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Afternoon tea recipes
Afternoon tea is one of the great British traditions, and our collection of afternoon tea recipes will help you create the perfect spread at home. Combine classic favourites such as cheesy scones and lemon drizzle cake.
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Olive oil & orange sponge cake with mango and passion fruit salsa
St Clements cream tea buns
Orange & almond seed cake with berries and Greek yogurt
Rhubarb crumble scones
Barmbrack scones
Banana bread
12-grape focaccia
El’s banana cake with Joss’s tahini-honey butter
The best madeleines
Stem ginger & honeycomb millionaire’s shortbread
Carrot cake with honey frosting
Plum & walnut cake
Sticky chocolate fig cake
Spiced apple & pecan cake
Strawberry sherbert cocktails
Peanut butter & raspberry cake
The best blueberry muffins
The best rocky road
Vanilla crescent cookies (Vanillekipferl)
Classic simnel cake
Sparkling Lady Grey & citrus iced tea
Family favourite chocolate cake
Three-cheese scones
Cheesy apple scones
Winter slaw sarnies
The best macarons
Golden vanilla sparkle star biscuits
The best coffee & walnut cake
After midnight
Cinnamon rolls
Pumpkin spiced latte cake
The best apple cake
Lemon drizzle cake
The best Victoria sponge
Lemon, passion fruit & raspberry summer cake
Blueberry corn scones
Peach paloma
Sticky toffee flapjacks
Malted millionaire's slices
Orange Jaffa cakes
Triple chocolate biscotti
Coffee, white chocolate & walnut cake
Easter egg shortbread biscuits
Brooklyn blackout cake
Marsala, citrus & olive oil cake
Almond butter & jelly rice crispy cakes
Classic custard tart
The best tres leches cake
Irish coffee cake
Flourless chocolate, coffee & hazelnut torte
Roman holiday
Blueberry & cardamom babka with lemon glaze
Easy mayonnaise cupcakes
Portuguese-style sponge cake