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Recipes for Mother’s Day

Recipes for Mother’s Day

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Recipes for Mother’s Day

I have been a mum for just over five years now but I still get butterflies and that little flush of pride as Mother’s Day approaches.

Sorry to sound clichéd and slightly slushy here but there’s nothing more special than being a parent and when you have to wait a long time for little ones to come along as I did Mothering Sunday never loses its shine.

Of course, I have my own fantastic
Mummy who needs to be spoilt on
Sunday too, so this week will be a
flurry of craft and cooking.

With my card-making obsession, there’ll be a home-made card and some naughty-but-nice goodies too (as well as a rather beautiful Cath Kidston bag to take on her next holiday.)

Here’s what I have chosen to cook for our special Mum’s afternoon tea party:

Both these recipes come from Take a Box of Eggs. Of course my mum and I have one of these but there are many that don’t and would love one!

Take a Box of Eggs is our latest award-winning cookbook, which features 100 delicious easy and accessible dishes for all the family. Why not treat your mum or yourself?

This month postage is free! So you can pick one up for just £7.49.

Treat your Mum on Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day

Recently, I chanced upon the most fantastic vintage tearoom in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

http://www.sugarjunction.co.uk/

Not only were the cakes and bakes delicious, they were served with a delectable array of beverages on the most exquisite crockery. Even the waitress looked ultra glam in fifties-style dress with sassy red lips.

My friends and I enjoyed a lovely hour or two chatting and soaking up the atmosphere, and also planning our own vintage tea party.

What better excuse for a tea party than Mother’s Day?
Get all the generations together, prepare some tiny sandwiches, bake some delicious morsels and serve with a proper pot of tea, or even some real homemade hot chocolate. Make it extra special with a table cloth, pretty china and homemade bunting! You can make this easily by stringing up triangles of paper or fabric cut with pinking shears.

You can even improvise a cake stand if you don’t have one with china plates and upturned glasses or teacups. http://www.allaboutyou.com/craft/knit-free/make-a-cakestand-from-a-tea-set-54284

After you have practised on your own mum, why not hold a BIG tea party, in aid of charity? March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month and the Eve Appeal is encouraging people to hold a tea party to raise money for this extremely worthy cause. http://www.eveappeal.org.uk/media-centre/make-time-for-tea/

 

Chocolate Whisky CakeFrom our Around Britain Dairy Cookbook,
enjoy this gorgeous Chocolate Whisky Cake
plus these Sumptuous Sandwiches.

 

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