Maison Temper

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Chocolatier & pâtisserie · County Durham

Every cake begins slowly

Handmade chocolate cakes, hand-tempered bonbons and gift boxes from a small County Durham chocolatier. Scroll to watch one cake made — from the first yolk to the final slice.

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  1. 01 — The SelectionSeven ingredients, and not one we can't name.
  2. 02 — The YolkOne golden yolk, into soft butter and sugar.
  3. 03 — The MeltDark couverture, loosened to a satin ribbon.
  4. 04 — The FoldFlour and cocoa, folded slow until it's silk.
  5. 05 — The PourInto the ring in one pour, smooth and level.
  6. 06 — The RiseForty minutes of warmth, and no peeking.
  7. 07 — The RestOut of the oven and breathing steam.
  8. 08 — The CutA mirror glaze, then one clean slice.
  9. 09 — The PlateGold leaf, raspberry, crème fraîche. Served.
Nine glossy dark chocolate bonbons with bronze brushstrokes in a matte black box on marble, one bitten to show its ganache

The collection Winter 2026ThecollectionWinter2026

Noir72%Noir72%

Our house dark: single-origin cacao, tempered twice, set in hand-polished moulds and boxed in nines.

Signature box Nine piecesSignatureboxNinepieces

A mirror-glazed dark chocolate dome on a black marble disc, lit by a single bronze strip light

Made slowly, forthose who notice

Degrees, to the temper
310
Hours the ganache rests
480
Percent cacao, house dark
720

Where patience and cacao become oneWherepatienceandcacaobecomeone

The atelierTastings by appointmentCounty Durham
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The collections

Explore the Counter

Luxury chocolate cakes, bonbons, pâtisserie and chocolate gift boxes — every piece made in small batches on the marble you watched above, and finished by hand the morning it leaves.

  • A mirror-glazed layer cake with one slice cut

    2 creations

    Cakes

    Layered, glazed, whole or by the slice

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  • Nine polished dark chocolate bonbons in a black box

    2 creations

    Chocolates

    Bonbons and bars, tempered by hand

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  • A molten chocolate fondant broken open

    2 creations

    Pâtisserie

    Domes, fondants and plated slices

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  • A black gift box tied with bronze ribbon

    2 creations

    Gift boxes

    Boxed and tied in bronze, with a card

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The counter

Made this Morning

Everything is finished by hand to order and leaves the kitchen the day it is made. Choose by craving.

  • A mirror-glazed dark chocolate dome crowned with gold leafSignature

    The Mirror Dome

    £9.50

    Dark chocolate mousse, cocoa sablé, a glaze you can see yourself in.

  • A mirror-glazed chocolate layer cake with one slice cut on a marble standMost loved

    Mirror Layer Cake

    £48

    Four layers of dark sponge and ganache under a mirror glaze. Serves ten.

  • A chocolate fondant broken open with a molten centre, crème fraîche and raspberries

    Molten Fondant

    £8

    Baked to order with a molten heart. Twelve minutes, never eleven.

  • A slice of layered chocolate cake with gold leaf, raspberries and crème fraîcheNew

    Gold Leaf Slice

    £7.50

    A slice of the house cake with gold leaf, raspberries and crème fraîche.

  • Nine glossy dark chocolate bonbons in a matte black boxSignature

    Noir, in Nines

    £38

    Nine polished bonbons, each finished with a single bronze stroke.

  • Broken shards of glossy dark chocolate with cocoa nibs on marble

    Couverture Shards

    £12

    Tempered 72% dark chocolate, snapped by hand. For eating, not baking.

  • A whole mirror-glazed chocolate cake with gold leaf beside a ribboned black boxSeasonal

    The Celebration

    £84

    A whole mirror-glazed cake with gold leaf and raspberries, boxed and ribboned.

  • A matte black gift box tied with a bronze ribbon and a handwritten card

    The Nine, Boxed

    £38

    Nine Noir bonbons in the black box, tied in bronze with a handwritten card.

Gift boxes

Give something Tempered

Packed the morning they leave, tied in bronze ribbon, with a card written in ink.

  • A black gift box tied with bronze ribbon and a handwritten card

    The Nine

    £38/box

    An everyday kindness.

    • Nine Noir bonbons
    • Black box, tied in bronze
    • A card written in ink
  • Most loved
    A whole mirror-glazed chocolate cake with gold leaf beside a ribboned box

    The Celebration

    £84/box

    Our signature, for the occasion.

    • Whole mirror-glazed cake, gold leaf
    • A box of nine bonbons
    • Keepsake box and card
    • Collected or delivered chilled
  • Polished dark chocolate bonbons in a matte black box

    The Atelier

    £140/box

    Everything we make, in one box.

    • A Mirror Dome and two fondants
    • Couverture shards, 72%
    • Eighteen Noir bonbons
    • Tasting notes from the kitchen

The Maison Temper standard

Why it tastes Different

Six things we will not change, however busy the kitchen gets.

  • Made each morning

    Nothing is baked the day before and nothing is frozen. What leaves today was made today.

  • Single-origin couverture

    72% dark from one estate at a time, so every season's box tastes a little different.

  • Tempered by hand

    Taken to thirty-one degrees on marble, not by machine — it is why the snap is so clean.

  • Finished by a person

    Gold leaf by tweezer, glaze poured once, every piece looked at before it is boxed.

  • Boxed to give

    Matte black boxes, bronze ribbon and a card written in ink. Ready to hand over.

  • Collected or chilled

    Collect from the atelier by appointment, or have it delivered chilled in a cool box.

The marble benchsince day one

Our story

Chocolate as a patient craftChocolateasapatientcraft

Maison Temper began with one marble bench and one rule: the chocolate decides when it is ready. Not the clock, not the queue. It tells you in the snap, the shine and the way it leaves the mould.

Every recipe is weighed to the gram and tempered to the degree. We buy couverture one estate at a time, whip cream the morning it is used, and finish every piece by hand — because the last two per cent is the part people remember.

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The moment

One slice, shared slowlyOneslice,sharedslowly

By the window as the harbour lights come on. That is the whole point of it.

Kind words

Loved by our Regulars

A few notes left on the counter.

  • “The fondant came out of the box still warm at the heart. I have not stopped thinking about it.”

    Rachel

    Collected a fondant for two

  • “We ordered The Celebration for my dad's seventieth. The glaze was so glossy he checked his reflection in it.”

    Tom

    Ordered The Celebration

  • “Nine bonbons, nine different moods. The bronze stroke on each one is such a lovely detail.”

    Priya

    Gifted The Nine

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From the Kitchen

The daily craft, as it happens on the marble.

  • Batter pouring from a copper bowl into a cake ring
  • A ribbon of melted chocolate folding off a spatula
  • A chocolate cake rising in a glowing oven
  • Polished bonbons in a black box, one bitten
  • A freshly baked cake steaming on a cooling rack
  • A couple sharing cake by a harbour window at dusk
  • Broken shards of dark chocolate with cocoa nibs
  • A plated slice with gold leaf, raspberries and crème fraîche

Visit · order · say hello

Find Maison Temper

The atelier

Tastings and collection by appointment

County Durham

Orders

Cakes need two days' notice

Gift boxes can go the same day

Delivery

Chilled, in a cool box

Across the North East

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