Zen Cafe+Bakery

04/21/2025

Hope you all got baked and blessed today! 😇😉

Peep these cute vegan “Easter egg” bolo baos!

10/31/2024

the sacred spiral 🌀where in life we are constantly expanding and circling back to certain themes and lessons with more awareness each time

celebrate life & the day of the dead coming up with these special 🌀 themed bolo baos

Available in orders of 8 ✨

DM by noon Friday 11/1 to pick up Saturday 11/3 or Sunday 11/3

Note: mini bolo bao pictured, actual bao size will be about double the size

09/21/2024

09/08/2024

Every Chinese fruit cake (水果蛋糕) lover has a backstory 🍰🎂

For me, it was the cake our family had at every birthday, anniversary, graduation, party, or celebration in general

To the point that on my 18th birthday, I specially chose a non-Chinese fruit cake (but still Asian bakery cake) to have instead *just* to try something new

(It was disappointing tbh)

Shortly after my 18th birthday, I became vegan.

It was a lifestyle shift that changed everything for me— a lifestyle that was so resonate with everything I believed to be true and good in the world.

But that meant sacrificing the nostalgia and deliciousness of some of my childhood favorite foods that connected me to my Chinese roots 🥺

…. Or so I thought

A few years into being vegan and moving to LA, I discovered restaurants that made vegan Beijing duck wraps, dim sum, moon cakes, dumplings and steams buns, and so much more!!!!

That paired with my lifelong love for baking and cooking sparked an idea

“Can my favorite Chinese bakery items be recreated plant based?”

I started with the char siu bao & nailed it. All time favorite savory bun. ✅

Next, the classic bolo (pineapple bun) that still to this day I find so funny because there’s no actual pineapple in it— and mastered that. (Okay to be completely transparent… I still think I can do better but it’s pretty damn delicious) ✅

Then, one of my go-tos… the Swiss roll slice. Sadly, this is still in the works as an eggless sponge cake is quite difficult to roll 🙃❌

But then, the FINAL BOSS

🎂 Chinese Fruit Cake 🎂

And guess who made it completely plant based and so incredibly delicious and nostalgic I almost cried and most definitely gave myself a tummy ache from eating almost the whole thing??

My big sis ❤️ for my college graduation

I’ve since adapted it slightly and now, it’s the soul staple of Zen ☯️

👉🏻 My DM’s are open year around for custom Chinese fruit cake orders (and there’s a nifty FAQ’s automation to tell you all the deets!)

I’ve only ever had raving reviews & while that may mean I just haven’t fed enough people to find a critic yet, I like to believe it’s because it truly is just THAT good.

08/07/2024

Happy Leo Season! The lions gate portal is tomorrow 8/8 on a collective year 8 which is all about ✨abundance✨ time to set your intentions of what you want to manifest and make a wish!

Custom cake orders are available for pick up in Santa Monica! Just DM me to place your order for you Leo love 🦁♌️

06/01/2024

Celebrated AAPI heritage month with these two mouth-watering plant-based traditional Chinese fruit cakes for a very special workshop supporting the AAPI community in breaking the cycles of generational trauma facilitated by at ✨

DM for custom order cakes 🍰

04/02/2024

I know you want s’more content 👁️👄👁️

Vegan chocolate s’mores cookies with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and cinnamon- next time, we’re adding biscoff cookies for cookieceptionnnnn

DM me for orders by the dozen ✨ pick up in Santa Monica