[Bedazzled]

vol au vents scones cream and jam strawberries could have a whole cooked salmon and salads savoey rice pasta salad

[CandT]

scones, biscuits, muffins, cheese and biscuits

[Jaime]

mini sausage rolls and cocktail sausages?
x

[mummy J]

cheese amd pinappleon sticks.

You shouls ask the person doing the catering as well as they will have loads of ideas

[Bedazzled]

when am doing parties i also do cooked sausage split in the middle then putcooked stuffing inside everyone loves them and coments on them

[Heatherybee]

Did anyone else just start to get really excited when they decided on THE theme?

Yes, and I get very excited about eveyrone else's themes too!!!

Love afternoon tea theme! Loving all the suggestions, think the cornish pasties and salmon sounds delicious!

What about including a bit of picnic theme into it? Large porkpies and english chutneys? Or ploughmans style food, with crust bread, lots of different cheeses, ceddar, stilton etc, pickled onions and gerkins. Slices of proper english ham and of course mustard.

For cakes of course the aforementioned cream teas, but also classics like carrot cake, coffee and walnut, lemon drizzle and of course chocolate. Large cakes could be cut into slice which might make htings a little less expensive.

Check eBay for cake stands, you can still get some lovely 50s ones on there reasonably priced.

H xx

[KelBel]

Hiya,

i did a quick search for the Queen's garden party menu, and i found this list from her last afternoon tea party

20,000 Sandwiches
5,000 Bridge rolls
9,000 Scones
9,000 Fruit pastries
3,000 Buttercake fingers
8,000 Slices of chocolate/lemon cake
4,500 Slices of Dundee cake
4,500 Slices of Majorca slice
3,500 Slices of chocolate/jam Swiss roll
3,500 Vanilla/strawberry ice creams

27,000 Cups of tea
10,000 Glasses of iced coffee
20,000 Glasses of fruit squash

Kelly
x

[Mollymoo]

One of the caterers we looked at did 'afternoon teas' . Here is their sample menu

Weddings, Event Catering, Corporate Events
Wedding Afternoon Cream Tea Menu

Savoury Items

Open Danish Sandwiches with the following fillings: Prawn & Rocket Smoked Salmon with Cucumber & Cream Cheese, Egg & Watercress, Chicken Caesar and Wholegrain Mustard
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Mini Pork and Apple Pies wrapped individually in Backing Paper and Tied with Twine
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Afternoon Quailed Scotch Eggs
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Chorizo Choux Puffs
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Rosemary Mini Muffins with Smoked Turkey and Peach Relish
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Rolled Ricotta & Sage Crepes with Parmesan Shavings

Sweet Selection

Shot Glasses layered with Traditional English Fruit Trifle
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Mini Towered Raspberry Shortbreads
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Traditional English Scones with Strawberry Jam & Clotted Cream
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Sandwiched Chocolate Meringues with Fresh Cream
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Freshly Brewed Pots of Tea per Table (Selection of Teas Available)

[*to*be*skerrys*]

a bit quirky but this? site has some random tea things

[Lotte Bear]

I am having afternoon tea for our blessing, have a look at my website on my signature and the menu is on there.

[Julie S]

Ply them with Pimms first, then they will be happy with a couple of cucumber sandwiches and a cream cake

why not get H2B to take you to the Ritz as a treat for the two of you pre-wedding?

Ritz afternoon tea

[Scottishbubble]

Just to add in that the whole salmon is a very traditional victorian high tea dish. Also platters of cold meats and pies would be served.
Different to afternoon tea - but the beauty is you get to combine them!!
(knowing victorian menus is part of my job! - lol!)

I was also going to suggest this high tea means you can add pretty much anything so long as it is cold.... you could add cheeses (perhaps a cheese stack these are increasingly popular)

I would also have strawberrys and cream or raspberries and cream in little cups as they are lovely with afternoon tea.

You could get the little tea holder favours below

http://www.aweddingl...exd.asp?id=3439

I think this is a great theme x

[Julie S]

Or these place card holders tea pots

[*E*s*s*e*x*]

This is where I want to go on my hen do, the menu section might give you some inspiration

Tea Cosy Brighton

[**Gemma**]

Fab idea, you have to have scones its the law!! Pimms and lemonade would be nice and refreshing too.

[Mrs K]

oooh, i am hungry now! what about hot buttered crumpets? yum yum xx

[daisy]

A friend of mine had this theme. There were no centre pieces on the tables as she had lovely high cake stands laiden with sandwiches cut into triangles, home made pork pies, coleslaw, pot salad, scones & clotted cream, slices of traditional fruit cake. The top of the cake stand was decorated with a tiny posey of flowers.She had spent the months before going round local charity shops and buying 'vintage' cups, saucers and side plates so every guest had a matching set. Drinks were orange squash, home made lemonade and Pimms. There was little in the way of decor due to the venue, but dotted around were floral arrangements in wire bird cages. I hope this helps.

[sampanther]

Brilliant theme as its mine too!!! been collecting old cups and saucers and vintage teapots for table decorations and the table centres are giant cups and saucers!!! x x x

[the26thchoice]

i love these pastel macaroons..if i was having high tea, i would NEED to have these!! http://3.bp.blogspot...h/macaroons.jpg

[Hayleyanne]

Thats a great theme, we are also having that sort of thing but instead have the emphasis on the actual tea i.e. peppermint tea, english breakfast teas.

Scones are very good, you could give out biscuits and have different selections of jams!

x

[sampanther]

Ha we have also used tea as our main point, each table is a tea name etc, and serving tea when we cut the cake so then we might be able to sit down and eat some! (having tea blended for the day to serve as my bridesmaid's dad is a tea blender for twinnings!!) x x

[Hayleyanne]

Ha we have also used tea as our main point, each table is a tea name etc, and serving tea when we cut the cake so then we might be able to sit down and eat some! (having tea blended for the day to serve as my bridesmaid's dad is a tea blender for twinnings!!) x x

Same here! great minds think alike

this is the topic i first put up with my theme idea, they gave me some good advice:

http://www.wedding-i...howtopic=182868

x x

haha just noticed that you replied to that topic, my memory sucks!

This post has been edited by Hayleyanne: 30 December 2009 - 11:41 AM