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Afternoon tea

This is one of our most loved categories as everyone loves taking a break with a hot drink (of course chilled drinks are acceptable!) and a tasty nibble. All recipes are prepared with everyday vegan-friendly ingredients.

The popular British tradition of afternoon tea is a brilliant way to brighten any day. There's something incredibly satisfying about pouring a cup of tea and enjoying a selection of sweet and savoury snacks, especially when they're  shared with family and friends. An afternoon tea can range from a simple cup of tea paired with your favourite homemade bake to a more lavish spread featuring sandwiches, mini quiches, scones, biscuits, and cakes.

We highly recommend these old-fashioned walnut and celery sandwiches, and these sweet cherry scones. There's nothing more classic than a tasty Victoria sponge, and for a Scottish touch, you have got to try these cute wee Dundee cake cupcakes.

  • Close up image of Scottish fruit slice piled on to a tartan patterned tray with tartan cup in background.
    Scottish Fruit Slice
  • Vegan Easter Cornflake Cakes on a white plate with vegan mini eggs on top of each cake and a linen table runner with writing stating 'happy Easter', rabbit placemat image and peach tulips to side/featured image.
    Vegan Chocolate Cornflake Cakes
  • Vegan Gingerbread Men
  • featured image for vegan Jamaican rock cakes close up, 2 plates of buns with third plate to side.
    Jamaican Coconut Rock Cakes
  • Close up rock cakes featured image.
    Vegan British Rock Cakes
  • A close up of a cherry scone filled with jam and cream sitting on a spotty plate with pink mat underneath.
    Old-Fashioned Cherry Scones
  • Tofu Mayonnaise Sandwich
  • cake on cake plate with larger cake in background.
    The Best Vegan Victoria Sponge
  • Old-Fashioned Applesauce Cake
  • A ground rice cake on a red patterned vintage cake plate, with vintage tea cup and saucer, and serving plate in background, pink and white flowered table cloth.
    Old-Fashioned Ground Rice Cake
  • Carrot cupcake featured image, one carrot cake sitting on a carrot image napkin with a picnic mug behind.
    Old-Fashioned Carrot Cakes
  • A stack of walnut celery sandwiches on yellow flower patterned plate with celery leaves to side.
    Old-Fashioned Walnut and Celery Sandwiches
  • Two white plates filled with jam and marmalade tarts with purple flower background, small serving plate to side with pink flower rim.
    Traditional British Jam Tarts
  • Fruit scones in long wicker basket, with white lining, tartan background.
    Edinburgh Fruit Scones
  • A plate of shortbread biscuits, tea pot in background with cup of tea and sugar cubes.
    Vegan Scottish Shortbread
  • Fruit loaf cake sliced into portions on a wooden cutting board with white linen table mat with tartan trim.
    Vegan Fruit Cake
  • A loaf of bread with raisins on a plate
    Old-Fashioned Malt Loaf
  • vegan mini quiche cups on baking tray.
    Mini Vegan Quiches
  • vegan lemon drizzle cake close up on wooden board, featured image.
    Vegan Lemon Drizzle Cake
  • Fruit cake sliced into on a serving plate.
    Vegan Cut and Come Again Cake
  • Vegan Top Hat Treats [Chocolate Marshmallows]
  • iced gingerbread cake on wooden chopping board with pieces of crystalized ginger on top, brown mugs to background along with a white tea pot.
    Vegan Gingerbread Cake
  • vegan gingerbread cookies iced and on a black wire rack.
    Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Biscuits
  • Traditional parkin biscuits on a flower patterned plate, with small sugar cube dish to side and white doily tablecloth.
    Traditional Parkin Biscuits
  • Treacle scone close up, scone filled with strawberry jam and spoon with jam in front, red and white jam pot in background with small white butter dish.
    Old-Fashioned Scottish Treacle Scones
  • Slices of pumpkin fruit cake with large piece covered with cream cheese frosting and walnuts, wooden chopping board background, cat themed measuring set.
    Pumpkin Fruit Loaf Cake [vegan]
  • Vegan seed cake on a vintage tray with pink flower pattern, antique cake knife to side, flower patterned teapot, sugar dish, milk jug, and tea cup and saucer to side, crochet tablecloth background.
    Old-Fashioned Seed Cake
  • A white serving plate with a whole treacle tart sliced into 8 pieces, each slice with a raspberry garnish, British flag teapot with matching cup in background, red tea cloth background.
    Vegan Treacle Tart
  • Slice of Welsh apple cake with cream poured over, small Welsh dragon ornament in front, apples in background with a teapot, featured image.
    Welsh Apple Cake [Teisen Fala]
  • Red patterned plate with four British vegan fairy cakes and kola sweeties, roses on white tablecloth, small dish of sweets, small red plate with one fairy cake, teapot to back, featured image.
    Vegan Fairy Cakes
  • A close up of vegan cheese flan on a black wire rack, with yellow oven mitt underneath, blue background.
    Vegan Old School Dinners Cheese Flan [Quiche]
  • A white plate filled with oatmeal cookies, blue cookie tin to side, two glasses of oat milk to background.
    Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies [Vegan]
  • vegan coronation chicken sandwich
    Vegan Coronation Chicken Sandwich
  • Vegan school dinners sponge pieces sitting on top of each other.
    Vegan School Dinners Jam and Coconut Sponge
  • Two cheese scones on a small yellow-rimmed plate with flower image, white doily mat, soup cup with images of tomatoes to distance and more doily's, wooden board background.
    Old-Fashioned Cheese Scones [Vegan]
  • wooden chopping board with five buttermilk scones, small wooden board to background with one tomato, small butter dish, butter knife, wedge of vegan cheese and small pot of chutney.
    Vegan Buttermilk Plain Scones
  • vegan Scottish border tart
    Vegan Scottish Border Tart (Eyemouth Tart)
  • Chocolate concrete cake sliced into 12 pieces, sitting on baking paper.
    Vegan School Dinners Chocolate Concrete Cake
  • Chocolate cake sitting on blue floral plate
    Easy Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
  • Whole fruit cake sliced into pieces on a cutting board, with paper party plates to side.
    Vegan Gluten Free Fruit Cake (sugar and fat-free too!)
  • vegan empire biscuits on a white tea tray with a flowered pattern tea cup and plate.
    Vegan Empire Biscuits (Cookies)
  • A batch of chocolate flapjacks sliced into 9 pieces on scrunched up baking paper, tea tray underneath and glimpse of a red teapot in background, red and white check table cloth.
    Traditional British Chocolate Flapjacks

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Welcome to my collection of traditional family favourite recipes. You will find old-fashioned recipes re-made with vegan-friendly every-day ingredients.

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Vegan Chocolate Pudding (Chocolate Mousse)

Takes literally minutes to prepare and no cooking required! Perfect for an easy festive pudding. It's fresh and light, just 4 ingredients, and rich in delicious chocolate flavour. No-one will be able to taste the tofu!

  • close up of chocolate pudding with chocolate pudding in background, and shortbread biscuits and strawberries in background.
    Tofu Chocolate Pudding

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  • Close up bowl of vegetable soup with yellow handled spoon and second bowl in background, slices of bread to side on a mat with fox image.
    Old-Fashioned Golden Vegetable Soup

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