If you don’t like reading “personal journey” type posts… click away now!  Well, 2018 was ‘quite the year’… and not a particularly happy one. I have realised that my last blog post was June 2018 and that’s purely because last summer I experienced the most heartbreaking moments of my life so far.  I was struggling with my medication for arthritis and the journey I was on was simply not a happy one. I was (and still am) in a trem

Do you have a “go to” scone recipe?  I’ve been baking a specific scone recipe for years now, slightly adapting over time, this is simply fool proof.  Not only are these scones easy to make and bake, but they are light and fluffy, perfect for your afternoon tea table.  They are best served warm, with lashings of sweet jam and clotted cream.  At my own tea parties, back in the day, I used to serve them with homemade peach &

I often get asked where is the best afternoon tea in Cambridge? And in all honesty, I have very few favourites when it comes to Cambridge itself. Until recently Cambridge has really been lacking in fantastic afternoon teas and until The Ivy Brasserie and Carriages of Cambridge came along there haven’t been many other contenders. That is until now… I recently received an invitation to sample afternoon tea at one of