Tea For Two-sday ~ Tea With a Twist Review

Recently I was blessed with the opportunity to review a book about tea.  The book is called Tea With a Twist: Entertaining and Cooking With Tea by Lisa Boalt Richardson, certified tea specialist.

Photo by Lauren Rubinstein. Used with permission for promotional purposes only.

This book is delightful!!  It's a pretty book to look at - you'll enjoy all the pictures of tea party ideas.  The tea party ideas are different from your standard tea parties.  These ideas will appeal to all sorts of people and make your tea parties fun!  A tea party doesn't have to be only for the ladies all dressed up (though that's fun too)!

Here are a few of the tea party themes that Lisa covers:  Flower Power Tea Party, Bubble Tea Party, Mexican Fiesta Tea Party, Under-The-Table Tea Party (for children), and All About Chocolate Tea Party (hello - you know that one's my FAVE!).  Just look how fun the Bubble Tea looks:

Photo by Lauren Rubinstein. Used with permission for promotional purposes only.

Each tea party has a menu with recipes and finishing touch ideas.  You could easily follow these ideas to throw a fun tea party for your friends or family! 

I received the book right before helping out with a ladies' tea party for church and quickly added one of the recipes to my menu!  I decided to make Artichoke and Asiago Cheese Sandwiches.  They were delicious and cute!  I forgot to get a pic of them, but here they are from the book (the ones with the tomato in the middle):

 Photo by Lauren Rubinstein. Used with permission for promotional purposes only.

Lisa Boalt Richardson kindly gave me permission to share the recipe with you!  Thank you Lisa!

Artichoke and Asiago Cheese Sandwiches

8 oz. softened cream cheese

3/4 cup shredded domestic Asiago cheese

1 clove garlic, pressed

2 tablespoons basil, chopped

2 tablespoons sweet onion, finely chopped

1 14-oz. can quartered artichoke hearts, drained and rinsed

3 tablespoons sundried tomatoes packed in oil, patted dry, and finely chopped

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

cherry tomato slices for garnish

fresh white bread

Mix all ingredients, except tomatoes and bread, together in a large bowl and refrigerate  for 1 to 2 hours.  Spread mixture onto fresh white bread and cut into flower shapes using a flower-shaped cookie cutter.  Garnish with a thinly sliced cherry tomato in center.

I did use pickled asparagus spears to look like flower stems, similar to the picture. 

Tea With a Twist is such a lovely book and I look forward to trying more recipes and tea party themes!  If you enjoy tea and tea parties, you'll love this book.  It would also be a wonderful gift for a tea-loving friend.  You can buy the book through Barnes and Noble (they have a cute trailer for the book that you can watch) and through Amazon (just click the links to get more info).  I do suggest checking it out!

Find out more about Lisa Boalt Richardson by stopping at her website: www.lisaknowstea.com or at her blog: www.lisaknowstea.blogspot.com (hint: she has some recipes listed there!). 

Disclosure:  I recieved a free copy of Tea With a Twist to review on my blog.  My opinions are my own, as always. 

I hope you enjoyed the book review and that you get to try the yummy sandwich recipe!  I'll leave you dreaming about an All Chocolate Tea Party with Triple Chocolate Scones, Chocolate Strawberry Salad, Chocolate Tea and Spice-Encrusted Wild Salmon with White Chocolate Green Tea Sauce, and easy Microwave Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles...

 Photo by Lauren Rubinstein. Used with permission for promotional purposes only.

Have a lovely afternoon friends and enjoy a cup of tea - iced if it's hot where you are! 

Tea For Two-sday ~ Tea Cup Favors and Mini Caramel Mud Cakes

It's still Tuesday - even on the East coast - so I'm posting this!  I recently helped co-host a tea party for some lovely ladies and wanted to share a couple things.

I did my favorite kind of favors - tea cups and saucers that the ladies get to keep!  In order to do this, I have to start ahead of time looking at yard sales and thrift stores.  My goal is always to pay $1 or less per cup and saucer (sometimes I spend a little more if I'm not finding what I like).  The best way I've found is to go to Good Will stores where they have cups ad saucers separate.  If you spend a while searching, you can find cups and saucers that match, but were separated.  Then they're only 49 cents for each cup and each saucer!

