Darina Allen: Recipes for my favourite afternoon tea treats — including chocolate cake
Ballymaloe Chocolate Almond Gateau with Crystallised Violets.
National Tea Day is celebrated on Sunday, April 21.
Sure, you’ll have a cup of tea? A warm and friendly welcome, an icebreaker, a comforting gesture in stressful times, a way to pass the time — for many it’s the first gesture of the day, the last before bedtime.
