Tea & Cake

Our teas are delicious but we are partial to a little cake to accompany them.  In this section of our website you'll find recipes from the fantastic Mrs Simkins to compliment your tea.  You can also keep up with all our news and gossip in our blog, and if you haven't done so already sign up to be a tea taster, we'll send you some tea, and you'll be the first to hear about our news, competitions, and offers with our monthly newsletter.

Here are just a few of our favorite recipes...

Strawberry Buns

175g (6oz) plain flour

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

50g (2oz) ground almonds

110g (4oz) softened butter

75g (3oz) unrefined caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

½ teaspoon of good quality vanilla extract or a dab of vanilla bean paste

175g (6oz) strawberries, sliced

Click  to see the full yummy recipe in our recipe section.

Dorset Apple Cake

225g (8oz) plain flour

1½ teaspoons baking powder

110g (4oz) butter

110g (4oz) unrefined granulated sugar

225g (8oz) of peeled, cored, apples, finely chopped (cooking, eating or a mixture of both)

75g (3oz) currants or raisins

2 eggs, beaten

Click  to see the full yummy recipe in our recipe section.

You can get both of the recipes and more in our Mrs Simkins cook books, available to buy in our clipper shop.