Category: Tea Parties
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Mock Devonshire Cream
(from Teatime Celebrations, by Patricia Gentry)½ c. whipping cream2 T. confectioners’ sugar½ c. sour cream In a chilled bowl, beat cream until medium-stiff peaks form, adding sugar during last few minutes of beating. Fold in sour cream and blend. Keep refrigerated until serving. Makes 1½ c. of “cream.”
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Egg salad finger sandwiches
Egg salad filling can also be used to stuff hollowed out cocktail-sized tomatoes; allow hollowed-out tomatoes to drain upside down 20 minutes before filling. Egg salad sandwiches can also be prepared open-faced: hard-boil 1-2 additional eggs as above. Peel eggs and slice with an egg slicer into thin circles. Spread egg salad on bread slices,…
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Cucumber Sandwiches
Cucumber sandwiches are a must-have at afternoon tea. If you’re not a fan of them, then consider adding ribbons of cucumber to your salmon or smoked trout sandwiches as a nod to necessity – but cucumbers need to be fit in somewhere! That said, the traditional “cucumber sand” is easy to make and, done right, refreshing to…
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Coconut Bars
(From an old, now-lost recipe in the LA Times) 1) Preheat oven to 350° F.2) Grease or spray an 8” x 8” baking pan.3) In a seperate bowl, mix: 1 c. flour and 1 t. baking powder. 4) Then turn your standing mixer on and add the following ingredients in the order listed, beating VERY well after each…
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