No recipe post 🙂 Just felt like whipping up some scones without following a set of guidelines. Rogue baking. Haha!
Not too shabby at all, especially with a warm cup of tea. Have a great day ahead xxx
Raspberry Lemon Scones
21 Apr 2016 1 Comment
in Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Cool Inspiration, Scones Tags: baking, raspberry scones, scones
Bake Sale Cupcakes
21 Jan 2016 1 Comment
in Afternoon Tea, Bakeware & moulds, Baking gifts, Cakes, Chocolate, Cool Inspiration, Cupcakes, New products, Picture tutorials Tags: bake sale, baking, charity baking, chocolate, cupcake decoration, cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes
LOVE LOVE love these very adorable chocolate toppers! Made with help from Baked By Me‘s cupcake and ribbon mould. There’s a little slot to convert them to lollies too.
Easy peasy vanilla buttercream cupcakes accompanied by some chocolate lollypops.
Have a delicious day ahead.
Tea is more than just a drink.
30 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in Afternoon Tea Tags: afternoon tea, english tea, parenthood, tea, twinnings
Insert tea quotes : Haha!
- A brew will see you through the day.
- A cup of tea makes everything better.
- Happiness is a cup of tea
Tea is just too enjoyable for me especially when it’s proper afternoon tea (yes think cakes, chocolates and cookies). The whole works. ‘I like tea’ is clearly an understatement. Nowadays, tea gives me much needed sanity, the strength to endure growth spurts, crankiness and teething. One of my favourite cup of tea is the last one in the evening when bubba is asleep. Bliss!
Yes, I tend to stock up on my favourite English Breakfast, Earl Grey, you name it.
It would be a teeny bit selfish not to share … have you window shopped on Twinnings? Its fab and they have special free delivery till tomorrow and its for all orders over a tenner. It was my first time browsing the Twinnings website and boy oh boy, there were loads to choose from. I was pleasantly surprised to find teaware as well as confectionery on there too! It was too easy building my basket up to £10 and all I wanted to do was stock up on simple lush teabags 🙂
Ps. hurry, offer ends tomorrow x
Very cool Party Stands.
22 Jun 2014 1 Comment
in Afternoon Tea, Baking gifts, Cool Inspiration, New products, Partyware, Tableware, Wedding Tags: birthday party, cake stand, children party, fish and chips, fun party, hotdog stand, ice cream van, party display, party ideas, party planning, partyware, popcorn stand, summer party, unique, wedding idea, world cup party
Hello there! Gosh I have been naughty and neglecting the little blog. I do have lots of exciting news though 🙂 For those of you who follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, you probably know! As always, I have taken a million pictures or so documenting my little holiday and ‘journey’. More posts to come *fingers crossed*. On the ‘Baked By Me’ end, we have been shipping lots of unique and oh very very cool party stands! They come in 4 different themes. Fish and chip! A whimsical and fun ice cream van stand! Clever reversible hotdog and popcorn stand and last but not least a gourmet street van that is just perfect for world cup or summer parties. They come flat packed so they are easy to store. Just wipe clean after use. Ps. they also come with little extras. Do browse HERE for our full range.
We are having introductory prices 🙂 Usually £14.99. They are currently £12.50 for a limited time only. Flat rate UK delivery £2.99, free delivery on orders over £25. So if you purchase 2, its FREE delivery. Ps. we had lots of customers purchasing all 4 or multiples of each for their party displays.
Fish and Chip Stand available on HERE.
Create your very own British beach themed party with our traditional party size Fish & Chip Stall.
Includes: 1 x card stand, 12 x paper newspaper print chipcones, ‘A’ board sign and stickers to personalise.
H 40cm x W 30cm x D 24.5cm
The Ice Cream Van Stand got to be my personal favourite if I had to choose one. Have a sneaky peek on our website 😉
Add ice creams and treats, sweets and cakes or fill the paper cones with sweets.
Card van stand pack includes 12 x paper ice cream cones, ‘A’ board sign and stickers to personalise.
H 34cm x W 37cm x D 20cm
Our very clever reversible Hot Dog and Popcorn Stand. Great value for money, its like buying 2 stands! Browse on HERE.
A clever fully reversible stand that will delight guests.
Extras include:12 x paper popcorn holders, chalk board sign and stickers to personalise.
H 38cm x W 32cm x D 18.5cm
Vibrant and colourful! Introducing our Gourmet Street Food Van! Perfect for the sizzling weather we have at the moment. Purchase from our online shop.
