Perfect Love

Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion to gather your friends together and have a beautiful tea party. I wanted this high tea to have a soft, feminine feel to it, with a colour palette of musk pink and white. I steered away from the often gaudy reds which are usually associated with Valentine's Day. I made a simple backdrop by gluing small pink pom poms onto a white board and adding paper roses. Tulle ribbon fabric from Spotlight became my tablecloth and I used my hobnail compotes and white and pink milk glass cake stands to display the sweet treats. I wanted my guests to feel spoilt and loved and so I served them freshly brewed tea in their china tea cups all afternoon.

• What People Ate

  An extensive savoury menu served on English china plates, including Spinach and feta filo rolls; Crispy dinner rolls with roast beef and caramelised onion or basil and free range eggs or roast vegetables & swiss cheese; melba toast with smoked salmon & cream cheese or Italian style tomato & basil; tarragon chicken tea sandwiches and fruit and cheese platters. There were also home made gluten free options of all the savoury food.

• What People Drank

  Iced raspberry tea and sparkling lemon mineral water; organic black tea and brewed coffee.

• Desserts

  The feature cake was a chocolate cake with musk buttercream and raspberry ganache. Lemon curd mini cupcakes, vanilla cookies, raspberry melting moments, white chocolate Tim Tam pops, chocolate covered Oreo biscuits, musk meringue kisses and a variety of pink and white lollies. I made all of the sweets.

• Party Favors

  Hand stamped calico bags with infused body spray and Love Heart lollies inside, wrapped in pink string and a vintage Valentine card. Each tea cup had a stamped sugar heart cookie inside with "perfect Love" on it.

• My sweet friend Laura made the savoury food, including all of the gluten free options.

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