Mother’s Day Lakeside Table & Easy Teatime Treat: Lemon-Blueberry Scones

Raise a cup in honor of ‘Moms’ and celebrate Mother’s Day with an aromatic floral tea blend. You’ll find floral and table inspiration, as well as an easy recipe for Lemon-Blueberry Scones, that start with a box of cake mix.

Happy Monday!

It’s one of my favorite days of the month when I join my

Monday Morning Blooms’ friends to share some flower therapy.

We’re excited to welcome back

Shannon at Belle Bleu Interiors,

joining us as a guest ‘bloomer’ today.

You can my bloggings friends’ links to their beautiful floral and table inspiration at the bottom of this post.

We’re celebrating Mother’s Day for May’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms,

which falls on May 12th year.

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I’m raising a cup in honor of ‘Moms’ everywhere with

Harney and Sons Mother’s Day Tea.

It’s an aromatic floral tea blend made with rose petals, chamomile,

cornflowers, orange peel and natural orange flavor that’s caffeine-free,

so you can drink it anytime of day!

It’s perfect for my mom who only drinks caffeine-free tea,

unlike myself who needs a daily caffeine IV drip. ;)

I set a table to enjoy the lake view and sunshine!

A Laura Ashley tablecloth with cheery yellow and blue and white floral print squares

provides a foundation for the table.

It reminded me of my mom when I saw it, who loves blue and white

and has accents of cheery yellow in her family room.

A vintage ironstone pitcher provides a centerpiece for the table.

It holds an arrangement of grocery store flowers. . .

Yellow daisies, Asiatic lilies, sunflowers,

hydrangeas, spray roses and Solidago (goldenrod).

I added some Bachelor buttons, also known as cornflower,

free-for-the-picking, growing in the field next to the Potting Shed.

A yellow and blue floral teapot was a pretty match for our tablecloth

and for sipping on our floral blend tea!

Blue and white floral plates are alight with butterflies,

served on carved wood chargers.

Wallace Hotel flatware features five assorted, reproduction designs. . .

An Impero dinner fork, Coburg salad fork, William and Mary dinner knife,

Federalist dinner spoon and Barocco teaspoon.

Reversible blue and white napkins, floral on one side and ticking stripe on the other,

are paired with yellow check napkins.

Help yourself to a delicious Lemon-Blueberry Scone!

I used a favorite cake mix hack, used to make

Red Velvet Scones with White Chocolate Chips.

These scones start with a box of lemon cake mix,

are studded with fresh blueberries and

topped with a simple lemon glaze!

Ingredients:

*1 1/4 cups Lemon Cake Mix (I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Lemon Cake Mix)

*You’ll have enough cake mix leftover for a second batch of scones.

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

8 Tbsp. cold butter, cut into pieces

2/3 cup milk or half and half

1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen, do not thaw)

1 large lemon, zested; juice reserved for glaze

Lemon Glaze

1 – 2  tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 cup powdered sugar

Method

Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Combine cake mix and flour in bowl of food processor; pulse a few times to combine.

Add cubed cold butter to processor and pulse until mixture resemble pea-sized crumbs.

(If you don’t have a food processor, cut in butter with a pastry cutter or two knives.)

Add mixture to medium bowl, mix in blueberries.

Add lemon zest to milk; add to flour mixture, stirring until mixture holds together.

Knead dough with well-floured hands to form a ball.

Place dough on prepared baking sheet and gently press down to form an 8- or 9-inch domed circle.

Cut circle into 8 wedges with a greased knife or bench scraper.

Chill scones for at least 15 minutes up to an hour in the refrigerator before baking.

Chilling the scone dough after forming helps keep the butter cold that creates that flaky texture.

When ready to bake, place 2 inches apart on parchment paper.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until edges are starting to brown and centers are set.

Transfer scones to wire rack to cool completely. When cool, drizzle with glaze.

To make glaze:

Mix sugar with lemon juice, adding 1 tablespoon of juice at a time until reaching desired consistency.

Drizzle glaze over top of cooled scones. Allow glaze to set before serving.

For a thicker glaze, use more confectioner’s sugar.

Bake from frozen option:

Flash freeze unbaked scones, then wrap individually and bake them one or two at a time as needed.

 Add a few minutes to your baking time when baking from frozen.

Bake frozen scones within 1 month for best flavor and rise.

Behind the scenes:

You probably noticed that I took some of my photos on the porch.

Photographing a table outdoors is not without its challenges!

The sun’s too harsh and bright or it’s too cloudy;

 the heat and humidity causes condensation on stemware

and camera lenses to fog;

not to mention tree pollen, the threat of rain or wind. . .

There were 17 mph wind gusts when I had my window to photograph

my table which ultimately sent me scurrying to the porch

 with my flowers to finish photographing.

I scrambled to find clips for my tablecloth to help weight it down and keep it from flying around

in the wind. . . I think I need to invest in some proper tablecloth weights. :)

Table Details:

Harney and Sons Mother’s Day Tea

Plates, Blue Butterfly Toile / Grace Teaware, HomeGoods

Teapot / Kent Pottery, HomeGoods

Teacups / Portmeirion Botanic Blue

Laura Ashley tablecloth,  HomeGoods

Victorian Tart Server

Napkins and Napkin Rings / Bed, Bath & Beyond, several years ago

Wallace Hotel Flatware

Chargers / Pier1

Ironstone Pitcher / vintage

If your mom is no longer with you, may she be in your heart

and memories on Mother’s Day.♥

Visit my flower friends to see their beautiful Mother’s Day inspiration:

Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse

Pam at Everyday Living

Shannon at Belle Bleu Interiors

Find more Mother’s Day inspiration:

Lakeside Table with Portmeirion Botanic Garden and Blooming Photo Frames for Mother’s Day

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Flower-filled Table and Strawberry Bellinis

Monday Morning Garden Blooms + Mother of Pearl Rose

Thank you for your visit!

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