My favourite mugs

March 6, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

If you’ve ever browsed my blog you’ll know how much I love a nice cup of tea and I think it’s important to stop work and have a tea break at regular intervals. Can I tempt you to take a break right now? Go on, put the kettle on and have a read of my […]

A Valentine’s Day to remember in Blackpool

February 24, 2015.Reading time 15 minutes.

Hi everyone, I’m back from the most amazing holiday and can’t wait to tell you all about it. After 14 years together my husband and I took our first ever ‘proper’ holiday lasting a full 5 nights. Yes, even our honeymoon didn’t last that long! Last week we toured from the west coast to the […]

Thrifty DIY afternoon tea date for Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Earlier this week I wrote about my plans for Valentine’s Day and shared an idea for a thrifty DIY date night at the movies – if you missed my post, you can check it out here. With cinema prices rocketing I’ve come up with a way to enjoy a romantic evening with your Valentine without spending […]

Gooey double chocolate chip cookie recipe for National Afternoon Tea Week

August 13, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Yes, I’ve been baking again – What, two recipe posts in one week? I hear you cry – but for two good reasons. Firstly, it is National Afternoon Tea week and I couldn’t let a celebration like this pass me by without baking some cookies to dunk in my cuppa, and secondly, I’ve just found […]

Pieday Friday ~ National Afternoon Tea Week

August 8, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

In honour of National Afternoon Tea Week which begins on Monday 11th August, I’ve gathered together a round-up of all my favourite afternoon-tea recipes from the essential scones to tasty cupcakes. Ever since the 7th Duchess of Bedford started serving tea and cake at 4pm back in 1840, afternoon tea has become a quintessentially British […]

Pieday Friday ~ Afternoon tea scones

July 11, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

To celebrate a special birthday in my family last week I did a spot of baking to create a lovely homemade afternoon tea. As it was mum’s birthday, I decided to make her favourite treat cheese scones and some yummy fruit scones to enjoy with jam and cream. The recipe that I’ve used was for […]

Weekend photos ~ a tasty afternoon treat

August 11, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

I thought I’d share a few photos of what I got up to last weekend because I was lucky enough to be treated to a day out at the seaside. After our lovely walk along the beach, hubby surprised me with a very special afternoon tea at an old vintage teashop – and when I say vintage, I mean the Cragg […]

Pieday Friday recipe ~ upside-down cake

April 12, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

I tried out this fairly kitsch recipe for a pineapple upside-down cake for the first time this week and I wanted to share the results with you all. I love how 70s retro the finished cake looked: there was a pretty hairy moment when I was trying to turn the cake out of its tin, but […]

Pieday Friday Recipe – Mini victoria sponge cakes full of yummy jam

March 8, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

I made these mini cake treats this week and thought I’d share the recipe with you. I was inspired by the February inspiration challenge on LucyLovesYa blog – the starting point was this vintage berry necklace below: This necklace made me think of my pot of hedgerow jam that I’d made myself and I thought it […]

Anyone for afternoon tea? Ideas for a thrifty party

January 31, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Finally, it’s the last day of January and the month of grey weather and near-poverty after christmas has come to an end – well done everyone, we got through it! I think that deserves a special treat for us all 🙂 I’ve been trying to think of a thrifty way to entertain my girlfriends this […]

Afternoon tea recipe – Fruity banana cake

November 10, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Here’s a lovely afternoon tea recipe for you which is especially good for using up your over-ripe bananas: no matter how black your banana have turned, they will be fine in this cake! Ingredients: 125g butter, 150g caster sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract. 1 beaten egg, 2 very ripe bananas (mashed), 190g self raising flour, 60ml milk Method: Grease and […]

Afternoon tea recipe – Easy cheesy scones

September 17, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

Last week me & mum were on our way home from a day out and she mentioned that she quite fancied having afternoon tea but was too tired to go anywhere else to get food, so we headed home and I went straight to the kitchen. Within less than 20 minutes I’d rustled up these […]