Afternoon tea recipes

Fancy a spot of afternoon tea? We've compiled a mouth-watering list of the best afternoon tea recipes from the Mumsnet recipe archive, including delicious cocktail sausages, classic cucumber-and-cream-cheese sarnie, easy scones and the recipe for Victoria sponge.

Savoury

• Roast beef sandwiches with mustard and horseradish
• Chicken breast sandwiches with horseradish
• Cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese
• Coronation chicken
• Egg mayonnaise
Related links

• Food on Mumsnet
• Add your own afternoon tea recipe
• Tom Aikens' Coronation Chicken recipe 
• Swap food and recipe know-how

• Smoked salmon and dill crostini with creme fraiche
• Cheddar and rosemary biscuits
• Sausage roll recipe
• Cocktail sausages with honey and mustard
• Cheese scone recipe

 

Sweet

• Victoria sponge recipe
• Scones with jam and clotted cream
• Strawberries and cream with balsamic vinegar and orange juice
• Trifle recipe
• Lavender shortbread recipe
• Coconut bakewell tart
• Queen of Puddings
• Dorset apple cake
• Custard tart recipe
• Tiffin recipe

Drinks

• Homemade lemonade recipe
• Special non-alcoholic tipple
• Quick ginger beer recipe