Cadeaux Birthday Cake

A pretty little bakery with clean white décor and an open kitchen, preparing lemon meringue tartlets, croissants, and five-layer cakes is the last thing you’d expect to find in a neighborhood with street names like Blood Alley and Gaelor’s Mews, yet Gastown is exactly where Cadeaux Bakery decided to lay down its roots. My mom has been…

Kouign Amann

Nothing tests my patience like waiting for dough to rise. Thankfully, I had my mom and Stella to keep me company (and stop me from trying to find a way to speed up the process): we took a walk and then had wonton soup from our favourite noodle house for lunch. Before I knew it,…