because my eldest daughter came over on saturday and we had afternoon tea and and then we spent about 4 hours doing patchwork..my daughter is making a large paper pieced hexagon patchwork quilt using woollen fabric that my mother had..some of which are pieces left over from clothing she made for herself so it is going to be very special to my daughter because of the provenance of the fabric..
for afternoon tea we had macaroons because i had two egg whites left over from a custard i made a few days ago and because i am trying to make an effort to reduce the fat in our diets..macaroons are easy to make but they seem to have lost favour unlike macarons which are very popular.. i find macaroons quite sweet so in order to tone down the sugar blast i added very finely grated orange rind and i put a small piece of my candied orange on top..and just for fun i added some pink food colouring..
because they were a bit of an experiment i wasn't sure how they would taste but they were surprisingly good especially with 'vanilla and earl' tea..next time though i will tweak the recipe a bit and add extra coconut to offset the effect of the addition of the colouring in loosening the mixture..
i hope you had a sweet weekend too..jane
for afternoon tea we had macaroons because i had two egg whites left over from a custard i made a few days ago and because i am trying to make an effort to reduce the fat in our diets..macaroons are easy to make but they seem to have lost favour unlike macarons which are very popular.. i find macaroons quite sweet so in order to tone down the sugar blast i added very finely grated orange rind and i put a small piece of my candied orange on top..and just for fun i added some pink food colouring..
because they were a bit of an experiment i wasn't sure how they would taste but they were surprisingly good especially with 'vanilla and earl' tea..next time though i will tweak the recipe a bit and add extra coconut to offset the effect of the addition of the colouring in loosening the mixture..
Love the tea cosy! I have a bit of a thing for tea cosies too :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a perfect afternoon tea moment to me. And I like traditional macaroons too, I like scraping the rice paper circles off the bottom with my teeth and the way they are soft and chewy and melty, in fact I would like one right now ! :)
ReplyDeletenqn..i love tea cosies too..and i have some really kitsch crocheted owl cosies that have my children cringing and my friends aghast..
ReplyDeletethanks joanna..it was a lovely afternoon..
How lovely to spend four hours with your daughter doing anything! And the macaroons look delicious!
ReplyDeleteToo cute - I haven't seen a tea cosy in ages! What a special project to be working on with your daughter, bet it was a lovely afternoon. I love the pink colouring, the macaroons look divine.
ReplyDeletethanks celia and keely..it's was fun that we could chat and work on our quilts together..
ReplyDeleteThe other daughter is jelous!!! Looks amazing!! Love you. xx
ReplyDeleteoh..al..it's so good to hear from you..i want to have afternoon tea with you..soon..love you too.. x mum
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