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Scones

Classic English Scones

Tender, flaky scones served with clotted cream and jam.

⏱️ 35 min🍽️ 12 scones

📝 Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour, baking powder
  • Cold butter, sugar
  • Buttermilk, egg
  • Clotted cream, strawberry jam

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Cut cold butter into flour mixture
  2. Add buttermilk until dough forms
  3. Cut rounds, brush with egg wash
  4. Bake at 400°F for 12-15 minutes
Finger Sandwiches

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

Delicate crustless sandwiches with cream cheese and cucumber.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 24 pieces

📝 Ingredients:

  • White bread, crusts removed
  • Cream cheese, softened
  • English cucumber, thinly sliced
  • Fresh dill, salt, white pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Mix cream cheese with dill and seasoning
  2. Spread on bread slices
  3. Layer cucumber, top with another slice
  4. Cut into triangles or fingers
Petit Fours

French Petit Fours

Miniature cakes with delicate fondant glaze.

⏱️ 2 hours🍽️ 36 pieces

📝 Ingredients:

  • Almond sponge cake
  • Raspberry jam, marzipan
  • Poured fondant
  • Food coloring for decoration

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Bake thin almond sponge cake
  2. Layer with jam and marzipan
  3. Cut into small squares
  4. Dip in poured fondant and decorate
Macarons

French Macarons

Delicate almond meringue cookies with buttercream filling.

⏱️ 90 min🍽️ 24 cookies

📝 Ingredients:

  • Almond flour, powdered sugar
  • Egg whites, granulated sugar
  • Gel food coloring
  • Buttercream or ganache filling

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Make meringue, fold in almond mixture
  2. Pipe circles on parchment
  3. Rest until skin forms, bake at 300°F
  4. Fill and let mature overnight
Shortbread

Scottish Shortbread

Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies.

⏱️ 40 min🍽️ 16 pieces

📝 Ingredients:

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 cups flour
  • Pinch of salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar
  2. Add flour and salt until combined
  3. Press into pan, prick with fork
  4. Bake at 325°F until golden edges
Victoria Sponge

Victoria Sponge Cake

Classic English cake with jam and cream filling.

⏱️ 50 min🍽️ 8 servings

📝 Ingredients:

  • Butter, sugar, eggs
  • Self-rising flour
  • Strawberry jam
  • Whipped cream, powdered sugar

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs
  2. Fold in flour, divide between pans
  3. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes
  4. Fill with jam and cream, dust with sugar