Wow, what a fab day we had at Mere Court Wedding Fayre! Thanks to all you lovely people who came along to see us and try our cake. We talked vintage china, cake tables, afternoon tea catering and tiered wedding cakes…all very exciting. Here are a couple of photos from our table….To hire our china or book a cake table for your wedding, click here to get in touch.
A quick trip to our local shops this weekend resulted in this new addition to our vintage china collection…
It’s a ‘Sadler’ teapot, one of quite a few we have in our collection, they are all gorgeous but we particularly like the colours on this one. It will make an appearance at our next vintage tea party…it has already been used at home, couldn’t resist!!
If you want to hire this or items like it please get in touch.
Thinking about booking a vintage tea party? If you are thinking about booking a vintage tea party with us and would like to sample our cakes and see our vintage china we have two fab events coming up for you to pop along to.
Cake in the City
Saturday 9th February (1pm-3pm) we will be at this fantastic event being held at an exclusive boutique style private members bar in the heart of Media City. A chance to relax in the most amazing bar, sample our cakes (and fill up on them!) and chat to other cake lovers (or the friends you bring with you), and get yourself FREE membership to Manchester Cake Club. ‘On the 7th’ is the venue, not normally somewhere you can visit without membership…so now is your chance. Tickets are just £10 (bargain!) – for more information or to book email us tea@alicesvintagepantry.co.uk (tickets are limited).
On Sunday 24th March we will be at The Parsonage Trust in Didsbury running the pop-up tea room at this shoppers paradise event. The beautiful building will be packed with stalls offering you the chance to indulge in a bit of retail therapy, get a bit of pampering, enjoy tea and cake and pop in on the regular ‘How to’ sessions. It will be the opportunity to buy from lots of vendors who you won’t find on the high street.
If you can’t make these dates and you would still like to try our goodies and meet us before booking an event, we will happily come and meet you and bring cake samples with us.
Get in touch to find out more.
So its December again! We’ve just been looking back over this year, amazed by how many different types of events our vintage china, home-baked cakes and vintage tea parties have been used for…weddings, christenings, birthdays of all ages (from one to eighty), tea with friends, a leaving party, baby showers, charity events, family gatherings and a ladybird ball. We made it to the final three in two categories in the Vintage Manchester Awards and have made some fabulous new friends. We’ve raised money for charity, we’ve blogged, we’ve added lots and lots more gorgeous china to our collection. Much more to come next year…including a party to celebrate an MBE…very excited about the year ahead! To book your vintage tea party or hire our vintage china just get in touch. A few photos from this year….
Planning a vintage wedding? Or just want to do something a bit different and very pretty? Take a look at this Vintage Cake Table we supplied a few weeks ago…
The bride and groom wanted something a little different to the more traditional wedding cake, so we created this for them. Our gorgeous cake stands piled high with lots of our yummy cakes.
It looked divine and guests loved choosing their favourite vintage tea-plate and then filling it with their favourite cake. So if your stuck on which cake to go for then go for them all! Contact us to find out more.
The summer feels like a distant memory, days are cold and nights are really really cold! We thought it was time to take our vintage tea party hat off and set-to on this years Christmas cakes. What fun we have had! There is a design to suit everyone, and each design can be made in a range of sizes and therefore prices. To place your order just email us or call Alice on 07890 090547.
Sizing and Prices
Round
6” £41.50
8” £50.50
10” £59.50
Square
7” £46
9” £55
Designs
We’ve been busy bees for the last few months, lots of tea parties to bake for, china to shop for and weddings to plan. The last two days have been a little quieter so we have found time to try out a few recipes we have had our eye on for a while. This one is our favourite…delicious and a great time of year to be baking with treacle and ginger. We found it in an old (ish) copy of the BBC Good Food Magazine and couldn’t resist sharing it. Hope you like it as much as we do.
Ginger Cake with a Caramel Frosting
For the frosting:
Heat the oven to 160c, gas mark 3. Butter and line a 23cm round cake tin. Put the butter, sugar, treacle and syrup in a large pan and gently heat, stirring until the butter has melted and the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat and cool for 10 mins.
Stir in the eggs and milk, then sift in the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda. Mix well then pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 50mins – 1hr until the cake is firm to the touch an springs back when pressed in the centre. Cool in the tin for 15 mins, then turn out on a wire rack to cool.
Put the frosting ingredients in a small pan over a medium heat and stir until the butter has melted and the mixture is smooth. Increase the heat and boil hard for 3-4 mins, stirring occasionally, at this stage the frosting should look like runny custard. Pour into a bowl and leave to cool for 30 mins. Beat with an electric whisk until thick and spreadable. Spread over the cooled cake and decorate with crystallised ginger.
Yum! xx
What a fantastic morning I have hadin Ramsbottom (a little way North of Manchester) . After a tip off that it might be a good place to have a hunt for some new additions to the Alice’s Vintage Pantry shelves, I made the trip up there early this morning to be met by cold rain and a lot of closed shops. A cup of tea and half an hour later, closed signs turned to open and I began the search through a number of charity, antique and vintage shops. A few hours on with cold soggy feet, and a lighter purse I am delighted to share these photos with you…great finds that will soon be making an appearance at our vintage tea parties…
Special thanks to the lovely ladies at Jesse May’s Tearoom…not only do they serve a good cuppa, sandwich and piece of cake, you can also bag yourself a vintage bargain from their collection of vintage items for sale…well worth a visit.
We have made it to the FINAL of the Vintage Manchester BEST OF 2012 AWARDS…so so excited!!!!
We picked up various bits and pieces this weekend and couldn’t resist sharing some of them with you….
Imperial ‘trio’
Queen Anne ‘duo’…so elegant in black
One of the prettiest we have come across…a Salisbury ‘duo’.
To hire these and any of the other gorgeous items in our vintage china collection get in touch.
