The Angel

At the end of May, My family and I went to have lunch at 'The Angel' in Abergavenny, which is known for it's award winning tea.

 The building had a pretty, yet grand feel to the outside with the white pillars and large white windows. Outside there was a lovely little chalkboard with advertisements on how wonderful their tea and cakes were!

The table was layed beautifully with pretty china plates and tea cups.

I loved the gold edging rose china tea cups! They were so delicate and sweet.

Doesn't it look Yummy!

We had a generous selection of sanwhiches, cakes and teas, layered beautifully on this 3 tier china server. 

+ At the top, We had warm scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream.

+ In the middle we had a selection of deserts.

+ At the bottom we had a variety of sliced sandwhiches.

- Smoked salmon

- Cream cheese and cucumber

- Home-cooked ham

- Egg mayonnaise with cress


The food was soo delicately made and very very tasty!

Have you been to the Angel? I certainly advise that you pop in there! It's a gorgeous experience, situated in a pretty little village with lots of cute shops!


I also have to apologise for the lack of posts recently. However, Im sitting my last A level exam tomorrow so you'll be seeing a lot more posts from now on! I may have been a bad blogger recently but I was certainly a shopaholic! So lots of new things to share with you! See you soon 




Mj
xxx

Cymru

After Wales won the Rugby Six Nations 2012 cup on Saturday, I thought this post would be completely relevant as somebody else may want to celebrate Wales' win with a bit of baking!

My boyfriend recently got into the Under 18's Welsh Squad, which I was ever so proud of! Yet being called a 'WAG' by family and friends is slightly off putting to say the least, however the mulberry bag I've had my eyes on for months, now looks slightly promising.

So being the good girlfriend I am, I wanted to find something special to congratulate him with.  I looked everywhere. I couldn't find a thing!! There were welsh flags, and welsh mugs... But tbh, I think we all know that would have been a tad naff! So I decided to test my baking skills, and bake him some cakes.

So here's my beautiful red and green cupcakes!!

I knew I had to at least make the cupcakes the main colours of Wales, which are red and green. I did this by adding some green and red food colouring to the icing. After that I decorated them!! To create the design on top, I used icing pens, which I purchased from my local supermarket. These made things soo much easier. Although, you have to have a steady hand and patience to create the design you would like.

So he came into the kitchen, and seen these little beauties. He didn't know what to say. He looked soo surprised and happy, Just like when I found out about his amazing achievement. So congratulations Eth, and congratulations to the Welsh squad, who played great on Saturday!


What do you think of the cakes? Were you proud of Wales with their win? 


MJ
xxx