Andy Bowdy's First Bakery Cafe Opens in Enmore

There's never a bad time for a piece of cake, particularly when it's made by one of the best dessert chefs in Sydney. We're talking about Andy Bowdy, of course — and as of 8am this morning, the online operation run by the former Hartsyard pastry chef has expanded his knee-weakening range, both in terms of the types of delicious morsels available and just where the hungry masses can get them.

Andrew Bowden has officially opened his very first bakery cafe, called Saga, much to the delight of Sydney cake fiends and Bowden's ever-growing number of Instagram followers. If you like decadent, delectable sweet treats like pineapple tarts with salted coconut cream and coconut praline, or pecan pie Paris-Brest with caramel chantilly and brown sugar salted pecans, or cinnamon buns with maple pecans and fried papitas, you should hotfoot it to Enmore. Not convinced? How about White chocolate and mascarpone mousse with coffee and tequila soaked savoiardi biscuits, choc-hazelnut crumb, Nutella crémeux, hazelnut praline, Kahlúa jelly — available in two sizes "enough" and "fat fuck".

And we haven't even started on his cakes — Bowden's cakes are the main event after all. He's got tiny versions of his cylindrical wonders on offer, like the Mini Matt's — vanilla butter cake, milk crumb, matcha mousse, toasted coconut cream, coconut chew, yuzu curd, caramel and "a teaspoon of torched meringue love".

Bowden's new offering isn't just a cake shop though, serving food fare for all occasions — and all times of the day too. Bowden and his partner — and current Hartsyard manager — Maddison Howes have dubbed this Saga, we're guessing because opening your own cafe is indeed that. Given how creative their cakes are, we're sure this saga will be a long and delightful one.

Find Andy Bowdy's Saga at 178 Enmore Road, Enmore.

By Sarah Ward and Shannon Connellan.