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Dear Florence

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Dear Florence patisserie at Prefecture 48.
1 / 6Dear Florence patisserie at Prefecture 48.Supplied
The interiors.
2 / 6The interiors.Supplied
Dear Florence brings together French patisserie and Japanese-inspired flavours.
3 / 6Dear Florence brings together French patisserie and Japanese-inspired flavours.Supplied
Caneles.
4 / 6Caneles. Supplied
Takeaway cookies.
5 / 6Takeaway cookies. Supplied
Chocolate orange biscuits.
6 / 6Chocolate orange biscuits. Supplied

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Dear Florence, a patisserie helmed by former Aria head pastry chef Aoife Noonan, is like a jewellery store where you can eat the merchandise. Each cake or tart resembles a splendid brooch or sculpture, carved, modelled, shaped and cooked somehow from eggs, flour, fruit, sugar and chocolate.

Must order: The Dream, a cloud-like cake of vanilla sponge and mascarpone mousse, topped with flower petals and a droplet of rosewater gel.

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