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Sponge Drops
Good old-fashioned sponge drops – they are quick to make, have few ingredients and are a great addition to a high tea. When they come out of the oven, the sponge drops are slightly crisp, but they lose the crispness when sandwiched together with whipped cream, so sandwich them together several hours before serving, […]
Melting Moments with Passionfruit Icing
Melting Moments are lovely old-fashioned biscuits, but to add an extra frisson, these ones have a subtle passionfruit flavoured filling – (which really means these biscuits can be called ‘Passionate Moments’!) The recipe for the biscuits given below is my Grandma’s recipe, just as she used to make them, but you can […]
Posted in Biscuits, Icings and Fillings
Cream Scones (no butter, no milk)
These are my favourite scones at the moment. Not only are they quick and simple to make, (more so than regular scones as there is no rubbing of butter into flour), but these are also very light in texture, and extremely moreish served with jam and whipped cream. Use a round 6 cm cutter […]
Posted in Muffins, Scones, and Loaves
High-Tea at Petit Fours
‘There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea’ – Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady. I couldn’t agree more, Henry James was right on the mark here. At mid-afternoon, my workmates and I went out for a special high-tea and we […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Pot Luck (miscellaneous)
Raspberry Meringues
Raspberry Meringues (with Fresh As Freeze-Dried Raspberry Powder) Raspberry Meringues with whipped cream filling: these taste raspberry-licious! Raspberries and cream: such a great taste combination and a classic flavour. When thinking of meringues, the usual image is of white, crispy, puffed shells. I have never been overly fond of meringues […]
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