Time for a spot of Easter 2016 afternoon tea....Part 3

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Welcome back to Part 3 of our Easter afternoon tea round up! Today let's start with a look at the Easter themed afternoon tea on offer at Mews of Mayfair....

Mews of Mayfair is situated in the heart of Mayfair, and boasts interiors by James Williamson and Lucy Ford. Mews features extravagant chandeliers, large leather sofas, and outdoor seating on the cobbled courtyard. 

Their Easter afternoon tea includes Hot crossed bun, Simnel cake, Easter egg shaped biscuit and a Strawberry trifle ....

For more information about this afternoon tea please visit the Mews of Mayfair website

Another scrummy looking Easter afternoon tea which features hot cross buns is being served at The Dorchester....

As well as a selection of finger sandwiches and scones, guests can enjoy a selection of Easter themed French pastries and hot cross buns! For more information pop by the Dorchester website.

If you happen to be a little further a field this Easter - we also came across this rather cute Easter afternoon tea being served at L'Hotel in Paris....

The sweet treats being served as part of this afternoon tea feast include:

Spéculoos Gianduja

A delicate sandwich made from two Speculoos biscuits

filled with gianduja (nuts & chocolate) cream

Marshmallow

Delicate, light marshmallow in the shape of a hen

Meringue “Française”

Banana & coconut mousse with

creamy caramel & caramelized peanuts

Chocolate Bar

A light and crispy cocoa biscuit with a

dark chocolate mousse topping

There is also an Easter egg filled with apple compote, whipped cream and Madagasgar vanilla.

For more information about this afternoon tea please visit the L'Hotel website.

We hope you've enjoyed this look at some of the Easter afternoon teas on offer - if you enjoy a spot of Easter afternoon tea this weekend we'd love to see the scrummy treats you enjoy!

Thank you for popping by today,

Rachel & Lorna

Time for a spot of Easter 2016 afternoon tea....Part 2

Hello there,

Welcome back to Tea With Me and Friends - this week we are bringing you a round up of some of the Easter themed afternoon teas on offer this March and April.

Today let's take a peek at the Easter afternoon tea from Corinthia London....

Easter afternoon tea - Corinthia London

The sweet treats on this afternoon tea plate include an orange butter cream macaroon “Easter Bunny”, a carrot cake cased in a chocolate plant pot complete with mini carrot and a traditional Easter Simnel cake decorated with marzipan.

In addition to these treats on Easter weekend all afternoon tea guests also receive a handmade Golden Easter egg. The Easter egg could contain a surprise gift - ranging from a manicure by ESPA Life at Corinthia to a decadent dining experience at Corinthia London. 

Easter Afternoon Tea is available from Monday 21st - Monday 28th March 2016. For more information pop by the Corinthia website.

Meanwhile, over at the Ampersand in South Kensington, Pastry Chef Mi Kyung Jeong has the following Easter afternoon tea creation on offer....

Easter afternoon tea - the Ampersand, London 

Guests at this afternoon tea will enjoy a selection of savoury sandwiches, freshly made scones and Easter bread. In addition the sweet treats on offer include Bergamot macaroons, Chocolate cake, Mixed fruit tart and shortbread chicks in Popping candy floss with chocolate eggs.

Easter afternoon tea - the Ampersand, London

This Easter Afternoon Tea is available at the Ampersand from 21 March – 03 April 2016 and costs from £32.50 per person. For more information pop by the Ampersand website.

We hope you've enjoyed today's roundup of Easter themed afternoon teas - don't forget to pop by later this week to see some more Easter sweet treats!

Thank you for popping by today,

Rachel & Lorna

Time for a spot of Easter 2016 afternoon tea....Part 1

Hello there,

Welcome back to Tea With me and Friends - we hope you're well today.

With Easter weekend just a week away we thought we'd share with you some of the scrummy Easter themed afternoon teas that are on offer this March.

Let's start with the Langham London and the tea-riffic looking afternoon tea that Pastry Chef Cherish Finden has created for Easter....

Easter afternoon tea - Langham London

As well as sandwiches and scones, there is a wonderful selection of sweets on offer to guests:

Bunny See-saw, 64% chocolate, raspberry and lightly roasted pistachio financier

Chicken or the egg, English rose and lychee log

The Rabbits Warren, Milk chocolate Chantily

Sunny side up, Chocolate Easter egg

Bunny Show Jumping, White chocolate mousse and tropical jelly

Easter sweet treats - Langham London

This super cute Easter afternoon tea costs £49 per person and is available between the 21st – 28th March 2016. For more information pop by the Langham website.

If you happen to be in the Plymouth area you might want to visit Boringdon Hall for their traditional Easter afternoon tea...

Easter afternoon tea - Boringdon Hall, Devon

The sweet treats on this afternoon tea include White Chocolate and a Mango Egg, a Rhubarb and Custard Tartlet, a Lemon Balm Meringue Nest, and a cute little Warm Hot Cross Buns.

