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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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Handmade Afternoon Tea

31/03/202106/04/2021 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

A lot of skill and work goes into your afternoon tea. From mixing traybakes, rolling out croissants, checking the gingerbread, tempering chocolate, and frying batches of fajita rolls – there is a lot to do to make such an awesome box of treats. We love baking from scratch. There is something so therapeutic in creating something by hand. A machine doesn’t have any soul, and baking is so personal to me. There’s no joy in adding ingredients to a machine and pressing go. I love baking the traditional way. Its…

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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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Making Afternoon Tea…

01/12/202004/03/2021 Mrs Mitchellsafternoon tea boxes, afternoon tea menu, making afternoon tea, recipe6 Comments

There’s a whole lot of mixing, drizzling, baking, cooling, piping, setting, waiting, stirring, whisking, spreading, chopping, melting and frying that goes into a Mrs Mitchell’s Afternoon Tea. Here’s a glimpse of just some of the work that goes into your afternoon teas… The chicken and bacon in our pinwheels has to be mixed at just the right ration to mayonnaise. Plus, I hate the cheap mayonnaise they often use in premade mixes so making my own is the only way to make sure they are just right. These are Lily’s…

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A New Look!

04/11/202024/11/2020 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

It’s been two years since I realised a dream and started For Cakes Sake. Back then, I had plenty of ideas about what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. But, two years is a long time. So of course, my business has grown and naturally found its own direction over time. And then there was the pandemic! The pandemic was a blessing and a curse for me. It brought with it many highs and lows, and thanks to that, I have learned a lot over…

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Picking out Jam

08/09/202008/09/2020 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

There’s jam and there’s jam! And this is JAM! Deciding to upgrade the jam we serve with our scones in our afternoon tea’s was a big decision. The jam we had was ok, but was it good enough? Nope! Not any more. We wanted to make our afternoon tea as good as it could be, so I started searching for yummy jam makers. I wanted local, and I wanted Strawberry, although I appreciate the Scottish Cream Tea should be served with Scottish Raspberry Jam, I thought the Strawberry would suit…

A slice of a victoria sandwich cake with fresh cream and a strawberry garnish

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High Tea or Afternoon Tea?

28/08/202003/05/2021 Mrs Mitchells4 Comments

The two are often confused, but these yummy meals are most definitely not the same thing. So what’s the difference? Who’s coming to tea? The most obvious difference between the two meals is with who would have been enjoying them. Afternoon Tea was created for the Duchess of Bedford to curb her mid afternoon hunger pangs. She didn’t know what she wanted, so her chef served her a selection of sweet treats, scones and sandwiches to nibble on. She loved it and word soon got round of the new mid-afternoon…

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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!

A pink and gold themed afternoon tea table.

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Afternoon Tea – A Very British Treat

06/05/201930/08/2019 Mrs Mitchells0 comment

What is afternoon tea? The Collins Dictionary describes Afternoon Tea as a “small meal you can have in the afternoon,” but it is so much more than that. It is the most British of traditions. This is no ordinary afternoon treat. Not to be confused with the more robust High Tea. So called as it is taken in a high backed chair, and at a table. Afternoon tea is a refined affair, served in low chairs. Unlike High Tea, afternoon tea was traditionally reserved for the wealthy and is a…