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Black Sesame Cake with Tangerine Buttercream

Feb 10 by Anita Leave a Comment

Happy Chinese New Year! The new lunar year begins on February 12 and to celebrate I made this black sesame cake with tangerine buttercream. We could all celebrate another chance for a fresh start, couldn’t we? It’s going to be the year of the Ox, which usually symbolizes hard work, discipline, and stability. Working towards […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: black sesame cake, chinese new year, swiss meringue buttercream, white cake

Chinese New Year Cotton Cheesecake (Year of the Rat)

Jan 20 by Anita 4 Comments

  The lunar new year is on January 25, and I’m celebrating the Year the Rat with some cheesecake. Namely, Japanese style cotton cheesecake adapted from Joanne Chang’s Pastry Love. Coincidentally, this recipe appeared in the New York Times around the time I was contemplating making it so maybe we were on the same wavelength! […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Cookbooks, Recipes Tagged With: cheesecake, chinese new year, cookbook, cotton cheesecake, japanese cheesecake, pastry love

Chick Egg Custard Tarts for Chinese New Year

Jan 21 by Anita 27 Comments

Happy Year of the Rooster! Saturday, January 28 is the first day of the lunar new year and my family in Hong Kong will be celebrating with a lot of good eating. Although eating is pretty much the official pastime in Hong Kong, it’s never pursued more vigorously than at Chinese New Year, when every restaurant and […]...

Filed Under: Custards, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: asian baking, chinese new year, custard, cute food, dan tat, egg custard tarts

Happy Year of the Monkey! With Chinese Pineapple Cakes (Feng Li Su)

Feb 8 by Anita 4 Comments

Happy Chinese New Year! I’ve just returned from Hong Kong, where preparations for the Year of the Monkey were fully underway. I’m sad I couldn’t stay for the actual new year festivities, but I’ve brought back plenty of new year treats, including these traditional Chinese pineapple cakes that are a wonderfully simple baking project as well. […]...

Filed Under: Asia, Pastry, Recipes, Tarts, Travel Tagged With: cake, chinese baking, chinese new year, hong kong, pineapple, shortbread, tart, travel

{Weekend Break}: Chinese New Year in San Francisco

Mar 14 by Anita 10 Comments

  Happy Saturday! I’m going to start using the weekends to share some of my favorite places to go and things to do around the Bay Area. I did this for a while under the “Sweet San Francisco” category in my navigation bar, but I’m trying to get back to doing this more regularly. I’ll […]...

Filed Under: Events, San Francisco, SF Events Tagged With: chinese new year, parade, san francisco

Chinese New Year: Sesame Seed Balls

Feb 22 by Anita 36 Comments

The Sunday just past (Feb. 18) marked the first day of the Chinese New Year 4705, or the Year of the Pig. There have been firecrackers going off late into the night, lucky oranges and plum blossoms in shop windows, and a lot of red and gold decorations everywhere. Many Chinese holiday traditions are heavily […]...

Filed Under: Chocolate, Pastry, Recipes Tagged With: asian, chinese baking, chinese new year, sesame seed balls


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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, baby girl, and rescue cockapoo Snickerdoodle. More about pastrygirl

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