This afternoon tea costs £19 per person and is available throughout April. For more information please visit the Boringdon Hall website.

We hope you've enjoyed these Easter themed afternoon teas. Don't forget to pop back later this week to see more of the Easter afternoon teas we have discovered!

Thank you for popping by today,

Rachel & Lorna

Time for Tea.....Lancaster London

Hello there,

Welcome back to Tea With Me and Friends, last week Lorna and I were lucky enough to be invited back to the Lancaster London for a spot of afternoon tea again.

You might remember that we last visited Lancaster London in December 2014 - in fact it was our last afternoon tea of 2014! We enjoyed Chef Ben Purton's creations so much back then and we were super excited to go back again.

As with our last visit, the service was fast and friendly - with everyone who we encountered knowledgeable about the afternoon tea. Once we had picked our teas the afternoon tea stand was brought out.

Afternoon tea sandwiches - Lancaster London

The savouries included something for every taste including the following sandwiches:

Ham & English mustard 

Piquillo pepper and hummus 

Lancaster London home smoked salmon 

Free range Barradale Farm egg and wild cress 

In addition to the well made finger sandwiches there were another two savoury delights to enjoy - a warm Coronation chicken tartlet and roast English beef with horseradish cream and watercress.

The finger sandwiches were made with fresh bread and there wasn't a crust in sight! The amount of fillings matched the bread, making them very enjoyable. The in house smoked salmon was scrummy. I also really enjoyed the coronation chicken tartlet - I might have enjoyed more than one of those!

Next came the scones - we had three each, one plain, one fruit and one apple. These were served with strawberry preserve and clotted cream

Afternoon tea scones - Lancaster London 

The scones were a good size - not too big, not too small. But to be honest two were enough as there is plenty of other treats on this afternoon tea stand. We also weren't overly keen on the apple scone.

Finally we moved onto the sweet treats - a very pretty selection indeed! 

The treats included:

Signature chocolate & honey lolly pops

Pistachio and Amarena cherry slice

Raspberry tart with vanilla custard

Honey apple cup cake

Lemon macaroon

Afternoon tea sweet selection - Lancaster London

There were two stand out items for me - the chocolate and lolly pops were amazing.....they were so good that we might have eaten them whole! Plus the mini raspberry and custard tart - the pastry was crisp and buttery and the filling light.

I wasn't so keen on the pistachio and amarena cherry slice, the flavours weren't quite right for me, but that's just personal preference. If you love macaroons, then you'll love the lemon macaroon on this plate - it's crisp on the outside and chewy in the middle!

Afternoon tea sweets - Lancaster London

This afternoon tea costs £30 per person, or if you'd like to add a glass of bubbles it's £40 per person. We were offered refills of both tea and food throughout the afternoon tea , and could change our tea choice if we wanted. Overall this afternoon tea is great value - perfect for sharing with friends.

For more information please visit the Lancaster London website.

We'd like to thank Chef Ben and his team at the Lancaster for looking after us so well, but please remember that this has not affected our taste buds and all opinions expressed in this article are our own.

Thank you for popping by today,

Rachel & Lorna

Time for.....some really nice post from Baker Days!

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Welcome back to Tea With Me and Friends - I hope you're well today!

This week Tea With Me and Friends Towers received some rather lovely post......now I know we are really lucky to receive lots of wonderful post (mainly tea) but this post was especially sweet....

Yes....that's the cutest little cake....and yes, it came through my letterbox!

Bakerdays specialises in personalised cakes, which come in a variety of sizes....one of which fits through a standard letterbox! The Bakerdays website lets you pick your own cake design, size and flavour and if you order before 2pm, they can deliver your cake the next working day, virtually anywhere in the UK! All their letterbox cakes come complete with candles and balloons and their large cakes come with cake slicer.

This all sounds like a great concept.....but is the cake any good??

The short answer to this is......yes! It's surprisingly good! 

I was sent the chocolate variety to try (there are six to pick from vanilla, chocolate, fruit, half & half, gluten free or dairy free).....and I have to admit that I didn't try the cake as soon as it arrived....but it was still fresh and rather scrummy!

The cake was moist and rich and covered in a layer of icing - not too thick, not too thin. 

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The letterbox cake is 5" in size and serves 3-4 people and it is delivered in a small keepsake tin which keeps it safe in the post. There are designs for all occasions from Birthdays and anniversaries to new jobs, driving test or engagement designs.

This size cake costs from £14.99 for the vanilla sponge. 

For more information about costings and delivery please visit the Bakerdays.com website, or pop by their Twitter or Facebook page.

Please note that although the lovely people at Bakerdays sent me this complimentary cake to try, it has not affected my taste buds and all opinions expressed in this blog post are my own. I'd like to thank Bakerdays for sending me some cake through the post - it certainly brightened my day!

Thank you for popping by today,

Rachel