Afternoon tea recipes

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Teatime traybake recipes

Ginger drizzle traybake with cream cheese icing

Rich, moist and sticky, this easy ginger traybake cake is topped with cream cheese icing and slices easily into shareable squares.

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Make-ahead dessert recipes

Russian honey biscuit cake

This Russian honey biscuit layer cake needs to be assembled well in advance to make its texture soft enough for slicing at afternoon tea.

Make-ahead

Medium

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Biscuit recipes

Chocolate and pistachio Viennese whirls

These melt-in-the-mouth Viennese whirls dipped in milk chocolate and coated in crushed pistachios look gorgeous when served at afternoon tea.

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Loaf cake recipes

Coconut and cardamom loaf cake

Niloufer Mavalvala's coconut loaf cake is fabulously light, scented with cardamom and topped with lemon icing – perfect for Mother's Day.

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Afternoon tea recipes

Buttermilk strawberry shortcake

These strawberry and cream shortcakes are a cross between a shortbread biscuit and a classic scone – ideal for afternoon tea.

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Biscuit recipes

Ottijiet (Maltese spice biscuits)

Ottijiet biscuits are spiced shortbread biscuits traditionally eaten at teatime in Malta. They're so light you'll want second helpings...

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Teatime traybake recipes

Satisfyingly chewy flapjacks

Our can't-stop-at-one chewy flapjacks are the best combination of oats, syrup and butter with a crunchy almond and pine nut topping.

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Afternoon tea recipes

Almond macaroons

These sweet, gluten-free almond macaroons, traditionally eaten during Passover, are easy to make from few ingredients.

Gluten-free

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Afternoon tea recipes

St Clement’s squares

Make your mum these lemony, flower-topped St Clement's shortbreads to serve as afternoon tea on Mother's Day or as an Easter bake.

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Afternoon tea recipes

Oaty maple and pecan flapjacks

This classic maple and pecan flapjack recipe champions one of nature's sweetest treats: maple syrup. Tuck into a square with a cup of tea.

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Apple recipes

Apple and cinnamon crumble cake

Baked apples, warming cinnamon and crunchy almonds go into this gorgeous apple cake recipe, topped with brown sugar crumble and more apples.

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Scone recipes

Easy scones

Make our easy recipe for classic freshly-baked scones next time you want to treat yourself or someone special to afternoon tea.

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Teatime traybake recipes

Quick rocky road

This rocky road recipe is easy: stir marshmallows, nuts, raisins and biscuits into melted chocolate. The hard bit is waiting for it to set...

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Afternoon tea recipes

Tunnock’s teacake traybake

Our traybake take on Tunnock's teacakes sees a thick layer of pillowy meringue sandwiched between a biscuity base and a blanket of chocolate.

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Chocolate cake recipes

Devil’s food cake

For afternoon tea heaven, make devil's food cake: a rich, fudgy chocolate sponge slathered in a devilishly decadent double-chocolate ganache.

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Easy cake recipes

Easy butterfly cakes

Light-as-air sponge is topped with vanilla buttercream in these almost-too-good-to-eat butterfly cakes. They're great to make with kids.

Freezable

Easy