Mr R – 108 The Pantry

I have often said that one of my favourite experiences is traditional Afternoon Tea, little finger sandwiches, tiny little cake replicas of larger pieces and of course tea, one of the only times I really want proper British tea. I was recently invited to try […]

W Hotel London – Afternoon Tea with a Twist

W Hotel London – Afternoon Tea with a Twist

Afternoon Tea is one of my favourite indulgent pleasures – so quintessientally British! I was pleased to be invited by a blogger colleague Fiona who writes an extradordinary blog about London called London Unattached to join her for afternoon tea at W Hotel in London’s […]

ndali Vanilla Gift Swap at Fortnum & Mason

ndali Vanilla Gift Swap at Fortnum & Mason

    Hugely excited about Vanessa Kimbell‘s Gift Swap for this year. Meeting at Fornum & Mason in London’s Picadilly.   We had to make something such as preserves, sweets or baked items with ndali vanilla (supplied to us by Vanessa and ndali) to swap with another […]