This time I collected over 20 of them and put a tea bag and a truffle in each one.  Here's a picture of a few of them:

I also helped with the food.  One of the recipes I made was Caramel Mud Cakes from my Cupcakes cookbook - but I made them into mini cupcakes.  Aren't they cute?

Sadly, by the next morning the powdered sugar had melted into the cupcakes and you could barely make out the hearts.  So don't do that part ahead of time!  :)

Caramel Mud Cake

1 stick butter, chopped coarsely
3 1/2 oz. white chocolate, chopped coarsely
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
2/3 cup milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup self-rising flour
1 egg

1.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Line 6-hole oversize (Texas) or 12-hole standard muffin pan with paper baking cups.  (I made 36 mini cupcakes.)

2.  Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, honey, and milk in small pot; stir over low heat, until smooth.  Transfer mixture to medium bowl, cool 15 minutes.

3.  Whisk sifted flours into chocolate mixture, then egg.  Divide among baking cups.

4.  Bake large cakes about 40 minutes, small cakes about 30 minutes. (I baked the minis 15-20 minutes.)  Turn cakes onto wire rack to cool.

5.  Sift powdered sugar onto cakes in desired design.  On full-sized cakes you can use lace or a doily to make them pretty - didn't work right for me on the minis so I used a little heart stencil I had.

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They turned out cute and they were yummy, but I would much rather have experienced the full flavor of a standard sized cupcake!

I hope you found a new idea to try!  Have a lovely day/evening/night my friends!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Spring Tea Party Tips

I recently attended a free tea class (my second one) put on by a lady that used to have a tea parlor.  She  closed down her tea parlor, but now has a booth at a local indoor antique market (Antique Trove) and has an online tea business.  It's called An Afternoon To Remember.

This class was about hosting a Spring tea party and how to make molded sugars.  I will definitely attempt the molded sugars and post about those another time.  I thought I would share a few tips from the class.

~ You need to be very organized when planning a tea - planning out menus, schedule, items needed, etc.  I have to do this when I host or help with a tea or I will definitely forget something!  You need to plan out the smallest details so that you can make as many foods as possible and do the decorating ahead of time.

~ Popular foods are sandwiches, soups, salads, scones, cakes, cookies, etc.  The key is to make everything in mini portions!  And try using a variety of shapes and garnishes to create interest.  Good ideas for mini servings: use teacups for soups/salads or even egg cups with mini spoons, use mini cupcake and mini bundt cake pans.  Food is more fun (and you can have more!) when it's tiny!

~ You can be very creative when it comes to table decor.  Use layers and different colors - they don't even need to match exactly!  A great idea that was shared was using a shower curtain as the bottom tablecloth layer (inexpensive).  You could even use sheets or quilts in your layering.  Use an assortment of dishes - you can find great inexpensive dishes at dollar stores, discount stores, thrift stores, and yard sales.  Use cloth napkins and find napkin-folding instructions online or use creative napkin holders like sprigs of rosemary.

~ Include a party favor for each guest.  This could be as simple as a teabag and a chocolate, or my fave - a teacup and saucer (from thrift stores) to keep, or homemade gifts, or a recipe from the party.  You could even get the tiny little spoons and tie a little ribbon on the end and give one to each lady to keep.

~ It was suggested that you should serve 3 kinds of tea at every party.  The first is a decaf tea as some people cannot have caffeine.  The second is a flavored tea as that's what the majority of the people enjoy.  And the third is a plain tea (like English breakfast or similar) for the more "hard core" tea drinkers.  You should plan for about 3 cups of tea per person.  Did you know that you should keep your loose tea stored in tins, not in plastic bags (some places ship it that way)?  Apparently the tea will lose flavor in the bags!

Those are a few of the things I learned at the class (and some of my own advice).  I hope you found a helpful tidbit or two and feel inspired to host your own Spring Tea!

If you have a chance, do stop by An Afternoon To Remember and check out her tea, cookbooks, and gifts!  Her local tea classes are free (get there very early or you'll be standing for an hour like me - even though I was a few minutes early!) and she hopes to have some online classes soon.  You can get the class info by signing up for e-mail notices.

