A batch of plain scones can be knocked up from scratch in around half an hour, using this simple recipe. Because everyone feels better after a delicious cream tea. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

Nothing is better than biting into a fresh scone topped with jam and cream ... You’ll be headed down a one-way street to dry, bland, and flat scones.” Cream and alternatives have a high ...

This is Ellis Barrie’s mum's failsafe scone recipe. The flavoursome mango jam is all his own creation! Making a British classic a little bit tropical with mango jam is the perfect way to spruce ...

Sometimes I forget how British I am until I say things like, "Oh, I could just go for a scone with jam and cream". And after writing about Paul Hollywood's three golden rules for making the ...

Stir with a flat-bladed knife until almost combined ... Fold in strawberry jam. Serve scones, warm or cold, with jam and cream. For perfect scones, push straight down on the cutter – no twisting!

Seated demurely on delicate chairs with cane seats, we ordered cream tea and waited expectantly for our warm scones with clotted cream and jam. The two-tiered tray, prim teapot and cups, jam jar and ...

The added divide of the scone debate- whether or not to start with jam or cream when dressing the little delights up to eat – was polled. Curiously, the option to put jam on first came out on ...