The delectable menu of unashamedly pink, bite-size, sweet and savoury and treats will be served in the Garden Room, which has recently undergone an exquisite re-design by Martin Hulbert of Fox Linton Associates along with the rest of the public areas on the ground floor. Awash with freshly cut Damask roses, beautiful silk drapes and a wonderful collection of contemporary and classic artefacts, the Garden Room is the perfect backdrop for the new Pink Tea.

Small alcoves looking onto the Athenæum’s “secret” sunken garden, tea lights, delicate porcelain tea cups (just like those at Buckingham Palace!) and the subtle scent of real garden roses set the scene for this fairy tale experience.

To start, choose from a selection of perfectly pink open sandwiches, including smoked salmon, freshly carved ham and mustard and poached salmon and dill. Plates are cleared and tea is refreshed, ready for the second stage of the tea - warm, bite-sized scones oozing with fresh clotted cream and home-made strawberry jam.  Then to the trolley...

Served with a tall glass of pink Champagne, guests can choose from a choice of home-baked cakes, pastries and desserts. All pink, and all painstakingly prepared by the Athenæum’s team of pastry chefs. The selection includes light and crisp raspberry macaroons; strawberry meringues; iced fairy cakes; mini strawberry tartlets, and a glorious light and fluffy iced sponge cake.

And last but not least, why not connect with your inner child and dip into the giant glass jars of strawberry jelly beans, marshmallows and candy sticks?

Although decidedly decadent and fabulously frivolous, the Athenæum’s Pink Tea is gorgeously girly in that each treat is suitably small and slimming (!) - as well as being for a good cause.

Pink Tea at The Athenæum is priced at £23, or £28 including a glass of pink Champagne. From October 23rd, 5% of the bill will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign. Reservations are recommended, and can be made by calling 020 7499 3464.

Athenæum Hotel, 116 Piccadilly, London  W1J 7BJ www.athenaeumhotel.com

Breast Cancer Campaign is a medical research charity. Campaign aims to find the cure for breast cancer by funding research that looks at improving diagnosis and treatment, how it develops and ultimately either curing the disease or finding prevention.

For more information visit www.breastcancercampaign.com