Have a lovely day friends!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Cinnamon-Eggnog Scones

Are you sitting down with your cup of tea?  I hope you get to have a few relaxing post-Christmas moments!  I thought I better share these scones while there might still be eggnog in the stores - in case you want to hurry up and try this recipe!

I made these Cinnamon-Eggnog Scones from King Arthur Flour for our Christmas morning breakfast.  Wow - absolutely delicious and liked by all!  I will definitely make them again next year!  They are rich and have such a nice flavor combination.

I didn't get the best pic of them, but here it is:

You can stop by King Arthur Flour's blog for the recipe.

And just because it goes with tea in my mind, I'll tell you a couple of gifts that my hubs gave me: the A&E version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy) and the BBC version of Jane Eyre (with Timothy Dalton as Mr. Rochester)!  Isn't that sweet?

I hope you get to try these scones - they're so yummy!  Did you make something special for Christmas morning?

Tea For Two-sday ~ Scones

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday!  Not only is a hot cup of tea nice when the weather gets chilly, but it's also a nice way to take a mini break from the busyness of December (I'm still trying to accept the fact that it is indeed December today!).

You know what's delicious with tea?  A scone.  You know what's delicious for breakfast?  A scone.  You know what's delicious anytime you feel like eating one?  Um...a scone.  :)

I have shared scone recipes a few times on my blog and I thought I would give you all the links in one place.  I'm also including some scone recipe links that sound good from other blogs.  Try making some scones for a special December morning!

My very favorite: White Chocolate Apricot Cream Scones

Strawberry Mascarpone Scones from good Life {eats}

(my own pic)

Bacon Cheese Scones from The Wooden Spoon

Chocolate Chip Orange Scones - A WW healthy recipe

Totally gonna make these this month:  Cinnamon-Eggnog Scones from King Arthur Flour

Starbucks Pumpkin Scones from Recipe Zaar

(my own pic)

I must make these:  Starbucks Petite Vanilla Scones from Kettle and Cup

There are many more scone recipes out there.  I'm sure you'll find one that you like!  What are your favorite scones?

Have a wonderful Tea For Two-sday friends!  Be sure to come back tomorrow to help me celebrate my 500th post!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Giveaway Winner

Happy Tea For Two-sday friends!  Thank you to all of you who entered the Golden Moon Tea giveaway!  Glad you enjoy tea!

The giveaway winner is...

Renée aka Mekhismom

Congrats Renee!!

I always feel the need to console those of you who didn't win - LOL!  So I wanted to let you know that there is another Golden Moon Tea giveaway that you can enter!  My friend Katie over at Frugal Femina is hosting a giveaway for a tin of Golden Moon Tea and her giveaway ends 11/26/09 - you still have time to enter!

Have a lovely Tea For Two-sday!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Golden Moon Tea Giveaway

**Giveaway closed.**

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday!  The weather is getting a little chillier (here anyway), so it's the perfect time to sit down and enjoy a cup of hot tea!

What kind of tea are you drinking today?  How about a little Golden Moon Tea in your cup?  According to their website, Golden Moon Tea is dedicated to offering outstanding, whole-leaf teas of the greatest quality and finesse.  They only use tea leaves processed by the orthodox method of processing and taste and cup each shipment of tea to ensure product quality.

Golden Moon Tea generously offered to give one of my U.S. readers 5 free samples of loose-leaf tea (any flavors except Jasmine Pearls)!  There are many flavors and types of tea to choose from.  One of the flavors of oolong tea is Sugar Carmel Oolong - sounds delicious to me!  I love caramel and it would go well with chocolate - hmmm...I might just have some chocolate around here somewhere.  :)

To enter the giveaway, just hop on over to Golden Moon Tea, come back and leave a comment telling me what flavor or type sounds best to you.  That's it!  The giveaway will remain open through next Monday, 11/23 and I'll announce the winner (chosen randomly from the comments) next Tuesday.

Disclosure:  I will be receiving 5 free samples of my choice of Golden Moon Tea.  I am not receiving any other compensation for this post.

I hope you are enjoying a little tea break right now.  Have a lovely Two-sday! 

I Lit A Pie On Fire - How Was Your Day?

