Darina Allen: How to make my favourite old-fashioned coffee cake and other tasty recipes

This is the sort of coffee cake Mummy used to make
One of the highlights of the summer season for me is the invitation to a friend’s Rose Tea Party.
It’s a proper, deliciously old-fashioned afternoon tea in the dining room of a beautiful country house with starched linen tablecloths, lots of delicate china and an assortment of teapots.