The Lord Mayor's Lounge at The Shelbourne Hotel

Selection of Desserts

In honour of our 200th birthday, we’ve enriched The Shelbourne’s timeless afternoon tea with a new selection of pastries inspired by recipes from the 1800s, elevating Ireland’s cherished tradition with a taste of history

• The Peach Melba

  Peach compote and raspberry gel enclosed in a peach vanilla mascarpone cream atop a shortbread base. This exquisite dessert originated around 1892 at the Savoy Hotel in London, crafted by the renowned French chef Auguste Escoffier in tribute to the esteemed Australian soprano Nellie Melba.

• The Éclair

  An exquisite éclair featuring a rich Madagascar vanilla crème pâtissière filling and a striking carbon black exterior, topped with a chocolate mirror glaze and feuilletine chocolate crisp. This delicacy traces its origins back to nineteenth-century Lyon, France, where it was originally known as pain à la Duchesse (‘Duchess-style bread’) or petite duchesse (‘little duchess’) until 1850.

• The Pecan Pie

  A milk custard pecan tart adorned with coffee diplomat cream, featuring a luscious pecan and praline liquid core, garnished with candied pecans. The recipe for this pecan custard pie was first published in Harper’s Bazaar in 1886, while the coffee cream dates back to 1824

• The Carrot Cake

  A chocolate flowerpot containing layers of carrot cake and vanilla cheesecake, topped with orange mousse, chocolate sablé, caramelised walnuts, blood orange gel and chocolate carrot. The history of carrot cake is subject to debate, with records dating back to 1591. In 1824, Beauvilliers published an English version of his cookbook in London, which featured a recipe for “Carrot Cakes”

Selection of Sandwiches

• Oak Smoked Salmon

  Lakeshore mustard, Treacle bread, Lemon gel.

• Classic Egg Mayonnaise and Cress

  White bread

• Roast Chicken and Chive Mayonnaise

  Wholemeal bread

• Feta and Tomato

  Pumpkin seed bread

Scones/Cake

• Classic Buttermilk Scones

  Plain and golden raisin buttermilk scones

• Lemon Pound Cake

  Soft pound cake flavoured with lemon and rich in fruits