Mother’s Day afternoon tea recipes

Made with love for Mum. Say ‘Thank you’ with a sweet and savoury feast. Dainty sandwiches with tasty fillings are great for parties and can be made a few hours ahead, as long as you keep them covered and chilled. Try these two simple, yet delectable fillings.

Zucchini and feta are a delicious combination, your Mum will love these on Mother’s Day! Warm savoury treats always go down well, so make plenty or prepare ahead and freeze.

This pear and cinnamon cake recipe by Nici Wickes is quick and easy to make as a dessert, served with lashings of butterscotch sauce, of course!

This is one of those lemon yoghurt cakes that has it all – punchy flavour from the passionfruit and lemon, an incredible texture, and it keeps well. Nici Wickes’ lemon passionfruit cake is a winner

This moist and delicious cake is visually irresistible as well as being easy to prepare. It’s great to have for dessert or to have with a cup of tea or coffee.

There’s a hidden layer of thick vanilla custard in the centre of this cake that takes it from good to great. Serve it warm, but not too hot. Photography and recipe by Gourmet Traveller.

There are some things in the food world that just go together – basil and tomato, pork and apple, beer and potato chips – and, if you ask me, chocolate and hazelnuts. This slice is deliciously crunchy, gooey and caramelly – and I doubt it will last very long in the biscuit tin!

Caramel walnut slice

The divine combination of nutty, creamy hazelnut praline and full-bodied aroma of coffee give these picture-perfect cupcakes some attitude. Photography by Melanie Jenkins.

These light, crumbly vanilla biscuits with a lemony, nutty butter cream are perfect for a picnic

These decadent caramel peanut tarts are easy-to-make, and absolutely divine. Sweet, gooey caramel is combined with crunchy peanut butter, then topped with creamy dark chocolate, all sitting inside a sweet, biscuit crust.

Perfect biscuits of gingernut baked to perfection. Watch them go at afternoon tea!