Ginko leaf-shaped green (Matcha!) tea cookies via foodandwine.com

Read an old Martha Stewart Living at the library today that included a way to adapt her recipe for Madelines, including using Jasmine tea!

*I would typically infuse the liquid in a recipe with the tea, but I wouldn’t dare argue with Martha!

Jasmine tea Madelines Courtesy of Martha Stewart Living

Courtesy of bonappetit.com

foodopia:

masala chai: recipe here

whaticookedfortea:

Afternoon Tea

In my opinion, a birthday is not a great birthday without cake.

So I went for afternoon tea with my family as a treat and it was fabulous.

Elements of an afternoon tea:

• Finger sandwiches - no crusts, finger sized sandwiches with a variety of meat, fish and vegetable fillings
• Scone - can be fruit or non fruit, served with clotted cream and strawberry jam [recipe]
• Cake - a victoria sponge is probably one of the more traditional cakes to eat, however I picked ‘chocolate dream’ a lightweight chocolate sponge [recipe]
• Tea - an English breakfast tea goes down well, however I chose Chai, a fragrant, sweet, Indian tea - yum! [recipe]