Life in Europe
#15: Very English Afternoon Tea Party ♪
Following my previous post, I left London and now I'm back in continental Europe where I'm currently based. A group of my English friends were coming over, so I organised an Afternoon Tea Party at my place.
Welcome Drink - Aperol Cocktail
The weather was so fantastic, it's like summer has already arrived here. We had a toast with a glass of summery cocktail, which consisted of Aperol, Crémant, with some cucumber and fruits... This was a perfect drink for a beautiful sunny day.
What's Traditional English Afternoon Tea?
What would you expect when you hear English Afternoon Tea? The tiers of elegant little sandwiches, scones, clotted cream and jam, some sweet pastries and cakes and of course lots of tea, that's right!
My Homemade Mini Scones
At my place... because it's hard to find real good English scones once you step outside the UK, I decided to make my own... Clotted cream is also almost impossible to find, so I prepared some whipped cream as a substitute.
Here are my first homemade mini scones!!
Gâteau au Chocolat
This is my usual Gâteau au Chocolat - of course I used rich and dark Belgian Chocolate.
Swiss Roll
One more cake! I made an extra effort, I baked a super fluffy Swiss Roll too. This was my first time to make three different cakes in one day 😂
We had countless cups of Yorkshire Tea, talking about the Royal Wedding obviously : ) Did you watch the wedding? Wow it was beautiful!
BBC commentator said 'what a shot...' at the end of the horse carriage procession (can you see the crowd in the background?) Windsor looked absolutely magical that day..
Anyway, we had lots of tea and lots of chat, had a lovely Afternoon Tea at my place.
ps. My homemade mini scones were sold out very quickly, which made me happy too : )