Easy Sunday: Afternoon tea delight

The Badoo's Birthday afternoon tea. I've never hosted an AT before but I highly recommend it. Yummy things to bake and yummy friends to bake them for.

It was wet outside, but we were cosy and content by the fire (note artful picture of kindling above.) The Tsunamis and their friendly Cyclones went nuts in the bedrooms (why oh why do they have to get EVERY toy they've EVER owned out of EVERY cupboard when the Cyclones come over?). Lots of fun stuff to tidy up later.

 

For godsake, it's a SHOE birthday cake, okay?

Zia knows her niece so well. Sparkle shoes. Matching. The Badoo is in heaven (wore them to bed last night.)

My first ever batch of scones. I always thought scones were beyond me (they give ribbons for good ones at the CWA), but I found the simplest recipe for Lemonade Scones and I highly recommend you give them a go. Delish.

Easy-Peasy Lemonade Scones

2 cups self-raising flour, sifted

1/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup thick cream
1/2 cup lemonade
2 tbs milk

Preheat the oven to 220°C. Lightly grease a baking tray.


Place the flour, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.

Add the cream and lemonade and mix to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured workbench and knead lightly until combined. Don't knead too much - the less handling you do with scone dough, the better.

Press the dough flat with your hands to a thickness of about 2cm. Use a 6cm round cutter to cut out 8 scones, place on baking tray so they are almost touching and brush the tops with a little milk.

You can reform the remaining dough and cut another couple of rounds. Then, in the interests of not wasting precious lemonade scone dough, I make a 'runt' scone with any remaining dough (omit the runt if you're baking for the CWA.) Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Serve warm with your favourite jam. And butter. And chantilly cream now that I think about it...