Little Scones with Raspberries and Clotted Cream

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    36

    mini scones
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Tea at the Palace: A Cookbook

By Carolyn Robb

Published 2022

  • About

There is an age-old debate among connoisseurs of the cream tea—afternoon tea consisting of tea served with scones, clotted cream, and jam—as to whether the cream or the jam goes on top. In the West Country where cream teas originated, Devon and Cornwall are neighboring counties. Traditionally, a Devon cream tea has the cream sitting on the scone, then the jam on top of the cream, while a Cornish cream tea has the jam as the first ingredient on the scone, followed by the cream, so this argum