Bed and Breakfast in Cape May Cookbook

At The Queen Victoria® we have been entertaining guests for nearly three decades. Since we serve breakfast to nearly seventy guests some mornings, we have developed many recipes which make entertaining such a large group as easy as possible. Guests often asked us to share recipes, and so The Queen Victoria® Cookbook was born.

The Queen Victoria® Cookbook features over eighty recipes for easy, elegant entertaining. It also includes recipes for a wide selection of sweets and savories for tea time as served in royal style at The Queen Victoria. First printed in 1992, the Cookbook has been so popular that the first printing of 5,000 copies sold out. Now available is the second printing, which has a few minor corrections discovered by eagle-eyed cooks.

Click here to view a sample recipe from the Queen's Cookbook »

Recipes in the Cookbook include the following categories:

• Breads and Coffeecakes
• Breakfast Main Dishes
• Beverages
• Cookies and Teatime Sweets
• Fruits and Jams
• Holiday and House Specialties
• Spreads, Pates and Teatime Savories

Entertaining a group is a challenge if you want to enjoy your guests. We don't like spending all our time at breakfast in the kitchen, and would rather be in the dining room enjoying our guests. Most of the recipes you will find in the Cookbook can be prepared in advance and kept warm on a buffet for easy, yet elegant entertaining. Other recipes for breads, cookies and spreads are improved by being prepared in advance and frozen or refrigerated to blend flavors before serving.

Most of the recipes in the Cookbook serve a larger number than the usual four people. You can, of course, reduce the quantities to serve a lesser number if your party or family is smaller. Even the bread and cookie recipes make a large amount. Use the extra to freeze for the future or to give away as gifts.

The Queen Victoria® Cookbook also includes comments by Joan and Dane about each recipe. You can learn who shared the recipe with them, how it is served at The Queen Victoria, and some tips for preparing the recipes. We have always enjoyed simply reading cookbooks for entertainment, and these side comments make The Queen Victoria® Cookbook especially interesting.

We hope you will call or write us to order copies of the Cookbook for yourself and to give as gifts to friends and family. To tempt you, we reproduce one of the most popular recipes from the Cookbook for you here. You can also order a very nice video of The Queen Victoria® which was shown on Public Television and the Travel Channel. The video shows the preparation of the trifle as well as two popular cheese spreads served at afternoon tea. In addition, the video has footage of Cape May's streets and sights, as well as guest rooms at The Queen Victoria, plus interviews with Joan and Dane Wells, Innkeepers.

Click here to view a sample recipe from the Queen's Cookbook »