by Helen Kain | May 7, 2026 | Afternoon Tea, Bread & Scones, Recent, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes
These scones are everything a spring afternoon tea should be: buttery, tender, and bursting with bright lemon and blueberries. Keeping the berries frozen helps create those beautiful violet streaks throughout the dough, while the crisp tops and soft interiors make...
by Helen Kain | May 7, 2026 | Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Desserts, Mother's Day, Recent, Spring Recipes
Inspired by the delicate elegance of Wedgwood china, these small layer cakes combine pale blue fondant, seedless raspberry jam, and intricate edible lace details for a dessert that feels both refined and faintly theatrical. While the decorative work requires patience...
by Helen Kain | May 7, 2026 | Afternoon Tea, Mains, Recent
There is something wonderfully reassuring about a proper egg salad sandwich. Soft, nostalgic, and deeply civilized, these are the sort of sandwiches that belong at spring luncheons, afternoon teas, and kitchen tables where conversation tends to linger pleasantly. The...
by Helen Kain | May 7, 2026 | Afternoon Tea, Blue, Home, Recent, White
There are moments in life when one looks at an elaborate cake decorating technique and thinks, “How difficult could that possibly be?” These moments are almost always followed by several hours of intense concentration, a light dusting of icing sugar over every...
by Helen Kain | Mar 25, 2026 | Easter, Green, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
There is a particular kind of light that arrives in early spring — bright and insistent, as though the world has been freshly washed and is eager to be seen again. The Caskata Bunnies Verde Small plates, each with its own detailed figure, seemed made for it. Each one...
by Helen Kain | Mar 11, 2026 | Home, Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Vintage glassware
In searching for inspiration for a table, the sources vary. Sometimes it’s a plate that nudges towards a particular colour, often it’s a flower that suggests a mood.. In this case, it was toss-up between the flowers and the Royal Worcester Astley plates,...
