Yesterday a handful of the Edinburgh Cake Ladies took to the road in search of cake. 2 cars of giddy ladies headed south into the Scottish Borders to Cammerlaws Farm where we were warmly welcomed by fellow cake lady Pam and her mum, Anne.
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| photo courtesy of Alison |
Pam and Anne have been thinking about opening up their farm house for Afternoon Tea and decided to road test it on some Cake Ladies...make sense.
We were welcomed with a glass of prosecco and nibbles in the sitting room where we gabbed away until it was time for the main event. In the dining room we were met with the most glorious site...cake stands piled high with dainty tea time treats PLUS 3 whole cakes on the side board!
A selection of savouries including ham, cheese and celery, and cucumber sandwiches along with a cute little croissant filled with ham and camembert. The scones were perfect, and the raspberry jam (award winning) and clotted cream were plentiful (very important). I am ashamed to say I couldn't finish all my sweets, but the choux buns (filled with honeycomb cream), the shortbread and brownies were delicious, and I have it on good authority (David ate the leftovers I brought home) the meringues and rocky road were perfect.
Before we tucked into the 3 large cakes on the side board we had a little walk around the farm (mainly to oooh and ahhhh over the newly born calves) to take in the countryside and make a bit of room for those cakes. A Victoria Sponge, Maple and Pecan Tart and a lovely Clementine Cake were waiting for us when we returned from our walk. More tea, more chat and more cake...how perfect.
The day ran so smoothly you would have thought that Pam and Anne had been hosting tea parties on a regular basis. Afternoon Tea at Cammerlaws Farm gets two sticky thumbs-up from me.
For more information check out the Cammerlaws Farm Facebook page.
Sounds like a good day out, calves always help to add to the awe factor ;0)
ReplyDeleteThe spread looks amazing, I must try to make it to the next Edinburgh Cake Ladies event!