Last weekend the weather in the UK was SO NICE! Apparently it was hotter here then in some places in the Med, and for me sunny weather means one thing: scones. There is nothing better to me then sitting outside in the warm, with a cup of tea in one hand and a scone with cream and jam in the other, and I don't get to eat them very often so it always feels like a real treat. The recipe I used is just for a batch of plain scones, though some dried fruit such as raisins and sultanas could be added if wanted.
With these there's always the controversy over what order the toppings should go in: should the jam go on first or the cream? Apparently in Cornwall (where I was born) it's jam first then cream, but in Devon (where I live) it's cream then jam. To me it doesn't really matter, it tastes the same either way, and actually with these I used cream instead of butter as that's what I had to hand, it was still delicious. They only use ingredients that most people have in their stock cupboard so it works out really cheap (I got 8 scones out of the recipe), and when lots of cafes near me are charging £5+ for a cream tea, it's pretty handy to be able to whip a batch of these up at a moments notice. I'm actually about to make ANOTHER batch of these for tomorrow, as part of a homemade afternoon tea, hopefully they'll turn out just as well again!
Recipe can be found here
