High Tea (take II)

Remember how Sara and I went for high tea at the Royal Livingstone in April? 

And then we came home inspired and hosted our own high tea?

Well… while we were celebrating Christmas, we decided another high tea was in order. We made a guest list, and invited our friends… and… one had a kitchen party, one didn’t respond, one was out of town, one had a funeral…

We invited more friends.

we were busy in the kitchen ALL morning

figured I should post these pictures just in case you think our kitchen doesn't get messy!

If our oven could talk, it might moan about how many hours we made it work on Saturday.

orange cranberry scones (made with yoghurt)
you might remember the recipe

We decided to go all-out with our goodie-making, and didn’t repeat any dishes from our last high tea event.

Sara's amazing, paper trees!

these flowers- from our garden- were absolutely stunning

In addition, Sara wanted to teach me how to make ChristmasCrackers, and we decided a little charade game with a gift exchange would be fun too.

It was a great way to spend our Saturday morning—mixing, rolling, beating, shaping, baking, etc., – all the while enjoying Christmas music! Then, it was a great way to spend our afternoon-- good company, treats, and special memories. Our guests seemed to enjoy the party as well.

Oh- for those who are curious, here’s the menu:

Sweet

Orange cranberry [thank you, Tia!] scones

Apple pie with crumb topping

Pumpkin pie (I used coconut oil for the crust for both pies)

Mini oatmeal muffins with cinnamon sprinkles

Chocolate mint cake bites (drizzled in chocolate)

Gingerbread and sugar cookies from the kids’ cookie party the day before

Savory

Naan roll-ups with yoghurt cheese and basil pesto

Naan chips and fresh veggies with guacamole

Mini stuffing cups sprinkled with macadamia nuts (so yum!)

Bitty cheese and bacon scones

PS- On the way to the afternoon cookie deco party, one of our little friends remarked: “Today is kids’ day at Sara and Julie’s; tomorrow is mommies’ day; and then…. Monday will be the daddies’ day!” hahaha! Instead of hosting a Daddies’ Christmas Party, Sara and I just made sure to send a few leftovers home for the guys ;) ;)