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Handmade Baking

From castella to Chinese pastries and jelly flowers — handmade and baked the same day. With a pot of Taiwan tea, it's the most familiar of afternoons. We also bring this craft into schools and communities.

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Handmade bakes — jelly flowers, pineapple cakes, mini mooncakes and egg-yolk pastries
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The handmade story

Tasting good has no shortcut — only patience

It all started with an old oven and a pair of hands that won't cut corners. Eggs whipped fresh, batter folded gently, baked long at low heat — a castella that is soft, moist and fragrant with egg, just like the taste from grandma's kitchen.

The list grew from there: mini mooncakes, pineapple cakes and egg-yolk pastries in the run-up to Mid-Autumn; butter cookies, nougat crackers and shortbread the rest of the year; and more recently a craft that calls for held breath — petals piped into jelly, one layer at a time. Different methods, one rule: handmade, made the same day, simple ingredients, no frills for the sake of looks.

Because we believe tasting good takes time, and heart.

How it's made

Three steps we won't compromise on

01

Fresh-whipped batter

Fresh eggs whipped on the spot — the start of the egg fragrance and airy texture.

02

Low & slow bake

Patiently baked at low heat to lock in moisture — never dry, never cracked.

03

Made the same day

No stockpiling — baked and enjoyed the same day, when the flavour is at its best.

Flavours

Four flavours

Every one is made the same way — fresh-whipped batter, baked low and slow, made the same day. Only the flavour changes. Bulk pre-order.

Taiwanese castella, classic
ClassicNT$ 220 / loaf
Taiwanese castella, brown sugar
Brown SugarNT$ 280 / loaf
Taiwanese castella, cheese
CheeseNT$ 280 / loaf
Taiwanese castella, chocolate
ChocolateNT$ 280 / loaf

Our Work

More than cake

Alongside castella we make jelly flowers, Chinese pastries and hand-baked cookies, and box them up for the festival seasons. Everything below comes from actual classes and orders.

Handmade jelly flowers — three-dimensional blossoms set inside clear jelly
Jelly flowersPetals injected layer by layer into clear jelly to build a bloom in three dimensions.
Individual jelly-flower cups made in class and for group orders
Jelly flowers · single cupsThe class and group-order format — finish it, take it home.
Handmade Chinese pastries — mini mooncakes, pineapple cakes and egg-yolk pastries
Chinese pastriesMini mooncakes, pineapple cakes and egg-yolk pastries — a staple before the festivals.
Hand-baked cookies — butter cookies, nougat crackers and shortbread
Hand-baked cookiesButter cookies, nougat crackers and shortbread — good for group buys and gifts.
Festival gift boxes for Mid-Autumn and Lunar New Year
Festival gift boxesMid-Autumn and Lunar New Year boxes, made up to quantity and budget.

Education & outreach

School & community
hands-on classes

Handcraft is not just a product — it's a skill worth sharing. We bring castella cake into schools and communities, so children, elders and neighbours can make it together — passing on food education and intergenerational learning between the mixing and the baking.

01

Jelly Flower Art

果凍花手作教學

Petals are injected layer by layer into clear jelly with a syringe to build a flower in three dimensions. From a simple three-petal bloom to a layered bouquet — no experience needed, and you take your piece home.

02

School Food Education

校園食農課程

Combined with food & agriculture education — from one egg to one cake, students learn where ingredients come from and how things are made by hand. Hours can be tailored to the school curriculum.

03

Community Workshop

社區手作工作坊

Held at community hubs and elder-care groups, where everyone makes castella by hand — rediscovering local flavour and memory through cooking and eating together.

04

Family & Group Classes

親子・團體預約

Open to parent-child classes, corporate team-building and club outings — guided by staff, with materials prepared, to make a cake that's truly your own.

Sign up online → * Hours, group size and fees can be customised; you're welcome to fill in the form, email, or call the instructor Chen Su-Jing · +886-919-078763.

Our Instructor

A professional team, hands-on with you

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Chen Su-Jing

陳素菁 · Founder, Qing Qing Handcraft Studio

Specialties: handmade baking · 3D creative jelly art

Certifications

  • Western Pastry · Cookies — Class B (advanced)
  • Western Pastry · Bread — Class B (advanced)
  • Chinese Pastry (water-dough / leavened / flaky & short pastry) — Class B
  • Chinese Rice Food (cooked-flour, leavened) — Class C
  • Baked Goods (cakes / bread / cookies) — Class C
  • Chinese Cuisine, Non-vegetarian — Class C
  • Netherlands 3D Jelly-Flower International Instructor Certification

Selected experience

  • International judge & mentor, Canada International Gourmet & Tea Competition (CIGTC)
  • Double gold (jelly art & gift box), Belgium Tourism Gourmet Festival international competition
  • Gold (jelly art & jelly soap), Canada International Gourmet Competition
  • Runner-up, 3D jelly-flower, 1st China Beauty & Craft Cup
  • Instructor / assistant, Ministry of Labour union skills-training classes (cakes, rice food, 3D jelly art)
  • 3D jelly-flower instructor, Changhua & Luxiu Community Universities
  • Craft instructor, Huatan Junior High; baking instructor for the farmers' association and several communities

Skill Certificates (selected)

* Certifications and experience excerpted from the instructor's CV. To protect personal data, the national ID number and date of birth on the certificates have been redacted. Classes are led by the Qing Qing Handcraft Studio team.

Online sign-up

Book a
hands-on class

Fill in the form below and we'll be in touch within 1–2 business days to confirm time, group size and fees. School, community, family and group bookings all welcome.

* On submit, your email app opens with the form details addressed to the instructor, Chen Su-Jing (csc6135@gmail.com); press Send to finish.

What we set out to do

Let a handmade cake become a way to connect people — from field to table, from tea to treat, from the shop to schools and communities.

— GABA TEA

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