I had so much fun making a ridiculous spread of itty bitty treats for the little tea party birthday party. Olivia helped me with almost all of them. The little girls also trickled in and out of the kitchen, watching and helping where they could. It was easy to make most of the desserts ahead of time. The molded candies hold up without a problem; the cakes and cupcakes were baked and frozen several days in advance. The day before the party, we finished nearly all the details. On party day, Liv and I assembled the tarts and filled the cream puffs. The finished treat table was beautiful and irresistable.
The girls were darling piling their plates with every little treat their hearts desired. I quite enjoyed piling my plate, too. I can’t lie.
The tarts were absolutely
to-die-for.
No question my favorite amongst the treats. Recipe compliments of Martha Stewart; I just modified it for mini tarts and it worked perfectly. And I have to say, Martha has yet to steer me wrong on a dessert recipe. I’ll be making this one again, very soon. Like, say, for Father’s Day breakfast??
The ingredients for the tarts are very basic. And they’re perfect right now during berry season. Please make these; just splurge on the calories, use real butter, heavy whipping cream, whole milk, the good stuff. Just this once.
We’ll talk cakes in a separate post. They deserve their very own discussion.
Doesn’t everything look even better under that chandelier? I’ll share some of the other decoration details later, but I hope you can get a feel for the chandelier from these pictures. A bit hard to catch through the camera lens.
I haven’t made cream puffs in probably 15 years. I forgot how simple they are. I had planned to just fill them with freshly whipped cream, but I had plenty of pastry cream leftover from the tarts; I used a pastry bag and piped it right into the puffs. They were another adult favorite.
This was more of a visual presentation, but if you have any questions I will most definitely try to answer them.
Comments & Reviews
Deanne says
Love your girly blog, love your tea party ideas, I am saving some of these for my little girl’s tea party next year.
Sue says
Wow, what a GORGEOUS dessert table! I love the tiny teapot topper at the top! 🙂
Jessica @ O. Alouette says
Well I want to be a follower but either Blogger or my computer is acting up! 🙁 I’ll try a little later.
Jessica @ O. Alouette says
Everything is so beautiful and looks so delicious! Just lovely. I’m a new follower!
Desiree @ The 36th Avenue says
WOW! Soooooo beautiful and dreamy. I’d love for you to share your post at my link party… I love the soft pink.
Laura@Corner House says
So SO SO pretty. I featured this on my blog tonight.
Shari @For the Little Doll In Your Life says
What a gorgeous party! Is the white teapot in the first photo from a candy mold?
KC says
Look at all those decadent desserts! Your yard serves as a lovely backdrop to the delicate treats and gorgeous decorations. What a dream party it must’ve been for your little girl, Stef. Also: I’m having trouble posting comments using Internet Explorer, if that’s the case with you, maybe use Firefox?
Toot Sweet says
I loved every photo. They were all very inspiring to me. I plan to have tea parties with my daughter when she is older.
The Girl Creative says
Stefanie you are insanely talented! Oh my word. What little girl would not LOVE an event like that! Great job. 🙂
Kristie says
I just almost licked my computer screen.
I’m craving cake now. I can’t wait to see all the other little details of the party.
Oh. & don’t get mad if I copy this party too. ^-^
You throw the prettiest parties.
Leah R. says
The most adorable little girl party, ever! Wonderful, cheers to you and your birthday girl!
Sarah says
This looks amazing! I want to bake now!
The Vintage Farmhouse says
Gorgeous spread! Yum ♥
Naturally Carol says
These are lovely photos..clear and bright. The other ones didn’t do the food justice..these do. This food is indescribably pretty..I would have wanted to taste every single item there! The flowery cake is iced superbly.