Welcome everybody to Mum's Virtual Tea Party. What a treat we have in store for you. Your favourite bloggers have been busy baking, assembling and titivating to bring you a Tea Party to remember. Please come in and share our hospitality.
Where shall we have our Tea Party? At the Tea Dance?
This is the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens.
Very posh.
A little bit too large for us, I think. We were rattling round like peas in a jam jar that day. There's another bash at Christmas. I'll have to talk a few more friends into going. I think we'll even get a mince pie!
Or should we host the party here?
Intimate surroundings. Now where would you like to sit?
Lovely mis-matched china.
A new conservatory area just opened.
Can you see the chandelier? I wonder if I should get one for the greenhouse!
And check out this wonderful cake stand. It must have been owned once by a Miss Havisham!
What tea set shall we have today. Here are a couple which were for sale at the CS. This set of 5 cups and saucers was £2.50. They had the word Gainsborough underneath.
This set was £5 and was Royal Vale with cups, saucers, plates and milk jug and sugar bowl.
And this bowl was so pretty.
I hope they go to good homes.
What do you think of the table decoration? No expense spared here. This work of art took all of 30 seconds to make. Don't you think the word 'shuck' is an excellent word?
Here's my offering for the cakes today. The recipes are from the BeRo recipe book. First of all, scones. I've substituted butter for the lard and margarine and you could add cream with your egg instead of milk to make them richer. Looks like the egg landed on the page, not in the bowl!
Doesn't baking make a mess of the kitchen.
Anyone for a scone? There's more cream and jam here somewhere.
Talking of jam - this is one ingredient in this. These are very more-ish so just have one for the moment until you've sampled everyone else's contribution to the tea party.
I've served your jam cake on my favourite plate.
It's Royal Albert Trillium. You can read more about it
here and
here.
There was another of these Royal Albert tea sets at the CS. It was called Lavender Rose. How could I resist! Can't show it you today though as I thought I ought to have it as a Christmas present.
Enjoy your stay at the Party. If our contributors don't have their Tea Party post up yet do call back later.
