The following tea party recipes are all easy to make, easy to transport, and most importantly, really tasty!
We have tasty savoury finger food and sandwiches, dainty cakes and bakes, as well as refreshing summery mocktails and cocktails!
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Savoury Tea Party Recipes
Mini Sausage Rolls
Using ready-rolled puff pastry and a tasty filling of sausage meat, apple sauce, and sage & onion stuffing mix, these easy mini sausage rolls make the perfect last-minute party snack.
Servings => 36
Takes => 28 minutes
Calories per serving => 85
Mini Sausage Rolls
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
An easy roasted red pepper hummus to serve with celery, carrot and cucumber sticks.
Servings => 8
Takes => 10 minutes
Calories per serving => 112
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Vegetarian Sausage Rolls: Jo's Kitchen Larder
My Vegetarian Sausage Rolls are packed to the brim full of goodness. Sweet potato, courgette & bean mixture wrapped in puff pastry. Perfect party food!
Vegetarian Sausage Rolls
Cheese Savoury Sandwich: Little Sugar Snaps
Cheese Savoury Sandwich, perfect for Afternoon Tea!
Cheese Savoury Sandwich
Club Sandwich Recipe: Sew White
This club sandwich recipe is an iconic sandwich packed full of flavour and a great way to use up leftover roast chicken too.
Club Sandwich
Cheesy Walnut and Rosemary Mini Muffins: Only Crumbs Remain
These Cheesy Walnut and Rosemary Mini Muffins from Only Crumbs Remain are ideal for packed lunch boxes, picnics and parties.
Cheesy Walnut & Rosemary Mini Muffins
Roasted Vegetable Tartlets: Only Crumbs Remain
Colourful Roasted Vegetable Tartlets in crisp flaky filo pastry cases.
Roasted Vegetable Tartlets
Beetroot, Onion and Goats Cheese Tarts: Recipes Made Easy
Easy to make beetroot, onion and goats cheese tarts by recipes made easy are perfect for lunch boxes, picnics, buffet table or as a dinner party starter.
Beetroot, Onion & Goats Cheese Tarts
Sage and Onion Cheese Sandwiches: Tinned Tomatoes
A simple recipe for the most delicious cheese sandwiches with a sage and onion twist. Vegetarian or vegan, you decide.
Sage & Onion Cheese Sandwiches
Vegan Egg Mayo Sandwich: Vegan Punks
Vegan egg mayo is perfect for lunch in a hurry or for prepping in advance for the week. Just six ingredients and 10 minutes are needed.
Vegan Egg Mayo Sandwich
Mini Ham and Cheddar Quiches: Jam & Clotted Cream
Mini Bacon and Cheddar Quiches perfect for lunchboxes and picnics
Mini Quiches
Ham & Cheese Muffins: Jam & Clotted Cream
These ham and cheese savoury muffins are perfect for kids lunchboxes and picnics, and they can be adapted in many ways to create different flavour combinations!
Ham & Cheese Muffins
Sweet Tea Party Recipes
Easy Fruit Scones
Learn how to make delicious fruit scones with this easy recipe! Serve with jam and clotted cream for a classic British tea-time treat!
Servings => 10
Takes => 20 minutes
Calories per serving => 306
Fruit Scones
Easy Empire Biscuits
An easy Empire biscuit recipe. These classic Scottish treats feature buttery biscuits, fruity jam, and sweet icing, perfect for any occasion.
Servings => 22
Takes => 42 minutes
Calories per serving => 216
Empire Biscuits
Easy White Chocolate and Cherry Muffins
Easy white chocolate and cherry muffins studded with chunky white chocolate chips and delicately flavoured with almond extract! Use fresh or frozen cherries in these tasty tea-time treats.
Servings => 12
Takes => 22 minutes
Calories per serving => 242
Cherry Muffins
Lemon Curd Tartlets
These no-bake mini lemon curd tartlets with a biscuit base are sweet, tangy, and buttery, all rolled into one!
Servings => 4
Takes => 1 hour 5 minutes
Calories per serving => 455
Lemon Curd Tartlets
Best Ever Malteser Tiffin
Enjoy this easy no-bake Malteser tiffin, a delicious mix of chocolate, crunchy biscuits, and sweet Maltesers. Perfect for a quick treat or sharing with friends.
Servings => 16
Takes => 2 hours 10 minutes
Calories per serving => 397
Malteser Tiffin
Easy White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies
Soft and fudgy white chocolate cranberry blondies packed with sweet white chocolate chips, fruity dried cranberries, and a hint of aromatic vanilla. Perfect as a festive tea time treat!
