Filipino dessert business is a sweet dream come true
Creating Filipino inspired desserts at Sweet Condesa, an Oakland based business, is a dream come true for the owner and pastry artist Melody Lorenzo. “I grew up in the Philippines, born and raised”, Lorenzo explains, “…when I immigrated here in the US, I always wanted to be a pastry chef and incorporate the flavors, the desserts that I grew up within the Philippines”. One of the most popular desserts is the calamansi pie, which incorporates the flavor of calamansi, a lime-like citrus fruit from the Philippines.“It’s a Filipino take on the Key Lime pie and it just melts in your mouth”, Lorenzo reveals. Another wildly successful treat is the ube pie, which uses a purple sweet potato. For more information,...
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