The first Monday in June is a public holiday in New Zealand to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. It's our last long weekend until Labour day at the end of October and pretty much marks the beginning of a dreary winter. What better way to celebrate than to have an afternoon tea served on fine china. Tiaras compulsory of course.
We had a lovely range of goodies including pikelets with cream & jam, little bread cases filled with a cheesey corn mixture and topped with tomato, chocolate cake and club sandwhiches. My contribution to the tea was something quick and easy because I was going out the night before and didn't have much time to bake. I made my reliable, tried and tested orange cake. It's one of those ones where you bung everything in the food processor - no creaming required and best of all it doesn't even need icing. I've blogged about it before and you can find the entry.
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8 comments:
how lovely! but, what's a pikelet?
A pikelet is like a little baby pancake - perhaps a little thicker. They're at the best hot off the frypan with butter melting off them and down your chin!
yum!!!
what a great way to spend queens birthday!
Love the pics Morv!! Food looks delish - which i had been there!!!
ooops i meant - wish I had been there hehe
It looks like a very fun party! I love any excuse to use formal china and have a special party. :)
Liptons Makes Russian Earl Grey-I like Lady Earl Grey but prefer Russian Earl Grey-you see it a lot of the
teashops in France-we cannot get it here in the US.
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