Cafes are where today's young people go to try drinks, enjoy baked treats and take beautiful photos. Every cafe sells its own selection of baked goods, so which bakery items are the most popular in cafes? Let's find out.
1. Cake
The number one bakery item in cafes has to be cake. Cake is made from wheat flour, artificial sweetener and other ingredients such as eggs, vegetables and sweet or sour fruits, or rich ingredients such as butter, cheese, yeast, milk and margarine, and it comes in all kinds of styles. Every cafe has its own cake recipes.
Cafes usually sell cake by the slice rather than as a whole pound cake. The cakes most often sold are butter cakes and egg-based cakes in many flavours, and other styles such as crepe cakes are now increasingly common.
2. Croissant
This bake is shaped like a crescent moon, which is exactly what its name means: "croissant" is French for crescent. The croissant is one of the most popular bakes right now, and some cafes sell nothing but croissants.
3. Pancakes
A flat cake made from a wet batter that many people know well. In cafes, pancakes are usually served as a stack on a plate, drizzled with honey, cream or flavoured syrup, topped with whipped cream and decorated with berries such as strawberries and raspberries. This makes pancakes varied and pretty, perfect for photos to show off on social media.
4. Macaron
A treat made of two small cookie shells with a filling in the middle, like a tiny sweet hamburger. Macarons are made from almonds, sugar and egg whites beaten together, baked in the oven and then filled. Cafes often sell them in clear boxes with several flavours arranged side by side, making them colourful, appetising and very photogenic.
5. Crepe
A treat with both savoury and sweet versions. Its signature look is a triangle, made by folding a round, thin sheet of batter over and over until it forms a triangle. Crepes served in cafes are usually the traditional French style: soft, spread with butter, sprinkled with sugar or filled with fruit, unlike the thin, crispy crepes sold everywhere.
6. Mille-feuille
A French pastry made of thin, crisp sheets of puff pastry layered with whipped cream or jam, then finished with icing sugar and decorative chocolate lines. Today's mille-feuille comes with sweet fillings such as cream cheese or custard, or tangy ones such as lemon cream, strawberry cream or berry cream.
7. Toast
A large toast that several people can share. Cafes that serve toast almost always have "honey toast" on the menu. Cafe toast is usually served with ice cream in various flavours, whipped cream and a variety of fruits such as banana, strawberries, kiwi and blueberries, and finished with a drizzle of honey or flavoured syrup.
