Vacations, etc....

Tea Party for Lallee
(the plates are really purple)

I’m having a difficult time springing back from vacation! Vacations are supposed to be relaxing and restful, but it seems I need a vacation, after a vacation!! There are so many things I want to tell you about our vacation, but will wait until after Easter. I will tell you this though – we visited two tea rooms, I enjoyed very much!!

I have more Easter pictures to share with you this week. I bought a few new things I have to take pictures of yet, hopefully I’ll get to those soon. I’m showing some photos of other Easters. The picture above is from a small "tea party for two" a few years ago. Our friend, Lallee, came to visit me and this is what we had! I hope we can do it again someday!

The two pictures below are of a tea party I had a few years ago. Some of the food was served in Easter baskets.

I made these Easter Bonnet cookies below, they are made with my grandmother's Old Fashioned Tea Cake recipe:

I'm adding the recipe for these tea cakes at Betty's request:

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 “quart” flour (yes, a quart!)
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
A little nutmeg (about ½ tsp, or more)

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time, then stir in dry ingredients.

Roll out thick (almost ½ inch) Cut with a large cookie cutter (I use a Hunt’s Spaghetti Sauce can, lid out on both ends) Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake 13 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool on wire racks.

(I also have another of my grandmother’s tea cake recipes using shortening and baking powder, if you would like it as well)

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I’m going to participate in La Tea Dah’s Tea-Blog-A-Thon, which started this week, so I need to get crackin’ and post that soon!

I apologize for not commenting on your blogs, I hope to get caught up on those soon too! I have taken a few peeks at them, but have been brain weary and haven’t been able to compose comments!!

Katherine