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An afternoon with Caroline Trotter Photography

13/04/202113/04/2021 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

It’s no secret that I love to take photographs, and I don’t think I’m too bad at it. But last month I decided it was time to call in the pro’s. So, I got in touch with Caroline Trotter of Caroline Trotter Photography and asked her if she, and her food stylist husband, would like to take some awesome photographs of my afternoon tea! I was delighted when she said they would, and yesterday I made the trip to her studio in Leven with a boot full of cakes and…

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How to host a virtual afternoon tea party this Mother’s Day

04/03/202104/03/2021 Mrs Mitchellsafternoon tea delivery, afternoon tea for granny, afternoon tea for mum, afternoon tea party, afternoon tea to takeaway, afternoon tea zoom party0 comment

Mother’s Day is on the horizon, so why not treat your mum to a delicious afternoon tea? Although you can’t celebrate in-person, Amber Sims from personalised gift specialists EverythingPrinted shares her top tips for organising a virtual afternoon tea party for your mum this Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is fast approaching but, like last year, it might look a little different to what we’re used to. Although you might not be able to spend the day with your mum, you can still make the occasion one to remember by hosting…

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Special Occasions

15/02/202106/04/2021 Mrs Mitchellsafternoon tea delivery, afternoon tea party, christmas, easter, mothers day, valentines day, zoom party0 comment

We love a special occasion at Mrs Mitchell’s – its the perfect excuse to be a little creative and invent a new recipe, or two! We also love to spoil people, so we relish the challenge of making a fabulous new afternoon tea box that you’ll be proud to gift or share with your favourite people! Every occasion we break a new record. Last Christmas we got out of bed super early, in order to make the most afternoon tea’s ever! Then this Valentines day we broke that record again…

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Afternoon Tea For Any (or no) Occasion!

08/07/202008/07/2020 Mrs Mitchells2 Comments

The idea of just going out for afternoon tea as a birthday treat is long behind us. These days people are enjoying afternoon tea for all sorts of reasons, and sometimes for no reason at all, and it’s not hard to see why… Impress your clients and staff! Firstly, it’s elegant! It’s so much nicer to pick through a selection of beautifully made sandwiches and handmade cakes, scones and truffles, than to chuck together a couple of sausage rolls and some frozen pakoras, you can have them anytime, but afternoon…

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Afternoon Tea should be more than just a late lunch…

17/05/202017/05/2020 Mrs Mitchells2 Comments

I was reminded this weekend as to why I started my Afternoon Tea business all those months ago and why we go to so much effort at For Cakes Sake to create our afternoon tea boxes the way we do. It was one comment that put it all into perspective for me and got me thinking. We get a lot of great feedback, but this message stood out for me in particular. She had gifted a box to her mother who was shielding in Dundee, to cheer her up. In…

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Top Tips for an Awesome Afternoon Tea Party

09/12/201917/07/2020 Mrs Mitchells2 Comments

Hosting your own afternoon tea party can be a daunting prospect, but it needn’t be. Whatever you are planning, whether it’s an elegant soiree, a cosy catch up with friends and family, a pamper party, date night, a product launch, birthday party, office party, or even a funeral, here are our best tips for a well organised and memorable event. Get organised It’s never too early to start thinking about your fabulous tea party and how it might go. Here is a list of key questions you might consider as…

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Afternoon Tea just got a whole lot better

18/10/201918/10/2019 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

…if that’s even possible! Once reserved for stuffy hotels and posh cafe’s, now you can have a fabulous Afternoon Tea almost anywhere! If you thought you could only get a descent afternoon tea in a hotel or cafe, you might once have been right. Until now, that is… We launched our fabulous Takeaway Afternoon Tea Box in June and it has continually gained in popularity. As far as I can tell, we are the first to offer an Afternoon Tea Box in the Tayside area, maybe even Scotland, but I…

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The Perfect Afternoon Tea

08/10/201905/02/2021 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

Having tried more than my fair share of Afternoon Tea’s, I can say with absolute confidence that there is a big difference between an “OK” tea and a fabulous one. It’s definitely not just a case of plonking a few cakes and sandwiches on a plate. Ohhh no, there is so much more to it than that. The perfect afternoon tea will be planned and anticipated. It will have a wonderful selection of textures and flavours. There will be a good balance between sweet and savoury and there will be…

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How about an Afternoon Tea Wedding!

30/07/201901/08/2019 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

Getting married next year, and running a business that specialises in afternoon tea, has really got me thinking about interesting ways I could combine the two. It has also got a lot of my guests thinking too, and they haven’t been shy when it comes to enquiring about the catering! So here are nine ways we came up with (in no particular order) that you could include Afternoon Tea as part of your wedding journey… Engagement Afternoon Tea The lights are dim, the kids are in bed, the prosecco popped!…

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The Perfect Spot for Afternoon Tea

02/07/201930/07/2019 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

The Hermitage, Dunkeld Located just off the A9 in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. This magical forest not only hosts the tallest trees in Britain, the thundering Black Linn Falls, and a hidden totem, it is also a pretty fabulous place to have a Takeaway Afternoon Tea for Two!