A LAKES hotel is set to offer a festive afternoon tea throughout December.

Storrs Hall’s Christmas Afternoon Tea will be available from December 1-23 and will feature an array of savoury treats with a festive theme, including a turkey and stuffing brioche bun, a shellfish cocktail on treacle bread, crispy Camembert with homemade cranberry chutney, pigs in blankets with grain mustard mayonnaise and a smoked salmon blini.

There will also be plain and winter fruit spiced buttermilk scones served warm with clotted cream and Christmas jam, a warm mince pie with a Ricciarelli topping, traditional fruit cake wrapped in marzipan and fondant icing, a Santa’s Belly chocolate orange tart and a layered pistachio, raspberry and chocolate cake, garnished with marzipan holly and a choice of tea blends and infusions.

For little ones, Storrs Hall’s Beatrix Potter themed Tiny Tots Tea will be available too.

The tiddly tea features goodies including bunny and star shaped sandwiches filled with ham and cheese, a slice of flaky pastry sausage roll, chocolate dipped strawberries and marshmallows, mini chocolate and lemon fairy cakes and a diddy cream-filled chocolate éclair complete with sprinkles, served with a choice of either homemade fruit milkshake, or hot chocolate topped with whipped cream.

Storrs Hall’s Christmas Afternoon Tea costs £23.95 per person and the Tiny Tots Tea costs £10 per child under 12.

Visit: www.storrshall.com.