The perfect afternoon tea recipe book : more than 160 classic recipes for sandwiches, pretty cakes and bakes, biscuits, bars, pastries, cupcakes, celebration cakes and glorious gãateaux

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This delightful recipe book opens with a brief history of afternoon tea traditions and etiquette and provides a guide to classic and speciality teas of the world, as well as information on how to choose, blend and make the perfect pot of tea.

The 160 recipes that follow include timeless cucumber sandwiches with crusts removed, squidgy chocolate eclairs, and light-as-air scones with jam and cream.

There are also contemporary recipe suggestions such as shallot, thyme and garlic cheese muffins, moreish peanut butter teabread, and chunky chocolate and banana cakes.

This fabulous collection of teatime delights is sure to delight time and time again.