3 Tier card stand includes 12 decorative paper cones to fill with sweet or savoury nibbles, chalk boad sign and stickers to personalise.
H 34cm x W 37cm x D 20cm
Do message or email us if you have any queries. We are always on our FB, Twitter or Instagram page.
White Rabbit Teahouse, Nottingham
25 Feb 2014 1 Comment
in Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Out and About Tags: afternoon tea, cafe, cake, china, nottingham, teahouse, tearoom, vintage, white rabbit
Tucked away on Bridlesmith Walk, is a little gem of a teahouse. I went on a Saturday afternoon just before they closed and they were packed to the brim. Warm, welcoming and charming especially when it’s wet and windy outside. White Rabbit is done up beautifully. I do have a soft spot for duck egg colours 🙂
My friend had a slice of lime and elderflower cake. He did mention that the cake was a tad dry but JUST look at how its presented.
I picked the best cake. Warm apple cake served with cream!! It was lush. Strong flavour and you cannot fault cream.
Just look at the china! There was much cooing about how their tea and cake is served. Love the mismatched vintage china. Every table had a different set too! All too pretty for words. We didn’t opt for afternoon tea as we were so full from lunch at Delilah’s. The people next to us did and as soon as they left, I whipped out my phone to get a picture of this cake stand! I wanted to take this home badly. Oh dear, just cannot bring me anywhere. I shared this picture on Instagram and Twitter and quite a few people commented that they should have ‘doggy-bagged’ their leftovers. What a shame.
We stayed till closing time in this lovely little place. Oh yes, I wanted to add that White Rabbit will be even better if they served loose leaf tea instead of teabags. They served excellent bagged teas but I personally feel that if one is to enjoy tea in such a pretty shop, loose leaf is the only way to go 🙂
Aaaah, time for another cup of tea. Have a lovely Tuesday everyone.
Delilah Fine Foods Nottingham
15 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Afternoon Tea, Cakes, Out and About Tags: cafe nottingham, delilah, delilah fine foods, delilah nottingham, foodie, places to eat, turkish delight cake
Last weekend, I stepped into foodie heaven, Delilah’s for the first time and it definitely won’t be the last!
I had a lovely wander around the shop admiring the foodie products they had to offer. Our cookie mixes will be right at home at Delilah’s 😉
Found a place at the bar and ordered CAKE and coffee. Here is one of their lovely staff slicing up my cake (all mine!)
It was AH-MAZING! I never had this combination ever, it was a rose & Turkish Delight cake. Loved the huge chunks of Turkish Delight on the cake.
Cannot wait for my next visit! Different cake this time or perhaps lunch.
Happy New Year 2014 & Raspberry Dutch Baby recipe
01 Jan 2014 12 Comments
in Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Cakes, Cooking, Fruits, Picture tutorials Tags: baking, baking recipe, breakfast idea, brunch, dutch baby, raspberries, raspberry dutch baby, raspberry pancake, recipe
Happy New Year everyone! You! Our talented friends made our 2013 fabulous. We receive so many pictures of your makes and bakes and we LOVE and appreciate them all. Thank you and keep them coming. Here’s a little collage we made and posted to our Instagram (ps. we are so hooked. We just started an account on here) and if you are not following us already on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Quick 🙂
Here is another collage of some of our product range in 2013. We cannot wait to share *fingers and toes crossed* an even better range this year!
I made this Raspberry Dutch baby for breakfast a few days ago. It is a very simple and straightforward recipe. It looks fantastic and definitely one of the best ‘pancakes’ I have made 🙂
Recipe for Raspberry Dutch Baby
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch of cinnamon
2 tablespoon (20g) butter. melted
1/3 cup raspberries
icing sugar to sprinkle
…..
Oven 220°C . Butter a cake pan or skillet. We used an 8″ cake / sandwich pan.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl with the milk. Sift flour, salt and cinnamon into the egg mixture. Whisk until well combined. Whisk in butter. Pour into the pan and sprinkle your choice of berries. We made ours with raspberries.
Bake for 15 minutes at 220°C. Reduce heat to 160°C and bake for another 10 minutes. Dust with icing sugar 🙂 All done!
This is just fabulous for breakfast or brunch as the batter is not sweet at all. Just ignore and forgive the dollop of cream I added to my Dutch Baby though 🙂
Look at sneaky Momo the cat trying to get a whiff of my Dutch Baby. It is rather challenging to get a picture like this. Thankfully, I was armed with my camera in hand and managed to get this shot rather quickly before she was told off.
Hope you had a lovely first day in the new year 🙂
xx
Iris
