What can I serve for morning tea?
When it comes to choosing what to make, you can choose to make things as easy or as elaborate as you like.
At its simplest, try to make a tray full of fresh-baked muffins or biscuits, or a teacake to share. Try adding a plate of chopped fruit, or a bowl of mandarins, to offer something to enjoy with your baked treats. Here are a few of our favourite morning tea treats to enjoy
Sweet morning tea teacakes
What would a classic morning tea be without cake. Here are a few of our favouritesthat are made for pairing up with tea.
- Mandarin and Almond Cake
- Nectarine and Sour Cream Cake
- Apple Tea Cake
- Best Ever Banana Cake
- Lemon Tea Cake
- Iced Vovo Tea Cake
- Honey Bread
- Cinnamon Tea Cake
- Banana Honeycomb Tea Bread
- Red Velvet Cake
Sweet morning tea slices
Easy to make ahead of time and ideal if you’re feeding a crowd, these slices are a welcome addition to any morning tea.
- Ginger and Lemon Slice
- Apple, Blackberry and Coconut Slice
- Pineapple Slice
- Coconut Slice
- Lamington Slice
- Strawberry Slice
- Passionfruit Slice
- Mulberry and Coconut Slice
- No-Bake Snickers Slice
- Sour Cream Apple Slice
- Bakewell Jam Slice
- Almond and Raspberry Slice
Morning tea biscuits and cookies
From the US inspired chocolate chip variety to the aromatic gingernuts, there’s a biscuit to suit every taste, and enough recipes to satisfy your biscuit cravings for the rest of your lifetime!
- Triple Chocolate Chip Biscuits
- Gingernut Biscuits
- Honey Biscuits
- Coconut Biscuits
- Shortbread Biscuits
- ANZAC Biscuits
- Easiest Jam Drops
- Monte Carlos
- Custard Creams
- Macarons
Savoury morning tea ideas
Even though it’s perfectly acceptable to only include a cake, or sweet treat, sometimes, it’s also nice to have a few savouries on the table. This is especially true if you’re hosting a late morning tea that runs close to lunchtime. Alternatively, if you’d prefer, you can miss the sweets altogether and just serve up some of these delicious savoury treats.
Savoury scone recipes
These savoury scones are filling, and perfect when pulled straight from the oven. Serve them up with butter and watch them disappear.
- Cheese and Spinach Scones
- Pull-Apart Cheese and Onion Scones
- Pumpkin Scones
- Breakfast Scones
- Spinach and Feta Scones
Pinwheels
These savoury pinwheels are an ideal make-ahead addition for any morning tea. Choose from an assortment of fillings, or make up your own from your favourite cheeses, pestos and marinated veggies.
- Ham Pinwheels
- Ham and Pineapple Pinwheels
- Pinwheels
- Lorraine’s Curry Pinwheels
- Cheese and Vegemite Pinwheels
- Baked Bean Pinwheels
Morning tea sandwiches
Create traditional teatime sandwich flavours such as cucumber or watercress, or try some of our favourite sandwich recipes.
- Chicken, Pistachio and Mayonnaise Sandwiches
- Curried Egg and Lettuce Sandwiches
- Reuben Sandwich
- Chilli Tuna Rollups
- Moulded Club Sandwich
Drinks to serve for morning tea
An essential part of any morning tea, don’t forget to consider the drinks you plan on serving. At its simplest, this could be a mug of tea, otherwise hot chocolate, coffee, iced tea and herbal teas are popular options.
Hot chocolate
When it comes to making hot chocolate the general rule is the darker the chocolate the better. Even if you don’t like dark chocolate to eat, you’ll need to start with a darker chocolate than you would normally choose, as the flavour will be diluted by the milk.
- Chai Hot ChocolateMix
- Hot Chocolate
- How to make hot chocolate from scratch
- Creamy Hot Chocolate
Iced tea, coffee and chai
If the weather is warm, give the hot tea a miss and choose one of these ice-cold versions instead. Alternatively, try this spicy chai syrup that is easy to make ahead and makes for the most aromatic brew.
- Chai Tea Syrup
- Iced Coffee with Chicory
- Iced Coffee
Fresh mint tea
Not so much a tea as much as an infusion, fresh mint tea is easy to make, and is a welcome addition in any weather. Simply fill a teapot with a big handful of fresh mint leaves, cover with boiling water and use the base of a wooden spoon to muddle it all together and release the oils. Cover the pot and let it steep for 5 minutes, then strain into cups, or pretty tea glasses, and serve with honey to sweeten.
