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Making Do: Buttermilk Vanilla Bean Mini Cakes

Making Do: Buttermilk Vanilla Bean Mini Cakes

An Easter Egg Cake for Easter

An Easter Egg Cake for Easter

A Sunshine-y Cake for Spring

A Sunshine-y Cake for Spring

Pumpkin Twinkies for Halloween

Pumpkin Twinkies for Halloween

Now for Something a Little Different

Now for Something a Little Different

Olallieberries and Shortcake

Olallieberries and Shortcake

Looking for Sunshine: Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake

Looking for Sunshine: Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake

Happy Birthday to Snickers

Happy Birthday to Snickers

The Brownie-Cake Borderline

The Brownie-Cake Borderline

Happy Valentine’s: Vanilla, Tonka Bean, Chocolate, Framboise

Happy Valentine’s: Vanilla, Tonka Bean, Chocolate, Framboise

A Winning Blackberry Lemon Cupcake

A Winning Blackberry Lemon Cupcake

A Little Night Circus Cake

A Little Night Circus Cake

Fig and Pistachio Cake for Fall

Fig and Pistachio Cake for Fall

Nice et Clafouti Encore

Nice et Clafouti Encore

A Busy Weekend Including Bake Sale for Japan

A Busy Weekend Including Bake Sale for Japan

Raspberry Cocoa Nib Coffee Cake

Raspberry Cocoa Nib Coffee Cake

{Sweet San Francisco}: TCHO and Chocolate Mint Filled Cupcakes

{Sweet San Francisco}: TCHO and Chocolate Mint Filled Cupcakes

Financiers with Finesse (And a Curd with Some Zest)

Financiers with Finesse (And a Curd with Some Zest)

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

New Year, Another Trip to Hong Kong

New Year, Another Trip to Hong Kong

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Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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