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Friday, July 15, 2011

32/99: Financiers aux Mirabelles (translation: plum round ingots)

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." - Henry James 


 This afternoon was absolutely lovely.  A friend of mine from church invited me and a few other ladies over for a tea party to celebrate Bastille Day. In keeping with the theme, it was a French tea party and therefore the cake for this occasion must be a French cake. 


I chose the Financiers aux Mirabelles (plum round ingots) because they are French in origin and are dainty enough for tea.

I did a little research and found that