Flashback Friday | Christmas Eve Dessert

Welcome back friends,

This Flashback Friday is looking back on our Christmas Eve dessert. Mother and grandmother usually handle the main course on major holidays. This leaves me free to think about my favorite part of the meal: dessert!! This past Christmas I received some inspiration for a blueberry cake while looking through a tea book. I tweaked their recipe a bit and went for a white cake with blueberry cream cheese icing topped with blueberries. The cake was not my favorite, but it was something different to try (I think I added too much blueberry cream cheese to the icing for my taste). Something I learned through trial and error making the cake, don't put freshly washed fruit on your cake! Wait for the fruit to completely dry. If you put them on wet, it will leave stains in your icing, trust me!

 

 

 

I also made blueberry scones and sugar cookies as back up desserts (they were pre-ready mixes). The tea we opted for was Cinnamon Apple Tea. For the place setting we had snowflake placemats, red and crystal dishware, and a simple ornament bauble centerpiece. Very Christmasy!

Feel free to leave any questions or comments below!
Talk soon,
Tilly

Flashback Friday | Grandmother's 60th Birthday Tea

Hello friends,

It has now been two years since my grandmother has turned 60, so I decided to feature her birthday tea party for this week's flashback! My grandmother had never had a birthday party before. Like, ever. Seeing as how she had never had a party, has a love for tea, and was turning the BIG 6-0, we decided to have her an extreme tea party!

The party took place in our home, which allowed us to begin decorating several days in advance. The planning itself took several weeks and the decorating took multiple days. To accommodate everyone, we moved our furniture out and brought in extra tables and chairs. We used pink table cloths, crepe paper, balloons, and hanging puff balls to make the area feel special. My grandmother's favorite color is yellow, so we had my father create the giant 60 out of plywood and decorate it for her. Each table was decorated with tea pots, tea cups, and floral arrangements.

 Each place setting had a placemat, dinner plate, desert plate, tea cup and saucer, crystal glass for water, a folded napkin, a fork, and spoon. The teas we presented were Cinnamon Spice Tea, Wildberry Tea, and English Breakfast Tea. Each tea had a place card to identify the tea. All the food and deserts also had place cards to make selecting food easy for our guests.

We ordered cupcakes and the cake, every thing else was made by us or friends and family members. We asked the baker to leave the top of the cake blank so that we may put a tea cup as the topper. This ended up being a big hit at the party even though we accidentally put it on crooked - oops!!

The final task in preparing for the party was decide what outfit and hat to wear. While a hat was not mandatory, what's a tea party without a fabulous hat!? Mother (on the left) went for a classic black look, while myself (middle) and my cousin (on the right) went for more of a spring look.

Overall, the party was great and full of fun. Looking at these photos and reminiscing over the day has me ready to plan another tea party! How do you think we did? Comment below :)

Talk soon,

Tilly

Flashback Friday | Easter Tea

Hello friends,

Here is a flashback of one of our more recent tea events. We decided to have an Easter Tea this year instead of the traditional Easter Dinner. We decided on peach tea and regular black tea as our main teas. Our meal featured egg salad sandwiches, ham salad sandwiches, a vegetable platter, a fruit platter with homemade dip, chips, and CUPCAKES!!!! Add in a couple floral arrangements and colored boiled eggs for decoration, and voila! Tea time perfection!

How do you think we did? Comment below!

Talk soon,

Tilly