Both good tips on coffee cake and scones....for most anyone else. We live in FL and it's too hot to turn on the oven.
It so happens that last time we went to their home, they served crudites. A really nice assortment that I don't want to compete with. Sigh.
Now I'm thinking stuffed dates (with cream cheese flavored with orange zest, some rolled in nuts, dip a few in chocolate, some plain), maybe an assortment in lieu of the deviled eggs??