Catherine's Cake House

Thank you to everyone who came to the Mother’s Day afternoon tea on Sunday.
We hope you all enjoyed it!

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and so why not treat your mum to an afternoon tea on Sunday 10th March!

My mum has been an integral part of my chef career - giving me lots of encouragement, helping me try out my business, tasting lots of things and listening to all my random thoughts!

While at the Ritz I organised a surprise birthday meal for her. Unfortunately as staff I wasn’t allowed to join the meal but I was allowed to go into the restaurant with a big chefs hat on and present her with a large birthday cake!

Why not surprise your Mum on Sunday 10th March!

Tickets for The Charlton Hall Afternoon Tea are available now at www.charltonhall.co.uk

❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

Salted caramel and vanilla macarons ready for the Valentines afternoon tea .

My top tip this Valentine’s is…SAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT!

My sharing dessert platter is currently on the menu …salted caramel cream filled Choux buns topped with a crunchy red craquelin, fruit pops, large toasted fluffy marshmallows, brownie and sticky toffee bites…all ready to be dipped into creme anglaise, salted caramel and chocolate sauce.

❤️ On the menu all week until Saturday 17th February ❤️

Super shiny dark chocolate mirror glaze enrobes this little chocolate, vanilla and crunchy praline mousse.

💕HOWEVER…for one week only this little mousse is going to have a very PINK makeover ready for the valentines afternoon tea 💕

Macaron of the moment! Passionfruit and White Chocolate…currently on the afternoon tea menu!

This week I’ll be making my Valentine’s Macarons…what flavour would you like to see?

It’s National Chocolate Cake Day!
So we have this big chocolate cake ready and waiting to be served alongside tea, coffee or a cocktail in the Tempus today!

Cranachan inspired flapjack is served alongside Cranachan tonight to celebrate Burns Night!

Haggis, neeps and tatties also feature on tonight’s special menu!

🤍 We had a fabulous photo shoot at The Tempus recently to promote…weddings 💒 at the Tempus! I was asked to create a Lambeth style buttercream heart shaped cake for the shoot. Here it is! 🤍

Anyone who wants to find out more about having their wedding contact the wedding team and they will be happy to help!

Hello! Following a lovely week off after a very busy Christmas and New Year at The Tempus; this week I have been busy getting the new desserts and Afternoon Tea up and running again!

Why not come and beat the January blues by booking yourself into The Orangery for afternoon tea, lunch or dinner!



We'd love to see you there!

Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope everyone who came to yesterday enjoyed their Christmas lunch and their gingerbread gift!

Festive afternoon tea stands looking fabulous ready to be served

Rose and pistachio Battenberg present 🎁 is the third cake on my festive afternoon tea

I use marzipan from Lubeck in this Battenburg. Lubeck in north Germany is renowned for its production of marzipan with a high almond and low sugar content. Resulting in a soft marzipan which has deliciously delicate flavour.

Cheap marzipan is minimal in almonds, loaded with icing sugar and finished with lots of flavouring!

I would recommend if you want to get your hands on some of this delicious marzipan. Perfect for covering Christmas cakes too!

Rudolf the Raspberry Nosed Macaron!

Filled with a rich chocolate ganache, raspberry caramel and finished with a raspberry pate de fruit nose 🔴.

One of the three pieces of patisserie featuring on my festive afternoon tea











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A white mint chocolate glazed wreath is one of the patisserie selection on my Festive Afternoon Tea

Inspired by mint candy canes and the white mint chocolate in the Bendicks chocolate mint selection…it was always my favourite growing up! Although sadly they don’t make this one anymore!

Sweet buttery pastry, luxury mincemeat and an almond frangipan topping makes these little pies soft and delicious! Add a blob of clotted cream to be taken to pie heaven!

Find these mince pies throughout December…the perfect little accompaniment for with a cocktail in the gorgeous bar!

Chocolate and raspberry caramel macarons ready to be transformed into Rudolf the Red Nose Macarons for the Festive Afterboon Tea starting on Friday 1st December.

I’ll be revealing more from the menu in the next few days!

Super gold cake cards from …the perfect little finishing touch!

Gianduja Chocolate Mousse with Salted Caramel and Caramelised Hazelnuts currently on dessert menu!

I first tried Gianduja chocolate whilst working at the Ritz and it is by far the best chocolate to use when you want a nutty chocolate flavour. It is from Italy and is a blend of chocolate and hazelnut paste…to be classed as Gianduja it must comprise of at least 30% hazelnut paste.

Which means Nutella is certainly not a Gianduja equivalent or replacement!

To watch me dip this mousse in its nutty chocolate coating see my last reel!

Chocolate and gianduja supplier and

Treacle tart with a lightly spiced apple compote, sprinkling of almond and pistachio granola and ginger ice cream on the Sunday lunch menu today!

It’s toffee apple season! I love toffee apples and so this was one inspiration behind my toffee apple mousse cake which features on my autumn afternoon tea menu at The Tempus Charlton Hall . Plus there is an abundance of apple trees on the Charlton Hall Estate so plenty of apples to use!

Perky pink macaron to brighten your day!

Sweet and tangy...this macaron is sandwiched with a raspberry swiss buttercream and hiding in the middle...a lime pate de fruit.

Currently on my afternoon tea menu

Yesterday this was described to me as a "very posh profitorole"...and I couldn't agree more!

Here is its full description!

Choux topped with craquelin and filled with a chocolate cremeux and passionfruit curd. Topped with a dark chocolate autumn leaf disc and a sprinkling of cocoa.

Currently on my afternoon tea menu at The Tempus Charlton Hall

Buttery homemade vanilla shortbread awaits for you in your room

So pop that kettle on straight away, sit back and relax!

I use vanilla from …a business based in Newcastle! I always love to try and support local businesses through my baking.

Thanks for the speedy and efficient service too!

Ingredients sourced from Northumberland and the Borders are being used for a new afternoon tea experience Ingredients sourced from Northumberland and the Borders are being used for the new afternoon tea experience at The Tempus.

Which would you pick!?

🍰Sticky toffee cake with silky toffee buttercream and a dulcey shard
🍰Lemon posset and orange macaron
🍰Salted caramel and chocolate cremeux tart with vanilla cream

This tempting little trio was served at a private buffet lunch on Saturday

Introducing…Afternoon Tea at The Tempus!

I can’t believe the Afternoon Tea is now up and running…it seems a while since I first started to create the Autumn menu!

This is the FIRST TIME Afternoon Tea has been served so myself and the team also had decisions to make about which stands to purchase and the types of crockery and tea pots to choose.

We decided pink and gold matched the beautiful aesthetics of The Tempus restaurant…to see it all with your own eyes (and eat some delicious cakes)…make a booking!

Afternoon Tea is available to book on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 2.30pm - 4.45pm.

Follow the link in my bio to the website to book.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Thanks to for the fab photos!

Hello! Catherine’s Cake House NEWS! Over the last few weeks I have been working at a gorgeous brand new hotel in Northumberland developing their dessert menu (all desserts available now!) and afternoon tea (coming soon!). It has been great fun and I’ll be sharing more over the next few weeks!

The Tempus is a beautiful new hotel just north of Alnwick…come along and see for yourself!

🎂🍰Due to this I am very sorry but I am not able to take any private cake orders 🍰🎂

Pastry chef who worked at the Ritz Hotel brings exciting new menu to Northumberland A new pastry chef has been appointed at a boutique hotel and restaurant in north Northumberland.

This cake will be one of my LAST bespoke orders that I will be taking for this year. Thank you if you have enquired recently and I am very sorry I have had to say no.

I will be revealing WHY soon…