Servings => 16
Takes => 33 minutes
Calories per serving => 211
Cranberry White Chocolate Blondies
Sticky Date Flapjacks
Nothing beats homemade flapjacks, and these easy sticky date flapjacks are hands down the best flapjacks I have EVER made (and I've made a lot of flapjacks in my time)!
Servings => 12
Takes => 30 minutes
Calories per serving => 349
Sticky Date Flapjacks
Strawberry Muffins
Sweet Strawberry Muffins with a cinnamon streusel topping
Servings => 18 Muffins
Takes => 50 minutes
Calories per serving => 202
Strawberry Muffins
Biscoff Rocky Road
Indulgent no-bake lotus biscoff rocky road bars, perfect for biscoff lovers everywhere!
Servings => 12
Takes => 2 hours 12 minutes
Calories per serving => 530
Biscoff Rocky Road
Nutella Swirls
Quick and delicious 2-ingredient Nutella swirls made with ready-rolled puff pastry and a rich, creamy chocolate hazelnut filling
Servings => 16
Takes => 20 minutes
Calories per serving => 167
Nutella Swirls
Easy Ginger Cookies
Try this simple ginger cookies recipe that perfectly balances warmth and sweetness. These easy-to-make biscuits are crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, packed with spicy ginger flavour. Perfect for any occasion
Servings => 20
Takes => 20 minutes
Calories per serving => 122
Ginger Cookies
Easy Victoria Scones Recipe
Victoria scones are a classic British tea-time treat that are easy to make. With just a few simple ingredients, you can whip up a delicious batch perfect for sharing with friends and family.
Servings => 4
Takes => 23 minutes
Calories per serving => 380
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Black Forest Cupcakes: Julia Recipes
These black forest cupcakes are full of chocolate flavours, heavenly light whipped cream and cherry pie filling surprise inside.
Black Forest Cupcakes
Mini Pavlova Bites: Only Crumbs Remain
These Mini Pavlova Bites from Only Crumbs Remain are filled with lemon and blueberries Or raspberry and pistachio. Bitesize meringues perfect for parties.
Mini Pavlova Bites
Battenberg Cupcakes: A Spoonful of Vanilla
These Battenberg Cupcakes are just utterly scrumptious. They have a pink and yellow marbled cupcake, a hidden marzipan centre and pink and yellow almond buttercream, topped with a mini-Battenberg.
Battenberg Cupcakes
Homemade Cream Horns: Marcellina in Cucina
These Cream Horns use store bought puff pastry taking out all the difficulties of pastry. Fill with fresh cream or my special buttercream for a delicious treat. #creamhorns #puffpastryrecipes
Cream Horns
Battenberg Cake: The Baking Explorer
Recipe for a traditional British Battenberg Cake. A pink and yellow checkboard sponge cake, filled with apricot jam and wrapped in marzipan
Battenberg Cake
Queen of Puddings Cupcakes: The Baking Explorer
Queen of Puddings Cupcakes - A classic British dessert has been turned into a cupcake! Filled with crème patisserie, raspberry jam and topped with meringue
Queen of Puddings Cupcakes
Raspberry Cupcakes: Cooking with my Kids
These easy raspberry cupcakes with pretty two-toned icing are a delicious summer bake. The fresh raspberries balance out the sweet icing beautifully and are perfect for kids and beginner bakers to try.
Raspberry Cupcakes
Cocktails and Mocktails
Strawberry Mojito Cooler
This refreshing strawberry mojito cooler is the perfect cocktail when sweet juicy strawberries are in season. There is nothing better on a hot sunny day!
Servings => 8
Takes => 5 minutes
Calories per serving => 113
Strawberry Mojito
Homemade Rhubarb Cordial (Rhubarb Syrup): Jo's Kitchen Larder
Homemade Rhubarb Cordial (Rhubarb Syrup) transforms sharp rhubarb into sweet & most refreshing drink when diluted with water. Great in cocktails too!
Rhubarb Cordial
Easy Strawberry Rum Cocktail: Sew White
This easy Strawberry Rum Cocktail is the perfect way to cool down on a hot day and serve for a summer party. As a refreshing rum strawberry cooler.
Strawberry Rum Cocktail
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Mandy Applegate
I love that there are so many easy delicious recipes to help us celebrate Her Majesty's Jubilee - what an achievement. We will be flying the flag and munching on some of this delicious food!
Gina
Love tea parties! This is a fantastic list of recipes. There is something for everyone here! This is getting me excited to host my own!
Toni
This is such a great list! I love everything in here!
Peter
I love the Queen, what great food and tea party suggestions to celebrate on the day! Long May She Reign!!
Emily Flint
This is such an awesome collection of party food! I have my egg on those walnut muffins...and pretty much everything else! Thanks for the great list!