I decided to start this week off just telling what's going on around here - aren't you glad you stopped by?  :)

Yes, I did light a pie on fire Sunday morning.  Perhaps the time change wasn't a good thing for me!  I had spent Saturday evening making food for our Church Potluck (Potato Goulash, Caesar CousCous, Chocolate Cherry Cobbler, and Pumpkin-Ginger Pie).  The Pumpkin-Ginger pie called for a broiled marshmallow topping which I decided to do Sunday morning.  I put the pie on the very top shelf under the broiler and peeked at it a couple times.  Looked again and just saw flames!!  Well, I immediately turned off the broiler and turned on an exhaust fan, but then I just stared at the flaming pie - I did not know what to do with it!  It was a very sad kitchen moment for me.  I called my hubby, who came in, pulled the shelf out and blew the flames right out.  Happy ending?  Only the top of the thick layer of marshmallows was burned, so I was able to take it all off and start over - uh, on a lower shelf.  Turned out great!  Don't worry - if you catch on fire in my kitchen, I'm pretty sure I'll figure out a way to put it out...I think!  :)

Speaking of kitchens, and food - minus the smoky smell - (is that not a great segue - LOL) - did you know that my friend Kim at Homesteader's Heart is having a Tried and True Thanksgiving Recipes Week next week (November 9-13)?  Yum!  It will be hosted on her cooking blog - What's Cooking At My House.  Get your yummy posts ready to link up!  Here's the schedule: Monday - Appetizers, Tuesday - Sides, Wednesday - Main Dish, Thursday - Dessert, Friday - Thanksgiving Traditions.  See you there!   

A note for tomorrow - there won't be a Tea For Two-sday post.  I think I have to give the tea posts a break for a while.  I've been posting about tea almost every Tuesday for over 18 months!  You can look through some of the past Tea posts by clicking on Tea for Two-sday in the label cloud on my sidebar.

I hope all of you have a fabulous day today  - a non-flaming pie kind of day!

Hugs to you my friends! 

Tea For Two-sday ~ Kalahari Tea

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday!!  I hope your week is off to a lovely start! Find your favorite teacup, fill it up and sit down for a moment - I'm sure you deserve it!

A few months ago, my friend Kim sent me some things and included some Kalahari tea.  I loved it!  I looked around for it, but couldn't find any.  I eventually discovered the website and found that the tea isn't sold in stores in my area.  I kept thinking about ordering some for myself.

Through following Kalahari tea on twitter, I ended up with a free shipping offer from Kalahari.  Happy Day!  I went ahead and ordered some tea.  Oh not just any tea...Chocolate tea!

I ordered the ChocoLatte Matcha Mint Green Tea which I had already tried and enjoyed and I ordered the ChocoLatte Hazelnut Mocha Black Tea.  The Matcha Mint tea is yummy - it's the perfect combination of flavors and I love the smell of peppermint!  The Hazelnut Mocha has a nice smooth flavor and goes well with...hmmm...with chocolate of course!

I am so glad there are chocolate teas in the world!  And since Kalahari's ChocoLatte teas are made with cacao nibs (a pure raw chocolate), you get an extra dose of antioxidants in your cup of tea.  You can find more info on the Kalahari Tea website.

Disclosure:  I purchased these teas with my own money and took it upon myself to write up a review expressing my opinions since I enjoyed the tea so much!  I did not receive any compensation from Kalahari Tea.

Kalahari Tea is currently sold in most Publix grocery stores, so if you have one in your area you might find some there.  Otherwise, if you want to try some - you'll have to order from the website...or come to my house!

Have a lovely day and enjoy the rest of your Tea For Two-sday!

Fall Fruits Festival ~ Pumpkin & Giveaway

** Giveaway now closed. **

Welcome to Day 2 of the Fall Fruits Festival! I hope you had as much fun as I did yesterday! If you haven't stopped by Day 1, you better go there to check out all the delicious pear recipes linked up (I am so excited that there are so many great pear recipes!) and enter the pear-themed giveaway! Then come on back here for Day 2 - Pumpkin!! You'll find another yummy recipe, a giveaway, and you get to link up your pumpkin posts and recipes today!

