Kokoro Bakeshop

Kokoro Bakeshop Customized baked goods in Ottawa

Heads up that we are currently on vacation and will be away from Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St for the next few weeks!W...
08/27/2026

Heads up that we are currently on vacation and will be away from Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St for the next few weeks!

We'll be back on Sep 19 just in time for mooncake season, but due to limited prep time we won't be taking large orders this year. See you then!

Second new flavour announcement of the day:Last week we were pleasantly surprised to find out that our friends at 7HuesE...
08/22/2026

Second new flavour announcement of the day:

Last week we were pleasantly surprised to find out that our friends at 7HuesEcoFarm Ferme7Couleur came with sea buckthorn to Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St! This is a berry native to temperate regions in Europe and Asia, including northern China where it is known as 沙棘, or sand thorn. My first encounter with them was as a teenager when I had sea buckthorn juice that was hand picked and hand pressed to serve hundreds of people. Considering how the plants live up to their thorny name, that juice was precious indeed!

We've infused sea buckthorn flavour into both the mochi cupcake base and bean paste topping to maximize the unique fruity flavour. We've also paired them with sesame cupcakes that offset the bright berries with a deep nuttiness.

This week we've finally made a flavour of tarts that has been brewing in my mind over the last few years: Tomato and Cor...
08/22/2026

This week we've finally made a flavour of tarts that has been brewing in my mind over the last few years: Tomato and Corn Frangipane tarts!

As strange as it might sound to a North American palate, sugared tomatoes are a popular snack in China, and corn is also a common dessert flavour as well. We've layered a sweet tomato jam with a frangipane made with cornmeal and sweet corn kernels to make a tart that's got a nice sweet and savoury profile going on. It's topped with a cherry tomato from our neighbours Ingleside Tomatoes to give a new meaning to "cherry on top" 🍒

Come by Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St and try one!

Almost every year when family comes to visit from out west, they come with saskatoon berries that end up in our saskatoo...
08/15/2026

Almost every year when family comes to visit from out west, they come with saskatoon berries that end up in our saskatoon berry tarts, which in turn end up in your bellies! This year though, their backyard bushes were decimated thanks to a neighbourhood mama deer and her two fawns, while their local u-pick farms had unfortunately low yields.

So for today's tart filling we've made do with the small amount that we had, and supplemented it with a berry blend to simulate the saskatoon experience: blueberries for the visual similarities, blackberries for a bit of seedy texture, and sweet dark cherries for the stone fruit-like fragrance and juicy flavour.

We know that the saskatoon tarts are a flavour that a number of our customers look forward to every year, so we hope that these will satisfy the cravings until we can get some more berries next time!

Available today at Ottawa Farmers' Market
Main St!


We found another packet of Natasha LeBlanc black currant powder hiding in our pantry, so black currant shortbreads are b...
08/07/2026

We found another packet of Natasha LeBlanc black currant powder hiding in our pantry, so black currant shortbreads are back this week!

See you at Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St!

Our quest to find cupcake liners that are both the correct size for our pans, and also release easily from our mochi cup...
08/01/2026

Our quest to find cupcake liners that are both the correct size for our pans, and also release easily from our mochi cupcakes is still ongoing, but we seem to have made some progress with these latest ones. The petals make it easier to place inside the box, and to remove them too!

Today's mochi cupcake flavours are Osmanthus Red Bean and Black Sesame--two childhood favourite dessert soups that are commonly served with mochi-like rice balls at the end of a meal.

This week we're bringing Rochon Garden raspberries in our raspberry crumble tarts, and we've steeped the filling with ly...
07/24/2026

This week we're bringing Rochon Garden raspberries in our raspberry crumble tarts, and we've steeped the filling with lychee-infused black tea and rose. The result is a little fruity, a little floral, and a little tart...in a tart!

The tea we used is called Guifei lychee black tea, named in reference to the legendary favoured imperial consort Yang Guifei of the Tang Dynasty, whose love of lychees has been well recorded. Edible flower cuisine also became widely popular during the Tang Dynasty, particularly under the influence of the female emperor Wu Zetian. So while raspberry, lychee, and rose is most often associated with Pierre Hermé's Ispahan, perhaps it also could have been a flavour enjoyed by Chinese royal women over 1000 years ago.

Come and visit us at Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St, and give your tastebuds the royal treatment 😉

There's a thunderstorm in the forecast for tomorrow, but we're bringing the sunshine in our meringues flavoured like our...
07/17/2026

There's a thunderstorm in the forecast for tomorrow, but we're bringing the sunshine in our meringues flavoured like our favourite childhood frozen treat 🧡

We'll be at Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St rain or shine, so come visit us with your raincoat and umbrella!

For the last few years we've been doing an all-strawberry day every summer to celebrate our local fruits, and over the p...
07/03/2026

For the last few years we've been doing an all-strawberry day every summer to celebrate our local fruits, and over the past couple of weeks we've been hoarding strawberries from Jo-anne Just in anticipation of this year's edition of strawberry day tomorrow!

We'll have our customer favourite strawberry cheesecakes and strawberry chasiu buns, as well as other strawberry treats for you. See you tomorrow at Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St! 🍓

We will also bring the last of our zongzi for sale. It will be your last chance to pick some up until next year!

Last week was our Dragon Boat Festival zongzi fundraiser. The skies were grey all morning, but you still came out to hel...
06/26/2026

Last week was our Dragon Boat Festival zongzi fundraiser. The skies were grey all morning, but you still came out to help us donate $155.85 to Lupus Canada - Lupus Research, Resources, Advocacy & Awareness! Thank you 💜

We still have some frozen zongzi that we will continue selling at Ottawa Farmers' Market Main St until we're all sold out. See you tomorrow!

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