High Tea

I love going out for high tea - whether it's with mum for some mother-daughter time after a shopping trip, or just with friends to eat yummy food! 

The other day we had a farewell for some of my friends and mum and I decided to have high tea at home. We had such a lovely afternoon and it was lovely to sit outside in the sun and eat all the lovely food.

Mum and I made three things - chicken sandwiches, smoked salmon sandwiches, and chocolate brownies for dessert (I use Bill Granger's recipe). I thought I'd write a post on the recipes because everything was so yummy and it's such a nice thing to do with friends.

Sandwiches
- Chicken with garlic aioli and lettuce
- Smoked salmon, dill and creme fraiche

Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients:
350g (11/2 cups) caster sugar
80g (2/3 cup) cocoa powder
60g (1/2 cup) plain all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs, beaten
200g (7oz) unsalted butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
200g (7oz) dark chocolate buttons
icing sugar, for dusting (optional, but it makes them look so pretty!)


Method:
Preheat the oven to 160°C (315°F). Stir the sugar, cocoa powder, flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Add the eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract and mix until combined. Mix in the chocolate buttons. Pour into a lined 22cm (9 inch) square tin and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

Allow the brownie block to slightly cool then cut - I usually cut 9 pieces, but this depends on the size you want. Dust with icing sugar. They're really nice served with ice cream when they're hot, or perfect even on there own.

Enjoy!