I usually post about tea on Tuesdays (Tea For Two-sday). So maybe I better share some pumpkin tea with you! Sit down and relax with a cup while you read on!

Back to pumpkin. I know - you're thinking that pumpkin is a vegetable. And you'd be right, because my readers are quite intelligent. :) But pumpkin is also a fruit! It contains seeds inside, which makes it technically a fruit...and it's also considered a vegetable. Good thing for me - I wouldn't have wanted to change the name of my theme week just so I could include the pumpkin!

Last year I had a Pumpkin Potpourri week with all sorts of pumpkin recipes and fun. There were some of my favorite recipes, like: Pumpkin Blueberry Muffins, Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Pudding, and Pumpkin Dessert. This year we've just got one day for pumpkin, so let's make it a good one!

I found this recipe for Starbucks Pumpkin Scones at RecipeZaar.com and had to try it. Y.U.M. These scones are wonderful! You can get the recipe there, but I do have pics for you!

Oh I do wish I had one right now!

It's time for another giveaway! Today's giveaway is pumpkin-themed, of course!

This giveaway is for a cute salt & pepper shaker set, a pack of Fall stickers, a Pumpkin recipe book, and 2 Pumpkin Spice teabags. Have a little pumpkin fun!

Enter the giveaway by leaving a comment on this post! That's it! The giveaway will stay open through 10pm PST on Sunday 10/18 and the winner will be randomly chosen from the comments.

Now it's time for you to link up your pumpkin posts and recipes so we can all enjoy the pumpkin smells, flavors, and fun! You can link up a new or old post about pumpkins, but please do include a link back to this post so everybody can enjoy the Fall Fruits Festival! If you don't have a blog, feel free to share pumpkin links and recipes in the comments.

Be sure to check back during the day to see all the pumpkin posts linking up! And you've got to go back and look at all the pear posts from yesterday - such good ones! I hope you'll come back tomorrow too - Day 3 is all about Apples! I am really enjoying seeing so many friends stopping by and meeting new friends! Thank you so much for doing a great job spreading the word about my fun little week - the more posts linking up, the merrier!

Have a terrific Tuesday friends!

I'm linking this post up to Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam (please note that her blog location has changed to http://www.beautyandbedlam.com)!

Take a moment to subscribe so you don't miss any of the fun during the Fall Fruits Festival!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Link Up Your Teacup Tales

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday!! Since people are stopping by to link up, I suppose I should offer you a treat to go with your tea...

Hopefully a Powdered Sugar Pound Cake will be to your liking!

Today I'm sharing a teacup trio with you - I call them Inherited Elegance.

I inherited these teacups from my Grandmother. When my Grandpa passed away a few years ago (my Grandmother passed away many years before), my Grandmother's things began to be distributed. My Grandmother had a lovely teacup collection - most had been gifts. The Moms & Aunts decided that it would be nice for each granddaughter to get three teacups. What a precious gift! I have cherished my three!

These teacups were kept in a cabinet with a glass door, right near the dining room table in my grandparents' house. I admired them many a time as a child and my sister and cousins would all pick out our favorites. I even saw them in use several times as my Grandmother did often make and serve tea.

Even though I consider these cups heirlooms, I use them regularly. They are often the very first teacups I pull out when serving tea to guests! These cups bring back memories of my grandparents' house ~ the hustle & bustle in the kitchen, the yummy smells wafting through the house, the sound of Grandpa playing The Entertainer on the piano, the laughter of cousins upstairs making up skits to perform, the crackle of the fire in the fireplace ~ aaaahhhhh.

I hope that you will share a Teacup Tale today! You could share a favorite teacup, a memory of a teacup, teacups you wish you had, teacup pictures - be creative! Prepare your Teacup Tale post (if you haven't already) and come back here to link it up with MckLinky below. If you don't have a blog, please feel free to share about your teacups in the comments!

Have a lovely Tea For Two-sday and keep checking back to enjoy some other Teacup Tales today!

Coming Up: Teacup Tales & Fall Fruits Festival

Welcome to another week of stopping to smell the chocolates!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

My Dad was here visiting last week and we had a nice time, but that means that I didn't accomplish much around the house (Totally not my Dad's fault; I just don't seem to be motivated to do house stuff while he's here!). Back to business this week!

