Anyone who has read many of my reviews probably knows that I love National Trust cookbooks. They have excellent recipes, well written and easy to follow that give great results time and again. My teenage daughters have cooked out of my National Trust cookbooks many times making things they’ve never made before with great results. This darling cookbook is no different. All the classic tea recipes you’d want in a smaller hardcover book. My only issue with this book is it is missing the beautiful full color photos you find in most of their books.

That being said, I love this book with all of its delightful recipes. Whether you’re doing an official tea, just brewing a cuppa and want a little something along side or you are looking for something delicious to bake, this book has got you covered.

The book is divided into chapters that cover all of your basics:

• Introduction: Taking Tea
• Bread and Butter and… (sandwiches)
• For High Tea
• Large Cakes
• Small Cakes and Biscuits
• Pastries
• Freshly Baked (scones, etc)
• Preserves and Drinks

It’s not just recipes for how to put things together, but also covers making some of those things yourself such as chicken liver and smoked trout pates, potted shrimp and more. Don’t buy English muffins at the store, whip up a batch for yourself! You’ll enjoy them all the more for having made them yourself. The same goes for jams and jellies. There’s an easy Strawberry Jam recipe. Can you imagine slathering butter and homemade strawberry jam on a homemade English muffin? Bliss!!

The upshot of it is–National Trust has knocked it out of the park again. This is a lovely book and I highly recommend it!

I received a copy of this book through IPG for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.