Mrs Beeton's Afternoon Tea

I used to bake a lot, I even baked my own wedding cakes (with a lot of help from my Mum too), but since the wedding, I all but stopped. As my husband does not have a sweet tooth, I had even less incentive to flour myself up.

One (of four) tiers of wedding cake.

Struggling with SAD and a sore wrist from over-crocheting, by the end of 2018, I decided I needed a new challenge.

A few years ago, I was gifted the cookery book, "The Best of Mrs Beeton's Afternoon Tea." Ever since, it's been languishing in a cupboard, unopened and unloved, until now.

As a 2019 New Year Resolution, I counted up all the recipes in the book. There are over 80.

I originally had the idea to bake 52 - one per week, but having completed a few already (I'm writing this in week three) I think I might manage to complete the whole book if I group the easier recipes together.

So, I started to bake my way through the book, quickly realising that despite the clear instruction on some of the recipes I still wasn't sure if I was following it correctly. A google search yielded no results, so I decided to blog my experiences following Mrs Beeton's recipes for anyone who might be interested.

(Top down) Lemon meringue pie, fruit cake, victoria sponge, chocolate sponge. All decorations were made by myself.