Salt Wind Catering
Pastry & Sweet Specialist
Senara trained as a pastry chef in Bath before returning to Cornwall. She's responsible for our afternoon tea menus, celebration cakes, and everything sweet — including the saffron buns.
5 articles by Senara
Proper crab cakes are mostly crab — not mostly breadcrumbs with a hint of crab. These use fresh picked Cornish white crab meat bound with just enough to hold them together, seasoned with lemon zest, chives and a little Dijon, then pan-fried in butter until golden. Served with a quick samphire and crème fraîche alongside.
Where the saffron bun is a celebration snack, the saffron cake is a keeping cake — a large, enriched loaf studded with currants, mixed peel and cherries, fragrant with saffron, that improves over several days wrapped in greaseproof paper. It is the cake that sat on every Cornish farmhouse table for generations. This is the proper version.
Afternoon Tea Catering in Cornwall — Proper Cream Tea Country Cornwall wrote the book on cream teas — jam first, obviously. But a proper afternoon tea goes beyond scones and clotted cream. It's finger sandwiches with real fillings, homemade cakes and pastries, fresh fruit, and a spread that looks as good as it tastes. Whether it's a baby shower, a hen party, a milestone birthday, or a retirement celebration, afternoon tea catering brings a touch of class without the stuffiness. Salt Wind...
Cream Tea Delivery — Fresh Scones, Clotted Cream & Jam, Delivered Across Cornwall There are few things more Cornish than a cream tea. Fresh scones still warm from the oven, a generous pot of proper Cornish clotted cream from a local dairy, and strawberry jam — cream first, obviously. Salt Wind Catering delivers cream tea platters across Cornwall for everything from baby showers to retirement parties , office treats to hen weekends , and holiday cottage welcomes . What's Included Every cream...
A christening is a family occasion, and the food should feel like that — warm, welcoming, and suitable for everyone from great-grandparents to toddlers. At Salt Wind Catering, we provide christening and baptism buffets across Cornwall that are elegant, plentiful, and completely fuss-free. Light & Elegant Options For a church hall or garden reception after the service, our sandwich platters paired with fruit platters and sweet platters create a beautiful afternoon spread. Our afternoon tea...