Tea Party for the Royal Wedding and Bake Sale Update

Yes, I was one of those people that got up at 4 AM to watch the fairy tale wedding of Prince William and Kate.  The wedding was flawless. The bride was stunning in her Sarah Burton Dress and Prince William in his Military uniform. I also watched Diana marry Prince Charles and  watched her funeral, so naturally I would want to to see a happy occasion like the Royal Wedding! I won't bore you with any more of the details, because they are all over the web and TV.

To watch such a pompous occasion, you need a hat, which is my sun hat with a few decorations, which matched my PJ's perfectly.. Then, you have to have English Breakfast Tea in your English China teapot and cup.  Exquisite!  Finally you will be eating scones, with Lemon curd.  I made Tart Cherry Scones, but I didn't have time to make the Lemon curd.  I have been very busy working on the Bake Sale. My husband and I ate the tender scones, and drank the tea, before he had to go to work. A wonderful time was had by all.

I promised you an update on the Online Bake Sale, so here it is.  I'm so excited for Monday May 2nd. There will be a preview with pictures of the all the donated bakers, to whom I am so grateful for their help and support.

Kate from Diethood Chocolate Granola

Gina from spcookiequeen.com  Oatmeal Cranberry and Chocolate Chunk.Cookies
Natasha from My Saint John   Lemon Bread
Reese from  The New Art of Baking  Old Fashioned Ginger Snap Cookies
 Chef Dennis from More Than a Mount Full  Chocolate Decadence Cookies
Wendy from The Weekend Gourmet    Lemon White Chocolate Graham Cookies
Molly from Toffee Bits and Chocolate Chips  Cocoa Brownies with Browned Butter
Charlie from Sweet Salty Spicy  Maple Pecan Quinoa Crunch Granola

Kim from Liv Life Lemon Biscotti and-Limoncello

Jennifer from  The Three Little Piglets English Toffee

Debbie from Squirrel Bakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sabrina from The Tomato Tart Triple Chocolate Vegan Banana Bread

Lindsey from Gingerbread Bagels   Nutella Swirl Blondies

Elisabeth from Food and Thrift Finds  Chocolate Chip Biscotti

Carolyn from All Day Long I Dream About Food Caramel Nut Bars

Dee from Dee Dee's Delights  Lemon Lavender Cookies

Brooks Cakewalker from  Mayan Toffee

Jill from Dulce Dough  Ranger Cookies

Abeer from Cake Whiz    Spring Chocolate Cookies
Kimberly from Little Ray of Sunshine   White chocolate Macadamia Cookies

Tiffany from Como Water Vegan Earl Grey Tea Shortbread
Raven from  Ravie Nom Noms  Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies

Susi from Susi Kochen und Backen    Nutella Chocolate Cookies

Lauren from forevernowandthen  Oreo Sugar Cookies
 Meghan from butrcreamblondi  Tri-color Cookies

Kagi from Sweetened by Kagi

The Absurd Baker

Susan from The Spice Garden  Five Spiced Cut- Out Cookies with Cream Icicng

and me of course. Raspberry Dark Chocolate Bars,  Chile Spiced-Mango Chocolate Chunk Cookies, and Fight Back Brownies


Now for the Recipe

Tart Cherry Scones Adapted from Mary Beth Manfredini

Preheat oven to 400 degrees  Make about 9 medium size scones.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

2/3 cup buttermilk, or sour milk

1/3 cup melted butter

2/3 cup blueberries (or whatever you want to put in - kids love chocolate chips)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together with a fork, until sticky.  Drop by tablespoon on a greased cookie sheet and bake for about 8 minutes, or until lightly brown.

Hope you had a lovely time at the Tea Party!