Cupcakes

Cupcakes and China
My lovely friend Jan bought me this delicious cupcake. It tasted even better when served on my vintage china plate.

Afternoon tea

I have a very talented niece who makes the most delicious cupcakes. Here are some she made for Easter.

Strawberry cupcake

A very delicious strawberry cupcake on one of my lovely Colclough (Linden pattern) plates.

Afternoon tea

Tea consumption increased dramatically during the early nineteenth century and it is around this time that Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have complained of "having that sinking feeling" during the late afternoon. At the time it was usual for people to take only two main meals a day, breakfast, and dinner at around 8 o'clock in the evening. The solution for the Duchess was a pot a tea and a light snack, taken privately in her boudoir during the afternoon.

Later friends were invited to join her in her rooms at Woburn Abbey and this summer practice proved so popular that the Duchess continued it when she returned to London, sending cards to her friends asking them to join her for "tea and a walking the fields." Other social hostesses quickly picked up on the idea and the practice became respectable enough to move it into the drawing room. Before long all of fashionable society was sipping tea and nibbling sandwiches in the middle of the afternoon.

Cupcakes

Cupcakes made by a very talented lady, my lovely niece Toni. 

Cupcakes

Yummy lemon and raspberry cupcakes from one of my favourite places: Sweet Vintage. I love meeting up with my friends and having a lovely pot of tea and sandwich, (as well as a catch up on all the gossip)  then choosing a cupcake to take home for me and the husband!

Do you like my vintage plate that I picked up on my travels? It is Bell China.

Kermit cupcake

My lovely grandson was 1 last month and my very talented niece made special cupcakes for him. He loves Kermit the frog!