If you’ve read any of my blogs about afternoon tea whether it be in Ireland, England or Scotland or even all by itself, then you know how much my family and I enjoy it. The experience alone is super cool. The food is always yummy. The tea is tasty and the china sets are always pretty to say the least. So when our daughter asked if she could have afternoon tea with her friends and their mom’s for her birthday, her dad and I thought that was a good idea.
This birthday afternoon tea took us two days to prepare. The first day was to get our house looking good for it. And making whatever food ahead of time that I could. The second day, which was also my daughter’s birthday was the day I made the finger sandwiches and little desserts. My husband also made homemade scones which were delicious.
We had a variety of foods which included: little round cucumber sandwiches with Crème fraîche on white bread. Egg salad sandwiches on rectangle shaped pumpernickel. Chunky chicken in tiny phyllo dough bowls. Homemade blueberry scones and plain scones. Cream puffs. Macaroons. Tiny brownies with either chocolate drizzle or caramel drizzle and a piece of Oreo on top.
We set up two tables in our living room and put enough of chairs around them. We used gold and silver table cloths. We used my mom’s good china that she gave me many years ago (she would be so happy to know we used her china ware for this birthday tea). We had four, three tier serving plates to put the food on. Oh, yes we also made sure we had clotted cream and two kinds of jams, strawberry and Raspberry. To top it all off my husband acted as our waiter for the afternoon. He did a great job too, I might add!
This was the first afternoon tea our family and friends were invited to. Every one had a great time and the mom’s loved that we had “menus” to explain what each item was that we were eating along with what flavored teas we had to drink. A good time was, without a doubt, had by all, especially the birthday girl!