Jennifer's Table: Mother's Day Afternoon Tea

Place Setting with Menu

I know it's late, but since I posted what my sister and I made for our stepfather for Father's Day, I wanted to post what we made for our mother on her special day. We were planning on taking her to a local tea place for an afternoon tea they had for Mother's Day, however, they were all booked up. It was my sister's brilliant idea to make an afternoon tea at home and it was my idea to complete the theme with menus!


Curried Egg Salad

For beverages, we made a pot of hot wild blueberry tea, a blend from said tea shop. It is a delicious black tea with just the hint of fruity blueberries and is really tasty with just some honey stirred in. We decided that an iced tea would be nice to accompany our meal too, so we chilled some strawberry fields white tea from teopia and flavoured it with some honey, lemon slices, and fresh strawberries.

Cream Cheese and Cucumber Sandwiches

We made three types of sandwiches, the traditional cucumber and cream cheese on white sandwich bread, curried egg salad on dark rye, and sliced chicken deli meat with brie and apple butter that was toasted on sliced baguette. Our mother enjoyed the sandwiches a lot, but I think the egg salad was a clear winner for taste and presentation as we topped those sandwiches with some radish slices and chives.

Chicken, Brie, and Apple Butter on Toasted Baguette

For dessert, Megan made lemon curd tarts and I created my own cupcake with a spiced chocolate base and a caramel buttercream. I think we all enjoyed the lemon tarts the most with their tart lemony sweetness and velvet texture. My cupcake was delicious too except that the icing was quite rich after so much food.