Month: January 2014

The Queen of Hearts’ Painted Rose Cupcakes

Posted January 23, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 4 Comments

Time for the most important part of the meal: dessert! Cupcakes are the perfect teatime dessert, and the best thing about these are their versatility. Any cake flavor will do! I opted for sour cherry cupcakes, taking my cue from the Queen of Hearts’ tarts. Since actual sour cherries are out of season at the moment, I soaked some dark sweet cherries in a mix of lemon juice, cherry juice, and a bit of sugar. After soaking the cherries, I drizzled the leftover juice on top of the white rose cupcakes, making for perfect “painted roses”!

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Fancy Dancy Stuffed Mushrooms (an Alison’s Wonderland Original Recipe)!

Posted January 16, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

Hmm…what’s a good beef pasty accompaniment that’s still refined enough for a tea party? Stuffed button mushrooms, done up fancy! To make the oh-so-light-and-creamy filling, I used a ricotta cheese and egg base, then daintified it from there.

What’s that? “Daintified” isn’t a word, you say? Well, it probably should be. 😉

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The Panther’s Pasties

Posted January 9, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 2 Comments

Entrée time! Since I’m doing this particular book in tea party format, I loathe the idea of making anything too heavy. Still, I must admit I’m a carnivore at heart and don’t feel that a meal is complete without some good ol’ meat. Luckily, my mom’s delicious beef pasties are the best of both worlds: deliciously light and fluffy, yet soooo satisfying!

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Bread and Butterflies

Posted January 3, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

It seemed only fitting that my first Book of the Month should be Alice in Wonderland. Since it makes such a great tea party theme, each of my recipes for this book will be of the finger food variety.  And with Valentine’s Day just around the bend, a dozen tarts or pasties make a great gift!

Let’s start the meal off with a mouth-watering appetizer, shall we?

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