by Helen Kain | Feb 9, 2022 | Afternoon Tea, Valentine's Day, Winter Tablescapes
This table started with the Victorian Valentine Tea Cakes, for which I take no credit; they’re available from Ginger Lily Sweets on Etsy. Aren’t they lovely? Made from Springerle moulds, the little cakes are coated with a thin layer of crisp frosting,...
by Helen Kain | Jan 31, 2022 | Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Fall Recipes, Winter Recipes
Moist and spicy, this toothsome concoction is a wintertime delight. Enjoy it sitting by the fire with a hot cup of tea as we peruse the nature notes from the month of January by Edith Holden, better known as the Edwardian Lady of Country Diary fame. Print...
by Helen Kain | Jan 31, 2022 | Afternoon Tea, Books, Vintage china, Winter Tablescapes
Best known in her own time as an illustrator of children’s books, Edith Holden was a keen observer of nature in all its beauty. The publication Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady is Edith Holden’s journal for 1905. Throughout the year, she jotted down her...
by Helen Kain | Jun 26, 2021 | Afternoon Tea, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes
You’ve heard of cottage teapots? They usually feature a cosily thatched cottage, complete with a cottage flower garden. Fitz and Floyd upped the elegance a notch with the Chateau Teaset from the mid-1980s. Which I received as a gift when it first came out. Gulp....
by Helen Kain | Jun 26, 2021 | Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Desserts, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes
I’ve been intrigued with the idea of decorating a cake with thin strips of rhubarb since I saw Heather Baird’s Rhubarb-Wrapped Pineapple Mousse Cake on the SprinkleBakes website. I’m not a huge fan of pineapple and wanted more of a rhubarb-forward confection. A recipe...
by Helen Kain | Feb 9, 2021 | Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Desserts, Valentine's Day, Winter Recipes
Chocolate and roses are traditional Valentine’s Day fare. Combining them in a cake is the best of all possible worlds – served with tea, and augmented with pink champagne, of course! Add in pretty pink china and we have a lovely (albeit chilly) setting for...
