This Fall Tea Party has a fall inspired menu with recipes, ideas for decor, and is set in a beautiful autumn garden setting. You will love enjoying the flavors of fall as you sip tea with your friends.
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Why We Love This Party
- Fall just might be the best season of all.
- Pumpkin, apple, pecan, turkey, and cranberry meet a tea party.
- Tea sandwiches, scones, and sweets are the perfect three course menu.
Every season has its charm, but is there anything more pleasant than a warm fall afternoon, with the sun shining, and the leaves turning? And there's nothing better than tea parties, so enjoying afternoon tea in the garden before the cold weather arrives, seemed like the recipe for a great time.
We love a tea party around here. If you do you should also check out our Christmas tea party, our Valentine's Day tea party, and our tips on how to throw an afternoon tea party for adults.
Tea in the Garden
I love to add a few seasonal touches outside for fall like some mums and pumpkins. I thought this would be the perfect spot for an afternoon tea with some girl friends.
A few cozy blankets and pillows made it extra cozy for friends -and doggies.
And even the little fountain looked ready for fall with a few mum blooms floating in the water.
Fall Tea Party Menu
For our flavorful autumn tea menu we served:
- mini sausage rolls
- turkey sandwiches with cranberry mayo -recipe here
- scones-recipe here with apple butter-recipe here and cream
- fall leaf sugar cookies -delicious recipe here
- pecan madeleines -recipe here
- pumpkin blondies -recipe here
Tea Sandwich Ideas
We wanted to include the flavors of fall with our harvest tea party. First things first, we started with the tea sandwiches.
Turkey was the perfect choice, with a perfect cranberry sauce mayo, to make you think about Thanksgiving flavors. Find our turkey sandwich with easy cranberry mayo recipe here.
We have a favourite British bakery that makes delicious sausage rolls, so they are an easy choice for us.
You could also include traditional finger sandwiches like cream cheese and cucumber, egg salad, and chicken salad. Don't forget to cut the crusts off.
And if you're serving kids, you really can't go wrong with the classic peanut butter and jam. Use seasonal cookie cutters to cut out the pb&j sandwiches for a fun festive touch.
Scones
You can't have a high tea without scones with jam and cream.
This is the perfect time of year for some apple treats, and we paired our plain scones with some homemade apple butter and sweet whipped cream.
The apple butter is an easy slow cooker recipe. Make it days ahead and store in the fridge. Or look for a store bought version with the jams and jellies.
It's difficult to find real clotted cream here, but whipped cream makes a great substitute. Other great choices would be serve mini pumpkin scones.
Tea
And don't forget a good, big, hot pot of tea for tea time.
I love regular black tea, but a herbal tea for fall would be lovely too. And don't forget tea is traditionally served with milk, not cream. You could also add some sugar or honey.
If it's a hot day outside, iced tea would be a great option too.
Sweets
Arguably, the best part of a tea party is the little sweets. Our fall inspired sweets are the perfect sweet finish to the tea party.
You can't really have a fall themed tea party without including some pumpkin. We made our famous pumpkin blondies with pumpkin frosting. They're chewy and sweet and perfectly pumpkin-y.
We also made some ombre frosting easy cut out sugar cookies. These are a real favorite and we make them for lots of special occasions. We cut them out with a leaf cookie cutter for fall and they were perfect in their pretty shades of peach and pink.
And finally we made some homemade browned butter pecan madelines. These are the perfect little tea cake, soft and tender on the inside, and slight crunch from the pecans.
What a feast of sweet treats!
Serving
High tea traditionally involves a three tiered tray. Each level is a different course -savoury sandwiches, scones and cream, and lastly sweets for dessert. We created the same feel with three separate footed plates, one for each course.
This tea party was so fun to put together. And even more fun to enjoy.
Perhaps every season change should be greeted with a special seasonal tea party in its honor?
Whether it's just a few pumpkins, and some store bought fall treats, or lots of homemade favourites, a fall tea party is the perfect way to make life a party.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We made the sweets the day before the party. The scones are best made the W\Wheremorning of the party, and so are the tea sandwiches. Make sure to wrap up things in plastic wrap of put in air tight containers before serving.
I found them at the craft store, but look on line or places like Etsy for them.
These pretty black and white tea cups are a vintage find, from an antique store. Look for something similar at an antique shop, thrift store, or an on-line buy and sell group.
If you try any of the ideas from this Fall Tea Party or any other ideas on my blog please let me know how it went in the comments below. Thanks for visiting today!
Rachael @ This is our Bliss says
What a stunning set-up! Everything looks divine!! It's like a Fall Outdoor Oasis and the food looks incredible!!
Rhonda says
Those goodies look delish!
Krista says
What a beautiful spot to hold a tea party! Thank you for sharing the recipes and giving us the tour.
dnr says
Cassie, thanks so much, and happy tea party-ing. 😉
Dannyelle
cassie says
well now i need to gather some friends and throw a tea party- looks so amazing and fun!