I'm *officially* reminding you of upcoming events for my blog...

The first is happening tomorrow for Tea For Two-sday. We're having Teacup Tales and you get to link up your teacup posts!! Forgot to write up a teacup post? There's still time - write one today or tomorrow and link it up on Tuesday. Write anything (family-friendly, of course) you like about a teacup, many teacups, your teacups, other teacups, crafts with teacups, teacup pics or teacup poems! Be as creative as you want!! I can't wait to see what you've got to share!

This isn't a great button, but if you want something to use in your post, feel free to grab the pic!

On Friday I mentioned the Fall Fruits Festival that will start next week. I'll be talking about pumpkin, apples, pears, cranberries, and chocolate (You didn't think I would leave out the chocolate, did you?). Each day will have a different *fruit* and you'll be able to link up posts every day! So get your posts/recipes ready! And there'll be some cute little giveaways!

I did manage to create a button for the Festival and I would greatly appreciate it if you would help me spread the word on your blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and e-mail! You know how much more fun it is when lots of people are coming by - it turns into a party!!

I really do hope to see lots of great Teacup Tales tomorrow and tons of posts linked up next week for the Fall Fruits Festival!!

Have a marvelous Monday my friends!!!

Trivia: How many exclamation points do I have in this post? Let's see how many people get it right - LOL!!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Teacup Tales Linky Next week

Welcome to Tea For Two-sday! Sit right down with that cup of tea and dream with me of pretty teacups all in a row!

I have shared my Teacup Tales with you a few times before:

Green & Gold

Painted Purple

Pretty Posies

Blue Twins

Next Two-sday, October 6, it's your turn to share a Teacup Tale! Anytime from now through next Tuesday, write your post about teacups and come back Oct. 6 to link it up right here! Your Tales don't have to be just like mine - share about teacups you like, teacups you've had, teacups you wish you had, teacup crafts, etc. And if you don't have a blog, then share about your teacups in the comments that day!

I can't wait to hear all about your teacups! I'll even remind you before next Two-sday! Have a lovely Tea For Two-sday!

P.S. Have you entered my Paperspring giveaway? One winner will get to choose $60 of Paperspring products like digital art cards or personalized stationery and all readers can get a code for 15% off!

Tea For Two-sday ~ Almond Baby Cakes Again

Happy Tea For Two-sday! Hope your week is off to a lovely start and that you have a cup of your favorite tea already in hand!

I decided to rerun a post from last year. This is such a yummy little recipe! These cakes go well with tea, but also for any occasion. Enjoy!

Originally published June 3, 2008:

I felt like sharing a recipe for something yummy to have with tea. I have made these little cakes for tea - you can decorate them to go with any theme. Everybody likes them!

Here they are at a recent tea party:

I was in a bit of a hurry with this batch; you can take your time and really create something cute. I have even arranged them on a plate and spelled out a message with one letter on each little cake. And the recipe makes a lot, so if you "mess up" any decorating, you can go ahead and eat your mistake!

I got the recipe from a Betty Crocker booklet.

Almond Baby Cakes

CAKE:
1 pkg. Supermoist white cake mix
1-1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 egg whites

ALMOND GLAZE:
1 bag (2 lb.) powdered sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup corn syrup
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 to 3 teaspoons hot water

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease bottoms only of about 60 mini muffin cups with shortening or spray bottoms with cooking spray.

2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1-1/4 cups water, the oil, 1 teaspoon almond extract and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about 1/2 full). (If using one pan, refrigerate batter while baking other cakes; wash pan before filling with additional batter.)

3. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

4. Place wire rack on cookie sheet or waxed paper to catch glaze drips. In 3-quart saucepan, stir powdered sugar, 1/2 cup water, the corn syrup and 2 teaspoons almond extract. Heat over low heat, stirring frequently, until sugar is dissolved; remove from heat. Stir in hot water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is pourable. Turn each baby cake on wire rack so top side is down. Pour about 1 tablespoon glaze over each baby cake, letting glaze coat the sides. Let stand 15 minutes.

5. Decorate any way you like with decorating icing. Store loosely covered at room temp.


Hope you get a chance to try these out!

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Have a lovely Tea For Two-sday!