Update: Dreamcakes Cafe closed in 2022.
Where: Hoover, Alabama
Style: Sweet cafe
Tea Selection: 5 loose leaf teas by locally based Tea & Time
Teatimes: Parties of 2 or more, Friday to Sunday, 11 to 8
(Afternoon tea dates and times are still taking shape here, with a monthly afternoon tea date recently announced).
Reservations: Reservations required
Contact: 205-319-9888
Cost: $30 Afternoon Tea
Destination Tea Tips: Consider coming here to introduce your children to afternoon tea, in a setting where a bit of dressing up wouldn’t be out of place, but not too formal for kids still testing out their teatime manners.
Prices and teatimes are subject to change. Please see our Alabama afternoon tea directory for the latest details.

Destination Tea Notes: Approaching its one-year anniversary, Dreamcakes Cafe is the sister shop to Jan Jacks Potter’s Dreamcakes Bakery, also in the Birmingham area, where all the scrumptious baking happens for both locations. In our view, what most importantly sets apart the Hoover location is that it offers afternoon tea. This is a welcome gain for Alabama afternoon tea-goers, in a state with less than ten afternoon tea venues. We take pleasure in the emphasis on local business here, from the beautiful wall mural designed by a local artist to the locally sourced Blue Spring Living Water and Alabama-based Tea & Time tea purveyors. The teas are delicious, as are, unsurprisingly, the baked goods (Jan’s baking business is over 10 years old), and we are especially delighted when tea is poured out of two of Dreamcakes’ collection of beautiful vintage teapots.




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