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That Little Teashop In The Lanes | Brighton

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside... The Literary Lady and I did a little day trip to Brighton. We were quite deflated when we were met with high force gales and lashing rain. Not exactly ideal for a beach day. However, we are British and like so many of our countrymen, we soldiered on regardless because what do you expect from the Great British Summer?  In fact it turned out to be a lovely day. We navigated the warren of streets that is The Lanes and took refuge in the aptly named That Little Teashop In The Lanes . You cannot find a more traditional teashop from the floral china to the waitresses dressed in little hats an aprons. As well as all the cake classics like Victoria Sponge, they had also rustled up a raspberry and elderflower cake.  Elderflower is one of the flavours of the summer. I recently made some elderflower cordial so I was intrigued to taste it in cake form. At first all I could taste was the raspberry but then the elderflower suddenl...