Ari-Gateaux

Overview

You might not expect a cake store to go all-in for International Sushi Day. But then again, as you know, Black Star Pastry is no ordinary cake store. The renowned dessert masters have been busy doing what they do best and getting extra crafty in the sweet treats department to develop an intricate cake that looks exactly like a sushi platter.

This realistic number has been dubbed the Ari-Gâteaux — a fusion of arigatō ('thank you' in Japanese) and gâteaux (French for 'cake'). Available in extra limited numbers and only from Saturday, June 18–Sunday, June 19, it's quite a feat of baking.

Among the cake's sushi-inspired parts, you'll find a handroll made with lemongrass cream, grapefruit jelly and dragon fruit; another roll teaming sponge cake with chestnut cream, and red wine- and umeshu-poached pears; pickled apple slices crafted to look like ginger; and a dollop of matcha white chocolate in place of the usual wasabi.

There's even a fish-shaped pipette, filled not with soy sauce, but a dark pomegranate molasses and yuzu sauce.

Pre-orders for the $15 sushi cakes have already sold out, but Melbourne fans are in luck — there'll be a limited number also available in-store at Black Star Pastry's Chadstone outpost, from 9am on Saturday, June 18.

Black Star Pastry Chadstone