Afternoon tea recipes | Gourmet Traveller

Afternoon slump, be gone. Whether it’s a solo afternoon sugar-hit or a wind down with friends over coffee, we’ve gathered together our best selection of scones, madeleines, cakes and buns to give 3pm a boost.

Pumpkin scones

Perfect scones with jam and cream

Apple tea cake

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Tony Tan's recipe for stir-fried beef with chilli bean paste, dried chilli and capsicums

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Gluten-free passionfruit and almond cake with honey-roasted pineapple by Frida's Field

Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

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Quick and easy soup recipes

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Ciaramicola cake topped with Italian meringue and sprinkles

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A vibrant bowl of brodetto with calamari rings, prawns and mussels.

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Thai chicken curry with roti with large bowl of chicken, smaller bowl with rice and curry and roti on plates.

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Maple, banana and walnut pudding

Cheese and figs on toast

Chocolate and beetroot cake

Orange-rhubarb and chocolate yeasted loaf

Triple-cream cheese with australian truffles, honeyed walnuts and fruit bread

Orange-blossom madeleines with burnt-honey crème

Custard tart

Meyer lemon and olive oil cakes

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French cuisine and classic French recipes to master

74 beetroot recipes that taste as good as they look

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27 of our best capsicum recipes

Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

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24 best barramundi recipes

Quick and easy soup recipes

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All the Easter recipes you need

Easter baking recipes that aren’t only hot cross buns

45 calamari recipes worth your time

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Peking duck and cucumber tea sandwiches

Marmalade and almond jammy dodgers

Lemon and thyme sponge cake

Pear brioche tart with maple custard cream

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